The forest is a real mix of sufaces today. The sandy / pebbly bits have a groove where the melt and rain waters have eroded the surface and the bike wheel likes to follow this, the knarly stoney bits are the same but have a coating of slippery mud, there are sections that are very slippery with 2-3 inch deep mud, most of the gravelly / rocky climbs have water flowing down them and in amongst the trees there are even patches of dry sandy smoothness.
So a steady run round as it was all a bit unpredictable. Could still get some speed up on the downhill from the viewpoint (I went round anti-clock today).
At the viewpoint:
After forest, before Fenwick's:
