Thursday 16th July

Oh what a night. The Boyz went up the mountain to see what they could see. Wonderful views of the city on a clear night. It was beautiful and we did not ride on any of the tracks posted as closed or avoid. We are good. Oh no we are really really bad. Tinkerbell met at mine and we doodled over to Silverfoxes where we met Te Rex, Geez and eventually, Phatboy. Cos all the tracks were closed we rode up Hackthorn. I was way over dressed so had to stop and remove a number of layers. After being cold all day I did not want to be cold on the ride and I went way overboard. Any way we plodded up the hill and then the boyz went up the mountain to see what they could see. The track we took was fantastic, easy gradient all the way to the top. A couple of sections we had to lift the bike but the rest was just pure joy to ride. When we got there we debated coming down Hackthorn and I said no lets go down there. All eyes lit up, so we did. Bloody fantastic. Reminded me of Dun Mountain but with the city lights twinkling. Rode all except one obstacle. Enjoyable and then onto tarmac. Down Hackthorn at speed. Passed a car on the way down, the Phatboy slip streaming me until they had speed to go past. Great ride. We split up on Rose St, with Tinks, Te Rex and myself heading back towards mine. Te Rex headed back to do Dyers Pass Rd for fun. The boys really went up the mountain to have fun, and THEY DID.