Hi Steve,

yes, you are right. They passed me, but I just wanted to make sure that they dont get lost

Just joking. Yes, at the moment I am still learning but these ride outs really help to improve. I have been out a few days with the Herts TRF people. Totally recommend you to join one of their beginners ride.

My tyres are TKC80. Havent done more than 1K miles with them, so cannot really throw a decent opinion about them, but they are allright with not too much mud (you can see what happened to me on the mud )
Tom, the guy at the blue Ten has some more aggressive Mitas, and he said the grip was very good on the mud. On the road obviously they are a bit... "funny".

I will let you know when we go for a ride in a couple of weeks. You will have time to switch tyres if you want. I totally recommend you to do it.
Also, you can have a look to this free book about off-roading skills. I quite liked it:

http://www.bestrestproducts.com/p-34...-download.aspx

Angel