My first ride for what seems like ages due to a cold, and it was a night ride with Dave, Pete and John.<\/p>\n
We started from the War Memorial in Penrhyncoch and decided to head\u00a0up via Banc y Darren as that was likely to be the least icy route. It was icy in a few patches along the road but not too bad until we got onto the forest tracks where we were reduced to walking, sliding and skating more often than not.<\/p>\n
The descent to the top of the Mark of Zorro was pretty treacherous and John came of a few times and I slid over too. The Mark of Zorro itself was pretty bad too. The leg-burner was really icy too but rideable along the edges in the snow.<\/p>\n
That section is usually just the start of the ride but it took quite a while and it wasn’t great out there so we decided to head back down along the road. John had come off a couple of times and hurt his hip too so he was very keen to get home. Amazingly the road was fairly clear but we still took it easy all the way down just in case.<\/p>\n
Not the best of rides, but better than not going out at all, and the first diary entry on Forces-of-Nature<\/a> from anyone so far in December – All this cold weather has certainly put the stop to many of our activities! Although had I not been ill I would have been out, and it sounds as though Dave, Pete and John have been out for a ride a few times.<\/p>\n I need to get back to it though as I’m feeling pretty unfit.<\/p>\n