Lancashire County MCC hosted their winter Sunday trial on Caton Moor, in northwest Lancashire, northern England on 8th December 2024. Known as ‘The Brickworks’ or ‘The Windmills’, it is a notoriously testing day out, exposed to the weather and made up of multiple deep steep river gullies flowing from the highmoor. It is open to all types of bikes and those on heavy twinshock bikes, like myself, had a tough day. I am still sore as I type this. But the main thing is I finished, life’s too short not to ride – and watch – 2-wheels off road. It’s along film this one – please enjoy. Phil H.
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Phil's great video from Brookhouse Brickworks shows the venue, first used in the 1950s, at its best (or worst) depending upon one's view. It looks to have been a hard trial but to put it into context, the Expert route winner lost 25 and the last Expert rider was on 88, the best Green course rider finished on 7 with the last on 56, the best Clubman lost only 5 with the last on 86, so not horrendous scores after four laps of ten sections and a very tiring ride. No big steps, nothing nasty or dangerous, just a slippy trial.
“Eric’s a strong rider” *falls again* 😂 Perfect timing.
Good video, and boy, that looked like a tough one!