Distance cycled: 76.5 km Ave: 18 km/h Max speed: 61.8 km/h
Today involved over 800m of climbing up to Weldborough pass.
It was scenic and windy climbing, which is my favourite way to do it.
Would’ve been even more enjoyable without with the irate driver who yelled at each of us in turn that we should be pulling over into the soft shoulder for her to pass. But most drivers have been generous in their passing room, and traffic overall was light.
Emulating myrtle trees (who are struggling to cope with a root rot) near the summitUnfortunately, the descent was similarly steep and windy, which meant wasting that potential energy by frequent use of the brakes. I was being a bit reckless and had a near miss with an oncoming car, both of us very near the center line.We skipped a few side quests for waterfalls and vineyards in hopes of having stamina to make it a little way north of St Helens into the Bay of Fire region.But, as with many things when travelling by bike, ‘just over there’ was out of reach. And we’ll see plenty of beaches as we go south. We did not skip the side quest for lunch…… but we skipped the quest for sanity
Felicity was riding caboose, so nobody noticed when she had stopped to add 2kg of potatoes to her load.
And Jessi only abetted her in the urge to get upick blueberries!We had a most gourmet camping dinner: Tasmanian ling cod meunière with sautéed onions and garlic, fresh steamed broccoli and carrots, and pan fried local potatoes, and fresh, hand-picked, local blueberries for dessert.So Fuckin Gourmet Catering is making the extra weight of my nice camping pots (Mariko and Cam got me into these), and spatuloon (hope my housemates aren’t missing it too badly ha ha) very worthwhile!Buying butter by the 500g package, but storing it in a 250g container is one of many secrets to a SFG meal!
BC by Cycle 
Are the myrtle trees moaning? …as they rot away?
XXXMom
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Only audible if you take a really long and drawn out shit in the woods :p
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