Nah, it's all the Pasta meals, coffee and Nutella covered Scotch Finger biscuits I'm stuffing in my gob each day. 😊
7.05am and off we go...target..Caiguna roadhouse. 118km away. Good going this morning, comfortably cycling at 30km/h, easy work as the road IS actually flat.
Any small rise in the road surface is felt immediately in the knees, as the work load of climbing such a rise tells me to switch to a lower gear to try and maintain the same speed. The prevailing wind of the day was blowing rather stiffly, in over my right shoulder...a SW wind of about 18/20kph.
Fortunately, cycling along at 28-35kph, this wind was great air-conditioning...not slowing me at all.
"a vision splendid, of sunlit plains extended..."
Marvellous riding....
50km from Caiguna and I'm getting hungry
Nothing for it but to stop for lunch...and dry out the tent and tent fly cover...
The usual lunch fare...rehydrated pasta (family size) , coffee and Nutella covered Scotch Finger biscuits ('cause the real choc ones melt in the heat 🔥) 👍 touring sustenance 😋 along with fruit 'n nut mix and Jellybeans 🍽 🍛
Pity about the water tank....damned vandals! .... busted tap! Heaven help anyone that is relying on these water sources 😡
Just another leisurely 40km to the other end of the Ninety Mile Straight and Caiguna roadhouse.
We'll call it a day here, I've crossed a time zone into Central Western time... I've picked up 45mins...now 2hrs 15min behind Sydney.
It's 2.45pm local time, 118km done. I need a tent site...a shower... and a feed, not necessarily in that order 😉
Tomorrow brings another day
Just made it into the tent in time, as the patter of raindrops serenaded me to sleep...
1am and it's still raining, only lightly, but enough seepage to wet the end of my sleeping bag.
The big and the small of it.....
Both have a roof, a mattress and bedding...one weighs in at 3.5kg, with a total of 144kg fully loaded...the other at 4 tonnes 😃 & that's just the caravan 🤣
A glorious morning for it, although breathing out steam while pedalling looked impressive, the temperature was 15°C, there was light fog during to the overnight rain. It cleared quickly to a fine day.
65km and Cocklebiddy roadhouse come into view... 2nd breakfast again.. Coffee, sandwich, chocolate milk....and an orange.
A guy leaving the roadhouse offered me a banana, apple and and two home grown passionfruit...he was heading to the South Australian border and would have had to dispose of all fruit at the border quarantine station.
Thank you very much 👍
The roads today consisted of mostly new "chip-seal" pavement. It is very rough to ride on...especially with three wheel tracks. The road vibration is tiring on the knees and makes for pretty slow going compared to the older road surface that has worn smoother over time.
It felt like ages before I racked up today's 100km. By about 3.30pm I'd had enough of the "rough stuff" and soon managed to find an off road campsite for tonight. 135km certainly felt like it today.
Snuggled away in camp....
Where else would I rather be...
Dinner time. 4.30pm...about an hours daylight left...
Fed and watered
Goodnight all...
impressive marathon effort for great cause. looks like you’re making good progress and getting some reasonable comfortable stops and camping.
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