Sunday 26th January 2025 Tres Cerros to Fitz Roy
Double header again today, mainly because I was too puffed out to write anything yesterday, I could have blamed the IT connection but that was fine it was me who was not working.

So same old story up at 5ish porridge and any sweet stuff Bingo will let me have, he is the quartermaster, today he put the wafer bars in the porridge, fair play they are sweet, but like a bit of cucumber I am sure you use up more energy eating it that you gain, but have to be thankful for small mercies.

On the road just before 6, then pedalled and pedalled, then believe or not carried on pedalling, there was a lovely sunrise as we left the garage, it is quite nice in the early morning, very little traffic, there is not much any way, just takes a little time to get the blood pumping around your body and it is surprisingly cold. Though we both made a school boy error as we filled the water bottles up in the room, Bingo has the first swig, he tells me it tastes like it comes out of the pond down by Misery farm, so we empty the bottles and do the normal thing beg for water at the side of the road, Bingo gets the first offer by a HGV driver who only looks 14, who gives us about a litre, I stop another camper van managed to fill all my bottles up and get an added blue lucozane still water drink, result. Then Bingo hails down another car and we manage to replenish all the bottles, as an added bonus the couple in the car, are planning on travelling to the UK in March, with a visit to Canterbury planned, how cool is that, Sandra does not know yet but she may have a guest!

All I can say really it was really tough going struggling to get over 10 mph at any time, just grinding out the miles, with the never ending road straight ahead. We battled these condition all day, with the last ten miles absolutely horrendous, barely making 6 mph, got stopped by a few guys who belong to a local cycling club, had the normal selfies and chat and struggled on.

Bingo secured the lodging as soon as the little town of Fitz Roy appeared, without hesitation the lady offered us a cold cerveza (beer) ended up having more than the one, may have been another reason why the blog was a little late.

Luckily the restaurant was less than a minute away, Bingo had the set meal meat, Llama stew I think, I had the biggest Tortilla in living memory, that’s lunch sorted tomorrow, then bed, two very tired guys.

Also a shout out to Geraint in Austin, Texas who is 13 today. Happy Birthday mate! We’ll get there eventually!