Beau and Radar
A weekend in Ballarat was all I needed to recuperate and I confirmed my belief that friends stay friends whether you see them or not. It must have been 15 years since we had seen or heard from each other, yet it was as if it were only yesterday….”Mind you Radar was pretty cute!”….Good luck with the new product Beau.
For me though it was time to move on. Falls Creek was calling and I was anxious to get to the mountains.
The ride was unspectacular for most of the day. Motorway riding is OK for getting somewhere in a hurry but dosn’t get the adrenaline pumping which you need, when when the temperature is below 20 degrees. Ride for 100kl and it’s time to stop to thaw out. This is of course with thermal underwear,tee shirt, jumper, leather jacket, leather vest and wet weather gear to stop the wind factor.
Once I got off the motorway at Wangaratta , the ride became a ride.
Wangaratta it’s the beginning of the great alpine road and the temperature didn’t seem to matter so much. It was about 3pm and the sun was shining which gave a bit of warmth, I was fine until I reached Mt Beauty and started up the mountain. It was 5pm by now and the sun had disappeared behind the mountain. It’s only about half an hour of winding road but by the time I got to the top my teeth were chattering, I was here though, the bike would be going into storage for the winter and I would spend the next 4 months skiing.
I am….THE LONESOME TRAVELLER….travelling east….BE HAPPY