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      • Day 5: Not the way I wanted it to end.
      • Day 4: An unscheduled rest day, and in print!
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      • Day 2: What goes down, must go up.
      • Day 1: A soggy start
    • Cycle Against the Beast 2017
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      • Day 17: Finishing with a 4 km walk!
      • Day 16: Riding on gravel.
      • Day 15: Paying a visit to a bushranger
      • Days 13 & 14: A couple of rest days in Corowa.
      • Day 12: Dipping into Victoria, before crossing back in to NSW
      • Day 11: A little wander around Albury
      • Day 10: A cold start to the day!
      • Day 9: It was a dark and stormy night…
      • Day 8: Across the Murrumbidgee.
      • Days 6 & 7: A couple of rest days in South Gundagai
      • Day 5: 20km of tough headwinds… plus a 90km lift to Gundagai.
      • Day 4: Most of the day on the motorway.
      • Day 3: No mechanicals today!
      • Day 2: Steam engines, and another flat.
      • Day 1: A great start, and a tyre blowout
    • Purple and Pink Ride
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      • Day 1: An early and sunny start.
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An unscheduled rest day, and in print!

By Stephen
20th November, 2019
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Cycle Against the Beast – 2019 Day 4 – 8th October, 2019 ?Eglinton/Bathurst ??180.19 km ?Overcast, and wet Last night, I had a chat with my Couchsurfing host, John, as to whether I could stay an additional night, and he ...
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A couple of rest days in Corowa.

By Stephen
3rd June, 2017
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In Australia, Charity, Rest Days
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Days 13 & 14 – 1st & 2nd June, 2017 ?Corowa, NSW & Yarrawonga, Vic ?0 km ??586.67 km ?Sunny After reaching Corowa, on the 31st of May, I decided to take a couple ...
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A little wander around Albury

By Stephen
30th May, 2017
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In Australia, Charity, Cycling, Rest Days
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Day 11 – 30th May, 2017 ?Albury ?0 km ??529.74 km ?Rain I decided that today would be a rest day. Which was probably a good idea, as it’s been raining all day. I ...
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A couple of rest days in South Gundagai

By Stephen
26th May, 2017
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In Australia, Charity, Cycling, Rest Days
Cycle Against the Beast – 2017 Days 6 & 7 – 25th & 26th May, 2017 ?Gundagai ?0 km ??320.29 km ?Mostly cloudy For the last couple of days, I’ve been giving myself a bit of a break in South ...
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