Jus'S'kidding ( Dry Hill Rd.)

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Rosemount Jazz

June 7, 2013

Ten of of us set for this ride! We meet the "Ochi Crew"(Andy, Kerone, Sanchez) at the round about and drove up to River Edge! We start the ride at 8 am heading back to Fort George than we took a left through the banana fields to Junction Road. After a short ride on the main we turn of towards Georgia Penn and Rosemount. We got admired by some of the villagers who seem to be impressed by our "hard exercise"as they said! It certainly was harder than I remembered! The road gradually got steeper and steeper with some rocky parts as well, testing the riders skills and fitness!

 John, Kerone and Marcus seemed to manage the climb very well so they got well ahead! Keith was doing well just behind them! 

The rest of us Bernadette, Thomas, Andy, Sanchez, Courtney,were going slower , suffering from  the heat, the sun was merciless!

Thats when we had a stop in the shade by this little shop .



Courtney ask me to take a picture of him, before his "DEDO"!

This is one of the last buildings in Rosemount, from here the road turns into a single track undulating through the pristine landscape! A short downhill than a short moderate climb to a spring. Thats where we regrouped with the front riders! Marcus was in the "shower" when we arrived, it definitely cools you down a lot! Is a nice place to have a rest!

From here a short nice  climb to Camberwell main square!  The view is beautiful from here, you can see al the way to Highgate. Everybody decided to ride the Jazzy trail! So there we went. I remembered a fairly short and steep ride up, well, it was not short but it sure was steep!

 

Eventually we got to the highest point of the ride,  450m (not 370m  as I thought) it felt much higher, after all we climb only 380 m. Thats were the fun started! Downhill time! Andy, Kerone and Sanchez were having fun in Georges Hope square, doing a jump over a big bump than a wall ride! Awesome! 

The downhill was great,  it starts as a nice well running single track then it becomes rougher and rougher! You have to improvise all the time, you try to pick a line but usually it does not work out to well! A continuous rock garden testing your bike to the max! A ride through Ugly River and a slalom through cow pies and mud and there we are at the bridge!

A short ride to River Edge were a cooler loaded with drinks and an awesome Jamaican breakfast  was waiting for us! And a chocolate drink from locally produce chocolate balls!  After breakfast down to Pencar River for a soak!

It was a good ride a true All- Mountain ride ! Bernadette is getting better with each ride! This was Kerone, Marcus and Thomas first ride with us, all did excellent!

Jazzy on Pinkbike

By Bogdan Simandan

This loop is an extended version of the Rosemount Trail! It Starts at River Edge, go to Fort George then to the roundabout , Junction Road, Georgia Penn, Rosemount to  Camberwell  , Georges Hope, now the fun part starts, another 4 km  single track I call it Jazzy! Than back to River Edge, and soak in the river! Phone number for River Edge /Mrs Chuck 3854943.

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Rosemount Trail

This is a nice loop, it starts at the Shell gas station a the round about at the end of Junction Road. The ride takes us through Ft. George, Camberwell, Rosemount, Georgia Pen and back to the gas station.95% off road! 3km single track!

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Cichona/St. Johns Peak

This pictures were taken on a short discovery ride I did from Cinchona riding through St. Helens Gap up towards Sir Johns Peak.It was raining on and off, I felt like in the high european mountains. Gorgeous, peacefull place, extremely humid though! I rode as far as I could, the  track was recently cleared by the forest department, they have a reforestation project in the area. From where the track ended I rode for another maybe 2 min through some big bush then hiked for another 20 min. The trail is walkable but not rideable.I turned back not knowing that I was probably not very far from the peak! On the way back I took a right turn that took me onto a short , exposed and steep single track, dropping me straight into St. Hellens Gap!
I got back to Cinchona were the barbecues were working on full. A cold beer, then some fun riding in the gardens with my daughter! There are some lovely trails through the garden, ideal for teaching beginners! Roots, smal drop offs, berms etc! I spoke with some locals inquiring about trails! I was told you could ride up to a coffee farm than turn right going down to Strawberry Hill and from there down to Westphalia! Perhaps next time!