Sunday 11th November

Set off early to keep ahead of the lads on the uphill.  I grunted up Rapaki (1st time on the full climb for quite some time) and it was a slow steady grunt.  I then headed around the road to the start of the Traverse.  Thought I saw the lads coming up the Rapaki but obviously mistaken.  I sat looking over the city for about 15-20 minutes before they showed up.  The posse was Tinkerbell, Bugs and Dozer.  Phatboy showed a couple of minutes later as he was running late.  They had a breather before heading around the Traverse.  Nice run around here.  Me off the pace on any climbs.  Enjoyed all the downs and swoopy bits though.  Regrouped at Vic Park before dropping down Thompsons. Nice.  I decided to bypass the 2nd section which was a great idea as there were walkers creating a bottleneck and everyone and to stop. FDrom here we headed over to the start of Choirboy where there was a clusterfuck of riders waiting to head down for some reason.  We took the lead (me tailender) and had a great run down here.  Felt good.  Into the park with us all taking Loees Rider.  A few other users on the track but nice flow down here.  Up the lift and down Yeah Yeah Nah, into Lord of the Posums.  Nearly got shunted off the track by a tourist who went to let me pass then paniced and closed the gap.  Regrouped before Phatboy headed dfown Double Overhead Cam while the rest of us dropped into lower Duncans Donuts to get into Snakeobs which throws you out onto Non Compliant.  Stopped for a drink before doing the long drag home.  Bit of a head wind for everyone.

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Sunday 4th November

I thought I should put something down on the blog.  I drove out to sumner while Dozer, The Cook and Tinkerbell met at Bugs and the 4 of them rode from there.  I parked up outside Dot Com and headed off towards Ct Thomas.  Grunted my way up there with quite a few dabs on the steep stuff.  I went out the walking track at the top as I was totally stuffed.  Watched the guys as they rode up.  From here they started the Godley head track while I rode the road with the intention of meeting them at the top of Anaconda.  I noticed they had put in a cattlestop at the farmtrack that joins up with the track so grunted up here in time to hook up with the lads.  From here I followed them all the way to the Anaconda.  They headed on towards Godley while I dropped down at a relaxed pace.  Headed over Scarborough at a leisurely pace and got my orders in at Dot Com before the lads arrived.  I drove home while they slogged into the wind all the way home.

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