Excellent loner ride today. Did the Stupidmarket shopping, dropped it home then hit the road for "Lake" Janet, making good time up there and finding a pretty full carpark. Given all the cars parked, I saw surprisingly few people. There was one guy here either getting ready to walk or having just finished. Up the road (rather than the zigs), meeting no one. Climb climb, a slowly-becoming-annoying clunk or clack on each pedal revolution, just past TDC on the right crank. Stopped and tightened possible culprits to no avail.
Detoured to the Lookout then rode and pushed up to the road and hit the singletrack climb. Techknuckle af. 
Walked a bit, rode a bit more. Met 4 ladies, who were duly impressed. Walked a bit more, rode some more around the top corner to meet a couple. "You've done well to get up here."
Walked a bit, rode a bit more. Met 4 ladies, who were duly impressed. Walked a bit more, rode some more around the top corner to meet a couple. "You've done well to get up here."
Hit the technical drop-over to the wee saddle, across down to the trail where I hung a right, to climb up to the trig peak, 933m. 
360 degree view. Headed off down the ridge back towards the saddle then down to the trail again for the left turn, into the groove... Mucky, rutty, and do much fun. Pigs have really fucked up the track in places, including just before the rock roll. Into the bush for Switchback City - usual foot plant pivot method, jumping off for a few tighter ones. Exquisite riding.
Stooge SO good. As usual, the longer uninterrupted sections were flow-stage vibe enjoyment. It's just so beautiful in there.
360 degree view. Headed off down the ridge back towards the saddle then down to the trail again for the left turn, into the groove... Mucky, rutty, and do much fun. Pigs have really fucked up the track in places, including just before the rock roll. Into the bush for Switchback City - usual foot plant pivot method, jumping off for a few tighter ones. Exquisite riding.
Stooge SO good. As usual, the longer uninterrupted sections were flow-stage vibe enjoyment. It's just so beautiful in there.
Into the pines, and then the muckfest section, definitely some of the worst I've ever seen it. And it continued into the forest below, with big wallows and dirty dirty times. Back out into the dry sunny beech face then into the bottomlands for lovely lovely flow and groove, ending, finally out at the road. Next 2 people, a mum and kid on the other side of the river here,
Now for the grind up the road. I was half expecting to meet at least the woman in her car coming up behind or some other random heading down, but nope, had the whole road to myself all the way back to Janet. Took a brief detour up a side track just for a look. Found well rotted carcasses of a possum and a pig or deer at a turnaround caused by fallen trees. (ie, the track continued, but you couldn't pass). Off back to the car and done.
The usual 13.5 kms and 720 odd m climbed. Nicely nicely.
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