A bunch of vehicle shuffling resulted in us dropping off the boys at the cafe at the start of Canaan Rd and Nelson and me driving down to Takaka and back up, then chasing them in the Canaan Rd. They'd stopped for a while at the cafe before heading in and so were waiting (patiently) for us at the Roller Coaster and we proceeded from there. Fun downs, sucky ups, and wet as hell through the last bit tot he Harwoods Hole carpark. Then into the climb up to the Rameka.
Quite a splecky and messy but fun trail through the forest, with the final downhills an absolute blast. Nice break just after the rocky ledge climb near the end. Then into the Pack Track, for a much funnerer downward blast, and over the hill into Great Expectations, which was also as fun as a fun thing on a fun day. At the bottom of this, over the nice new bridge, and missing the Klicks, we headed up onto the road, and back up it to the top of Great Hexpectations again. Ugh what a dastardly climb that was. Back into the top of Great Exp's, and then left into the new one, the mighty Historic Rameka Track. It was nice. Bit of climbing at the start, but nothing major, and once you start down it's all down, very high up, amazing views out over the valley, you seem to ride for ages and the valley is still miles below you. Then suddenly you look out and it's looming nearer. Great blast down, tho there's another (Odyssey) that we're yet to try. If we'd had more legs we might have ridden it, then back up, and down this, but no. Next time. anyway. ... Nice.
Quite a splecky and messy but fun trail through the forest, with the final downhills an absolute blast. Nice break just after the rocky ledge climb near the end. Then into the Pack Track, for a much funnerer downward blast, and over the hill into Great Expectations, which was also as fun as a fun thing on a fun day. At the bottom of this, over the nice new bridge, and missing the Klicks, we headed up onto the road, and back up it to the top of Great Hexpectations again. Ugh what a dastardly climb that was. Back into the top of Great Exp's, and then left into the new one, the mighty Historic Rameka Track. It was nice. Bit of climbing at the start, but nothing major, and once you start down it's all down, very high up, amazing views out over the valley, you seem to ride for ages and the valley is still miles below you. Then suddenly you look out and it's looming nearer. Great blast down, tho there's another (Odyssey) that we're yet to try. If we'd had more legs we might have ridden it, then back up, and down this, but no. Next time. anyway. ... Nice.
Anyway, a worthy 36 kms, with a mere 572 m climbed, plus the 680 or so we started from making for a whopping 1300 or so descended.
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