At the bach for the weekend and had taken the fatty over, Saturday I spun Jet to the wharf and back, and then on Sunday morning headed out for a ride on my own... Went down to the beach and headed up the Decanter Bay road hill... Steep grind up here, nearing the top I spotted Tra'y (who had Jet) across the valley on the Chorlton Rd, tiny moving dot on the landscape. Over the top and a very fun descent, fat tires gripping and steering beautifully. Through the valley bottom, and into the climb, stopping to check out the stinging nettle treat, then stopping a little further up and layering off, then again, stopping to check out the view (and message T to say I could see Chorlton again). View Hill was also in view, in snow covered glory - woulda been mucky up there). Around the corner and climbing for a good while, some young cattle very interested in my progress. Climbed around the first catchment into the next and up a little getting to a high point before the road started flatly dropping for a while. Figured I'd done enough and turned back.
Nice rolling coast, slowly faster around and down. Tires gripping like crazy and muchly enjoyable rolling. Stopped just over the cattlestop into Decanter and took in the view, spotting a Hector's Dolphin toodling around below. Back into the ride, coasting faster and faster, til I was flying, but still cautious around each bend, gravel pretty loose but tires coping oh so well. Major speed on the final cruise through the bottom and then back down through the gears and clambering again, grinding ftw. Up up up and eventually making the top ready for a chip-seal bombfest. Slowly increasing speed built to crescendo magnitude by the final hairpin where I scrubbed all the speed down, for the final coasting roll to speed through the bottom of the valley again, and slow cruise back up to the house.
Well nigh 15 kms and a good 660 m surmounted.
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