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Headed out about 100km west of Sydney, to a trail called the Narrow Neck Trail. Words cannot describe how stunningly beautiful it was, so I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves.

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Just a short ride today. The nice autumn days of just 2 weeks ago have as predicted expired and it was a fresh 2‐3°C with a bit of mist. Almost wished I had the winter gloves on instead of the dirtpaws, particularly on the way to the woods along the lake.

Was determined however to try out the new fork fitted this week. As expected, it was the difference between night and day compared to the stock Suntour NVX, so the blood, sweat, and tears (2 literally and the 3rd almost) were worth it.

It was also nice to explore somewhere new, even if relatively short.

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Out on the back roads and south down way again this morning. 24 miles and just shy of 2000ft elevation. The black boy pub is one we went in a couple of days ago. It was closed this morning……but it was just gone 9am. 😂Mad pub full of memorabilia etc. Old viaduct called Hockley railway viaduct. And as it seems to be autumn leaves photo time. 👍
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Too overgrown in summer this route even today the gears got all choaked up with bracken. There's an easy way and hard way to do a mile of this trail so I did both. Definitely getting too old for the hike a bike bit and I walked over quite a few technical bits. The drop would be sore if I went over the edge.
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Still living the dream up here weather wise . Plan is to walk up Schiehallion the morn then overnight in van and have a look at Dunkeld area Wednesday with bike its supposed to be good there. I will get lost probably.
 
-2c in the frozen North this morning 🥶
We grow our own garlic, still waiting for a cold snap before planting. Been 10-12C for weeks, need colder weather to trigger the cloves to develop into bulbs, but temperatures might finally be dropping in the coming weekend.
 
The last two times I went out it was overcast and about 11 degC. Better than stopping at home, but it felt cold and damp and it was dispiriting. :(
Today was a different matter altogether! Bright and sunny, blue skies, but colder (8degC in the sunshine and colder in the shade). But I was on fire today! :D Went 50% further in the same time and was hammering the trails. It felt absolutely brilliant! :love: Definitely A GOOD DAY.
 
Sun came out (forgotten what it looked like!) so Mrs and me went for an easy 10 mile ride on surprisingly dry trails. Still no frost so trees are very slowly shedding their leaves creating a soft colourful carpet.

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👍 Perfect to stopp and hold for a moment of mindfulness.
 
We grow our own garlic, still waiting for a cold snap before planting. Been 10-12C for weeks, need colder weather to trigger the cloves to develop into bulbs, but temperatures might finally be dropping in the coming weekend.
We've pretty much had similar conditions until this morning ..a beautiful day followed though ..so no complaints
 
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