Tuesday 23rd July

Another chance to ride and only 3 to ride.  Bugs and The Cook arrived at mine with light spots of rain dropping.  It was meant to clear so we headed off up Rapaki.  Nice light pace up hear, me grinding in a bigger gear to keep me honest.  Same inconsistent rain pattern all the way.  A quick regroup at the top then we split.  The Cook did the road around to the Traverse track while I led up over the Vernon track. The rain was a bit heavier in the cloud and you could see more coming in.  Quite a good blast over the top giving it a nudge.  Got to the road ahead of the others and watered the plants.  We had decided to head down Huntsbury due to the weather but did this by heading along the traverse and hanging a right down the hill.  This was a tad greasy which made it interesting.  Safely made it though and then discovered The Cook was still at the top unsure of where to go.  He made his own line in the end.  From here we continued down taking some wet greasy lines above the main track.  Water flicking up and water coming down from the clouds.  Onto the tarmac with lotsa water flicking up, wet greasy tarmac but fast run anyway.  From here we went up and over the knob of Port Hill Rd and then around to the brewery for a couple of pints.  Nice to get out.