climbing and descending. RapCastleBridleCastleCraterRimVernonOldskool

Met nelson at bottom of rapaki. Steve and others all piked to spin round McLeans Island, >yawn<. so, we went up Rapaki, turned left round summit track, all the way to top of Bridle Path, very hard work keeping on track in the howling easterly wind, it was insane, making us dab numerous times we absolutely shouldn’t have. Then turned around and rode back up the bridle to castle rock track, very nice climb, surprisingly easy except for the very last 10 metres or so before the top. Then down the road to the walking track on the Cass Bay valley head, that’s a great track from that direction, and when dry and with no walkers, I think is a totally viable option for biking (i think the fact that its private land is one of the main reasons its not legal). Then bumped into Mark below Rapaki Rock on the singletrack, chatted with him a bit, he was on his new Coiler (which are only 5.5 inches now) which he only paid $2K for (with a backpack, hoodie and gloves thrown in)!!! He was off to Taylors then home. Nelson and me carried on and up singletrack round vernon, cross the road, along to the Old Skool Bowenvale (again!) and down. Found a couple new rather interesting lines in there too, you shoulda seen nelson going off this rock cliff… all up a really good ride. Felt like I’d climbed a lot at the end of it, that’s for sure.