Tuesday 15th July

Finally a ride up the hill. As usual everyone met at Rubberjaws. It is handy to the bottom of Rapaki. There were Mellonfarmer, Tinkerbell, Silverfox, Twopot, The Accountant, Jo and of course Rubberjaws. We set off up the hill with the low cloud or fog slowly settling in on us. Visibility was low and thee best way to ride was with a low beam, otherwise it was harder to see. We all made it to the top, although Jo had seat problems, The accountant nearly upchucked and Rubberjaws feeling like he would rather go down. Due to the fog and our respect for the track we skipped the Mt Vernon section and road to the start of the traverse. not many others about. The traverse track was sweeeet with the fog giving a new dimension to the ride. We dropped down to the skidder site from there. Rubberjaws and Jo went down the old 4wd which was a bad choice, pretty muddy near the top. We then dropped through the Park to the dog run and followed Mellonfarmers advise (we are stupid) down a pretty cool peice of track. a bit slick and water dripping from above. Hit the road and down to Sweet Maries for coffee and Muffins. Lovely spot to stop. Her shoulder is recovering and hopefully in the next few weeks she will ride with us again. After this 7 became 6 as Silverfox went his way, then 5 as Mellonfarmer went and then 4 arrived back at Rubberjaws as Jo peeled off near the end. looking forward to riding Saturday.