As is tradition, this section of the trail started benignly enough, but then developed into a long climb up and over Sugarloaf Hill. The weather was cool and overcast and the prospect of brunch in the Adelaide Hills was all the incentive I needed. Once over the hill, the trail descends into Myponga Conservation Park. Well the trail does, but I missed the turn off at Martinga Park (a private property), no doubt daydreaming again, the upshot being I stayed on James Track. Hauling out my map many kilometres later, I did the math on retracing my steps and my designated pick up time at Myponga and realised I wouldn’t have time to backtrack and still get to the pick up point in time. Curse my inattention!
Eventually, near Myponga, James Track joins up and briefly becomes part of the trail again, so I just kept on running on the track and resigned myself to coming back another day to do the bit I would miss. Missing bit #2.
As I had a bit of time up my sleeve, I followed the trail away from Myponga up into the Yulte Conservation Park. This section of the trail becomes very narrow, a bit rocky and steep. After stopping to admire the view from near the top of the first climb, I headed back down to Myponga for a coffee at the bakery before heading off for the family brunch. Resisting the delicious looking baked goods was torture.
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