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A Comprehensive Guide to Mountain Biking
Welcome to Beyond the Mud! As passionate mountain biking enthusiasts, we are thrilled to present this comprehensive guide that will equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to embark on your mountain biking adventures. Whether you’re a beginner exploring this...
Discover the South Downs with a Mountain Bike Guide
Whether you are a novice mountain biker or have been enjoying the great outdoors by mountain bike for a number of years, one thing is certain, and that is that you will probably have spent a good amount to ensure that you have the right equipment. The right bike, kit...
Bike Packing with a toddler – what you need and what you don’t
Back in May, seems like a distant memory now! We went bike packing for three days across the South Downs with our then 18 month old toddler, Ffion. Travelling with a toddler, even in a car, can be a logistical nightmare and game of how much can we really fit in the...
Southern XC Round Four Folly Farm
Team effort today to get both Emyr & I to the last round of the Southern XC Series in Basingstoke. Thank you to Granny and Grandpa for taking Ffion on an adventure to the deer park so we could go race. My second race in 7 years & at least this time there was...
Bike Packing South Downs Way Day Three
As the early morning sun crept through the skylight, Emyr and I were amazed that Ffion was giving us a lye in this never happens! Sitting drinking tea we went over our final days route which was mainly made up of bridleways and back roads to get us the 20 odd miles...
Bike Packing South Downs Way Day Two
Ffion woke at 4:30, after many failed attempts for more sleep, Emyr & I embraced the early morning heading for breakfast just before 7. Breakfast eaten, bikes packed we rolled out of Winchester not really knowing what the day would bring, hoping to make Amberley,...
Bike Packing South Downs Day One
Bike Packing with a Toddler. After weeks of planning, re planning and more planning it was finally here - the day we would set off on our three-day bike packing adventure with our little girl Ffion. We had no idea how our 19-month-old would cope over three days and...
Happy World Bicycle Day!
Happy World Bicycle Day! We hope you got out on your bikes today wherever you were! After our 100 mile South Downs bike packing trip this week and mountain bike camps for kids, we actually went to recce new ride routes on two feet! Cycling UK have a 100 mile...
British Cycling Nationals Round 3
On a bleak May day Hannah, Emyr and Ffion headed to Winchester for the third round in the British Cycling cross country series. This race was part of the national series which travels across the UK and attracts the best riders in every age category. The racing started...
Easter Mountain Bike Camps
Over the Easter holidays we were delighted to welcome over 50 children to our camps. Using the new ITAG framework which we helped design each group from beginners to advance level riders worked on their trail skills and bike handling working towards the new ITAG...