Cadwell Park

Was out on track at Cadwell today. Tricky circuit. I was pretty rusty, not having been out on the bike much over the last few months. This is a circuit where the California Superbike School stuff I learned last year can really help — it’s so much about where you look in the turns. The faster you go, the more important it is; at speed, look the wrong way and you’ll probably crash, as I found out at the Gooseneck, when I got it wrong and had a major excursion off the track. Fortunately (not least because the bike was also my transport home), I managed to straighten it up and roll back onto the track through the mud without dropping it.

All good fun, but I was also reminded how slow I am in the grand scheme of things — there were some seriously quick boys out there, even in the so–called “novice” group. I suspect this was due to the fast and intermediate groups being fully booked. It’s early season and there were lots of trackbikes out — probably including a fair few racers getting a bit of practice. In fact, I heard that British Superbike racer Sean Emmett was out on a Ducati 998, just having a bit of fun, although I didn’t see him in the paddock.