Dunstan Trail

BIG day - the planned ride on the Dunstan Trail. We've moved our booking twice and I think we confused them. We were supposed to leave from the Heritage Precinct in Cromwell but they took us to Smiths Way - that's an extra 16km to ride. It was cool but fine and not too windy. There were quite a few people doing it too. It's not a rail trail - you need to be confident on narrow trails with no outside barrier in places and a long way to fall if you go over the edge. Parts of it were really steep too - Cairnmuir Ladder goes from the coffee boat at lake level up a vertical 324m by winding up a steep rock face.No photos of that - Karin had given the order to just go until we got to the top. She didn't want to meet anyone coming the other way. Have a look on YouTube- there are good videos of the trail on there.
We arrived in Clyde after 58km both feeling pretty fresh after just under 4 hours. Just as well really - the Alexandra pool closed at 5 pm tonight so no spa for us tonight. Great ride!Read more