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Day: |
010 |
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Date: |
Sunday, 6 August 2006 |
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Summary |
Riding from Mount Hope to Cobar. |
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Start: |
Mount Hope |
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Finish: |
Cobar |
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Daily
Kilometres: |
161 |
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Total
Kilometres: |
1140 |
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Weather: |
Very cold early but mild and mostly sunny
for the rest of the day with a light, mostly following, wind. |
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Accommodation: |
Motel in Cobar, NSW. |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Cereal and toast
Lunch:
A few light snacks during the day
Dinner: Thai curry. |
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Encounters: |
Saw a couple of families of feral goats. |
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Highlights: |
An enjoyable day cycling through outback
lightly timbered grazing land in beautiful weather on a road with
little or no traffic. |
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Lowlights: |
The “mild” Thai curry I ordered for dinner
at the Cobar Bowling Club turned out to be very hot and seared the
last bits of skin off my wind-chapped lower lips as I set sweating
profusely in the restaurant, dunking my lip and tongue in a glass of
Diet Coke every so often. |
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Journal: |
I decided not to start too early in view of
the cold temperatures experienced yesterday, so took my time getting
a breakfast of cereal and toast in the truckies dining room taking
care not to make too much noise. I then left about 7:45am after
saying my good-byes to Suzanne (the publican) and another resident
who was up. It was again very cold and there was frost on the
ground. However, by 9:00am it had warmed up sufficiently to strip
down to just my T-shirt again.
There was almost no traffic
and I felt like I had the world to myself as I pedalled through the
mildly undulating lightly-timbered arid grazing country.
Occasionally the road passed small hills/mountains and it was
tempting to take a break and hike up one to see the view, although
I’m sure it would have taken quite some time.
As usual, I
stopped every 20-25km for a short break and had a slightly longer
break around noon. There were no towns along the whole route
today. My pace was good and, in the afternoon, I found a barely
audible radio station broadcasting the Geelong football game to
listen to. I reached Cobar around 4:00pm, although it took another
20 minutes and multiple attempts before I found somewhere
reasonably-priced to stay.
On the recommendation of the motel
manager I ate at the local bowling club and regretted ordering the
Thai curry, which was very hot. |
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