So what a way to start a ride, as I followed the bike path along the beach heading out to the Noosa and Tewantin trails.

The girls over at tri adventure has shown me the Noosa trail network the week before which I had not ridden before, so was keen to get oput and give it another go. The ride is a 45 minute road bike track ride to the trails then a couple of hours on the trails then another 45 minute ride home.

Whilst it was early about 6.30am departure the temp was already in the low 20s and the sun has a bit of kick about it. Seems a millieniun miles away from the cold paddle I did in the yarra 2 weeks ago. So I was following Noosa trail 4 which is part of the Noosa Enduro course in July. The riding is mainly fire trail with sections of single track in between, the fire trail riding is undulating and has plenty of challenging climbing on some rocky tracks.

I got the camera out on timer and took a couple of action shots which took a few tries as I was counting the camera timer down, and sometimes did not quiet get it right. This is the start of one of the best bits of single track I have ridden in this area, fast and flowing and great tempret rain forest all around you. As I was riding along I was getting alot of sticks leaves etc hitting my legs, as I was heading down a rocky descent a large rock flicked up and smashed into my left shin.

As I pulled over I saw the dent the rock had made in my shin but also saw the two interesting holes that were also just above my sock, that looked suspiciously like a snake bite. After concluding that is wasnt a snake bit or so I thought as the holes were accross my leg and not up and down like they would have been had it been a snake. Either way I decided that I would monitor how I was feeling anyway.

So after finishing the Noosa trails I headed up and over to the trails in Tewantin state forest, where all the single track is, and it has been a year since I had ridden these trails and some of them had changed due to a bit of erosion and where now a bit more rocky than last year. These trails were great fun and a great way to finish of the ride, except for the 45 minutes required to get home. So after an early start and 3.5 hours on the bike I was home at 10am and in the pool shortly after.

And as a Melbournian who rides year round in the cold it was great to have no arm warmers no booties etc and actually get a nice sweat going from the weather rather than the amount of clothing you have on.