ORROROO SA
DAY 100
HAWKER - ORROROO
118.45 km
Total Time: 09.15 – 16.30 (7h 15m)
Time on Bike: 6h 34m 19s
Max. Speed: 56.8 km/h
Av. Speed: 18 km/h
Happy Day 100 to me.
Orroroo is my first stop en route back to Adelaide, which is scheduled for arrival on Thursday.
A rollicking northerly is locked in for the trip and the final 120 km downhill run through Clare Valley should be all time.
It was solid days ride today and despite the initial 50 km grind, things picked up to my satisfaction.
It is a little too easy to anticipate a gift downhill run from north to south but that’s not how it started.
With such a massive tailwind, my griping reached new heights and another day of trudging along at 13 km/h was mine to savour.
Not until around 15 km south of the town of Cradock and 45 km along, it just started to go.
Perhaps all the hard Flinders grind was going to start paying me back?
I guess it had to really, so it was maybe a case of when…..
110 kilometres has been the biggest day for a few so my soul always responds better to the higher degree of enjoyment.
It makes me look forward to the new day much more although I can’t be sure what the weather is doing.
A cold, crotchety storm has paid Orroroo a visit this evening and whilst I’ll take the tailwind, the rain is always just a bit much.
One can never be too picky but I will be pushing further south to Jamestown tomorrow, come what may.
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