Shitty day, shitty mood, shitty sleep, shitty day at work, mood: glum. So, to clear my head I took the Troll up the hill... Grunted up through Vic (same pace as a girl running (ahead) until above the first gate where it gentles off a little and I passed her before the upper dog park entrance). Up through the 19th and over to skidder and the usual walk up the grunter. All the way to the Summit Rd for the nice roll down to the Kiwi. Across the Pass and up the next section of Summit Rd, jollying up and up til it settled off. Nice cruise down(ish) around to the first saddle where I took to the Crater Rim walkway and rode (and dabbed and walked) through the slippery rocky trail along adjacent to the road. Nice bush, lovely bellbirds singing. Explored off down Bush Rd to the left a wee ways, then back up to continue through the next saddle and staying on the Crater Rim up around the flank of Ada (past Ella's) through the previously burned section. Very overgrown, ended up walking quite a bit of it, but rode some. View towards Marleys and town (Sugarloaf on the right).
Left up the Ada track to the top, riding and walking. Excellent view up here.
Off down from here down to the road again, some fun, narrow then at the bottom wide speed. Onto the road and towards home, rolling start, then tucked speed through the first saddle and fast standing cranking around to sitting climbing gently back towards Marleys and then faaasstt rolling coast down back to Kiwi, through the top and up, climb climb to top of Vic and off down the usual singletracks, rocks, gums (log needs cutting - still), then out to skidder, over 19th, down to Dogpark Carpark and weaving and jumping through this, ballbearings!!! (acorns), and out to home.
A nice jaunt, all round - 14(ish) km, and a little under 500 m climbed.
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