What a flipping hot day to be riding a trial, glad would not be the right word to sum up my relief when the organisers decided to run the trial over three laps instead of the threatened Four. Ridley is a great piece of land to ride on if you're a novice rider and with a JCB spent changing the landscape it would be great for the Inter's and experts this is not a criticism merely an oversight Of the land and the predictable sections.

The right side of the land, that's when you enter through the farm gate and look to your right is where the most excitement happened today. Steve D's section Caught me out on every lap with an up hill corner turn over some large tree roots, why did I keep getting it wrong I don't know put with it's tricky little turns and gentle climbs it left me footing In one place or another. The next couple of sections along gave me no problems until I came to section eight the bloke with the XR enduro bike? My first attempt was my worst loosing three marks If I'm lucky on those tricky little roots, not that I've a problem riding over tree roots it's just a case of a sharp left turn and then you're on them for an uphill blip with loadsa throttle control needed. Lap two someone suggested I try a different line of approach to the earlier one and this paid dividend with one mark lost on the second lap and the same again on lap three.

Moving along I think It's the section I lost most of my marks. What was required for a clean was bags of bottle and a bit of luck, driving through the start gate and being met by a tree stump ten or so feet on was not A problem it was what came after that which really did need a good rider to clean it. The ride over the stump was done in first gear nice and slowly as a left turn was required straight afterwards and bearing in mind your on a camber I drove along about ten feet Or so and then turning right for an uphill climb of may be eight feet and being caught every time on that bloody flint. At the top Of the bank you ride along twenty or so feet and then was the nasty bit, over some really big tree roots quite widely spaced apart going across from a left to right on a steep camber. I never made it and I had no intentions to having seen a couple of decent riders hash It up and if they are taking big fat juicy fives then I'll foot It through for my three kind Mr Marshal Sir, that said and done had I been riding with the MBT team I may have had a go at it, I never understand why we split up but I certainly don't smell of Dogs...

Unfortunately, I don't have much to say about this trial except express my praise for all the marshals for sitting out in the horrendous heat and I would like to address Paul Stephens by saying "my boot had some mud stuck to the bottom of it and that's why I broke that large lump of wood off in your section, would I lie and alter a Section Paul??? Not me your honour".

So, the next NKTC event will be held by the big-it-up club BEXLEYHEATH I can hear you say Yeah, Mr Delmontie says Yeah…. It's going to be awesome, tricky, juicy and down right orgasmic, don't miss it i'll be there marshalling and giving you your big fat fives, if I'm clerk of the course and any of you whining trials riders back Chat me it's going cost yu £500. Ha, Ha……….see you there!

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