Quad bikers and hippos have one thing in common. Mud. They love it. While ordinary folk like clear blue skies and firm green grass under foot, quad bikers are rarely happier than when wallowing in the mud. Rob Sawyer, who runs a 400-acre wood in Leicestershire, where quad bikers regularly splatter themselves in the brown stuff, says: ‘We are as busy in the winter as the summer.’
He adds: ‘People in the UK have a more outdoor mentality these days, so take a different attitude to the winter. Mud is seen as a liberating experience.’ Rob points out that quad biking is, in fact, safer in the mud. ‘You can do what we call power slides, where you let the bike drift,’ he explains. For the novice quad biker, the mud also represents the perfect playing field. ‘Riding in the mud can be less demanding on your arms, so it’s a good time to start riding,’ he says. ‘It’s a bit like playing rugby in the mud – it can be more fun.’
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