Today has been another good day on the road. The bus odometer tells me we have travelled 164km – what it doesn’t tell me that much of that distance has been with a tailwind or not too much of a crosswind. The terrain has been much less hilly than yesterday and the riders have appreciated that.
There have been a couple of flat tyres - that means the air came out of the tyre and made it unsuitable to ride on! Two of the flat tyres (remember they are flat tyres, not punctures) were sustained by Kevin B – but Kevin insists they were not punctures! The effect of a puncture and a flat tyre is the same – everyone has to stop while the offending wheel is dealt with – but according to Kevin, a flat tyre is not a puncture! That makes Kevin feel better! If you are getting the idea that we have been giving Kevin a hard time over what a flat tyre is and what a puncture is, you are right!
We left Northam a touch before 7.30 this morning and arrived in at Merredin High School just at the end of the school day. The team is sleeping the night in the drama room which is in the same complex as the gymnasium. The drama room is carpeted and this may help to absorb some of the effect of the snorers who held the floor last night! The ‘snoratorium’ of last night failed to silence the offender reportedly only seemed to enhance the effect.
Tomorrow’s ride is a mere 109km, finishing at Southern Cross, the last of the towns considered to be a part of the central wheat belt. Probably the team will be allowed to sleep in until 6.30am. Dinner tonight is at the Merredin Church of Christ which is within walking distance of the high school. Many of the team will be looking forward to bed tonight!
There have been a couple of flat tyres - that means the air came out of the tyre and made it unsuitable to ride on! Two of the flat tyres (remember they are flat tyres, not punctures) were sustained by Kevin B – but Kevin insists they were not punctures! The effect of a puncture and a flat tyre is the same – everyone has to stop while the offending wheel is dealt with – but according to Kevin, a flat tyre is not a puncture! That makes Kevin feel better! If you are getting the idea that we have been giving Kevin a hard time over what a flat tyre is and what a puncture is, you are right!
We left Northam a touch before 7.30 this morning and arrived in at Merredin High School just at the end of the school day. The team is sleeping the night in the drama room which is in the same complex as the gymnasium. The drama room is carpeted and this may help to absorb some of the effect of the snorers who held the floor last night! The ‘snoratorium’ of last night failed to silence the offender reportedly only seemed to enhance the effect.
Tomorrow’s ride is a mere 109km, finishing at Southern Cross, the last of the towns considered to be a part of the central wheat belt. Probably the team will be allowed to sleep in until 6.30am. Dinner tonight is at the Merredin Church of Christ which is within walking distance of the high school. Many of the team will be looking forward to bed tonight!
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