Manjimup

Another chilly morning after bacon and egg sanga for breakfast at Dale's house in Quinninup. A lot of climbing to start which soon warmed us up and as we climbed I'm sure I could see the hand of God reach down to me but then he saw Lloydy and said " on your way you two!" A bit biblical, I know but the delirium of another hill must have kicked in. Anyhow after the first 20ks was mainly uphill we were at last rewarded with a good run into Manjimup arriving just after 12 with 3hrs riding time and average mid 12kph. Nothing spectacular on the way through a bit of plantation Forrest and crossing the Warren River. First stop in Manjimup was the bakery and 5 minutes later Julie walked in obviously overcome with emotion after not seeing me for nearly 2 weeks.( or maybe just a hot flush). Spent the last night at very good Indian restaurant, Cilantro and then crashed a 60th party at the Gatsby Skyline, a really quirky cabaret lounge. Probably went a bit hard considering the ride next day but they had a Japanese couple do a couple of songs in Japanese and then a band led by Michael Vdelli, who was probably the best guitarist i have ever seen. Not surprisingly Trev knows him.Läs mer