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Written by Tony Woolmore
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Friday, 17 September 2010 |
18th July 2010
 It was warm but very windy. The track was mainly open fields, MX track and a couple of small wooded parts. I had my helmet cam on, hired from Imagemx for £20, which is amazing value for 4 hours coverage.
At the start I took my first lap nice and easy as always but I was having problems mentally, I just couldn't get my head into it and kept telling myself to come on. The first section led to the MX track which was cracking – nice and wide with some good built up corners. This came to  the first field section, I was just getting it all wrong, braking too early, straightening it up before opening it up. My head just wasn't in it!
We then came onto the MX track for a second time which included their big jump. Then back out onto the open fields – I found these uninspiring and continued to have trouble on them. The last two sections were a small wood section and then onto the kids MX track.
 On my second lap I crashed on the approach to the wooded section. In a straight line the front just wiped out this isn't the first time this has happened as I did exactly the same at Riverhill. By the halfway point I had completed 5 laps. I wasn't overly happy with this so went into the second half with a new (and improved) frame of mind.
My first lap of the second session was my fastest lap. Starting my second I went intoa corner and the bike just stopped. I thought it had seized – I looked down and my skid plate was covered in oil. That was my day.
Unfortunately for me I am a numpty and had just entered the corner in the wrong gear and stalled it but a crankcase gasket had gone so saved the bike for another day.
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TBEC Washbrook Farm 
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