Family and Lynne out for a ride before the rain was to start this morning. Rode into town, over the coathanger and around to the start of the trails. I stopped along the marina to check Trailforks and they call got ahead of me so when I finally caught them up they were well on their way around the bottom of the hill on the trail heading for Waikawa, whereas I would have preferred to have led up the climb to the left, which they'd missed... So, anyway, we ended up where the road heads up onto the Snout Ridge and the zig zag climbing track started so off up that we headed. Was a nice climb with one or two downwards bits and plenty of switchbacks. Right at T's level said she. Lynne was struggling with her knees, while Otis just jetted ahead.
Eventually we made the reservoir tank and from here headed up Ridgeline track. Lynne took the road and H bailed out to the road halfway along. At the end of the road (where it heads down again) T, H and Lynne bailed out, while O and me took Western track along to Kanuka, then continued along this, which was pretty good this direction, til we got to the zig zag climb (Lion's) up to the top. Reasonable climb, good views at the top. Into the Lion's Centennial down back towards town, not bad, some switchback sections that don't flow as well as they could. You can never really get massive speed up anywhere, but nice riding, and nice environs. Back down onto Western and not as good in this direction, more climbing grunts. Out across to Ridgeline again, good in this direction too, then eventually we hit down Leicester Track, which is somewhere I may once have ridden in the vicinity, or bits thereof, a lonnnng time ago - tho maybe The Doctor track is more in keeping with that? Anyway, lots of interesting corners, but still not enough flow. And back along the Waikawa Picton track back to the Coathanger and back up through town.
A worthy 17 kms, with 380 m climbed.
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