Thursday 17th May

Ride of 2 halves last night, thereby covering more ground... Buggs, Dozer and The Cook gathered at Taylors and waited for Phatboy, Mellonpharmacologic and Pictonia to arrive. They did, then they all rode up the Snake's tail. Picton, MF and Phatser peaked so quick while the others awaited The Cook's cooking that txt's were traded and the quicker group groped off into the night along the road and had a wonderful adventure picking their way back over the boulderstrewn trail. Meanwhile, Buggs, Dozer and Cookie explored out along the lower singletrack to the end and back then all the way down Anna Conda. She was reluctant to let the Cook go, and he was wondering where to go when the speedsters jetted past him showing him the way to do it. The six regrouped and finished off the tale with much aplomb. All told, by 8.10pm or so.