My dinner was served in the cottage last night by Bruce. It was Steak and Chips with a salad. I opened a bottle of Shiraz to go with it and after dinner sat down in front of the TV to finish it off. The fire was burning brightly and it was pleasantly warm. The next thing knew it was 11.00pm the fire had gone out and I was cold. Now the main thing wrong with old cottages is that they don't have airconditioning and it was too late to look for kindling. It was off to bed to snuggle down with the electric blanket turned up high. I left a third of bottle of Shiraz for Bruce.
I had bacon and eggs for breakfast in the main house before setting off down the Goulburn Valley Highway. It was very cold and I was dressed in my leg and arm warmers and wore my rain jacket and full fingered gloves. For the first 20km there was a good shoulder to ride on but the traffic included the massive B-doubles which blew me all over the place. Then the road narrowed and the shoulder disappeared. It was time to head back to the trail.
At about 29Km I rode into Yea where I stopped for a sandwich and coffee before returning to the "sticky" trail and heading up to the Cheviot tunnel. It was tough going but the views along the trail made it worth it. I met several groups of cyclists riding the other way and who were finding it tough riding into the wind as I did yesterday. After the tunnel I stopped for a snack but my bicycle ruined his photo by getting in way of my finger. The tunnel also did the same earlier.
The kilometres rolled by and soon I could shed my rain jacket. Then I was back at the Alexandra turn off but today I was heading for Yarck and my B&B. After one final stop I was there.
After cleaning up and sorting out my photos and blog notes I was of to the pub for dinner and an early night.
I had ridden 60Km.. A tough but great ride.
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