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A Wet Kitchener Trail - Section Five
Mountain Biking Sherwood Pines
On a cold, wet and muddy Friday evening I headed over to Sherwood Pinesin Nottinghamshire to sample its only red route, the Kitchener Trail.
What a difference a bit of rain makes. Normally a flat fast flowing trail with berms and rollers, and a nice mix of rocks and roots. This time a muddy, gritty energy sapping water filled trail. The 13km took over an hour to complete and my brake pads well and truly ruined.
Over the next few weeks, I'll be breaking the root down section by section so you can see how the trail fares in the rain.
This week is the release of section five video. Check it out above.
Section five named ‘Sanctuary Wood’ is a long section in comparison to the rest of the Kitchener trailsections, around 2km of the total 14km. It is undulating through out trending uphill for the first 1.5km and then down hill for the remaining 0.5km. However, there are several short downhill sections throughout so don’t think it is a slog of a section.
The whole section is nestled nicely in the deep forest which means hard packed forest floor and trees roots for the basis of the track. With the heavy rain this made it slippery, muddy and full of puddles where the water collected in the worn trail.
Sanctuary wood begins with a short transition from section four via a fire road. Then its forest singletrack all the way only crossing one fire road. The exit from Sanctuary wood is on to another fire road for a quick breather before hitting section six…
Keep an eye out for next week’s look at the Kitchener trail section six.
For other related articles
showing the different sections of the Kitchener Trail please click below:
wet Kitchener Trail – Section One
wet Kitchener Trail – Section Two
wet Kitchener Trail – Section Three
wet Kitchener Trail – Section Four
wet Kitchener Trail – Section Six
wet Kitchener Trail – Section Seven
wet Kitchener Trail – Section Eight
wet Kitchener Trail – Section Nine
wet Kitchener Trail – Section Ten
wet Kitchener Trail – Section Eleven
wet Kitchener Trail – Section Twelve
Kitchener Trail – Section Thirteen
Kitchener Trail – Section Fourteen
Kitchener Trail – Section Fifteen
