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Anyone fancy some (dry) rooty trails at Drumlanrig on Sunday? I’ll be joined there by Mr. Hebb – don’t let that put you off, the trails really are very good 😉 It’s just over an hour from Glasgow. Expect natural feeling, twisty trails and lots of roots.
Drumlanrig Castle
…well, at least where this weekend’s Selkirk ride is concerned. Looking at the forecast I’m taking the chance to move it from Saturday to Sunday in the hope that the weather is a bit better. The choice was:
Saturday weather vs
Sunday weather
In the club calendar for this coming Saturday:
It’s a chance to explore some of the less-ridden (but still excellent) trails in the Tweed Valley. I’m hoping the dry-ish weather in the east this week means the trails are in decent condition come Saturday. Expect lots of climbs (3000ft+), a similar amount of descending, exposed moorlands, forest singletrack and a wee bit of fireroad and tarmac to join up the fun bits. Take food for the day as a cafe stop isn’t guaranteed on this ride. The meeting point is the main car park in Selkirk town centre, just off the town square.
Last time it looked a bit like this:
Epic Views
And according to the-now-Sheffield-based-ex-GMBC-rider, Grant H, it was one of his highlights riding here in Scotland when he said,
“The Selkirk Singletrack ride this Summer, you all owe it to yourself to try this at least once.”
You do owe it to yourself. Get beyond the trail centres, we can ride them during winter!!
UPDATE 02-Nov: all spaces now filled. We can start a waiting list if anyone is interested.
This was talked about on some rides recently. The plan is to have a weekend trip to Galloway so we can pick up the 7 Stanes trail centres down in the south west (e.g. Kirroughtree, Dalbeattie, Mabie and Ae or even Drumlanrig). It’s based on booking out an entire hostel, in Newton Stewart – 26 people max and from conversations we’ve got 6-7 people up for it already. We’d ride at Kirroughtree on Saturday and head east on the Sunday.
It’ll cost £15 per person per night (assuming we get more than 18 people signed up). We’ll keep a waiting list in case it’s oversubscribed. NB: There’s a few notes on the sheet regarding reservations & cancellations you should be aware of.
If you want to come then put you’re name down on this sheet, it’s first come, first served:
Galloway 7 Stanes Weekend Away sign up sheet
Our last visit to Galloway:
Here’s the latest MTB orienteering event you may want to have a go at. There’s a couple of GMBC types already signed up. It’s a great way to explore some new parts of the country while testing your navigation skills.
Come join us on October 2nd for something a bit different – mountain bike orienteering! Part of a series of events in the 2016 SMBO calendar (http://www.smbo.org.uk/2016-events/), this is a really fun day out. We put out a bunch of checkpoints in the woods of Mugdock Country Park and the surrounding areas; you start at the sports club and go to find as many of them as you can in three hours. Simple? Well there’s no defined route – that’s up to you, so kind of!
We’ve run the same event a couple of times before and it’s always been a great success. The event is open to adults and children over the age of 15 (or over the age of 12 as part of a “generations” team). You can enter as a solo or a pair; we’ll give you a map showing the checkpoints and a dibber to check in at each checkpoint and undoubtedly some cake at the end… We have aimed to make the course fun for all, from first timers to experienced mountain bikers with lots of easily reachable checkpoints, along with some further afield for those looking for a challenge.
All entrants must be a full or day-rider member of the BMBO – day rider membership is free. All the details at: http://www.bmbo.org.uk/membership-information/
The event is now available to enter via the BMBO page here: http://www.smbo.org.uk/mugdock-2016/.
Prizes supplied by:
Tenn Outdoors
and:
Dales Cycles
Prices to enter the event are as follows:
Solo: £15
Pairs: £25
Youth: £5
Generation Pair (adult/youth): £20
We want to see as many of you enjoying the event as possible but if you would prefer to help out we will need a couple of volunteers to help out on the day. Tasks include setting out & retrieving checkpoints & signage, directing people to Sign On and start points, a small amount of car park attendance (until event starts), course “marshalling” (marshalling is not official or static but it would be good to have a few folks to ride around the course area during the event to keep an eye out for any problems).
If you have any questions about the event or if you can volunteer then please post below, on the GMBC facebook page, contact info@gmbc.org.uk or speak to Graham, Angus, Will or Andrew S.
Hi All, I’m planning to head to Comrie Croft tomorrow afternoon, aiming to be there for about 13:30. I’ve never been before so hoping to get some laps of the blue snd red in. Feel free to join, Vicky
As some of you may already know GMBC are hosting a round of the Scottish Mountain Bike Orienteering series on 2nd of October. A few of us from the committee are undertaking the main organising duties but we are looking for some volunteers from the club both on the day and help with planning in the run up to the event.
We will be looking for help with checkpoint placing and collection, placing signage, checking riders in/out at the hall along with other tasks.
If anyone is interested in helping out then post up or get in touch.
We will hopefully have full details available and entries open by the end of the week.
Saturday – Angus Glens ride, 35km, 1100+ metres ascent, big hills, big views. Chris McD, Nick and myself are going – any other takers? If so, departing Glen Clova Hotel 09:30. I think Chris still has space for 1 or 2 passengers if you’re interested.
Sunday – Local Ride (Kilpatricks), easy pace, nothing too technical, cafe stop and lots of chat – 6 or 7 folks have been in touch to say they’re up for it. 10:30am start, 3/3:30pm finish.
Sunday – Away Ride (Ardgarten Loop) with Iain, gravel ride, departing Ardgarten car park 09:30, midday finish. See GMBC Facebook group for details.
I’ve put this in the calendar, so this is a heads up
The Deeside Trail is a 150 mile circular bike packing route starting in Banchory. The route links up some of the best trails and scenery in Aberdeenshire, Deeside and the Cairngorm mountains.
The route can be done as an Independent Time Trial and there will be a group ride with a suggested start time of 8am on Saturday the 3rd of September 2016.
Unfortunately it clashes with SSUK and I wont be going to either.
