Steep hill

I took my mountain bike out this morning and chose to follow a route graded easy in both level of fitness and technical difficulty. It wasn't. It was hot, steep and then the signs looped me back to where I had just come from. So I opted for an alternative route to return down to the lakeside. The gradient was 15%! Glad I was headed downhill, I took it very cautiously and stopped for a moment at the gap in the trees to get this shot. I enjoyed the second part of my ride and getting to know new areas.
Another cycle mid-afternoon to the bike shop to switch bikes and get a small service on my mountain bike done. Then it was back to the lake to cool off.