28th May 2017, MT Erin Station, 731 Middle Road, Havelock North
It was raining consistently all day. On the first lap the sections weren’y too slippery but I wasn’t having fun. I was getting heaps of fives and had a bit of an argument with dad.
Despite this I had my only clean of the day on section eight.
The second and third laps were so slippery that it was hard to walk, let alone ride.
Sections eight to eleven were all along the top of this bank. When riding between them you had to half pull your bike up from the hill to stop yourself falling down the bank. The observers were falling over when they came to click your card.
One girl, at the end of the day, had black shoes on. She said that, at the start of the day, they were bright green.
A few of the sections I didn’t even bother attempting on the last couple of laps. I didn’t have a go at seven because it had a bank with almost no run-up and no grip. Even Kevin Pinfold mucked it up on the last lap. I didn’t do nine for pretty much the same reason. It was a pity I was being impatient and not waiting for Kevin and Daniel because they found an alternative route on the last lap.
On twelve half the intermediate grade, including me, didn’t attempt it. The ones who did got fives, execpt Kevin who got through it once for a three, the only person in Inters to get through it all day.
I had an awesome day – it was great to have an excuse for playing in the mud.
