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Day: |
008 |
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Date: |
Monday, 15 November 2004 |
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Start: |
Mount Hope Track |
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Finish: |
Omeo |
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Daily
Kilometres: |
91 |
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Total
Kilometres: |
974 |
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Weather: |
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Accommodation: |
Motel room |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Muesli
Lunch:
Hamburger
Dinner: Chicken Kiev |
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Aches: |
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Animals Seen: |
Hare |
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Pictures: |
Here |
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GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
I got up at 6:00am after a reasonable
night's sleep. It was cold with some wind but partly sunny.
I packed up and left at about 7:20am, walking up the first long
hill. I felt positive about getting to Omeo for lunch and
maybe getting back on schedule. Past the first hill I began
riding and managed to ride up most remaining hills for the day.
I was keen to cover ground and rode as much as I could. After
an hour I reached Grassy Knob Track junction which meant I was about
10km short of where I thought I was last night. A bit
demoralising.
I continued on making reasonable time
but then, when I expected to start descending, found myself steadily
ascending most of the time. I kept pedalling but was getting
very tired, although the alpine views were great. Eventually
the long descent came, but it was rocky and often corrugated and I
had to steer very carefully. I passed a hiker and shortly
after got a puncture in my rear tyre. I couldn't find hole in
the tube so changed the tube, successfully, although, all up, it
cost me about 45 minutes. I continued on with the quality of
the road steadily improving but still plenty of uphills.
Getting closer to Benambra I realised I was getting very tired,
probably the result of the last two or three very physically tough
days. I decided to have lunch in Benambra and think about
stopping early in Omeo to allow some recovery.
Benambra was
smaller than I anticipated but there was a general store/cafe and I
had a burger for lunch. It took a long time to prepare and I
didn't leave until 2:00pm for the 22km ride to Omeo. It was
getting quite warm riding across the open pastureland and then I
encountered yet another large hill (I was hoping it was going to be
all downhill to Omeo). At the top were great views to Omeo and
then a fantastic long and fast descent followed by a few short sharp
hills to Omeo. I found a nice motel in the main street and did
some shopping before having a counter tea at a nearby hotel. |
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