Day: |
030 |
Date: |
15 June 2008
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Start |
Wooramel Roadhouse
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Finish |
Northampton
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Daily
Distance: |
306km
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Daily Speed: |
n.a. |
Relative to Schedule: |
-551km
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Daily Podcasts: |
n.a. |
GPS Track |
Here |
Journal: |
I dragged myself out of bed at 1:00am after five hours sleep and
was riding by about 1:45am. There was a bright moon and the
sky was clear, although it was the coolest it had been for a long
time and I wore an extra thermal top. The road was reasonably
flat and I made good time, stopping briefly at the Overlander
Roadhouse at 5:30am. They were just getting ready to open in
preparation for the arrival of the Greyhound bus at 6:00am. I
chatted with the guy opening up while I ate a snack I had brought
with me and then headed off before the bus arrived. I arrived
at the Billabong Roadhouse (124km) at 8:00am and ordered the big
brekky. As the sun rose, so did the cross/following wind which
made life quite pleasant although the road had rolling hills/sand
dunes as it passed through a sandy heath-like area with scrubby
vegetation and red soil. I made good time and was thinking
about an earlier finish time when suddenly the sky clouded over and
a strong south-westerly change arrived. In the space of about
30 minutes the wind switched to a strong head/crosswind, it got
colder and driving rain began. The last 80km was much slower
because of the wind but also because the road climbed up onto the
Kalbarri plateau and the scenery changed to a rural mix of wheat and
cattle. The fields were very green and the hills large and
rounded. With the rain and wind it was very bleak as the road
climbed higher and higher, seemingly interminably. I finally
reached Northampton at 5:30pm and checked into the town hotel/motel
where I later had a buffet dinner. I didn’t feel too bad
considering the tough last 80km, but know I am going to be very
tired when I get up very early tomorrow. I wore two pairs of
cycling knicks all day and my chafing problems have lessened.
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