My alarm went off again at 6am. That seemed like too soon but was another decent seven and a half hours sleep. I jumped up, got dressed and packed my sleep kit away. I wasn't feeling hungry so just drank the coffee milk I had carried and got pedalling just on first light. The trail was fairly pleasant, gradient wise but I took it easy to allow my weary body to warm up a bit.
I soon came to a stupidly steep section of track that I just resigned myself to walking. It wasn't a bad morning for a walk.
They never look as steep in photos.