The Constipation has been uphill and down dale in its quest to clock up the Ks in the name of Camp Quality and 1000ks 4 Kids. The Legends are doing a sterling job, and I have come to appreciate the infrastructure across God’s Own Country, and being a Civil Engineer I recognise quality workmanship (and workwomenship – dodged a feminist bullet right there) in terms of road surface when I see it. I would like you to cast your minds back to 1979 when Monty Python’s Life of Brian hit our screens. It tells the story of Brian Cohen, a young Jewish man who is born on the same day as and next door to Jesus Christ and is subsequently mistaken for the Messiah. One of the most memorable scenes was Reg, played by John Cleese the leader of People’s Front of Judea asks a question that not only is bloody funny but 1000k 4 Kids would not be possible if it weren’t for the Romans – Enjoy
Last night I was stitched up like a kipper paying $40 for a wooden spoon and a Queens Guard, the bloody Skippies think they’re funny – ha bloody ha and your Ashes banter is getting better. So with the re-gifting out the way and quite a lot of cash made for the kids, the Legends headed back to the Motel to get their heads down after a big night at the Karaoke. Morning rolled around too soon, and the room prepares itself for a cold start, but it’s above zero so its better than yesterday. The local Rotary Club cooked breakfast and donated $500, which brings me onto a topic of doing it tough. The Legends are doing this ride for the kids, but we rolled into a farming community that are doing it really tough. They have not had rain for years, and there is very little livestock in the fields, but they still made us welcome and donated what they had and passed on fruit and veg – very humbling.
Today’s plan is different as the Legends cycle from Walcha to Tamworth.
- Get up at 6 AM!
- Breakfast done by 08:15, photo opportunity with the Rotary Club.
- Start rolling at 08:30.
- Undulations to Woolbeck – lunch.
- Big decent at Moonbi– hold on you beauty.
- Nemingha Primary school.
- Roll into Tamworth.
Elevation map, where yellow is UNDULATIONS and green is STEEP.
So the day’s events, started the ride dressed as Scott of a bloody freezing place again where the first 20ks were undulating (biking term my global audience for mounds). Worked our way through the steeper gradients for another 40Ks where we stopped for lunch where we stripped off to our fighting weights ready for the Moonbi decent. The is the one, a DECENT that has a big yellow warning sign at the start, asked a few of the Legends what the percentage was and the answer was ‘downhill f*#king fast’ – I did 78ks on the carbon fibre stallion.
We rolled into a small town that is famous for one thing. Sit down while I elaborate, so it’s a landlocked rural town with kilometers of lorry bays where the straight bananas come in, pass through the factory and come out bent. I give you the town of Bendemeer. With more undulations we rock up at Nemingha Primary School for another puppet show and the kids spotted Santa (the Stone & Woods brewer) which cause a stir then onto Tamworth – god I hate Country & Weston, the town is full of Skippies with guitars singing about nights with the steers and watching out for drop bears.
Day 7 for your visual pleasure.
Badger & Batbottom 