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Slippery When Wet

Cycled for 2 hours 14 minutes on 23rd September 2023.

It was sunny and warm when I left, but the first run from Haywood Warren was incredibly slippery and full of puddles. I met Tim at Tackeroo and we did a lap of Follow the Dog, which was full of shiny wet pebbles and the occasional big puddle. We then rode down Strawberry Fields and looked at the new exit of an old trail before riding down it, avoiding the new big down-slope drop! Then it was a descent near the Trig point and two more short runs. I then headed up the other side of the valley where I saw a few deer. Finally it was a trail down Brocton Coppice to the Stepping Stones and one through the woods near Shugborough.

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