I was delighted to be joined by my husband Andrew for the next section of trail. Not least because his navigation skills are much better than mine. As the weather was cold, wet and windy, we decided to save the section along the cliff top between Waitpinga Beach and Newland Hill for a day with better weather, and head inland to Inman Valley instead.
We soon left the sealed road, and as is tradition, started the first climb of the day. Not overly steep, but more of a long grind and I was feeling my legs from the day before. Not so for Andrew, who was a sprightly as a lark.
The trail in this area is a mix of unsealed country roads and trail and it after the coastline sections, significantly easier to run on. Also after Newland Hill, the terrain was gently undulating, until once again there was along grinding climb up to Robinson Hill.
It was raining on and off and there was a strong SW wind, so we needed to keep moving to stay warm.
After passing through mostly farming land, the trail enters a small pine forest where it uses fire tracks which are really nice to run on. Also the trees provided protection from the wind so we managed to get along at a reasonable pace. It was so peaceful in the forest and we encountered kangaroos and beautiful parrots as we trundled along.
Leaving the pine forest, the trail passes across some more farm land before reaching Inman Valley which was our designated pick up spot. We were slightly ahead of schedule so we jogged along the Inman Valley Road to stay warm until we all met up.
Due to deteriorating weather the next day, this brought our trail running for the weekend to an end and after a leisurely start, we headed home.
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