The day looked very dodgy at about 5:30am when it was still bucketing down! While we were packing up and having breakfast it was still drizzling. When the photographer from the community newspaper had finished with us and we got under way it was not raining but the road was still wet. We never got more than a few spots of rain from then on and as we climbed out of Perth the weather got better and better and we ended up with a beautiful day with good temperatures and a gentle following breeze most of the time.
For me there was some apprehension starting out on the first day, and I suspect I was not alone. How would we go? The first thing out of Perth was a 6km climb, 350m of altitude. That was easier than I expected and the rest of the day was rolling countryside. We finished around 12:30.
The St Johns Anglican church that we are staying in at Northam provided afternoon tea for us and will also provide dinner tonight and breakfast tomorrow.
During our morning tea stop Eric was interviewed by the Christian radio station Sunshine FM. I think this resulted in at least one good donation.
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