Climbing - 43 metres
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"Make the wind your friend" is an old cycling adage. I wish I knew how to do that, because today, it was a prick.
I've had an absolute Barry Crocker today. The wind was strong and into our face. No energy whatsoever and I just could not get on top of it. 5 1/2 hours of this crap and my patience is wearing thin.
Brian on the other hand looked like a spring chicken. I thought he was going to go no hands there at one stage, just to rub it in.
Anyway, after about 1000 km of dirt, we saw the end of it today. It's bitumen all the way to Mount K. I'll be putting two slicks on the bike tonight, and pumping the buggers up as hard as they'll go.
Chicken snitty at the pub tonight, with a chance of a cold beverage or two. Just part of the hydration program.
A short 25 km ride to Mildura tomorrow, followed by a peaceful afternoon down by the river for some will earned rest.
Unbeknown to us, the country music Festival is on at Mildura this weekend, that will make accommodation, even a camping spot at the caravan park, difficult to find. Brian has a couple of mates in Mildura so it might mean that we end up camping on someone's front lawn. Fine by us.
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| Camp, luxurious |
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| Happy days - last of the dirt roads |
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| Darling River |
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| The first beer in several days |
I tried to post a pic of the intrepid explorers but no go.
ReplyDeleteThanks for trying Mark. Mark has been following the Darling down from Queensland and we met up yesterday in the caravan park. Very kindly made us a coffee this morning as we were packing up. Thanks Mark.
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