BRUCE AMATEUR HOUR (…AND A HALF)

I’ve never been one for sand. As Boothy put it, ‘It get’s in your knickers’. I can’t quite figure where he was going with that one, but I get the sentiment – I’ve had many an ice cream ruined by the stuff. But today was no day for building sand castles, for stretching out with a four-pack of Stella, or for ad hoc donkey rides on an ass named Fred. Today was the day I was to lose my beach racing virginity, and I was bricking it. I like riding off-road, but it’s something I dabble with only once or twice a year… at a very slow, risk averse pace. The idea