Personal logs for windsurfing, surfing, kitesurfing and other sports. http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php Copyright 2006. http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10892/justal/ClimachX 10th, March 2010 - A nice steady night ride around the ClimachX Trail with Dave and John. The top of the final descent was pretty claggy but everywhere else was nice. Rating: 3 stars. http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10892/justal/ClimachX Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10891/gm/Hove 27th, December 2009 - Couple of hours at Hove Central, from 12:30 until 2:30pm with tim79. a lot of fun, despite forgetting wetsuit and boots first time round! 5m sail on ET70, bit blobby at times especially at the end when I thought I was going to have to swim half a mile, but all fine and some lovely whave whackage throughout. Rating: 4 stars. http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10891/gm/Hove Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10890/alunj/Coney 8th, March 2010 - Rating: 2 stars. http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10890/alunj/Coney Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10889/alunj/oxwich 7th, March 2010 - Rating: 4 stars. http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10889/alunj/oxwich Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10888/justal/Mawddach%20Goldrush 7th, March 2010 - A gorgeous day for the Mawddach Goldrush. First lap was lovely, second lap was good but got hard towards the end. 3rd lap was sheer agony all the way around! Read my full report here: [url=http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/mawddach-goldrush-2010-race-report/]Mawddach Goldrush 2010 - Race Report[/url] - Although it doesn't quite convey the pain! Total time was 3hrs 37 which I was pleased with as I would have been happy with anything around 4 hours. Rating: 4 stars. http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10888/justal/Mawddach%20Goldrush Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10887/pete%20b/Peak%20district 7th, March 2010 - Parked up by the fishing lodge about 09:00 & set off in the early sunshine - freezing cold by the water but by the time I'd climbed to Hope Brink was well sweaty. Most of the gloop was frozen - as planned! Absolutely gorgeous day - bright sunshine and a bit of snow on the tops with a rare odd patch on the trails to ceremoniously ride through for the first time this winter. The drop from whinstone was a little disappointing inasmuch as the erosion and slipperyness spoiled its easy rolling singletrack nature - but that's nit-picking. Back at the car by noon & although it was only 4c in the windless & sunny conditions it felt much warmer. Sublime! Rating: 5 stars. http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10887/pete%20b/Peak%20district Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10886/paul%20s/Cotswolds%2C%20Winchcombe 7th, March 2010 - I had high expectations of today as the weather was spot on, if a little chilly, and I needed a hard ride on some old familiar trails. As it turned out I had a bit of 'mare, bonked very early on and spent three hours hanging on at the back rather than in my normal spot leading the charge. Odd, as I have had some very good rides over the last couple of days. Maybe I just need a rest. Anyway, the second round of food bars and malt loaf found its way to my legs and the last part of the ride was a bit more comfortable (and mostly downhill !). Rating: 3 stars. http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10886/paul%20s/Cotswolds%2C%20Winchcombe Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10885/justal/Nant%20yr%20Arian%20-%20Pendam%20Trail 3rd, March 2010 - After some bike maintenance in the form of wiper seal service on my forks and air can service on my rear shock, plus a few other things I felt as though my bike needed a shake down before the Mawddach Goldrush on Sunday. So I had a quick spin around the Pendam Trail at Nant yr Arian. It was pretty windy up there and quite chilly where exposed. I wasn't particularly fast doing it in a time of 41:05... 20 seconds slower than last time and over 4 minutes slower than my best, but it felt OK. Then went around the lake again and did some geocache maintenance before doing the Hippity Hop section again. Rating: 4 stars. http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10885/justal/Nant%20yr%20Arian%20-%20Pendam%20Trail Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10884/kevg/llandegla 28th, February 2010 - started at 11.00 finished red course at 1.15. struggled a little, failed to ride 3 of the uphill sections. downhill sections felt good, fast and smooth Rating: 3 stars. http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10884/kevg/llandegla Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10883/justal/Llandegla 28th, February 2010 - A great end of month ride at Llandegla. Snow here and there but the trails were riding really well elsewhere despite the mud. Out with Dave, John D, Jay, Brad, Matt, Beale, Woody and Kev and everyone had a great time. [url=http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/end-of-month-ride-llandegla/]More here, along with a video clip[/url]. Rating: 4 stars. http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10883/justal/Llandegla Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10882/alunj/Rest 28th, February 2010 - Kitejam day2 Rating: 4 stars. http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10882/alunj/Rest Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10881/alunj/aber 27th, February 2010 - day 1 jam no wind ! Rating: 2 stars. http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10881/alunj/aber Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10880/kevg/borth 26th, February 2010 - arrrived at golf course car park around 11.30 took a reading of 26 to 28 mph walked north until we got to dry sand and pumped up my 12m atom, kite launched like a rocket, spent next 4and half hours jumping and racing up and down beach. personal first: highest wind i've flown this kite to date, slightly over powered but very stable and gave no cause for concern. Big grin session. Rating: 4 stars. http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10880/kevg/borth Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10879/alunj/Trecco 26th, February 2010 - Rating: 4 stars. http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10879/alunj/Trecco Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10878/paul%20s/Draycote 26th, February 2010 - I seem to have forgotten lesson #1: take all your kit. As a consequence I had a 2 hour fight with a 6m rig, when a 5 would have been spot on. Still, good to get my sea legs back again. First few minutes were rather dodgy, overpowered and gusty, but I soon got settled into it. No problems with temperature - I decided to go with mitts but probably could have done without. Only 6 on the water today which was a surprise considering it was the first sensible sailing day in nearly 3 months. Rating: 3 stars. http://www.forces-of-nature.co.uk/dbdriven/diary/diary.php/view_entry/10878/paul%20s/Draycote Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000