Vanderpants Oz Tour

Distance: 58.31km’s (total so far 554km’s)

Avg Spd: 14.5

Max Spd: 28

Time in Saddle: 4hrs (total saddle time 36hr:50min)

Elevation Gain: not enough to even put here – FLAT

Quote: Every accomplishment starts with the decision to TRY.
I call this ‘leaning in’. It’s funny – once you do – the mind kicks in and you start working out ways to solve the little problems along the way and i’m not just talking about my trip – i’m talking about life decisions in general.

G’day…..I’m speaking with more of a twang now because that’s what happens when you’re traveling outside your region isn’t it??? 🙂 Kind of like going overseas and you wonder why did you just use that word – i’ve never used that word before haha.

Last night’s sleep was amazing in the bushes near the ocean – not a cloud in the sky and bright moon to keep me company

As I settled in I got a facetime call from Linda (how good is technology) and we had a good cackle. For those that don’t know – Linda loves a laugh, for instance when she is watching the old tv show ‘Prisoner’ she loves old ‘vinegar tits’ and the riff raff that goes on in the cells followed by an ‘oooooooiiiii that’s mean’

Love you Lin and thanks for reading the blogs out to her all the time Karina (her carer in case you mixed up the Karina’s 🙂 – i’d be lost without the care you give Linda whilst i’m gone and i’m grateful how much you do with her.

I packed up the tent and rode along the 2km 4wd dirt track which required pretty good bike handling skills if I say so myself and headed to Mahalia coffee which two people recommended to me. I spent an hour with hugo – People, meet Hugo…He was mistreated by his former owners and was also was run over by a car and lost a rear leg sometime ago. Hugo is totally fine now and Mahalia have taken ownership and he resides (and loves) it there. The owners told me he is not an animal’s animal…he is HOOMAN and does enjoy to sit in the sun when people are sitting outside. I don’t normally like cats all that much But i do love all animals AND when it has to do with a ‘coffee cat’ I’M IN – I stayed for an hour patting him and talking just absolute CRAP to everyone in the shop. I can’t help myself.

Finished my coffee and spent 30 minutes doing Yoga and other stretches Across the road in a park and took off. The wind was bloody horrendous again and used my new found Pedaling technique and it was just bearable. Fun Fact – Of all my riding days after Normanville, I have ridden 31 hours and 35 Minutes of full on headwind in 7 days (Of saddle time) . Every bloody bend and turn i’m hoping to get a break but noooooooo. I’m not complaining – merely stating the stats hahahaha. Ok maybe a little. Looking at the wind charts it seems as though maybe I get a cross wind tomorrow and Friday will be a taily – ok…no more talk of that….

Lunch was bloody brilliant – it might become a staple of mine – a wrap with a full banana, nutella and peanut butter – The 4,567 flies and I loved it.

Music of the day:

Dermot kennedy again

Ill Nino (smashed an album – these guys kickass)

Then listened to ‘My Dad Wrote a Porno’ – #pomegranates #bluejizz
I laughed my guts out on the road i’m sure the sheep found it pretty funny.

The last 10 k’s went on forever and ever and there were no stops along the Whole route today (meh) – the views were beautiful and after reaching Beachport I was pretty stoked as the hammies again were annoying me – I feel like with enough stretching maybe just maybe (and praying for some tailwind) we might get there.

I got to beachport and just looked at this view for 30 minutes and had a huge smile on my face

I found the closest bakery and smashed some food and a coffee of course – not bad actually 6.5/10 and it was a bit late for me to find a spot out of town, cook and blog plus i pretty much kinda needed a shower lol.

Dinner was zuchinni, feta, chilli fritters

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It was then time for the standard practice of………….

Night folks – hoping to make Mt Gambier tomorrow but stay tuned – see how we go

Vanderpants OUT!