Thursday 25th September.

We had a meeting of PFMTBC on Tuesday to sort out the final details of the trip so other than the ride over to Fatboys no one got out. Happy Birthday to Nelson too. Fatboy had surgery and only woke up from the general anaesthetic and 4pm so he did well to survive the night. Last night, Hub, Geez, Silverfox, Tinkerbell and I, (Rubberjaws) set off from my place about 6.30. Headed around to and up the Farmtrack. Tinkerbell cleaned all the lower track while the rest of us dabbed a couple of times. Bloody hard to get restarted on the bloody ruts and steep slopes. We then cruised (or slogged) up the rest. Found it more comfortable than last week though. We then headed around the top half of Vernon and onto the traverse. Nice easy blast through here, and Geez kept up a good turn of speed, which was noted by the rest of us. (Compliments are so good, rather than negatives) We then regrouped by the landing strip. Blasted down through the gums, and the berms are coming along nicely but I missed my turn at the bottom, which meant I missed my favourite jump. Down Dazzas at which time Hub's front forks crapped out. Down into the steep pines(forget the name of this) which was fun but deceptive. need to go through here in the daylight soon. Then down and out. The ride home was hard and fast, chasing Hub down who had got a break. Bloody nice night. Sundays going to be a goodie!