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: \u2018We are as busy in the winter as the summer.\u2019<\/p>\n
He adds: \u2018People 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.\u2019 Rob points out that quad biking is, in fact, safer in the mud. \u2018You can do what we call power slides, where you let the bike drift,\u2019 he explains. For the novice quad biker, the mud also represents the perfect playing field. \u2018Riding in the mud can be less demanding on your arms, so it\u2019s a good time to start riding,\u2019 he says. \u2018It\u2019s a bit like playing rugby in the mud \u2013 it can be more fun.\u2019<\/p>\n