In a fitting end to the season, the Autumn Classic event headed back to the birthplace of the ever-popular Gorricks, Crowthorne Woods. Here a mere 17 years ago an idea was born to provide quality events for off-road riders of all abilities and ages, and they're still going strong!

Despite, as our Scottish brethren would say, "driech" condition, where it was neither wet nor dry, just moist under grey skies, the 2nd of the Autumn Classics attracted nearly 500 riders from far and wide. It was brilliant to see not only plenty of Gorrick 'regulars' but also masses of 'newbie's' keen to take part in some fun mountain biking with plenty of likeminded others. With plenty of rain falling in the preceding days you'd have not been too wrong to assume the worst and prepare for a muddy slog. However such is the magic of Gorrick events, (aided and abetted by the local geographical conditions of course…) the going round the 4.5 mile course was in truth actually good to firm, with only a couple of moist patches and a few deep puddles to prove it had in fact rained at all in the area recently

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All photos now online, see you at the next Gorrick!