Thetford Forest - Red and Black

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Keith, Scott and I went to Thetford yesterday to ride our bikes in the woods.

It was a tad muddy. We rode with our 'heads down' and did the Red Run and the Black Run. We did 22.7 miles in 2 hours 26 mins.

To anyone landing on this post from Google looking for conditions of the waymarked routes at Thetford I have the following to report as at 8th June 2008 -

Red Run is more knackerd than the Black Run.

Red Run has more mud than the Black. But the Black has more puddles, I think (it all got kinda desperate towards the end).

Both Runs are fairly knackerd. The Beast is knackerd and is not scary. But... It is still a great place to ride. At the moment it's more about endurance than enjoying any 'swooping singletrack' - which is fine for me.

The bacon rolls at High Lodge are good (08 out of 10).

If you see anyone dropping litter pick it up and give it back to them.

Anyway, we're going to Coed in 4 weeks. I need to get some miles in, as they say.

T