Entries from August 2009

August 22- Girls part ii!

August 24, 2009

OK, so the weather could have been better!!
Yes, it was certainly a cold, wet and windy day at Eagle this time. It hadn’t been too bad when we left home, but the weather certainly got worse as we headed up the old freeway.

Luckily everyone turned up (although with the odd detour!)- Brigid, Margrit, Pam, Tiff, [...]

August 8- Day 1 Skills

August 10, 2009

Well, it felt like ages since we ran our last skills day. And to be fair, it was! Luckily we managed to remember where most things were stored in the house, and we were just short of a few bikes that I still hadn’t got around to rebuilding in time for the day.

We were lucky [...]

Random rantings about riding in Italy!

August 9, 2009

So, after the Alps, it was time to head off to the madness and beauty of Italy. First stop was away from obvious Mountain biking territory, with a stop to the stunning medieval city of Florence. It’s a crazy, busy and overcrowded place, which had had such problems with traffic that now the entire city [...]