Friday 24th January
Bit more planning the usual, as we are continuously looking at the wind direction it makes such as difference to the days ride. So today the cunning plan (Baldric should join us), is to get up at 5:30 breakfast in the room then hit the road early, before the big winds come. Breakfast done bikes packed ready to rock and roll at 6, bit bleary eyed but able to pedal we creped along, first climb of the day was early doors, always good as it warms you up and gets the legs moving, nothing special just a little climb. Both of us scared to stay to much as the gentle wind was actually behind us, just kept pushing through the Banana and chocolate peanuts in this mornings porridge paying dividends ( who can remember their coop dividend number), not sure where my mind goes sometimes, its all over the place when I am riding, but best get back to the point. We was flying going faster the than the Rheas and fledgings, wonder want the correct name is for a young Rhea, something to think about! The plan was to ride for four hours none stop, then see how we feel.

A lovely couple in a car put a stop to that, just before the four hour mark, stopped and waved us down with a handful of chocolate cake things and some pastries, the chocolate things are lovely like a wagon wheel was back in the day, not so sure about the pastries, bit dry. But was so nice of them, there are some lovely people in this world.

Off we go again full steam ahead, more power captain, my legs just said relax mate take it steady, think they know better than my head, so settled for a steady 16 MPH, good going on bikes with 50KG of baggage attached to them, just cruising along, taking in the arid bush land, the only time we notice the Lamas now is when they make a kamikaze decision to cross the road just in front of you, can be quite scary as the hesitate right in front of you, not sure I would have the strength to wrestle with one should i actually hit it.

All good scaled the last climb of the day, gentle 10ish miles to San Julian, were we have booked an AirBB, then three guys in a pick up stopped, was all over us handing out water, chocolate bars, we did not have the heart to tell them we only had a little bit to go, so with the normal selfies and one guy falling in love with Bingo's bear and loads more pictures, we set of the last few miles. Tried to stop in a restaurant just out of town but it was closed, so headed straight for the digs. Nice early finish, so plenty of time to have a few refreshments and plan the next couple of day.

Nice to have a great days riding.

It’s really pleasing to hear of the great reception you both getting,and your getting some great mileage in 💪💪🚴🏽‍♂️🚴🏽‍♂️