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MARSHALL MULLEN: I had an opportunity
to come over to the UK.
I'd never been here before.
We dropped into the village of Peaslake,
and it was amazing to me how many mountain bikers there
were.
CHRISTIAN FAIRCLOUGH: Peaslake is
like a quintessential little English village.
You can turn up, and you'll find all the riding pretty quick
because there's hundreds of mountain bikers there.
What better place to start than the Surrey hills?
Pretty English countryside, there's
so many cool trails to ride.
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We didn't have much time down south,
so it was good that we were able to show
Marshall the dirt jumps.
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Luckily enough, Olly Wilkins turned up.
And he's a good guy to show you how to ride some dirt jumps.
OLLY WILKINS: I think the reason why mountain biking is
so popular in the UK isn't because
of our amazing mountains or our spectacular weather,
but more the mentality of making the most of it,
making the most of what we've got
and keeping calm and carrying on.
CHRISTIAN FAIRCLOUGH: After spending a few days down south
in England, we flew up to Glasgow.
And we drove up through Glencoe, up to Fort William.
MARSHALL MULLEN: The farther you went, the more amazing
this drive got.
It was just these huge rolling hills and this riverbed that
just ran out into the ocean.
It was amazing.
CHRISTIAN FAIRCLOUGH: It was quite funny.
Marshall had his head out the window with a selfie stick.
I mean, I know the Americans love a selfie,
but he really loves a selfie.
MARSHALL MULLEN: We showed up here in Fort William
and the weather really couldn't have been better.
First day here took us to the Ben Nevis
Range, which is home of the Fort William downhill rate.
HUW OLIVER: I'm Huw Oliver.
I work as a mountain bike guide for GO-WHERE,
taking people a bit off the beaten track.
CHRISTIAN FAIRCLOUGH: Huw is a perfect guide for up here.
He rides this stuff all the time.
He guides people around five days a week.
So he knows all the good trails.
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When you're riding up there, it's
almost distracting because it's so beautiful and such an epic
landscape.
It's hard to stay on the trail sometimes.
MARSHALL MULLEN: I think one of the most exciting things
about traveling with your bike is everywhere you go,
there's some new place to ride.
I think there's some thrill from riding a new trial.
It's pretty amazing.
HUW OLIVER: We are on the northwest edge of Europe.
It really does feel a bit otherworldly at times.
The fact that there's mist and cloud curling
around the mountain, there's not many places more atmospheric
than here.