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We dragged the bikes over tangled roots, with sinewy branches snagging our clothes and catching in brake cables and spokes. By this time a small group of spectators had gathered on the quay, the presence of which did nothing to improve either our progress or frayed nerves! After having removed my front wheel to get through a particularly narrow section, and having my quick-release rear wheel dragged off by a blackberry’s tentacle, we reached the quayside,