Just before we left for bed last night Paul Wolfe had suggested we do breakfast together this morning – a Racer’s breakfast – which I thought was a really good idea! This morning everyone agreed except Adam who has already had breakfast – but he does agree to wait for us at lunch and we will all go from there! Had a really good breakfast – could have stayed longer – but after Scott and I had consumed cereal, omelette, fried eggs and toast we could see that Paul and the others were getting very anxious and wanted to leave!! So off we went!
We rode the first 11 km out of town on a paved road – actually we had problems remembering which way to go as none of us had read the board this morning – fortunately we saw some guys up ahead – as soon as we took the turn the pavement abruptly ends and the dirt road ahead just looks so nice!! So we then proceed on to an amazing dirt road – fairly smooth – it must have been graded fairly recently. The wind wasn’t too bad – the conditions were quite wet and quite hilly!! But there were the most amazing views!! It was a bit like in Tanzania – a climb with lots of switchbacks till we get to the top and then ride from hill top to hill top on really nice rolling hills! We were actually speeding up these hills pretty quickly – which I didn’t really mind – but after about 10 km somebody shouted “What are we doing? Slowdown!!” So we do!! Except for Dennis that is – he keeps going! Jorg also goes with him – but it turns out he stops to talk to Kendra for a while and then joins us again later!! So Scott, Paul and myself are now riding together – and we are wondering what is going to happen – are they going to wait for us at lunch as agreed?
We had a few amazing descents – was doing about 50kmph down one even on a gravel road – it was a really nice ride! Of course when we get to lunch Dennis and Adam have gone!! So we grab a quick sandwich and then ride off after them. Jorg decided he didn’t want to join us after all. Eventually we caught up with Luke and Scott decided to continue the ride with that group. So it was just Paul and myself riding together – not really expecting to catch up with Dennis and Adam but not wanting them to get too much time on us! The road was really good – the views were incredible! There was some corrugation and some good downs. A turn towards the end put us into a cross, headwind for about 8 km but all in all it was an easy day of about 114 km. I pitched my tent, had a few snacks and went for a lie down. I was pretty tired!
The concert was really good last night but meant I didn’t get to bed till nearly midnight and of course we were up at 5 am. After my nap we had a really good dinner – BBQ lamb steak. Then didn’t do much else before going to bed!! It was a good day!!
No comments:
Post a Comment