DIRTY REIVER RIDE: Veteran rider Nigel Hooker joined the madding crowd to finish last month's epic 200km Dirty Reiver gravel track challenge in Keilder Forest.

Nigel covered the day's long course in 11hrs 13mins 41secs to finish 391st of 519 finishers, though three to four hundred others either dropped out or opted for the 130km route at the 100km course split. He was 90th in male 50-59 years old category and freely admits he was "finished" in more ways than one at the end!

Nigel (below) still smiling after finishing.....