By Liz

12th February – 70km cycled

Ouch. My bum, my hands, my legs. All agony. I am so looking forward to when this becomes easy.

First thing we cycled to the Countdown store (where again, we’ve now got the discount card) to get supplies for breakfast (croissants and jam) lunch (rolls, sliced cheese and ham) and dinner (pasta in a packet… yummy!) for cheap cheap. Went to a couple of bike shops afterwards in search of bolts for the afore mentioned mud guards, and other bike related stuff, we got zip ties instead. I pride myself now on zip tie skills.

A skill worth honing.

We set off to Little River after lunch. A mere 60km to our destination. Flat riding though..

After an hour we stoped and took in the view. Simply stunning.

The roads are long and straight. The next hour was long and painful! The google map/ element bolt cycle computer Andy has took us again off road. We have decided that we go half the speed on gravel, I had to cycle the grass verge it was so wobbly! After a while we were running low on water so we decided to pull in to a farm. Had a chat with the guy who owned the place, from East London! Of course, and he let us fill up our bottles. Cute dog. We were set for the next hour or two!

Next we went on the very beautiful rail trail, again slow going because of the gravel.

We didn’t last very long on here, we soon diverted back to the paved road. It is busier but much more comfortable. We found a pub at Little River, about 25 minutes away from the campsite. Had a coke. Tempted by the rooms. Instead we pushed on past the gorgeous lake:

And onwards to Little River Campground.

Pulling up I was near tears because it was uphill the whole way from the pub and I hated life. But when we arrived it was amazing. The Cicadas were chirping, there was a river flowing through the site, we found a quiet meadow, and for just $2 you could have a hot shower. Bliss. We had dinner of dried pasta, which wasn’t bad, and saw that there was a whole box of free food, so we wouldn’t starve!

Rest day tomorrow.