Bags of fun at Fossil’s place.

A bit of a report, sorry no pics, I had a little bit of a come off, which I am blaming for the demise in my trusty old “trail camera”

It has been a few years since we have hit Fossil’s place for a ride, I dunno why, as it has some of the best riding around these parts. Being in the back blocks so to speak, it doesn’t see the bike traffic some of the other local forest see, so all the trails are in great condition. Moose and I arrived early and had the bikes unloaded before Fossil surfaced, we sent Fossil to make some coffees as it was bloody freezing (for north coast standards, the frost was a big one but it had nothing on the one we witnessed at Lithgow at the birthday ride)

It wasn’t long before Corey8 came rattling up the driveway, closely followed by Strucky then RiderX and his nephews Brown and Brown.
WE all kitted up and headed out Fossil’s back gate with Fossil leading the way, straight into some single trail, I was first cornerman for the day and it was here I made a mistake that nearly ended the day for two of us. As everyone passed through the corner I noticed Moose was missing, I waited a minute or two before making the decision to go back and look for him, thinking that there may be a problem with his bike. Not thinking I blasted my way back along the single trail only to round a corner to meet face to face with RiderX coming at full song. He went left and so did I and only just managed to miss a head on by mere millimeters. Thank God it was RiderX coming the other way and not someone less trail savvy, how we missed one another still has me amazed. If we had of hit it would have been my fault entirely.

Anyhow with the near miss out of the way, we headed into the scrub and up the first and biggest hill for the day. I roared up it full of confidence only to hit a loose boulder that speared me into a rutt and the XR stopped abruptly and flung me over the hangers and face first into the rocky ground. Not really hurt I quickly jumped to my feet only to hear the familiar laugh of my mate Moose. I turned the XR around and headed back to the bottom for another run at the hill only to find on my 2nd attempt that the hill was blocked further up by another rider that had come to grief on the final rocky step up. So back to the bottom for my third run at the hill, which ended well, with me finally getting to the top.

There were several other rocky hills that we had to either ascend or descend through out the day, all of which were a challenge but great fun. Strucky came to grief on one of the biggest and ugliest down hills I have seen for a while and while I waited for him at the bottom I could hear a barrage of expletives filtering down through the bush from up the hill. Not often you hear Strucky go off..LOL.

The beauty of riding with a local is that your time in the bush is not wasted looking for trails and Fossil did a great job linking up some great trails that had a bit of everything that tested all the riders on the ride. Some of the sweetest freshly cut singles I have ridden ever greeted us about halfway through the ride and continued right through to the end. What a great days riding that we finished off with a sausage sizzle a few beers and a ton of laughs. Thanks guys for a great day.

Kram would have loved it, pity he couldn’t make it and stayed home racking up brownie points for another day.

When you have great toys to play with and great places nearby to play with them, the temptation is to much to resist. :woohoo: