Leith Hill 29th May 2014

The half term lack of traffic meant that everyone managed to get to the car park before 6.30pm although this also meant that Greg didn't get the chance to get changed whilst stuck in traffic.


Derek was running on high octane imitation Red Bull, which he was having trouble keeping from exploding out of the bottle, not sure if his wife was trying to give him wings or blow him up!

After an extended faffing session due to Greg having to put all the bits back on his bike that he removed to wash it (yes you did read that correctly). I managed a reasonable wheelie across the car park and encouraged by this I tied another one, this one much higher and....well, much shorter as I promptly flipped the bike and landed on my back.

Typically I had forgotten to put on the thin elbow pads I have been wearing recently, so first blood went to me before the ride even started.

Not the last off during the ride as the video shows

Just reaching the top at the tower

Obligatory team shot

Nearing the end of the long climb back to the tower after the fun of the decent

Despite getting within sight of the tower again before heading down on the twiddly bits, Greg felt cheated that we didn't go all the way to the top. So whilst we packed our bikes away, Greg ride back to the top again (before getting slightly lost in the return)



140529 Leith Hill.mp4 from mark holttum on Vimeo.