Friday.
A seven hour drive up to Scotland and about an hour to unpack and stretch the legs before several of the events team made their way to the start of the Muckletoon Outdoor Festival Hill Climb Championship.
I knew I shouldn't have gone up the entire length of the hill on a warm up ride before the event started; ouch!
The pain and the.....glory (well more pain really!) and a certain Scottish energy drink....
Langholm itself was beautiful in the evening and the weather promised well for the event and the anticipated Team ride on Saturday afternoon.
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| Langholm |
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| River Esk meeting Ewes Water at Dusk |
Saturday
Time spent out on a feed station for the MTB event day allowed moments to take in the views and the sound of the river below.
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| Big Country |
....and so to the late afternoon ride up into the hills. Six of us went on a 30 miler with stunning views and hardly a vehicle on the roads. In fact a local said to me 'you are more likely to bump into a sheep than another person!'
What a glorious descent back down into Langholm. Possibly the most beautiful and carefree ride I've ever done.
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| Yours truly on those hills |
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| untroubled by traffic...... |
