After a ten days in India and as many curries and a total of three weeks off the bike I was in severe need of a ride. So Macc. Forest was in order for a two hour blow. The first climb was telling. It was then I really realised what lousey training food curry was! I suffered. How is it you can lose fitness so quickly? I kept going and had a great ride and the weather held.
Met a guy on the loop and we chatted. Discussed bikes etc like you do. He casually mentioned that he'd not had a puncture for ages. I said that was a dangerous thing to say! I shot off down a rocky descent and waited for him at the first gate. He never came!! Talk about tempting fate!