#186 - Sunday Ride

Hiker waiting out the rain under the bridge

These two finished their trail ride early

Pic taken when it was just drizzling inside Rooty Trail

Pic taken when it was just drizzling inside Rooty Trail

The day started with the sun shining brightly.

I cycled to Novena, Bukit Timah Rd ... but

when I reached Hwa Chong I can see lightning

flashing on the horizon. As I cycled further, it

became darker and the wind became cooler.

When I was almost reaching King Albert Park

McDonald's the wind and rain was very strong.

The wind was so strong that I thought me and

my bike were going to be carried away by it !

I went to RRR and waited out the worst

of the rain under the bridge. It was only 9:30am

but I see some cyclists were already returning

from the trails. They already had their fix

at this early hour?

Anyway, after 30 minutes, the drizzle became

tolerable and so I went up RRR. I continued

on to ZH Park until the entrance of Rooty Trail.

True enough lots of cyclists were already

heading home!

I went in and had a blast inside Rooty Trail :-)

I met only 1 guy doing the reverse route.

The thing was, when I got out, the downpour

started again! This time the rain was like biblical

in proportion. Well, I don't want to go up to

that trail that leads to Casuarina when it is pouring

so hard, so I did a u-turn and went back inside

Rooty Trail to do the Reverse Route.

It was raining so hard that the rain was going

through the jungle canopy. Water was also pooling

in the trails. Any one riding inside Rooty Trail

in conditions like this will surely be branded

a fanatic hehehehe.

The thing was I enjoyed this ride even more!

I met more riders doing the normal route.

As if all of us were a bit embarassed to be

found out playing in the rain, every one I met

was smiling and giggling. There was even this

guy who endoed while trying to clear a log pile

and when he picked himself up, he was saying

'teeheeheehee...'.

But, I didn't try to press my luck and

so when I got out of Rooty Trail, I went

to ZH Park, Belukar track and went to

the Bukit Timah stairs and headed home

via RRR :-)