Perth to Albany Day 6, Cranbrook to Albany
The cool and blustery weather has really caught up with us. It was jackets all round this morning to stop the freezing wind. I really would like to start a blog posting that doesn’t mention the weather, honest. The farm we stayed at got 1/2 an inch of rain during the night, but it had cleared by the time we were ready to go.
Today we had to venture out on to Albany Highway for the first time. The traffic was pretty good, but still more than we had seen all week. A couple of passing semis reminded me of the trip over the Nullarbor where a truck coming the other way during a cross wind could easily knock you off your bike. As long as you hunker down and hold on tight to your handlebars you’ll be fine.
Today’s route started at Cranbrook, detoured via Tenterden and Kendenup, and then down to Mount Barker. After a bit more of Albany Highway we detoured off via Lower King to our final stop at Oyster Harbour which is east of Albany.
We managed to get 102km into our legs today to make a grand total of 580km for the week. The last 20km was ridden with mixed feelings; a fantastic week’s worth of riding was almost no more, but it also meant we could wear normal clothes again and get back to our families.
Mark, our host for the night and for breakfast, standing in his trial field of Barley
Cranbrook’s Claim to Fame.
The hall at Tenterden that was burnt down a couple of years ago, had its official opening on Saturday.
The four final victors finally arrive at Alec’s House (pardon the pun) in Albany. L-R: Geff, Wes, David and Alec. Thanks to Jeannie for arranging our medals, a really nice touch to get a little reward.
Alec’s home church – Church of the Living Water in Oyster Harbour, organised a dinner to welcome us; again proving the hospitality of country folk is awesome.
As best we can tell at the moment, the ride has raised $3500 towards the Bible Society’s project in Cambodia. If you would like to add to this total and support the ride, please email me, David Pascoe at pascoedj@gmail.com
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well done! fabulous amount of money raised after a lot of hard work! Great stuff! hope you all get a well deserved rest now
love from us all The Porters