Angorichina, Glass gorge and Artimore ruins loop:Day 5

Well the Flinders has played hard to get but today the wait was worthwhile. We woke early to a pleasantly crisp morning and clear blue skies. And hardly a breath of wind. Perfect riding conditions. We set off West from Angorichina and then turned onto Glass gorge road. It tracks along a dry river bed into the hills. Just a lovely way to start the day. From there we went to Nucculeena mine ruins (a theme in this part of the world). The double track there was delightful but I am not enlightened about the ruins. Like many ruins, the landscape consumes them in a pleasing way. From there we followed another delightful twin track that dipped in and out of a sandy creek which still had enough water flowing from the recent storms to deliver multiple pleasant little water splashes. Heavenly. Along the way we took a diversion to Patawarta gap. The track was again a delight, with more creek work and then some fun hills. It’s a dead end track so we got to enjoy it twice. Onwards towards the main road to Blinman and a fun gravel road blast with great sweeping bends. The speed exhilarating after all the slow, more technical work. 
Lunch in Blinman and an extended version of the the Glass gorge road   We got to complete it as we had turned off it earlier. What a fantastic day of riding. Fun tracks in strikingly beautiful terrain. And good company. Flinders proper:Day one.  Tick.  https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1pfVUhn51ZdQkUuaDeve3jxNe87HzskZuhttps://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1l0bARa8mhvdIBq5HAY4OVQGIdDwefaFihttps://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=12UF4PD3K_VNIzFFieUMM7viu7KQVMw-ghttps://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1JKS_t-g3WLRonWSKAykcufMAfvTumjVxhttps://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1qpp0IC3phCPqUd7wVs1Tj1sxzbk13j-bhttps://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1sICNG3sSCB23hpRUMLgbicd42_phY6N1https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1RbjB5khq_I9wZQT2wYAt3V6MjTpaxx6Rhttps://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1WRTEeCuV5h-Ls_7M8-VpgrpQmFouD2fIhttps://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1X6BW4hquAq2c3ikw2TUJRRUheGFP3nQ8

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