Beautiful spring morning to go riding. Broke out into a light sweat while gearing up which isn't ideal.
Mark gave his pre ride pep talk and then we were off to explore the trails around Marysville.
About 15 minutes in, Karl didn't see a spoon drain and had a nasty off. His bark busters were twisted and steering a bit bent. He seemed ok though.
Helped him straighten the bike out and off we went.
Everyone seemed to be cruising pretty well so I think Mark may have decided to do some more fun tighter tracks.
There was a nice cool breeze blowing which kept the temp pleasant and blew the dust away.
At some point we did a river crossing which was surprisingly deep. Phil's RM250 didn't like the water and cut out.
Quick clean of the plug and flush out of the carby and he was back in business again.
Stopped at Dom Dom saddle for lunch.
After lunch Phil suggested it might be good if the tailman kickstarted any bikes without buttons. Hmmm... where is that suggestion box.
Mark decided to take took us up his favourite challenge hill. Phil's RM was giving him a tough time negotiation the rocky outcrops.
I stopped to give hime a bit of hand and then told him I'm going to push on and I'll come back down and help him once i've reached the top.
I didn't get too much further up the hill when I came across carnage. Bikes all over the place and Al providing assistance by sitting on his bike and shouting instructions.
Got off my bike, climbed up to the downed riders and started pushing and pulling bikes.
After shouting a few more instructions Al decided to leave us to it and took off showing us the optimum route through rocks.
Simon followed Al and I was just about to give the next victim a push when Mark re-appeard signalling that we were turning around.
Apparently this hill gets harder still, so after reaching the top with Kevin and Ian in tow, Mark sent Kevin and Ian down the other side and then came back down and turned us all around.
We cruised back to cars arriving back at about 3pm and 100+km done.
Note: I found out back at the cars that Al is recovering from an operation on his achilles tendon which is why he was providing verbal assistance instead of physical. Sorry Al, I take back those bad thoughts I had.
Awesome day, thanks Mark for putting ride on and everyone else for a fun day.