Tim...and the Scrambler
Retreat from the Emerald Creek Rd.
Rainy Hill and Mountain Rd. towards Gembrook
Here's proof I wasn't too muddled up...Peter on Ian's BM
Steve, who didn't see it coming
Cam cornermarking in Gembrook
End of the day, in the foot-slopes of Mt. Dandy , looking west across surburbia.
A big thanks to everyone for coming along, making it a truely enjoyable day out by helping out everywhere and staying on the ball with those 100s of turn-offs and short-stretches, it often felt like a well-oiled machine snaking its way through the underbrush.
There certainly was enough greasy and "spongy" clay around to catch out the unwary, a couple of steep downhillers on that slippery shyte had me waiting for a white flag going up.
All good and an incredibly lucky day weatherwise, too.
We'll have at least another 2 "Hood" rides coming up through the winter months....
.... one taking in the North, call it the "Greater Kinglake" area which will take in Chirnside Park/ Warrandyte/ Lilydale and the rides and backblocks of Kinglake/ Yarra Glen/ Hurstbridge/ Xmas Hills etc....as far as the Melba Hwy to the East.
....the second reaching from the Melba Hwy eastwards and south through Toolangi/ Healesville and Yarra Glen area, Warby and Powelltown and all the stuff south of the Warby Hwy....might actually have to make that 2 rides, as there's just too much stuff to see/ride for a single day.
Like yesterday's one, all of those will encompass quite a bit of dirt, all of it pretty easy, though.
Triggered by Tim's comments, when we stood at the corner of Carters Lane, we'll also organize a photo-ride through the winter months, as there are some things around that just make for great shots.....a certain light, fog, the breath in front of your mouth, a steaming creek, water dropping off leaves or droplets of morning dew hanging off a barbed wire fence....all the extra things that summer can't provide.
Little riding, most of it dirt... some walking...and lots of camera work.
See ya then!!
Retreat from the Emerald Creek Rd.
Rainy Hill and Mountain Rd. towards Gembrook
Here's proof I wasn't too muddled up...Peter on Ian's BM
Steve, who didn't see it coming
Cam cornermarking in Gembrook
End of the day, in the foot-slopes of Mt. Dandy , looking west across surburbia.
A big thanks to everyone for coming along, making it a truely enjoyable day out by helping out everywhere and staying on the ball with those 100s of turn-offs and short-stretches, it often felt like a well-oiled machine snaking its way through the underbrush.
There certainly was enough greasy and "spongy" clay around to catch out the unwary, a couple of steep downhillers on that slippery shyte had me waiting for a white flag going up.
All good and an incredibly lucky day weatherwise, too.
We'll have at least another 2 "Hood" rides coming up through the winter months....
.... one taking in the North, call it the "Greater Kinglake" area which will take in Chirnside Park/ Warrandyte/ Lilydale and the rides and backblocks of Kinglake/ Yarra Glen/ Hurstbridge/ Xmas Hills etc....as far as the Melba Hwy to the East.
....the second reaching from the Melba Hwy eastwards and south through Toolangi/ Healesville and Yarra Glen area, Warby and Powelltown and all the stuff south of the Warby Hwy....might actually have to make that 2 rides, as there's just too much stuff to see/ride for a single day.
Like yesterday's one, all of those will encompass quite a bit of dirt, all of it pretty easy, though.
Triggered by Tim's comments, when we stood at the corner of Carters Lane, we'll also organize a photo-ride through the winter months, as there are some things around that just make for great shots.....a certain light, fog, the breath in front of your mouth, a steaming creek, water dropping off leaves or droplets of morning dew hanging off a barbed wire fence....all the extra things that summer can't provide.
Little riding, most of it dirt... some walking...and lots of camera work.
See ya then!!
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