| Leg |
Attackpoint |
Route Choice |
| 1 |
The correct ramp starts immed S of end of carpark |
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| 2 |
Second blob of bush on L of track. Vegetation on R too complicated. |
Stay on track until last opportunity, if necessary go past and come back into corridor in trees |
| 3 |
Safest back onto main track to pick next blob of bush on L of track. |
See AP. Plus you don't know how soggy the yellow corridor is going to be. |
| 4 |
The paved ramp up the stopbank |
The map can't tell you how boggy the grass is. That's life! |
| 5 |
NW cnr of playing fields |
Short-cut up to path on top stopbank. After dry weather in summer, and the lawns newly mowed, you might ride along the fence. |
| 6 |
Wide path R off stopbank path |
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| 7 |
1. Road L of stopbank swings away
2. Identify second patch of trees |
1. Ride up zigzag vs push up steps
2. Potentially both sides of bridge available:-))
3. Once on W bank I prefer the path on top stop-bank as (a) sealed and (b) better view |
| 8 |
You need the correct cut in the trees. Third one from the rocks. |
Gravel track was fairly soft, may be worth climbing up to sealed path on stopbank |
| 9 |
Place with bush on BOTH sides of track. Bridge will prevent over-run. |
This is too short to climb up to stopbank, I think. Use gravel. |
| 10 |
Identify correct patch of trees |
Stay on the road until last moment. Hugging river is good navigationally but grass slower. |
| 11 |
Hard. You have to spot the big mapped trees from the track |
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| 12 |
Blob of trees |
Get onto the western path (sealed) earlier rather than later. Even if you have to walk across boggy grass or backtrack a bit. |
| 13 |
Deep stream on R |
In summer you might anticipate the AP, angle across the grass, and wade the lower stream |
| 14 |
Second line of trees |
You prob didn't take bikes right to control 13:-)) In summer, push along riverbed past first line of trees then ride along vegetation edge to second line, which is crossable. Distance saving could outweigh slower travel |
| 15 |
Third (long) carpark |
Grass the whole way vs back to road. I rode the grass and it wasn't bad. |
| 16 |
The big culvert mouth (shown as cliff) |
In normal flows the stream below the culvert is easily crossed, even ridden:-)) Saves a steep little pinch up over the culvert mouth |
| 17 |
Open area next Harcourt Werry Dr |
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| 18 |
Second track to river (with boulders). Culvert itself may be hard to spot although today workers had mowed the watercourse. That's where our rates go:-)) |
There's really only one sensible place to cross the road although we showed a 2nd allowable crossing zone. |
| 19 |
Big patch of trees next road |
Save 10% effort on the sealed path vs the gravel road. When you get close there's (a) in from the N or ride round to the S and in from there. |
| 20 |
Best AP the gravel road jnc but from there 7 similar-looking cuts into the trees. Care! |
Maybe stay on sealed path and cross to gravel where they are close. Paved triangle is backstop. |
| 21 |
Corners of olive green (Storage Business) |
All-sealed route next to the road better than soggy grass crossing. Maybe even in summer. |
| 22 |
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| 23 |
Either track to the river, vis from path. Three trees confirms. |
Either track |
| 24 |
Melling Bridge |
Two places to cross under the bridge, very similar |
| 25 |
Corner of main part of carpark |
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| 26 |
The SW tree markes the correct ramp |
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