We're not alone in having had our 2020 plans kicked to the kerb. In our case, it was a month-long tandem tour in Europe (Prague to the Adriatic), with flights locked in, and most of our accommodation loosely booked (with, thankfully, mostly free cancellation options.) Today we were supposed to be riding out of Salzburg …
Eastern Dorrigo tour route summary.
Below is a day by day track of our actual ride - initially updated day by day, now summarised for posterity. Only three-days touring is a bit short - but a tour is a tour, I say. Each day's route links to a ridewithgps route. It should be visible, with export file options available to …
Day 3 – Bellingen to home
62k +667m of climbing. We actually didn't have that much to choose from for accommodation in Bello. A few Airbnbs were booked out. (Noticed the Bello Show was on, so maybe that was it.) So we ended up in a Guesthouse/B&B which was nice, if not a bit on the olde worlde, fancy and cluttered …
Day 2 – Lowanna to Bellingen via Dorrigo
72k and another 1000m of climbing. (which clearly did not include the steep descent down Waterfall Way between Dorrigo and Bello!) But first we fried and toasted the supplied fresh eggs and homemade bread. A quick stop overlooking the village of Ulong. A cafe coffee would have been tempting, but we needed to get going. …
Day 1 – Home to Lowanna
Day 1 recap (now that we're home, with fast internet.) Only 54k but over 1000m of climbing. (1200 according to Marc's bike computer as well as the rwgps route plan, 1081m according to my Garmin. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ) Nothing new in roads ridden today, just the doing it from home bit. Bucca Road and Orara Rd …
A mini 3-day tour in our own backyard
Grand plans to tour overseas 'every second year' met with a reality check - as did a Plan B of a 10-day 'Northern Rivers' tour - heading out from, and returning home. So Plan C it is. As much as we need to get some more done on the never-ending renovations, we felt we needed …
Day 17 – Stony Point to Melbourne (Carlton)
after taking the ferry across from Cowes. We made it 🥂🍻 Long day, and tricky navigating all the bike paths, not many photos. Eating out in the big city! What a contrast to the past few weeks!