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Hickory Crazy
漫山遍野的山核桃已经到了收获的季节。9月3日至15日将是当地村民收获丰收的日子。来野趣乡居体验打山核桃和村民共享丰收的喜悦! Wildhomestay and whole area going Hickory Picking nuts from the 3rd to 15th September. Come and experience a adventurous time picking hickory, climbing trees, learning how to shell and process them, cooking them and having a wild time 🙂
F45 September 6th Visit
2019 Spring Summer Updates 野趣乡居春夏趣闻
Its been a busy few months and now getting back to writing the blog. 经过了一个忙碌的春天，终于可以在这里和朋友们一起分享一些有趣的片段和新闻。
Visits 访客
We were very pleased to host a weak long Specalized company, ambassador and rider event this spring. People from all over China came to test new bikes, learn about the Specalized brand and ride around the local hills 🙂
非常高兴为闪电在乡居举办了试骑活动。
The Clean & Dirty Races turned out really well. Thanks to the whole team and guests who helped make it happen. A great cycling community event and plans being made for next year and some other cycle “races” for later in the year.
野趣乡居组织的“越野骑行挑战”在大家的支持和帮助下顺利举行了第一次活动。
Full Race Recap
F45 Wild Weekend F45 野趣之旅
清晨，温暖的阳光照射进屋子，耳边传来了阵阵鸟儿的鸣叫，伴随着潺潺的流水声，冥想，拉伸，慢慢开启了这次野趣之旅。Wake up by the birds and fresh air, medidation and streching starting a Wild Day.
徒步在碧绿的山林，雨后的空气总是格外的清新，让人总是情不自禁的深呼吸 ，想与这片山林融为一体。The air is fresher and sweeter after the rain.
来到了当地的村民家，和村民一起体验返璞归真的农家生活，感受最原始的自然生态，近距离的感受这农耕之乐。 Go to the villager’s house, join them for farming, experience the real farmer’s life. 
在一处一清澈见底的小溪中快活的戏水。在这山林李里，在这溪水边，席地而坐，享受一顿充满野趣的野餐，别是一番风味。Dipping in the water, enjoying the wild picnic, enjoying the wild life. 
Link to full F45 blog of the visit.
Food 美食
Jenya, the wild chef, is starting to take our food to the next level. Its going to be a long term job developing new dishes, training, building new cooking experience areas etc. Our food concept remains the same; fresh, local, homemade and wild! We’ve managed to improve a range of our old items while launching new deserts and all day dinning options. Drinks have also improved with smoothies, ice tea, stronger coffee and draft beer! Over the summer we will develop a slow cooking and food smoking area and get to work on our local dishes.
Jenya，野趣乡居的厨师，给我们带来了冰淇淋，蛋糕，奶昔等新的美食，同时也在改善原有的食物。我们的食物还是和以往一样新鲜，自然。
Some other developments 新进展
We’re mostly focusing 2019 on systems, process and training. Not the most exciting thing for our guests. However saying that we have been able to launch a new house and are about to launch a new R&R area for children, and the occasional adult. 我们又新增了一栋民房，即将出租。还新设了一个室内儿童游戏室。
2019 Dirty Race Recap
Race Recap
By EdC & JustinJ, The weekend of the inaugural Clean & Dirty races exceeded our expectations in every way! The weather was fantastic (if you don’t mind a little sunburn), there were no serious incidents; even the holiday traffic was not too bad!
We got off to an easy start at 7am. For the Clean riders this entailed a steady long climb up the first hill, followed by a long rolling downhill winding down the valley to Qiandao Lake. A brief respite on a flat section around Weiping lead to the second long climb and descent, which deposited riders at the bottom of the infamously grueling “Forbidden by the coach” climb out of Shitan village. A technical descent took riders to the start of the “rubbish ride”, with only two more smaller and easier to negotiate hills before galloping home. Finishers started to roll in mid-afternoon. The event was won by Scott & Nicole, with some additional special prizes awarded for some not-so-serious categories.
Dirty riders also began with a big effort, gaining 700m elevation to climb into an isolated valley with beautiful concrete road descents, a brief section of hike-and-bike, and ending in flowing riverside singletrack. After converging briefly with the Clean ride, the Dirty ride took a scenic detour along a flagstone path, before rejoining the Clean ride to attack “Forbidden by the coach”. The fun was only just beginning for the Dirty riders, however, as they faced a further 3 challenging climbs: the “Red rocks” dirt road grinder, the “Pig” climb that finishes off steep concrete switchbacks and steeper gravel with some pig-dodging, and finally the exhausting effort of the “B*****d lite” climb (yes, there’s a harder one) that took riders high above Sanyang village. The descents from these climbs offered little respite, with sections like the descent from Poshan really testing riders’ offroad handling skills. Everyone pushed to their limits; the suffering was truly sincere, as was the sense of accomplishment in finishing each section and the race. Josh B. came first, Jerry 2nd; and Sara and Olivia were awarded joint “DNF” winners 🙂
Riders were met by blue skies, sun sets, mountains, rocks, streams, ancient hill villages, rivers, forests, wetlands, birdsong, inquisitive and helpful locals, and tasty coffee, sandwiches and homemade energy bars and cakes.
All in all it was a great day out! We hope next year is even better than this year. Dirty, now described as “The Most Challenging 1 Day Cycle Race In China” tries to combine adventure, wild scenery, and varied experiences all within easy accessibility from the major cities of the area.
Various road and adventure rides were enjoyed before and after the main events; along with lots of beer, coffee, and food.
🙂 Next up – a 24hr race, combining north and south sections with culinary and cultural stops 🙂
A fun and inspiring video recap & vlog by Zhou Chain
Gallery
Photos of the 2 races. Many thanks to the particpants who also took the below pictures / video especially Miles & cZhou. Video links will be uploaded soon.
Some info / routes / gps of the two rides.
There Where Two Races
The Dirty
- 8-10h of punishment and beauty.
- 165km of mixed-surface riding; from tarmac to single track and everything in between.
- Includes short sections of steps.
- Not flat.
- Mountain bike shoes required.
- Road bikes are not advised.
The Clean AKA Nearly Dirty
- 8h of laid back cat and mouse.
- 180km of tarmac and concrete road.
- Not flat.
- Road bike and shoes are advised.
Final course routes and distances are subject to change. GPX & course notes will be provided the day before the races after a final inspection. Heavy rain on the day will alter course and race formats.
Sunday Relaxed Ride
Thanks for some great prizes
Prizes where given by some fantastic sponsors to the days top achievers. See info on the great prices and sponsors. A participants memento was also provided to all finishers.
