"Y" trunk, and from there exits the course to a round of applause. Round of applause! Someone ring the queen! This guy deserves an honour; not to mention a ticker tape parade around the streets of London. That was absolutely awesome. I continue to wander around other parts of the site, witnessing the most amazing feats of daring do and machine control, all carried out with the most exquisite balance, and not just men, but boys and girls too. I am well and truly hooked (apologies); I've just got to get myself a trials bike! Lesson 1 Although I was itching to get hold of a bike of my own, I thought the best thing might be to try actually riding one myself first. After surfing the web I came across a guy called Jason Pearce who runs Tricks in the Sticks down in Kent. After my organisational skills in trying to arrange a day for some biker colleagues at work came unstuck, I thought it was going to be me on my own and with a hefty bill, but by some fluke one other guy did turn up and so we were able to split the cost. Jason owns a farm and does both Enduro and Trials experience days. After an introduction we were taken to the Beta Rev3's and shown
how to start them. This was quite a novelty as I hadn't kick-started a bike in about 35 years and never with my left foot! Anyway, once we'd freed the clutch off, another ritual with trials bikes it seems, we got going and followed Jason to a large field. First up was some slow riding practice doing turns and what not, followed by a cone sequence. After a while, including lots of water as it was quite warm, we were taken off into the wood and continued our basic riding around trees. The rest of the day followed a similar theme of flat field for a new technique and then in to the woods to try and put some of it in to practice. One bit which was good fun was doing circuits around this big hollow, coming down one side on the back brake and then giving it some to get up and out the other. The day finished with Jason leading us around some almost-sections in the wood, where we both tried to follow him. It was a bit of a blood bath really, as we were both way out of our depth, but it was a huge learning experience. TBH, overall, I was surprised how little we seemed to accomplish in a day, but perhaps it was starting to give me an inkling of just how hard it was going to be learning to ride a trials bike.
Ladies Speedway Day - 11th July 2020 Postponed
Q By Alan Critcher With the current uncertainty in the UK at the present time, this is confirmation that Ladies Day has been postponed. It is proposed to try & run the Event in September, should it be at all
possible. All Entrants for the original date, will be updated as soon as confirmation from the Track is received, but the Event will only go ahead if it is safe to do so, for ALL involved.
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