A long weekend at Mountain Bike events in the Scottish Borders travelling back and forth each day. Saturday was Gritopia, part of the Tweedlove Festival. A nice quick checkin in the morning which is unusual for bike events.
Then a challenging route with around 4 major climbs through various parks in the Tweed valley area. Mainly gravel with a few rougher trails - didn't hugely enjoy the amount of bumpy ground. Some excellent feed stations. Mainly enjoyed the day feeling pretty tired by the end. 42.5 miles and 1800 m climb.
Sunday was the long course British Mountain Bike orienteering championship in Selkirk. Very much enjoyed this course which generally went well until a misplaced control at the end led to some significant extra and frustrating distance. 16 miles and 800 m climb.
Monday was the British Middle distance in Glentress. Enjoyed this less with a lot more technical challenge to the course and the navigation and map being quite frustrating in the area. 19 miles and 900 m climb.
Overall a great weekend.
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