A day of of cake and cycle As the distance between me and the next long pause diminishes I am noticing a worrying shift of attitude that I need to be watchful for if I do not want to loose the form I have achieved in the first week of rest. In saying that the…
Category: Places
Milestones: 6000 Miles
Six thousand miles, last milestone for the Oceania trip. So here are the facts and figures for these 1000 miles. Cycling Continents: 1 (Oceania) Countries: 2 (New Zealand, Australia) Nations: 3 (New Zealand, Victoria, New South Wales) Cycled distance so far: 6000 miles (9656 Km) Climbing so far: 235,658 feet (71,829 m) Cycling Days: 21 Rest days: 14 Longest day:…
The Sapphire Coast
A costal road away from the sea Second last day of riding before the Canberra break and I was relishing the Sapphire Costal ride, The little I had seen of the sea was quite nice and I hoped that I could get more excited about Australia thanks to a few good coast views. Route 3,058,549…
Unwelcome guest
“The only good snake is a dead snake!” Campsite check-in lady The legs are definitely getting better, starting to ride this morning was not problematic although I was glad to only have a short day ahead of me. Coming to the end of the tour and having more time than I need I have decided…
Eden
Bye bye Victoria and hallo New South Wales Cann River proved to be an interesting place. I went out at night searching for a watering hole in the hope to sample some of the local wine, I discovered that the place was hardly a tourist destination, more like a trucker stop over. Despite that I…
Big country feels bigger
I did not think Australia ever got cold I did well glamping, even in the cabin it was quite cold this morning, imagine what it would have been like in the tent. Today I took it easy and only cycled 47 miles to be gentle on the tendons. They still hurt but the spray is…
The East Gippsland Rail Trail
Second time lucky, but not without a shiver or two After yesterday debacle I decided that some self pampering was needed so last night, after a shower and a change of cloths, i spent the evening in the company of a couple of glasses of wine. I was out on until the shocking hour of…
They could not last forever
Stupidity is finally rewarded I have been marvelling for a while at how amazing my tyre are and how wonderfully they have been performing with all of New Zealand (3200 Miles) without a single puncture. Had I paid more attention at the condition of the tyre and spent less time marvelling at their performance I…
Pain, boredom and tiredness
What a long long day It was not raining, there was no drama and yet today was a very difficult day, one of those days that makes you wonder why. Today was the last day of everlasting flatness, from tomorrow I’ll start seeing some hills and I have reduced my planned distances accordingly. While I…
The road that was not meant to exist
… and in fact it didn’t I don’t seem to sleep much better in a real bed than I do in the tent, how curious. I woke up to a much better day, the promise of dryness put a spring in my feet and I decided that, after breakfast in Loch sport I would explore…