33C and Climbing!

I have to say that I'm really enjoying the cycling round here. The scenery is amazing and there seems to be an endless array of natural wonders round every turn. This photo was taken at Akuna Bay Marina where we stopped after a crazy downhill for some juice and bottle refills on yesterdays cycle.

Tony took this opportunity to explain how the local area has been formed over the millenia by the erosion of the plateau resulting in all these natural harbours and steep fijord-style lake sides (Where's Derek when you need him!) The unfortunate thing about that is that what goes down must come back up again so from the Marina we had an hour long slog back up to where we started.

The climb was pretty difficult but we all managed it despite the temp on my speedometer reading 33-35C. Marcus and I were a bit over confident and took up the dare to ride to the bottom again (when we were already 2/3 of the way up) and then try and catch the mountain bikers. I caught Pete but Kelly and Tony evaded my attempts at persuit.

All in all a fantastic day again with some very pleasant and well deserved beers at the Pymble Hotel as a reward. Incidently, don't you think the guy in this pic looks a bit like Sam Moqbel?