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| Australia Felix |
Dear Friends,
Your intrepid Riding to End Polio team is somewhat weary tonight after 115 km on the road today - it was a most beautiful riding day over a full Hume Weir, through lush pastures, full of fat cattle - truly Australia Felix. There was the occasional change in gradient - termed by some an undulation , others an incline, others a hill and the realistic ones a mountain .
A few details from the day :
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| Pick the DG |
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| media scrum |
- We were farewelled in Albury at 8.30 by Past District Governor David Cooke, and gingerly negotiated the media scrum.
- Most team members obeyed instruction of "small soft sided bag"
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| John "Cadel" Paton's small soft-sided bag |
- We now have two angels - Chief (?arch-) Executive Angel (Margaret) and Asst Angel (Sandra)
- The traditional cheering crowds lined the route, and our team responded with waves and kisses.... at least initially. Morning tea was at 32 km at Talgarno. By lunch at 68 km at Thologolong ( I kid you not) some members were suffering cramps , some stomach pains , and some, shall we say, heavy weather in the nether. Waves and kisses were less frequent. I would suggest that one of the crampers , at least, needs to slow down and not try to keep up with the Young Bloods.
- Rosemary and Michael have received offical monikers - since they never stop talking about all their European cycling, they will carry the revered name of Hubert "Oppy"- and they will be known as Opperman and Opperwoman.
- We are now in Walwa - we have increased the population here by about 100%. We had a great pub dinner, tops and knicks are washed (Bruce, have you washed yours ?), and most of the team members are gently snoring and dreaming of another 90 km of bitumen tomorrow.
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| Chief Executive Angel |
Thank you Friends for your support and interest.
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