A Ride With Nige September 2006

While Nige prepares a September 2009 report, we hope you enjoy his historical 2006 story!

Sunshine and Moonlight.

It is not just the sights and sounds that make September on the Camel Trail so very special but also the smells - there is a freshness as overnight temperatures drop and a vibrancy in the air with Harvesting well underway. If we add the exceptional high tides - it is not too many times I have had boats in Padstow tower over me - the full moon last Friday and the glorious weather what a powerful combination and where better to be than the Trail.

I actually rode down the Trail on Friday by moonlight not using my lights at all - the last time I travelled my moonlight was in Canada many years ago but forgetting that a stand of Spruce would cast a shadow I went barrelling round a corner in my old VW and ploughed straight ino a snowbank. Digging the car out at 2am in the morning was perhaps not the best way to impress the new girldfriend.
I digress - needless to say with all with all the dry weather the surface both ways is excellent - we are expecting some rain this week but the surface should still remain firm. I know I mention this on a regular basis but both brambles and dog roses seem to put on a growth spurt at this time of the year so please watch out for overhangs I am a witness to the damage they can cause if they catch you unawares.



Finally just on a sad note you will see notices posted along the Padstow end of the Trail warning people not to eat Estuary shell fish due to Algol poisoning.

Netherless I do hope you enjoy Autumn on the Trail as much as I do.

We hope you enjoy the Camel Trail experience - safe cycling.