Tuesday 26th January

Got home from work feeling like shite, body did not feel like riding but brain did. The people started arriving, Mellonfarmer, Sandals, Abba, Silverfox, Bugs, and Phatboy. We all set off and headed up Huntsbury. I was a little bit slower but a regroup at the 3rd hairpin and another at the top of the road kept us all together. The misty fog got us just after the last steep bit of track by the pylons. Into jackets for some of us. It was weird with low visibility all the way up. Grunted to the top, never cold. At the traverse track another group went in first then Mellonfarmer and Phatboy gave chase followed by ME and the others. I had a good run through here passing the group of 5 who were hunched up at the halfway point working on a bike. Regrouped at the Pines and then blasted down the Rockgarden and the Gums. The rockgarden caught some out.

A regroup at the skidder site while I wondered off to ensure comfort was had for the rest of the ride. I delivered a 5lb'er. Sandals peeled off to her place. Down Dazzas and into Brents. Love this track for some reason, taking new lines, then down Bridges and then the high line out. Steep but first time that I have cleaned it. Feeling good now. Up the hidden track. Dabbed 3 times but rode the whole uphill. Sucking air as it is steep but good. Then we blasted down Old skool. Loved it and was having fun chasing Phatboy, but never gaining. Silverfox peeled off at the Bottom of Bowenvale Ave, we rode the river and Phatboy peeled when we crossed, then Abba peeled leaving just Bugs, Mellonfarmer and I to complete the circuit. Awesome ride and the tracks were in excellent condition.