Only opportunity to ride this week so parked up Evans and headed out the Godley. Fun techy rocky start, I kept my own good pace and cleaned everything after a couple of breathers retrieving my gasp back after the cold start on the steep. Gorgeous evening and good rolling around the top and down, smooth blasting down to Livingston Col. Momentarily contemplated hanging a right, around the 360/Crater Rim, but played nice and headed onwards on the legal trail and thru to Breeze Col. A ship was heading out below me in the harbour, but lost sight of it as I got to the Col, so I popped across to see it but it had moved on. Headed up the wee climb above the road, and onto the narrow trail which was totally overgrown so I took it very easy, wary of subsumption holes. Rode across to the start of the Breeze Bay track, but then from here bombed down to the carpark to look at the backpackers.
Returning, I got onto the original trail below the road - meeting my first 'other person' here. Then down Anaconda, meeting my second person here. Many blown out dusty corners lower down, and horrific traction on most corners, in the slick dust. Down the Tail, wary, as it's been a while, then straight up the road, and left onto the walking track above Joy's, cleaning this all the way up to where you're riding along the deer fence near the top (meeting my third and final person here). Finally at this point was where I was starting to get tired. Watched a parasailor take off and seemingly plummet, then headed up the gravel to the road, around the corner and up the paddock onto the Godley back to Evans. Careful too, cos it was overgrown and I was heading straight into the sun. At the end, I took the walking track bit for the final drop down to the finish.
Returning, I got onto the original trail below the road - meeting my first 'other person' here. Then down Anaconda, meeting my second person here. Many blown out dusty corners lower down, and horrific traction on most corners, in the slick dust. Down the Tail, wary, as it's been a while, then straight up the road, and left onto the walking track above Joy's, cleaning this all the way up to where you're riding along the deer fence near the top (meeting my third and final person here). Finally at this point was where I was starting to get tired. Watched a parasailor take off and seemingly plummet, then headed up the gravel to the road, around the corner and up the paddock onto the Godley back to Evans. Careful too, cos it was overgrown and I was heading straight into the sun. At the end, I took the walking track bit for the final drop down to the finish.
14kms with 578m climbed
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