Tra'y walking, me on Troll, up Menzies Bay Rd. Bye at the top and rolling, rolling, eyes watering, gravel-control, through the valley bottom then climbing, past the onga-onga, gently climbing, onwards and updwards, and stopping to take in the surging foam on the Decanters, then climbing, looking at the Millenium dawn walk Memorial (and time capsule (they're dreaming, "dont open until 2500," indeed!)) on up the road climbing still, past the yards, over the next cattlestop, around past the shed and shelterbelt, through the next cattlestop and only a little way further towards the first high point, turned back here, on account of Williams boy working the cattle, possibly to the road.
Rolled back down, gaining nice speed to gravel-control-zone, to find T just arriving at the Memorial thing. She turned back here, and I rolled briefly with her before hitting the rest of the down, gravel-grippage. Nice bomb down here, cruise-control in action, through the bottom and climbing again, up and grinding, or sitting and trying to spin - probably in favour of the former - learning to love the grind. Williams boy was on the road opposite as I was approaching the top. Surprising how slow his progress was down as I made my way to his gate. Rolling from here, gaining speed, keeping it in check (to a point). Fun blast. Check out the beach then home.
Overall, a ride comprised of lots of weather-matic adjustment to conditions, with sunshine and rainfall both, and cold winds and sheltered spots. 14.3 kms added up with 627.5 m ground-out of the ground.
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