Zig Zagging

Only a short ride of around 90km this weekend.  I'd done a little maintenance job on the WR and thought that like a little like a Gurkha's kukri, the bike couldn't be put back in the shed without a quick squirt.

After topping up with a ridiculous amount of fuel (5.5L), I puttered out of town and made for Watershed Road to hit some gravel as soon as possible.

Again it took me a little while to get used to the little bike on gravel (half the weight of the Tenere so doesn't quite have that planted feel) but I soon had a smile on my dial and had ridden all of Watershed Road and turned onto Spur Road.

After chasing a bunny up the road I had to duck as two huge hawks took off in front of me - I'm sure that if they'd wanted to they could have carried me and the little bike off - then it was onto the tar for a minute before getting into the zig-zags of Zig Zag Road.

At the top of the hill I made a navigational error which saw me heading back into Feilding a bit sooner than I'd planned.  Lunch was inhaled at my folks place before heading home.  A bit cooler out there today too...

Oh, and no map.  Google refuses to draw a route on the roads I took and no GPS device recording...