Day 3

After a brilliant day yesterday, things were not so great today. It rained quite a bit during the night and by morning there was still drizzle around and the sky was completely overcast. By the time we started out at about 7:40am things were looking a little brighter, but not much. On the road for a while it looked like clearing from the west, but not faster than we were travelling, so clearish skies stayed just behind us. After morning tea the sky clouded right over and a steady light misty drizzle set in. This left plenty of wet on the road so we were riding into the "rooster tail" from the bike in front most of the time. Dried up during the last half hour.

Something like 5 stops for punctures and related matters.

However it was not weather or punctures which made this not a great day. Just before morning tea Edna, who was riding in front, hit an unexpected pile of fine loose gravel and came a gutser. A severely grazed and bruised backside and a good shakeup were the result. The recumbent bike came out of it with a slightly bent handle bar stem, but fortunately we were able to straighten it enough to be serviceable and Edna continued riding although with considerable discomfort. No photo of a ripped backside in the shorts taken, so nothing to publish - not that I would.

Overall quite a slow day. Good job it was only 109km.

Day three is reputed as the day when the sore seats and other aches and pains show up. So I think I'm fortunate that my legs and knees are good and that my backside seems to be setting in OK to the new seat that I bought for the trip and only "ran in" for about 500km before hand.

Three days down - that's one tenth of the riding days, though not one tenth of the distance.