21 March 2025

A blustery southerly slowed things down heading south. East Tamar highway a dangerous road with limited shoulders and fast moving trucks. I was very happy to turn off towards Batman Bridge to cross the Tamar😊

Had a break at the bridge and not for the first time wished I was younger and fitter! Used to be easy to get fit for the mountain trips but something about getting on a bike stifled my enthusiasm. Am hoping by plugging away, day after day, fitness will come.

Decided to walk across the bridge on the footpath as the southerly was forcing me into traffic, but got halfway across and there’s a bloody concrete pole in the middle of the footpath!!! I had to lift the bike over a concrete barrier and face the traffic… the first truck that passed knocked me into the barrier (rush of wind) which was of a height to catch the rear pannier, suddenly the bloody things come off and lying on the road.

I’d had enough, got off my bike and slowed traffic down. Already dreaming of the empty roads on Flinders.

Two coffees and a peanut brownie in Beaconsfield, feeling much better😂

Lazy afternoon at Beauty Point, takeaways for tea in preparation for the Asbestos Range tomorrow.