Cwncarn

Yesterday we headed to Cwncarn in South wales, We've done Afan a couple of times now and this place I think is over looked. LOADS of great singletrack but packed with roots and slate making the riding a great challenge. Did use the downhill course but that looked tops with a uplift on site you cant go wrong...

Balloon Bed

Well today my nice new balloon bed arrive thanks to postman pat. First impressions, its small than my last one and should provide a great night sleep under the stars. The plan is to use this on the WRT in May but for its first trip is to the SDW in April.
For £20 you cant really go wrong with this bed it comes with enough balloons for 3 nights and a small stores bag, even a safety pin for the morning. After trying to puff the balloons with the provided 'Puffer' I ended up just blowing them up myself much quicker and once they are all fitted it seems to look the part. Well I'm not the smallest bloke and it holds my weight just fin, will report back after its first night out..

Up & Coming events

For me this time of year is all about what bike events and race's I'm going to do and start thinking about entries. This year I'm looking at Mountain mayhem and Nokia coast to coast and the welsh riding thing
Mountain mayhem is a 24hr mountain bike race, ( http://www.osmountainmayhem.co.uk/)
Nokia Coast to Coast ( http://www.scotlandcoasttocoast.com/ )
Welsh ride thing (http://welshridething.blogspot.com/)
Also This year after years of talking about it Im going to ride the South Downs Way, A 108 miles of the south beest country side

To help with all these races I'm trying to lose weight, Yeah I know its boring but for some reason its started to work, so far I've lost 3.5 stone which has been a long road but its started to pay off and with Nokia C2C in September my target weight is 13 stone. I know it doesn't sound a lot but I did come in at 18 stone so for me its a big deal...