The longer days mean more time for riding. As ever we have a good mix of instructional and guided rides, we also have more 'young guns' sessions planned, Ladies only 'XY' rides, & night rides. New for 2008 are our 'maintenance workshops' and residential 'Skills Weekends'.

We will also be offering more opportunity to learn to mountain bike and develop your confidence and ability through our 'Skills Builder' rides.

The qualified, mountain bike instruction offered on our Level 1, 2, 3 & 4 'skills builder' rides is proving very popular. Learning to Mountain Bike is made easy through the system of instruction offered. If you want to learn to mountain bike from experienced, qualified, mountain bike instructors a 'skills builder ride' is the place to start. Even if you've been riding for some time, don't be afraid at starting at the beginning again. Progress is rapid and through our system of mountain bike tuition we'll iron out old, bad habits quicker than the laundry at the Vatican. We'll provide the MTB instruction and give you plenty of the terrain to put your new Mountain Biking skills into practice. There a host of subtle changes that we can make to your riding that will turn you from a good to a great rider. So if you want to ride faster, smoother, with more confidence and control and less effort check out the details on the 'MTB Skills Training' page.

All morning skills builder seesions are followed in the afternoon by a relevant level guided ride so for those of you who wish to put your newly devceloped skills into practise place you can do so on terrain that is set to test them. As well as helping to cement you good habits into place combining a morning skills session with an afternnon guided ride will make a day to remember and save you money. There is a £5 discount on the cost ofr an afternnon guided ride for those who have attended a morning skills session.

If you are happy with your current skill level there are a full range of graded guided rides that will challenge riders of all abilities. The trail network spanning the Surrey Hills is amongst the country's finest - no one will go home dissappointed by what they find here. For day trippers a full description of our revamped open group ride levels can be found on the page'Open Group Rides' so if you are not sure what level of ride would suit you best click on the link - we've added another level in order to provide a more gradual advancement in the technicality of terrain on offer

Which ever type of ride you decide suits you best please try and book early As the word spreads about the quality of Mountain Bike Instruction and single track on offer rides are more often tahn not fully booked.

/Jan-June 2008

All Open Group Rides and 'MTB Skills Training'sessions are subject to minimum & maximum booking numbers. To confirm a place we will need booking confirmation at least 1 week before you intend to ride. There are a maximum number of places on any given ride so please book early to avoid disappointment.

To set the wheels in motion please send an e-mail to bookings@mountain-bike-guiding.co.uk including the date and level of group you wish to join, the number in your group and any questions and queries that you may have. PLEASE TRY AND BOOK EARLY preferably a minimum of 14 days before you plan to ride. If you wish to book beyond dates listed, please give us a call or drop us a line and we will let you know of the ride schedule for beyond this date. Once you have mailed us we will add you to our database of riders and keep you up to date of additional rides including a schedule of away day rides in different areas. If at any stage you want to be removed just let us know

If there is no ride scheduled for when you want to ride don't forget that Private Group rides can be booked for any time, any day. Follow the same process as above and we'll have mud on your tyres before you know it.