Day: |
028 |
Date: |
Thursday, 16 August 2007
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Accommodation |
Cabin at Pardoo Roadhouse
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Summary |
Riding from Sandfire Roadhouse to Pardoo Roadhouse
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Start Time: |
8:30am
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Finish Time: |
2:00pm
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Daily
Map Kms: |
137
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Total
Map Kms: |
6,898
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Map Kms To Go: |
7,513
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Map Kms ahead (+)/ behind (-) schedule: |
-654
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Daily Odometer Kms: |
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Daily Average Speed: |
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Weather: |
Cool early. Very warm and sunny later. Strong
easterly winds.
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Nutrition: |
Toasted sandwiches for breakfast. Sandwiches for lunch.
Chicken Schnitzel for dinner.
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Encounters: |
Saw a nice big brown snake on the side of the road waiting to
cross as I rode past.
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Highlights: |
None really.
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Lowlights: |
Leg started to get quite sore again over last 30km.
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Daily Pictures: |
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Daily Podcasts: |
Here |
Journal: |
I got up at 7:00am having decided to take it easy on the short
ride I planned to Pardoo Roadhouse (137km). I packed up,
strapped my left thigh with the bandage I had been given by the St
Johns guy, had some last toasted sandwiches for breakfast and said
goodbye to Ken, the proprietor and his partner, before hitting the
road.
The strong easterly wind was mostly from behind and
made it easier to ride gently and protect my sore leg. I
coasted along at a good pace on a bright sunny morning through the
low grass and scrub-covered plains. There were some long
gradual ascents and descents, but nothing significant.
The
road paralleled the Eighty Mile Beach but again, although it was
nearby, I never saw the ocean although, tantalisingly, after about
100km I could see a line of white sandhills to the right which
probably marked the edge of the beach.
I reached Pardoo
Roadhouse about 2pm and got a Donga for the night from the guy who
was in a really bad mood for some reason, swearing under his breath
at some other customers in the shop, and quite brusque with me for
no reason.
I stopped every 30km or so for a break and to
stretch my quads. The pain in the leg was minimal early on,
but got rapidly worse in the last 30km, causing my mood to go from
optimistic to pessimistic. Tomorrow will be the acid test, I
think, as I have scheduled 270km to Whim Creek. I pass through
Port Hedland after 150km, more than I pedalled today, and the leg is
now sore just walking around the Roadhouse. If I’m in trouble
in Port Hedland I will probably give the trip up.
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