This is not the global warming that we signed up for. We were promised palm trees in Swindon and baking hot, dusty trails in Keswick. Instead we’ve had the mildest winter anyone can remember, while Yorkshire has had the warmest and wettest December since records began. By the end of 2015, daily rainfall had become the norm, causing even the hardiest of trail gods to give up trail riding and take to the turbo, or road riding, swimming… or sherry.
Muddy and slippy at the bottom.