Monday 27th January 2025 Fitz Roy to Caleta Olivia
Bit of a lie in this morning, did not wake till 5:45, it was a tough day yesterday, so decided to go a bit steady today, only a 50 mile section. Quartermaster Bingo dishes up the porridge with proper chocolate and a nice sweet coffee, living the life of Riley now, we can hear the wind outside so both nervously get the bikes sorted and roll off knowing that we are going to stop at the garage at the end of the town to fill up the water bottles and replenish the dwindling chocolate supplies.

We both knew it would be tough going, so just stuck to the guns and rode through it, searching the countryside for different animals, we spotted a family of giant guinea pigs,(maybe a Patagonian Mara, a mix between a rabbit and deer), seemed happy meandering around the scrub.

As we got over the top a little climb, took a rest by the side of the road, we then see a hamster scuttling along in the scrub land, its like an episodes of the Goodies now, anything to get my mind of the wind, so cheer myself up for a few minutes chuckling about that mad show.

Final down hill ride into Caleta Olivia, passed the oil fields with the nodding donkeys pumping away, they do look quite therapeutic, with their slow methodical action, had the leftover Tortilla watching the mechanical beasts doing their work

Just on the outskirts of the town stopped in a petrol station to take stock, had a beer and decided on the digs for the night. Little 2 mile ride through the town, first part on a steep ripo surface, not good. Sorted the digs, with ease. Done loads of washing, it will not take long to dry, in this wind and we can’t go out till our only set of clothes is dry!

Finished for the day, pretty hard going.