I’ve done the red loop at Llandegla a couple of times. The black run can’t be that much better, right? Wrong! It’s incredible. I was out on the LTS again a couple of weeks ago, and despite some mechanical issues (chain constantly falling off) it was clear that on a dry day with a functioning bike, the black bit of Llandegla must be an incredible run. It’s only about 3km longer than the red run, but that 3km is made up of proper DH sections and evil climbs. If I’m honest, I didn’t take any photos because I was too busy grinning and trying not to fall off. The video below is from the Coed Llandegla website, and if it looks like fun on the video, it’s even more in real life.

It was pretty busy at the visitor centre at 10:00, but as usual it soon got quiet once I was out on the trails. The new skills area looks pretty good, but I will definitely be heading back with a properly working bike at some point.

Saturday night was spent dressed as a pirate ship, and also involved having unrestricted access to a ball pool for the first time in about fifteen years. To anyone thinking of installing one in your front room, my only words of advice are <em>do it!</em> Obviously it’s better if it’s someone else’s front room though. The general frolics and ball pool fun continued into the early hours, so I wasn’t really capable of doing anything on Sunday. Delamere Forest trails will have to wait for another day.