Martin started mountain biking age eleven, and as you’ll hear, his passion for it is all consuming.

His journey reflects the why the podcast exists – his childhood passion, the deviation away from it due to the challenges of everyday life, but then a return to mountain biking and then the planning and delivery of a huge project in the most dramatic fashion.

Martin had an idea to build the first dedicated private mountain bike park in the UK. 4 years later Bike Park Wales opened their doors, 7 years later they are still going strong, despite huge setbacks from COVID.

Martin’s story is about realising a dream and having the determination to overcome every hurdle that comes your way in doing so.

This is the last episode before Christmas and I wanted to a say a huge thank you to everyone who’s listened to the podcast in 2020. It has been absolutely brilliant to start the podcast as it is something I have wanted to do for about six years. To realise an ambition that you have had for a long time is hugely rewarding. I have also recently received a few messages from people who are listening to the episodes from the beginning, as I have with my favourite podcasts, which is great to hear. In these podcasts we don’t talk much about current affairs, the focus is on the person and their journey, the idea being that they are relevant whenever you listen to them, so thanks again to those who have got in touch.

We have some awesome guests in the pipeline for 2021 including a couple of well known sports people, which is always exciting.

So back to this episode…check out bike park wales on facebook and Instagram, You can also find the Watchword podcast on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram – if you enjoy the podcast please leave a review on apple podcasts. Check out the Watchword podcast website!