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We woke up to the gentle sounds of a downpour beating an arrhythmic tattoo on the taught top of the tent. That was 3am, there was no sign of rain last night. Did we proof everything? Ah well, too late now. We roll about fitfully napping, as the pitter patter continues until the alarm goes off at 7am. We have a plan: move all the stuff to the shop lean-to and eat breakfast and change the cassette and chain in comfort. Breakfast went well, onto job 2, damn adjustable is too small to fit the cassette removal tool, so we either have to wait until 10am when the shop opens, or buy one from Wal Mart. Cutting to the chase, we bought one from Wal Mart.
All packed and on the road at 10:30am. This is too late for our planned 113km, as we will have to eat big twice, but we set off with a will into a 35kph head wind. We stopped at Echo Lake where I got served a turkey sandwich with fries and delicious gravy which I could not finish. (First time in living memory.)
By the time we got to Thessalon (88km) we were spent and the rain had not given over, so we decided to stop there, but the only place open was way out of our budget for room charge and food. So it was back on the bike in the gathering gloom to do the 27 km remaining to Iron Bridge. We arrived around 18:30h, found a motel and got a Chinese meal from across the road. Weather channel says rain for 4 days. I don’t know why we watch it!
Not too many pictures today, too much rain and the traffic too heavy to allow pictures on the move.
At last we have moved into arable farming land from the trees and rocks which have been our friends for 1000km.
Average 19.5kph,
Todays height 470m up, 450m down,
Today’s Distance 115km
Total distance 6387km
That’s all the news that fit to blog.
Night, night.
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