Just before lockdown I bought an eMTB. My husband had bought one a month earlier, and was raving about how great it is, and I knew that there's no way I could keep up with him on my trusty old Orbea, so I arranged for some test rides and was hooked immediately. The poor Orbea is hanging up in the garage gathering dust! E-biking is SO MUCH FUN! I live in the Sid Valley in East Devon. All roads lead steeply up, and it's a good day when you have the energy to do more than two cl

Offering guided mountain bike rides and one-to-one confidence building rides in East Devon

I'm pleased to announce that dates for guided group rides and weekends are now on our website. Guided rides We aim to offer three guided group rides a month; one in the evening, one at a weekend and one on a weekday. They will either be on the hills around Sidmouth or on Woodbury Common (or both). Some of them will be women only, and all will specify a skill and fitness level. Hopefully everyone will find something that works for them. See guided ride dates here. I am also ha

Enjoy a social ride on Woodbury Common with fabulous views to sea and moor. Swoopy singletrack, woodland tracks and wide open views are all on offer on this guided group ride for women. The ride will be led by Cathy Debenham, a British Cycling accredited mountain bike leader. She will show you the best tracks and offer tips and tricks to help you improve your riding and boost your confidence. This ride is is part of Heath Week, which celebrates the beautiful heathland l

When nature and nurture are put together in the same sentence it's usually as a dichotomy. Is it nature or nurture that causes someone to turn out as they did? Yet this either-or thinking distracts from the fact that nature is nurture. Just being in nature is good for us. As I write this, I'm sitting next to a window, with a bank of grasses outside. Whenever, I get stuck I look out at all the colour variation in the grasses, and how they bend in the wind, and my mind clears,