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Coming to an end

My bike has gone online to be sold today Ludlow blur   Hopefully winter will be hitting the Alps soon, but in the mean time I have been back in the U.K visiting friends and family. Me and my Dad hit up Mortimer's forest for our classic autumn ride checking out the new trails he's found.  There seem to be more each visit.  A great sign of the building community of trail builders in the boarder Counties. This past weekend I went to North Wales to visit some past haunts.  Over the last 5 years I had only visited North Wales to complete International Mountain Leader courses, so it was nice to be finally back how it should be, with a mountain bike. However, over those 10 years many of the trails have been exposed to all the finest weather of North Wales, and many, many bike tyres.  Penmachno was basically a solid stream, but a fun roller coaster despite getting soaked in under 2 hours. After a big meal, plenty of ciders and a sleep in a local Betws-y-Coed bunkh