Went to Glenmore Lodge near Aviemore to do the Trail Cycle Leader training. Getting there on Sunday evening after work I realised quickly that it is going to be a slightly different TCL training. It was snowing all night and by the morning the snow was about ankle deep. I'm sure snow isn't mentioned in the syllabus. But hey Carl is a pro and worked around that with us. After all snow under the tires is about as slippery as mud, just a bit cleaner.

The first day was about skills, going up hill, down hill etc and fixing bikes at the road side. In the evening there was a lecture by Shaun about avalanche awareness. But what would you do if you get caught on a mountain bike in an avalanche? Well the chances are pretty slim though. After that off to the bar for some rehydration (in moderation).

Today we went to Inverness cycling around the hills near New Craigs. The tricky part here is that there are paths and tracks on the map which don't really exist. Nice one eh?