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Tim’s Your Man... from Interior
Upgrades to Outdoor Up Gradients
T
im Williams is a great believer in Families can also enjoy
mountain biking as the route to
the fun, with the opening
fitness and to shake off the stresses
of the new blue route; as
of running the busy Working-
long as they make sure
ton stores of Steve’s Paints.
they have helmets on
and use common sense.”
So at weekends Tim (pictured right) relishes getting
Another biking trail that
mud-spattered as he sweeps through the woods or
Tim recommends is the
across the fells with friends or family.
North Face trail, through
Grisedale Forest, in South
Tim (42), the managing director of Steve’s Paints,
Cumbria. It is another
said: “We are so lucky having great mountains on our
man-made trail, near
doorstep with some of the best bike trails in England.
Hawkshead. It is ideal if you want to take up mountain
The recently opened Altura Trail at Whinlatter is the
biking or try it out, before trying some of the natural
best thing to happen to mountain biking locally. “On
trails.
my day off it is great to be able to put the bike on the
car and go to Whinlatter. The trail ducks and dives
“Night riding on mountain bikes is also great fun and
through the woodland and was set up by the Forestry
something to look forward to when the dark nights
Commission. It is good for both cross-country cyclists
arrive in autumn and winter time. Tim and his mates
and downhillers.
ensure they have powerful 60-watt halogen lights
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