Cold morning with frost and fog. The fire still had glowing embers so Jim was first up and got the fire going beautifully. Such a treat on this very icy day. They are predicting a lovely day by the afternoon so let's hope they are right.
Rolling hills and picturesque scenery with canola fields, wild life and wineries all the way. The day started with a coffee for Jacquei, Peter and Jim in town before leaving. Their stop was not planned and therefore Di and Doug were unaware and they ended up quite a fair way ahead of the group. We have to cater for the group as best we can and when they are so far apart it is not easy. Unfortunately Di and Doug were waiting for quite awhile and were not happy as they had got cold during the wait. We will have to reintroduce the times for morning tea and lunch so people can plan their day in advance- working out what time they will leave to manage to get to tea on time.
Peter rode the bike path for some of the way and thoroughly enjoyed himself. He came in quite a bit later than everyone else but saw much more than they did. This is what these rides are all about. I don't know how many times we have to remind the riders that it's not a race.
Collis and I decided to take a cabin tonight as our previous experiences of Clare are for extremely cold nights and I wanted an electric blanket. The riders have come prepared for the cold nights being equiped with down sleeping bags and thermals night wear whereas Collis is a minimalist and would allow me to pack an extra blanket or two for these cold nights (so now he can pay the price).
All the riders went out for dinner and we stayed in. I wonder how much we were discussed as both our ears were burning.
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