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We were so lucky with the weather - glorious sun all day. Massive thunderstorm in the night afterwards though, so despite being pretty tired I managed to get next to no sleep in the tent, boo! I didn't do any training (not much gravel riding in west Yorkshire really) & coped just fine, albeit knackered by the end of it.
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Round near Kielder Water was more windy & up/down - really fun flowy stuff, but not fast. There were some cracking long downhill straightish bits though which allowed you to pick up lots of speed.
I did it this year, absolutely loved it (wearing my Dirty Reiver T-shirt now actually) - highly recommend!