If the world were perfect, I would be heading out for an overnight ride today. But the world is not perfect. Earlier in the week, I spent a half hour working with a guy who had a very bad cold. He should not have been at work. But he was, and he was coughing and spluttering everywhere. No one told him that it is best to cough and sneeze into your elbow. I had to help him with software stuff on his computer.
You know where this is going.
I woke up Saturday with a bad headache and sore throat. I slept a lot of Saturday. I am feeling marginally better today. The headache has lessened. It still hurts to swallow, but I’m not coughing or sneezing.
So we put in 24 miles on a bunch of teeny weeny roads close to home that I’ve never gotten around to riding before. These are all little roads that don’t really connect up to anything useful in rides to places further afield.
The wind was calm to start, picking up to a 10-15 kph southeasterly by the time I was heading for home. The temperature was around 20C to start and probably about 25C when I got home. The high temp was predicted for 33C today. It should be about 27C, but it’s been quite a few years since we had temps that were average in March. March has become what February used to be. It’s a good thing climate change is just a Chinese conspiracy, cough, cough.
So here are a few photos from our gentle pedal. Now, please excuse me, that was enough energy expenditure for today. I need to go take a nap.
Looking back to the Yambla Range from Beelawong Road.More views from the Beelawong Road. See that conical, dark hill in the middle ground? That is over by the Ettamogah Pub that I showed you a few weeks ago.The Beelawong Road had a good surface like this for a couple kms, until we passed the last property.Then the Beelawong Road deteriorated into a track with lots of erosion ditches and sandy bits I couldn’t quite pedal through. But it was good fun, and there were no cars.We usually use the Bethel Road to cut between the two main roads on our 30-mile route from home. It is just over that nearest hill.More views from Beelawong Road.Aaaaahhhh….. I love roads like this.Glen Lea Road with the Bungowanah Hills off to the southwest. This road is just an “L” off the main paved road, so there isn’t any real reason to ride it, unless you are trying to ride a portion of every road near home like we are doing.Looking back northeast to the building clouds. We’ve had a few humid days with pop-up storms that keep starting grass fires – all lightning and thunder and no rain.So you say: “Wait, haven’t you ridden that road before. I swear I saw a pic just like this before.” And I say: “No, this is the Glen Lea Road. Southeast Oz has lots of avenues of trees along tiny dirt roads.”So you say: “Wait, haven’t you ridden that road before. I swear I saw a pic just like this before.” And I say: “No, this is the Bartsch Road. Southeast Oz has lots of avenues of trees along tiny dirt roads.”So you say: “Wait, haven’t you ridden that road before. I swear I saw a pic just like this before.” And I say: “No, this is the Klinberg Road. Southeast Oz has lots of avenues of trees along tiny dirt roads.”
