Tom describes sister Barb as motivated, as she takes off again to tackle the dirt. She is getting used to it by now, while Liz is still settling in to the slog after only a few days on the road so far.
Tom describes that he is now riding on the dirt without being clipped in, as the sandy patches are treacherous and bring you quickly to a halt. He is now riding with his wider tyres, although he says he has not yet lowered the tyre pressure, as he is concerned about possible pinching with the stones on the road.
Traffic is light, and Tom describes the temperature as "not too hot". (A quick check of the weather shows it to be about 29 at Musgrave with overnight temperatures dropping down to about 18.) For those of you who know Tom, you know that he loves the hot!!!
Tom pulls into Musgrave just over three hours after he started. Time for a snooze after lunch.
UPDATE FROM TERRY:
What can I say - the good thing is that it was only 60k's, and the last 12 were bitumen. Very corrugated, lots of bulldust holes, some as wide as the road, and sand. Another good thing for the girls was no real hills! Tom got a bit bored, with just one 40m and one 60m climb.
All were in camp by 2, a nice shady spot just inside the gate, mind you the only shady spot in camp. Being inside the gate, we felt obliged to open it for everyone that came in.
We then got the good or bad oil on the road ahead. It is amazing what some people call good and bad roads! Everything from badly corrugated to nearly sealed all the way. With 112k's to go for the next ride, we were hoping for the latter.
After a good feed of one pot chicken thighs and rice, the riders all having seconds, and then a late night walk up to the pub for an ice cream, they were all back in camp and in bed at their normal time of 8 o'clock.
Terry
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