Thursday 18th May

Decided to go up and do a few loops of Marleys. I picked up Silverfox, and headed up. We waited and then Bugs arrived, Abba and then Phatboy. Tinkerbell was running late and was gonna catch the 2nd loop. We headed up the walking track (bad boys). Never been up this before, and as it was covered in snow or slush it was a bit trickier than I thought it would be. Want to try it when it is dry. Up and around then up Worsleys Rd, up the track which was snow covered and spinny with the snow twinkling nicely. At the top we decided order and then headed on down. Twitchy under the rubber but not to bad at the top. A couple of real greasy spots but no water on the track which was great. Taking things a bit easier and I hesitated on one set of rocks. Down into the lower section a lot more grease but once again we all survived it. Silverfox and Abba were taking things much easier than the rest and we saw another light gaining on them. It was Helmut. At the vehicles we found Tinkerbell and Sandals. (Sandals was not riding as she was sick) Up for another loop, some taking the track again while a few went by the road. Helmut giving those taking the road a hard time about road cycling. He then got shuttled to the top by Sandals in the 4 wd. I suppose having a bike means using a vehicle to get around instead of pedaling. :)- At the top we regrouped only to find the Lonewolf waiting for us. Another blast down the hill. This time faster for some of us as we knew the track conditions and the worst bits. I was much happier this time although I had a big whoopsie on some mud around some rocks in the bottom section. Regrouped at the vehicles again, waited for Silverfox. Silverfox, Abba, Bugs and I split at this point. They were not enjoying it all that much as we could not really bomb it all the way. Grace was real sick so I was happy just to get out and ride in the end as I nearly did not make it at all. Mellonfarmer and Nelsie rolled in just as we were loading up so they and the rest headed on for another loop or two. Sorry for riding the track, just realised it was still at avoid status.