Had a great day today green laning on a Honda off road bike for 70 miles. I went down to Salisbury Pain last night after work and stayed in a country pub and had a few beers then headed to Melkesham this morning where a guy organises these tours, he hires out 250cc Hondas and any gear that you might need, a pub lunch and a full day out on the bikes.
After a quick how-to lesson in off-roading we were off, the guide, myself and two others - none of us had met before. After about an hour we stopped for a welcome water break and that's when I admitted I hadn't ridden a bike for the last 18 years, it wasn't an issue though, after the first hour I was fairly comfortable. During the next hour or so I did come off three times though, it was then that we found I had a front puncture, the guide had a hand pump which got us to the lunch break where a new inner tube was fitted and the bike felt much better, I only came off once in the afternoon! The other two guys came off worse though, one came off and winded himself and bruised his ribs and had to get some pain killers from the pub and the other guy trapped his little finger when he came off and thinks he might have broken it.
Some pics so you know it happened...
