Last night rain arrived at about 8pm and continued for a few hours. Not sure how much rain fell in Goulburn, but Jocelyn and Louise had rain all the way back from Goulburn to Canberra. We also heard that the Melmoth’s West Wyalong farm had some welcome rain.
By morning the clouds were still quite heavy but it hadn’t been raining for some time. As the day progressed the skies cleared and we had a good riding day with some light tail winds.
The route took us straight out of Goulburn onto the Hume Highway where we stayed until the Hilltop, Colo turnoff passed Mittagong. Mostly it was safe riding on the highway, although one or two spots, such as the Marulan truck checking station, required extra care. Also just before the “big dipper” on the Mittagong bypass there were road works that closed the shoulder and the left lane, reducing the road to a single lane. Not as bad as it seems since Richard’s bus behind us could occupy the lane preventing any traffic from attempting to pass the bikes.
For some time out of Goulburn there are a series of significant climbs culminating in a long one with a rough shoulder to make the climbing that much harder. We stopped for morning tea beside the highway (I think at about the southern end of the Belanglo forest).
I was surprised at the amount of traffic on the road from Bargo to Picton, and that section of the road has to be a candidate for the worst, roughest road we’ve ridden on the trip.
Edna’s illness continues to improve, however she will not get on the bike tomorrow morning. She expects to get on at morning tea for the largely downhill ride to the end.
Yesterday evening was the last evening for Alex and Margaret Hood as they had to leave us immediately on arrival in Picton. Therefore there were a few reminiscences and three skits put on. I’ll publish the words of Mark’s song later as it requires a little typographic editing (the words are fine!) before publishing.
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