It was an absolutely mental course - one lap for qualifying on the Sat and two laps on the Sunday - we gave up very early on the Sunday as we were too hungover
Some of it was seriously dangerous thoā as it had been raining for about three weeks solid prior to the event so the āwater crossingā was a fucking raging torrent about waist deep and sooooooooooo cold.
It was a brilliant experience as we got to race with legends like Ned Overend. My memory is a bit hazy but I think John Tomac was there but didnāt race - might be wrong it was so long ago.
The following year it was in Strathpeffer which was even more mental but we diecided to spectate rather than ride. The highlights were giving Thomas Frischknecht absolute dogs abuse for carrying his bike over the finishing line in protest as he thought the course was too hard and we got Tinker Juarez (an absolute gent) drunk on Baileys
ā¦reckon Iāve ogled every bike going - all the temptations of British bike builders like Mason, Enigma and Fairlight then onto Canyon, Trek and Cannondaleā¦but Iāve ended up very tempted by maybe getting something from the biggest mass cycle manufacturer in the world
Fuck. Just had my bike stolen from outside Sainsburyās - they must have cut through the chain - saw the cctv footage and it was a pair, one looking out and the other nicking the bike
