Tweedlove!

Just under a month to go until Tweedlove, a new week long bike festival for the Tweed Valley!

There'll be loads going on during the week. I'm particularly excited about Natural Tweed, an offroad ride round the Tweed Valley taking in some stunningly good natural trails, on Sat 24th July.

Also looking forward to Celluloid Tweed at the Eastgate Theatre in Peebles on Wed 29th July and the screening of 'Follow Me' as well as a mini film comp.

The full events schedule and lots more info is at www.tweedlove.com

cheers, andy (mtb ranger)

Air Maiden Ladies Freeride Event

Now in its 3rd year Air Maiden is back this weekend at Glentress Freeride Park. Over 40 ladies are taking part, developing their freeriding skills, confidence and having a lot of fun. Saturday was training sessions in a range of skills from beginners to advanced on various sesctions of the Freeride Park.

The guys from bikes and berms, part of the organising team have set up some temporary event only features at the bottom of the Essentials trail. There's a timber kicker jump - great for practising getting the hang of steeper upramps and clearing a small gap, and also a 'satellite' (blue feature in pic above), quite a technical looking feature to ride, but some of the girls had it mastered by Saturday afternoon. Both exit onto a nice big softish landing area.

The event continues today, Sunday, with more practise and a mini freeride comp. Check out www.airmaiden.co.uk