Today I had arranged to do a ride on the south downs with a mate who lives up at Guildford, who had never ridden on the south downs.

He wanted to do a route with some big climbs as training for an event he was doing the following week.

We've been having a very wet summer this year, but today was a perfect summers day. Not a cloud in the sky, a gentle breeze and just for a change hardly any mud, apart from under trees.

We started at about 9.45 am and finished at 16:00 pm, and rode 38 miles.

The ride definitely had some big climbs - the most demanding one was the climb up to Ditchling beacon

Some Nice singletrack going round Wolstonbury Hill

Riding up to Devils Dyke

New timber hill is in background where we had just ridden

More singletrack on North side of Devils Dyke

Riding along south downs way , view of the sea and Brighton in the distance

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