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KAKATAK
4
The
day dawned
bright & Simon was up
at the crack of dawn delivering
checkpoint punches.
I
busied myself with packing
sandwiches, drink, chocolate
cake & woolly hat in
preparation for manning
checkpoint 9. First though,
a bunch of eager mountain
bikers to set on their way.
So into the shop to help
Paul & Simon with dishing
out maps etc. My deliberate
error of omitting the value
of checkpoint 6 on the map,
was soon spotted. (mental
note 'must do better next
time')
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St
Martha's church-Beautiful
location &
Jon Webb, eventual
winner looking
remarkably fresh.
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The
start is always good fun
with everyone disappearing
off in different directions.
Jon visited checkpoint 2
first, closely followed
by 1. Both with horrendous
climbs. Simon was hoping
to make it deliberately
difficult this time, hoping
to give you all tough choices
of which checkpoints to
visit. Amazingly, a good
number still managed to
get every checkpoint. The
mileage being approx 42miles
if all were visited.
My
wait at checkpoint 9 for
the first rider was long
enough for me to wonder
if I was in the right place.
I began to swing my punch
jauntily, hoping any passing
rider would spot me. This
did attract a few odd looks
from passing churchgoers,
but I was beyond embarrassment
at this point.
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Arriving
at St Martha's
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At
last the participants began
arriving. Sweating profusely
having ridden through deep
soft sand & up approx
500ft of climbing. There
was a mixture of choices
from there, as to the direction
to then take. Most opted
to go back the way they
came.
At
one point two llama's went
walking past-yes llama's!
I quickly pulled out my
camera only for it to fail
at the crucial point. Who
says Surrey is tame?
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A
seat for dwarf's
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Everyone
seemed in good spirits,
how could you fail to enjoy
such a gorgeous day as this.
Days like these make you
realise why we ride. After
3hours 22minutes of riding
Jon ambled into the finish
to win. Closely followed
by Tom Watt, who not being
from around these parts
did amazingly well to finish
9mins later. Then John Leyland
& Mark Harrison finished
in 3rd to split the 3rd
place prize of £25!
Well
done to all those who took
part & a big thank you
to Jackie, Paul, Matt &
Jake for manning checkpoints.
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LINKS> www.diaryofamountainbiker.co.uk
for more reports of the
day.
 Kakatak
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