After two full weekends of training, practice and bike setup with the rest of the gguk team i entered the ardua enduro at the bagshot training area hoping to get more preperation towards the 1st round of the bec - the muntjac enduro - The week long snowy weather certanly played its part on the track with most of it being deep ruts or slippery hills and some dodgy icey tracks. I actually nearly decided not to ride when we arrived with car park completly white with snow and inch thick ice. after a quick walk of the special test i decided to ride with 90% of the track in the trees i would provide good practice and a test of my fitness although i took it steady on the open icey sections.

The test was timed on laps 1 and 2 after that we had six laps which got tighter each lap with the last 3 going 24,23,22 minutes. My first test i took steady and was 3rd fastest behind leader daryl bolter and 2 seconds behind darren wheeler who was riding well on his new yamaha. i upped my pace on the next test and was 2nd on lap 2. daryl was once again very fast but i managed to pull 2 seconds back on darren in the short rutty test.

The next 3laps were slack but still challenging with the track getting tougher by the lap and many clubman and sportman riders stuck round the track. The last 3 laps would decide the full results and i managed to come in with 30 secs to spare on the 24 min lap still taking it steady on the worst icey sections. i upped the pace on the penultimate lap and was racing behind rich warner but lost ground when i made a mistakes on a hill and had to make a second attempt. i came in to the check just after my minute had finished therefore losing 1 minutes penalty. i pushed hard to regain time and had nearly cought up behind rich only to have a big crash and land in a big muddy puddle!! I ended up losing another 3 minutes with a total of 4 minutes i think i ended up 4th in the championship class.

although dissapointed with the result im happy with my 09 gasgas ec 250 and my fitness as i still felt strong at the end of a hard 4.5 hour event