Weather gods please give us a break ! After 3 consecutive days of headwinds we awoke to yet another windy morning and with the wind coming from a Sth East direction it meant that we were once again setting off directly into a headwind towards Beachport and Millicent.
Marysia took a sneaky headstart this morning while I mucked around with my panniers - "We'll see you on the road said Kev" ! Despite leaving only 15 minutes later we didn't in fact catch the pocket rocket until the 25 km mark - don't worry i have already referred the matter to the drug doping tribunal !
Our remaining 25 kms to Beachport were all in windy conditions with some spells at 10kms/hr and a few at 20kms+hour (dont ask me how) as we rotated the lead taking turns up front or drafting behind in superb pelotonic discipline ! Finally after a fair bit of punishment we reached the foreshore of lovely Beachport with its amazing near 1km long pier stretching out nearly into the middle of the bay ! Here we took a quick cuppa and cake courtesty of our travelling Angel Chris, then set off back into the wind heading to Millicent
This was "butt" painful but with the experience of our 149 km day behind it was af least bearable .. well maybe not for Marysia who had to listen to Kev and self belting out Chords of Thunder from Acca Dacca to stop us from going totally insane !
Another stop, some more food fuel and we finally rocked into Millicent just affer 3p.m. to complete yet another difficult day !
After Spag Bol for dinner we look forward to its a shortish day tomorrow as we make our way to Mt Gambier with self aiming for a bike shop to restore my missing hydraulic fluid and Chris aiming for a game of golf at the beautiful Mt Gambier course !
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