Cycle Against the Beast – 2019 Days 5 & 6 – 9th & 10th October, 2019 Day 5 Eglinton (09:18) 28.96 km 13.8 km/h Fitzgerald Mount (14:42) 2:06 209.15 km Last night, I had to make some very difficult decisions. The original plan was to head out west to a little town...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2019 Day 4 – 8th October, 2019 Eglinton 0 km 180.19 km Last night, I had a chat with my Couchsurfing host, John, as to whether I could stay an additional night, and he was more than happy to agree. I definitely needed today’s rest day. After the...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2019 Day 3 – 7th October, 2019 Lithgow (08:55) 65 km 15.1 km/h Eglinton (17:50) 4:19 180.19 km After an unscheduled night’s stay, at the Lithgow Valley Motel, I got going again just before 09:00. The location of the motel was quite convenient...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2019 Day 2 – 6th October, 2019 Katoomba (08:46) 39.37 km 16.2 km/h Lithgow (13:59) 2:26 115.9 km 96 kilometres to Bathurst! Day 2 started, as planned, from Katoomba. After a later than planned departure (due to the moving forward of clocks, with the...
Cycle Against the Beast – 2019 Day 1 – 5th October, 2019 Sydney Cricket Ground (07:31) 75.82 km 14.6 km/h Blaxland (15:48) 5:13 75.82 km The day has arrived – with lots of heavy rain! My second Cycle Against the Beast bicycle ride for FightMND. To donate, please go to: A...
Update: Unfortunately, this ride was abandoned to some very sore knees due to an old injury. On the 5th of October, 2019, I will be setting off on my second charity ride for FightMND! I will be departing from the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), at 07:30, to begin my 2000 km ride to the...
Happy new year, to one and all, for 2019! For 2018, I didn’t fit in as much cycling as I’d hoped for – didn’t even breach the 1000 km mark! This was partly due to my coming off my bike, around mid-2018, and giving it a break for a couple of months. 2019, though...