So it was wet. Very wet. I think the weather conspired to hatch a plot against us. Each time we started pushing up the fireroad or waiting for the uplift it seemed to give us another heavy rain shower. As we packed up to leave the carpark the clouds parted and presented us with a glorious autumn evening. Bah!
Regardless, a good time was had. The trails ran very differently to last time we were there in a dry and dusty May, offering up a multitude of wet roots to catch out the unwary. The uplifters enjoyed a nice warm Landrover between runs, while the pusher-uppers kept warm between runs by... pushing up. The consensus amongst those of us who pushed was that while the uplift was great, it was no means a neccessity. The riding carried on until limbs were injured, brake pads worn out and the uplift stopped.
We look forward to making a return trip soon, especially in light of Duncan's (the uplift guy) offer of free hot soup at lunchtime.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
SUMBC Welcome BBQ
Hello and thank you to everyone who came to the SUMBC Welcome BBQ. The weather was was stunning and so turn out was excellent to both the BBQ and the preceeding ride.
As always the club got through a monumental ammount of food. A total of 60 burgers and about 40 sausages were consumed. Thats a whopping 15 lbs of beef plus what ever the hell was in those sausages. The atomosphere was fairly sedate with the exception of Patrick's rather esoteric mp3 collection. Sadly by about 7 30pm even the most hardy mountain bikers were too cold to sit outside any longer, which brought the evening to it's natural conclusion.
All thats left to do is work out what do with the 50 slices of plastic cheese left uneaten. Suggestions welcome....
As always the club got through a monumental ammount of food. A total of 60 burgers and about 40 sausages were consumed. Thats a whopping 15 lbs of beef plus what ever the hell was in those sausages. The atomosphere was fairly sedate with the exception of Patrick's rather esoteric mp3 collection. Sadly by about 7 30pm even the most hardy mountain bikers were too cold to sit outside any longer, which brought the evening to it's natural conclusion.
All thats left to do is work out what do with the 50 slices of plastic cheese left uneaten. Suggestions welcome....
Monday, October 18, 2010
New Web Site
Today marks the start of a new (...long awaited) style for the SUMBC website. The a bit flashier but ultimately is easier to update. Advantages include the events list being updated automatically and this rather nifty blog which we will be using to keep a little diary of SUMBC activity.
I will take this opportunity to formally apologise for the mess made of the URLs at the start of term. Also, through no fault of our own, the mailing list server has been very tempormental recently so sorry if you havent been getting emails from us.
Check out the new site at http://sumbc.susu.org
I will take this opportunity to formally apologise for the mess made of the URLs at the start of term. Also, through no fault of our own, the mailing list server has been very tempormental recently so sorry if you havent been getting emails from us.
Check out the new site at http://sumbc.susu.org
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