{"id":4133,"date":"2014-11-05T22:58:33","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T21:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=4133"},"modified":"2014-11-06T00:22:54","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T23:22:54","slug":"somerset-mbo-quantocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=4133","title":{"rendered":"Somerset MBO – Quantocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"wpid-wp-1415224006446.jpeg\"<\/a>A chance to ride a mountain bike orienteering event on my old home turf of the Quantocks, mixed with a weekend catching up with the family and a visit to Bridgwater Carnival was a perfect end to the half term holidays.
\nBridgwater Carnival was fab, awesome huge articulated ‘floats’ interdisbersed with mad individuals in costumes, the odd majorettes band and of course a bit of wind, rain and the waft of sizzling sausages. I am not sure standing in the cold for 3 hours was the best preparation for a Mountainbike event but we had a great night. For those that don’t know about the Somerset carnival season, more info here http:\/\/www.somersetcarnivals.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

\"wpid-wp-1415224608910.jpeg\"<\/a>The next morning dawned wet windy and with mist and cloud hugging the Quantock hills as I drove to the event, wipers lashing the screen. After a catchup with old faces and some general phaff about what to wear I rode the 20 mins to the top of the hill to the start.The clouds and rain had cleared to give fantastic views in all directions.\"wpid-wp-1415227540519.jpeg\"<\/p>\n

\"wpid-wp-1415224660638.jpeg\"<\/a>Even with the rain stopped there was standing water everywhere and lots of slippery slimy red mud. On the way to #1 I lost the front end of the bike and soon found myself in a slowmotion superman dive into a muddy puddle. In a way it spead me up for the day as already being cold and soaked I didnt mess about from then on!<\/p>\n

I knew the key to the event was to pick a route which kept climb to a minimum. As I splashed through the mud I suddenly picked a route from the map that worked and went for it….<\/p>\n

\"wpid-wp-1415227939584.jpeg\"<\/a>My legs are still struggling with 3 hours, the climb up to the top from my last checkpoint was narrow, steep and slippery, all too soon I was off and walking, craving some food… The minutes ticked away and it was only some bravery and a full suspension bike on the last decent that meant I only lost 20 points being 10 mins late.<\/p>\n

However a smile soon formed itself on my face as I downloaded in third place<\/p>\n

Thanks to somerset Mbo for an excellent event. Results and report here…\u00a0http:\/\/www.bmbo.org.uk\/results\/report.php?event_id=597<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A chance to ride a mountain bike orienteering event on my old home turf of the Quantocks, mixed with a weekend catching up with the family and a visit to Bridgwater Carnival was a perfect end to the half term holidays. Bridgwater Carnival was fab, awesome huge articulated ‘floats’ interdisbersed with mad individuals in costumes, … <\/p>\n

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