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I rode my first ever East Kent CX event at Astor College in Dover yesterday. Although Dover is 70 miles away, the course is only a mile or so off the A20 so very accessible by car from London. I was contemplating the train option, but never got round to seeing how feasible it was.
They made really good use of the entire venue, essentially three school playing fields on three different levels, but made great use of the slopes between them to make what could've been a dull course into something that really tested your bike handling skills. The heavy rain during the senior race turned the course from damp to slick and slippery as hell, which added another layer to the handling skill test.
I really enjoyed my race, even if I did manage to stack it on one of the off camber bends when one of my rivals dived up the inside on a corner that I was taking wide, and was then in the exact area I was aiming for. I touched my front brake and went down fast. Managed to beat him in the end though.