Riders left later this morning as we have less mileage to do. Juergen’s tummy has settled down. Annie rode out with the group and then turned around at the 31 km mark. Her speed before turning was a leisurely 27 km an hour then dropped to 17 kms/hour into the wind.
We had a cup of tea on the side of the road with Bruce and Marg. These are the couple doing the highest peaks- they are from Mt Beauty. We passed a guy riding from Adelaide to Broome into the wind all the way. He has a support team that he drafts behind and is raising money for kids with cancer.
The tailwinds have been really great today and everyone in by 1.30 pm. Pretty good for a 140 km ride with 3 stops. After lunch break we spot a large smoke cloud and we are travelling towards it. About 10 kms out of Pardoo we spot the fire very close to the road and large flames. We watch the fire for the rest of the afternoon and find out that it is a controlled fire.
Annie rode out 20 kms from the roadhouse and then back in. Collis was supposed to go with her but we found the spare bike had a perished valve and the tube had to be changed. I was impressed that he still got on the bike went 10 km into the wind and then 10 kms back.
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