Manly Dam update for 09 Jul

Rode this morning pre-dawn.
The section after the school was quite damp and the recent water channels were very soft at the left hand ends - stay right . The hill at the end of this section has been graded since the work has finished, it's no longer a technical climb, just point your steed uphill and get the cadence high, much easier but less fun.
The rest of the track was quite dry, a few watch outs:
1) the downhill section towards the creek has some sections off very soft mud if you drift off line - beware!
2) after the creek is, as expected, quite wet
3) entrance to the 19th hole has puddles after all the drop offs - these could get quite boggy if we have a lot of traffic (especially the final drop off the big rock)

Otherwise, all good, the old quagmire is holding up very well.

It rained briefly as I was finishing lap 2, but not enough to wet the trail I wouldn't have thought.