Today, Sunday 23rd August began at 5.30am for the team. High cloud filled the sky and one could easily imagine a drop of rain from time to time. The usual morning activities - packing up, moving of gear to trailers and bikes out of the building, breakfast, washing up, and lastly, riding out.
The wind had blown all night and was still blowing – from the RIGHT direction! This gave the riders a tailwind and put a smile on their faces! We had ridden out at 6.45am and the first 40+km was done by 8.30am. The riders had not been on the road long after morning tea when the heavens opened and the wind howled. Wet weather gear was quickly donned and the team pedalled on regardless. The wet spell didn’t last all that long but it turned the roadside drains into flowing torrents and the evaporation/absorption drains into lakes. I was not prepared to take the bus off the bitumen until we reached a place where the rain had not fallen.
The food roadies looked after us in their usual wonderful way (even with a fire to warm our bodies and dry our clothes) and the Lord kept the wind blowing! With food in our stomachs and the wind at our backs, we travelled the 192km in record time, arriving at Balladonia a touch before 3.00pm. Considering we had scheduled breaks for morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea, plus several other breaks to obey nature and to fill water bottles and the like, the team is very pleased with itself!
Jim has told us that there is service for Telstra Next G here but one of the riders has already told me that it doesn’t work for him. If it works for me this will be on the blog in a few minutes – if not, it’s anybody’s guess as to when you will see it.
Thank you for keeping us in your prayers.
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