Jan made some really good porridge for breakfast, when you have been living on the instant stuff with water you forget how good it can really be with decent oats and milk!! The weather was cold and wet but it was supposed to clear so I layered up and put on booties and goretex.
It was an incredibly uninspiring day, I could not see anything due to the low cloud and the temperature was hovering around 5-7C. I headed off on the 134 by the coast but it was so wet and windy that I cut inland to the main highway in the hope of less wind. Now it was as windy but visibility was probably worse because of the spray from all the vehicles. I was on the shoulder with all my lights on and I just hoped drivers would see me. It was really slow going and incredibly wet and definitely did not look like it was going to clear up. If I stayed inland on the 11 there was not going to be a whole lot of bail out options before Bathurst and as I was already feeling chilled I was not sure I would make the next 80km. The conditions were really less than ideal to be on a bike for hours so I figured I had 2 options; hitch a ride or bail while I still might be able to find somewhere dry for the night. I bailed, headed into Dalhousie and found a motel, there was not a lot of choice, the town seemed quite run down and I paid more than I wanted to but there we go.
I had only made 33km my shortest and probably most pathetic day of the entire trip but it is almost October and the weather could have been like this earlier. I spent a good hour wiping down Bob and my bike before watching some TV and calling my parents.
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