Manly Dam update for 20 Jan

Tacky and grippy with the light rains over the last two days following Friday's 45.9 deg C furnace blast. Cambo, I have no idea how you rode the Dam in those conditions!

Any more rain might see it go to amber, but no puddles, and the sandy bits were nice and firm. Some water flow back in Curl Curl Creek.

Heaps of traffic today, such that it was impossible to do a decent lap time due to the numbers of people stopping in the middle of the line, either looking at or walking the technical bits at 19th Hole and Golf Course single track. So waddaya do? Better to just roll with it and say g'day.

Unfortunately the sheep line up Heartbreak Hill is still blown out and loose, but there is an alternative that is faster if you have the legs Also found a faster line into the entry at the bottom of the climb up to Allambie. Wouldn't have thought to try those without the traffic blocking my usual line, so there was an upside.

Also really good to see such large numbers of first-timers out - bodes well for the continued growth of our sport