26 September 2020
A day of sun, wind and hail. We based ourselves at Spalding in the North Mt Lofty Ranges to spend a few days on adjacent trail sections. There are limited accommodation options in this area so its best to book ahead.
Arriving around lunch time, I decided to kickstart the weekend with a shorter run of around 15 km from the point where the trail joins the road at the junction of Olives Road and a long stone wall heading northward into Spalding.
This part of the trail was mostly along dirt roads with some bike path sections closer to Spalding. The terrain is undulating but not at all technical. At one point the trail joins the Goyder Highway and then diverts into farmland after crossing over the Morgan – Whyalla pipeline. However when I was there, the trail was completely overgrown with waist high grass. As it was well and truly snake season, I opted to run along the edge of the highway parallel to the trail and then turn right at Deep Creek Road to pick up the trail again where it crossed that road. This meant I ran a few extra kilometers but better than encountering a snake!
Then it was along a bit of a bike path shared with the Mawson Trail into the back of Spalding.
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