Mountain Biking - Bruce

I've done two rides this week. The first with Cathy, Zak and Emma at Woodhill and the second with my brothers David, Peter and Mark at Rotorua.

Both were notable for different reasons. The Woodhill ride I rode with Emma while Cathy and Zak took off ahead to do some extra bits. Em crashed... See her blog entry... I saw it coming about a split second before it happened but too late to do anything about it. She was good about it though and continued on with a good attitude after dusting off.

The Rotorua ride's most prominent memory is of how exhausted I was. I was kinda expecting that because I've ridden so little lately. Before I completely ran out of go, it was a great ride though. I haven't ridden there for ages and forgot what sort of trails they have. Unlike the sandy surface at Woodhill, Rotorua's trails are hard and fast and very twisty. There is also a lot more climb than at Woodhill which means a lot more good downhill too. No one crashed and everyone was very happy to get back into town for a big feed.

Mountain Biking - Emma

At Woodhill Forest, we were mountain biking down Spaghetti (a trail). I saw a three X sign. Dad had told me that it meant the structure was difficult and it was best to avoid them. It was a ramp so I said "Is that a ramp?". And before I knew it I crashed into it. I was covered in dirt. I felt like I was eating dirt. Then I thought "Is that dirt on my tongue?" and I was right. Dad squirted me with the water bottle and I had a couple of drinks to rinse out the dirt.

Around the end of the trail we saw Mum and Zak. There was a see-saw and three small ramps. At first I wasn't sure about the see-saw but then I thought it would be fun to try. So I rode it and it went a bit wonky at the end but it was fun.


When we left Woodhill we went to a bakery. I had a little mince pie and an apple turnover. I squirted lots of tomato sauce on the little mince pie and it was very nice. The apple turnover was delicious but I wondered why the pastry was yellow inside. Zak couldn't eat all of his cream bun so I tried some but the bun wasn't very nice or fresh.

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Location:Woodhill Forest

Christmas

Hi everybody, we had a great christmas and have been having lots of fun playing with the presents we got. We have done the usual routine with breakfast at our house, lunch at grandmas then dinner at nana 2's but because she is in hospital she only stayed for a while. Some of favourite my things I got were lego harry potter the game 1-4 years, a nerf gun long strike and a new bike the 2011 model of my old bike, the GT stomper. Soon after we went to woodhill forest and went mountain biking. The bike worked well and it's much easier to ride.

Best wishes for 2011!

from Zak