Holy ****, only TWO DAYS to go!!!!
I left Nelson Bay at about 6.45 this morning......raining again......what a surprise!!! Fortunatley it was only drizzly patches of rain.
As i left Nelson Bay heading out towards Anna Bay, I forgot just how windy the flat plains out there could be.....There were a couple of stretches where I was reduced to 12km/hr as the winds buffeted at my left from the fields and at my right from the high volume of traffic that was out this morning.....I felt like I was in a one man shoving match!!!! I also forgot that there was no shoulder for most of the way out to the Newcastle lakes district. Needless to say the morning was spent with my heart in my mouth, as cars sailed past me a 100km/hr over VERY rough and shoulderless roads. I made it out to the Lakes at about 8.50am.....just over 2hrs to get 25km, not good going but only 8km to go!!
I arrived in Newcastle City at 9.15am hoping that the hotel wouldn't mind me checking in early. Fortunately they are kind people. I went straight to my room. ooohhhh the nicest room yet AND it has a bath....yaaay!!!!!! I promptly threw all my gear on the floor, stripped out of my riding gear and gooshy wet socks and straight into a hot bubble bath......ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
After I was reduced to the same amount of wrinkles as my 82yr old grandma, I jumped out, dressed and headed out in search of a hot cup of tea and an internet cafe......and here I am, staring out the window at the bleak grey skys of a monday morning in Newcastle.
Stats:
Total Km's = 33km
Total time = 2hrs 12mins
Avg speed = 16.6km/hr (bloody wind!!! )
I left Nelson Bay at about 6.45 this morning......raining again......what a surprise!!! Fortunatley it was only drizzly patches of rain.
As i left Nelson Bay heading out towards Anna Bay, I forgot just how windy the flat plains out there could be.....There were a couple of stretches where I was reduced to 12km/hr as the winds buffeted at my left from the fields and at my right from the high volume of traffic that was out this morning.....I felt like I was in a one man shoving match!!!! I also forgot that there was no shoulder for most of the way out to the Newcastle lakes district. Needless to say the morning was spent with my heart in my mouth, as cars sailed past me a 100km/hr over VERY rough and shoulderless roads. I made it out to the Lakes at about 8.50am.....just over 2hrs to get 25km, not good going but only 8km to go!!
I arrived in Newcastle City at 9.15am hoping that the hotel wouldn't mind me checking in early. Fortunately they are kind people. I went straight to my room. ooohhhh the nicest room yet AND it has a bath....yaaay!!!!!! I promptly threw all my gear on the floor, stripped out of my riding gear and gooshy wet socks and straight into a hot bubble bath......ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!
After I was reduced to the same amount of wrinkles as my 82yr old grandma, I jumped out, dressed and headed out in search of a hot cup of tea and an internet cafe......and here I am, staring out the window at the bleak grey skys of a monday morning in Newcastle.
Stats:
Total Km's = 33km
Total time = 2hrs 12mins
Avg speed = 16.6km/hr (bloody wind!!! )