Sunday Looping Troll

Damp and cloudy, beasterly blasting for days and a bunch of rain having sogged up the hills, so I headed out on the Troll.  Down our driveway and down Longhurst to Derrynane, through the reserve out and down Kidson.  Crossed Dyers into Whisby, careful careful (damp leaves) down here into Macmillan, zoom and pop, over to Polson, 37 steps up to Sassaram, coasting down to the 'alleyway', greasy and a couple of steps down to upper Shalamar.  

Brief stint on Cashmere Rd into Ferniehurst, Wood- and Palm-sides on the Uni-trail, along river past Pioneer, over Frankleigh and into the backstreets to Domain Terrace peeling left across Spreydon Domain out to Hoon Hay.  Through the lights, past the Carmelites, left onto mucky slow greasy alongside Heathcote River where I'd never explored before.  Had to check the map a couple of times to work out where I was.  Past Nga Puna Wai sports hub and around up to, McMahon Drive, detour up Mariposa Cres and back, then Aidenfield Dr over the bridge, hard left back to the motorway bikepath, and followed the motorway to the underpass, along the other side of the motorway for a bit out to rail trail, taking this to Prebbleton, new trails behind the shops, then into Tosswill, Oakwood Mews, around Prebbleton Domain, nearly losing it passing a grumpyman, front wheel started to slide on slick dirty tarmac.  

Out Penny Rose Lane, and left into Trice's, 80kph zone, Saby's, Candy's, Glover's, Kennedy's, and finally Cashmere Rd.  Took a toodle around new wetlands, up Happy Home, dropping down into the park and out to Croftfield, crossing over to Pentonville, up Rushden, then steep clamber and muck avoidance around to zig zags up to Worsley.  

Dropped down Worsley's Rd, round past the bikepark entrance, through the Stone House garden up steps to Shalamar, then carried up the steps to Bengal.  Took the call from Tra'y, MMR stopped here.  Through Delhi, Polson, and Hackthorne home. 31.5 kms measured but more like 35, and MMR only gave me 200m climbed!  Having killed my ride at Bengal Drive  there's another 200m to add to that.