I had a good night's sleep in my big tent and was up early for breakfast before setting up my bicycle for the ride. I have decided to do the shorter (20-30Km) rides and not get too tired so that I can enjoy the social life.
The ride started about 9.30am and we had a great ride around Mudgee. There were about 30 riders in our group. The youngest, about 10 year old, was riding on the back of a tandem skippered by her mother and several are over 80 years old. We went through some beautiful country before ending back in Mudgee for coffee. Then It was back to the caravan park for a shower.
In the afternoon, dressed in normal clothes, I explored Mudgee, which is lovely small town, and did some shopping. Later members of the club gave talks on their travels on their Bike Fridays. One, Mitsui, if Japanese and he gave a talk about his inspiration to tour New Zealand and another gage a talk about touring in Austria.
I decided to go out with Graham for dinner in another pub and we sat out on balcony calling out to other ABFC members as they rode through the city. I had my favourite, beer battered fish and chips.
back at camp I had a couple of drinks of Shiraz courtesy of Graham before retiring to my tent where I listened to end of Colonel Quaritch VC. All ends happily.
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