World Cup 2 - Fort William

Welcome to sunny Fort William! At least Tahnee Seagrave is bright as there wasn't much else that was. — Welcome to sunny Fort William! At least Tahnee Seagrave is bright as there wasn’t much else that was.

Welcome to Scotland, Fort William has been a fixture on the calendar for years now… in fact only Mont Sainte Anne has hosted more World Cups. If you have been paying attention to the lead up of this race you’ll have noticed that there have been some local races being held on the course . Unfortunately they have been plagued by bad weather and it seems as of this weekend is going to be the same… conditions were horrible at best. The track has been beat up by years of abuse and now the rain has come through and washed out what was left of the soil around the rocks and created some real bog holes in other places.

Troy Brosnan raced a local race here just a few weeks ago, is he keen to back up last years win here?! You bet he is!

Brook MacDonald sending it in a rare moment of clarity where it wasn't raining or fogged out! — Brook MacDonald sending it in a rare moment of clarity where it wasn’t raining or fogged out!

Gee Atherton had a solid crash during practice, he is okay. Josh Bryceland was another rider who said hello to a tree mid run, the rat will be back on it no worries!

The big question hovering over everyone’s head at the moment is whether Saturday practice will go ahead at all…. with the weather forecast questionable at best the gondola uplift may be shut down and practice/qualifying pushed back. Time will tell and this could have a big effect on the outcome of the race.