Continuing my Summit Rd Summits series (Sugarloaf, Ada being the first two knocked off), took the Troll up through Vic usual routes, gleaning a "cool bike" comment (from Mel) at Skidder, and then riding EVEN further up the gutser from there than ever previously, walking the little bit and riding the rest. Into Thompsons #1 behind some walkers, who had moved over for a rider coming up who'd moved over for them and me... nice flow onwards from there then down road, through Kiwi, and up road towards the burned zone... Good to get a look at it all. Burned completely up the cliff below the Mt Ada spot I'd gotten to previously. Moseyed around past the Bellbird and Kennedy's Bush, and found some good blackberries, had a feed, continued on riding around and up road, then hit the radar golfball road, under gate and up steep to corner, then up to security gate. Surprised there's so little in the way of Keep Out Private Property signs... Checked out over a cliff at the view and drop, and spotted a nice patch of bush below.
Back down the access road, fast, then cruisy coast down road to corner where I ducked into the bush, parked bike and wandered. A kereru flying along the track got a hell of a surprise when it saw me and slammed on the brakes, effectively hovering at head level before diving off down the hill. I wandered a little further, lovely tall bush, and came up on 3 really nice totara. Back to the bike and back on the road, cruise cruise cruise, climb, descend, cruise descend, getting good clips on the downs. Through Kiwi, traffic negotiation and climbing up to Thompsons #1 again, climbing this and walking at the end. Down round, across Rabbit paddock, rocks, cleaning all (in front of an audience too), then gums, gums gums. Out to 19th, below road for a bit then rolling, and into DogParkCarPark for a nice roll out down through and out To Harry Ell to road and home.
A fun and fruitful 17.3 kms with 521 m climbed
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