Tuesday 24th November

A small ride at Halswell was organised. I picked up the Silverfox and arrived out there early. Abba (surprise surprise) showed up followed by Bugs. We waited a bit and as no one showed up we headed off slowly. Went up the Quarry route and then had contact from Phatboy and Mellonfarmer. They had arrived. We slowly went up the grunty bit to the top and then waited until they caught up. Puffing and wheezing they were. They know how we feel when we chase them all the time now. A quick blast down the steps until we hit the fence and then grind back up through the paddocks and into the zigzags leading out to he road. Cleaned all of this grunt which pleased me. Onto the single track above the Crocodile. Nice ride through here cleaning most of it except 2 little gnarly bits, although some made all bit 1. A blast down to the gate and back up. Some nice work been done on this track. Then the downhill run. MF had a tumble as he was passing a ploncker. No injury really but a gark and twisted bars. He, Phatboy and Abba straightened the bars while the rest of us gave chase to the ploncker. I cut in front of him as we started on the Croc. He was not happy about this and actually started to increase speed, but never caught me. Down, down, down we went and then grunty climb time. I spun once, dabbed and got started again then pushed the last 5-10m. Silverfox cleaned it and Bugs cleaned most of it. Watched the others come down and then started off again. Blasted the last section, did the humps, dropped into the swampy corner with the rock pathway and stinky climb out where we had a regroup. Due to Gurgly guts and the need for a comfortable loo I decided to head home. I dropped the Fox and abba off while the others extended their fitness.