Today's Ride

[reindeer]

 

[moonlite]

Hotter weather over the last few days in our part of New South Wales, which has been great. Today I had an hour over lunchtime so decided to tackle a couple of local climbs close to town which I could do in the limited time available. I took the '98 Explosif, which has been a little neglected of late, and quickly remembered how nicely it rides. Just 14km but 775 ft climbing -- and some lovely views. That'll do for a stolen weekday ride!

 

[N-plus-one]

Hotter weather over the last few days in our part of New South Wales, which has been great. Today I had an hour over lunchtime so decided to tackle a couple of local climbs close to town which I could do in the limited time available. I took the '98 Explosif, which has been a little neglected of late, and quickly remembered how nicely it rides. Just 14km but 775 ft climbing -- and some lovely views. That'll do for a stolen weekday ride!

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That looks lovely. Super rolling countryside with great horizons! Do you ever come across any of your (frankly disturbing) reptiles on these paths? What's the avoidance drill?

 

[nic0]

short ride before the rain

 

[dorset boy]

32 miles in storm Debi,no rain just very strong winds and great fun

 

[widowmaker]

Good going, it was blustery just walking the dog earlier

 

[PercyInglesFlyingCircus]

The rain and wind stopped at lunchtime, so took a klunky scenic route to get some sarnies

 

[moonlite]

That looks lovely. Super rolling countryside with great horizons! Do you ever come across any of your (frankly disturbing) reptiles on these paths? What's the avoidance drill?

Haha -- I've encountered plenty of rabbits, roos and the odd echidna (a bit like a porcupine) but thankfully so far the only snakes I've seen have been squished by motor vehicles. I think the protocol on encountering a live specimen would be to spin those pedals rapidly in the other direction!

 

[al-onestare]

At last, a gap in the endless barrage of wind and rain. Proper good morning, 8 degrees, steady WNW breeze about 15-17 mph, broken cloud with clear patches.

 

[al-onestare]

Beautiful morning, again, a gap in the rain. It's sodden, with streams at bursting point and lots of surface water where the ditches are clogged and over capacity. Light W breeze, 10-14 mph, high patchy cloud, cool 6-7 dropping to 4-5 degrees in the valleys. Let's keep it no colder than that please! Cracking sky with a dual pink / yellow show. Venus continues to shine brightly (off camera, to the right). Not a soul passed me in my direction