Day two of the annual trip. Checked out of Holiday Camp, so our departure was 10am, headed out of town via petrol pump, and up to Denniston Plateau.
Nelson's gears weren't working so we waited around a little while he faffed. Steve set off, with Robin and Pete, while Andy and me waited about a bit longer, but then Nelson said it was gonna take a while, so we set off in chase... Up the road, fourth right, into Loopy, ex-bulldozed track, wide, but eroded and rocky, short climb followed by fast and rocky descent, with the boys in view across on the next climb. Pete saw us, turned back to film us on the groveliest wee climb section, which I cleaned! On up, and over, and met up with the other two. This trail did this down and up thing a couple more times, then hung right onto Rocky, which dropped over and down. Pete went ahead to film. Then we all followed, me first. Turned to look back and saw Steve have his tumble here. Damn. He picked himself up and we climbed over and down, and met Sullivan's Track. Hung a left on this and climbed steeply, and technically, up and then across and around about the place, with Pete heading ahead to get the drone up for some filming of us. Eventually back to the road, and Steve and Robin continued on to the car, while Pete, Andy and me checked out Lunar. This was excellent. Narrow, hard to follow, technical, and interesting. Climbed out of that, back to the road, back to the car. First lap, a smidge under 7 kms with a puny 126 m climbed.
Out with Nelson, without Steve or Robin, for the next lap. Back up the road, and dropped into Lunar again, and sessioned a couple of sections, and tweaked a bit here and there. Tidied up the markings too. Then, climbed Miner's, up and down and up and over, then peeled off into S.O.B, which was techy as all fuck. Pete flew his drone, tried to capture us riding it. Got a bit of footage. Then down the rest of Miners, wet and sloppy, to Burnetts Face, and climbed back up the road. Looked at Teapot, which we should have ridden, but didnt... Second lap, tiny bit under 11 kms, and only 175 m climbed. (certainly feels like more when you're doing it).
Nelson's gears weren't working so we waited around a little while he faffed. Steve set off, with Robin and Pete, while Andy and me waited about a bit longer, but then Nelson said it was gonna take a while, so we set off in chase... Up the road, fourth right, into Loopy, ex-bulldozed track, wide, but eroded and rocky, short climb followed by fast and rocky descent, with the boys in view across on the next climb. Pete saw us, turned back to film us on the groveliest wee climb section, which I cleaned! On up, and over, and met up with the other two. This trail did this down and up thing a couple more times, then hung right onto Rocky, which dropped over and down. Pete went ahead to film. Then we all followed, me first. Turned to look back and saw Steve have his tumble here. Damn. He picked himself up and we climbed over and down, and met Sullivan's Track. Hung a left on this and climbed steeply, and technically, up and then across and around about the place, with Pete heading ahead to get the drone up for some filming of us. Eventually back to the road, and Steve and Robin continued on to the car, while Pete, Andy and me checked out Lunar. This was excellent. Narrow, hard to follow, technical, and interesting. Climbed out of that, back to the road, back to the car. First lap, a smidge under 7 kms with a puny 126 m climbed.
Out with Nelson, without Steve or Robin, for the next lap. Back up the road, and dropped into Lunar again, and sessioned a couple of sections, and tweaked a bit here and there. Tidied up the markings too. Then, climbed Miner's, up and down and up and over, then peeled off into S.O.B, which was techy as all fuck. Pete flew his drone, tried to capture us riding it. Got a bit of footage. Then down the rest of Miners, wet and sloppy, to Burnetts Face, and climbed back up the road. Looked at Teapot, which we should have ridden, but didnt... Second lap, tiny bit under 11 kms, and only 175 m climbed. (certainly feels like more when you're doing it).
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