Coming down from the Victorian Alps
Got to the ice cream in Bright and the lolly shop moved next to
Gilbert's
On Satutrday, we still had to climb up from Dinner Plain to Mount
Hotham, but it was pretty tame relative to the previous two days. As we crossed
the crest beyond Hotham and headed down the steep grade, we encountered the bulk
of the climbers who started early enough to avoid the heat coming up from
Bright. The ride looked much tougher in that direction. There were two short steep climbs on the way down, but mostly it was coasting
and braking (more braking for me than for Steve), and a long (24 km) shallow
final glide from the pretty town of Harriotville to Bright. That is the warm up
part of the ride going the other way. Steve Blenkinsop continued on to Mt. Beauty while I did a few errands in Bright.
He ran out of water near the top of Tawonga Gap, and that slowed him down. Soon we were on our way to Adelaide and the next adventure. We're currently
on the Fleurieu peninsula southeast of Adelaide. Steve in Port Elliot and I in
Normanville after a nice ride (Steve rode with me from Port Elliot and then rode
back). The next big adventure (hang gliding related) soon.
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