Good hoon out tonight. Headed up around Belleview and up Major Hornbrook to the end, through the park to the bottom of Britten. Rode up under the pylons, steep getting the better of me walking a couple of the worst tech or steep. Riding up across the reserve finding a sheeptrack on a better angle, to the mtb track then climbing up around the front and along to the Cutting exit. Over the fence and back and forth and up and round up to the aerials at top of Pleasant. All before needing any lights on. 6.30 or so at the top.
Into the descent, light on - just the headlamp tonight. Good blitz down the rocky bits then weaving down through the tussocks, not quite as fast as usual, lambs scattering out of the way. Spotted a horse rider over in the gloom near the gun emplacements, and as I rode down the 4wd bit passed a farmer looking bloke with a couple of dogs. Around and down to the main drag, bomb bomb bomb. Pretty good, not as fast as daytime, but still some good paces. A little bit of slop across the flatter face towards Gloomy, but then all dry in there. A big slip had crossed just after here, but the track had been repaired, then it was into the droppy rocky pop and weave down over the drop and around into Dave's zigs big corners. Around into the gully, and the slip that's always been there has expanded, and been repaired. Dry now. Fast blast down the last and then a slow back and forth to the road.
Up the road, long drag, but kept a good pace, and peeled into the Sheepshit Alley, climbing, back on road, up to Britten and in. Fast, around then off the corner across the hill following, just, the line all the way down then onto the main and under the pylon, much faster than on the Troll the other day, suspension doing what it's meant to. Over the stile and down Kenton track, new, tech, rocky, and nicely edged, with massive exposure off the left, lights picking up rock then black black void. Definitely want to explore this further as I peeled right and found myself just at top of Major Hornbrook. So bombed down here, two stretches then into Belleview and round to home base.
Supreme 15.43 km and 635 m escalated.
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