Bass Coast Ride

 Bass Coast Ride- Day 1 Cranbourne to Inveloch 100 kms

Today was an early start for all of us leaving home and driving to Cranbourne railway station to meet the guys traveling by train from Murrumbena.

We started the ride from the station at about 9.00am with coolish weather and the threat of rain but it stayed away thankfully! But…. We had a head wind for most of the day which meant we had to ride in a group taking turns at the front after about a km. Seemed to work well

The first part of the ride was through the outer suburbs of greater Melbourne which was quite amazing that the spread of Melbourne reaches this far!

I was first in the ute and started my ride after about 15 kms

The early part of the ride was through the market gardens of Victoria on the flat 

We travelled through to Caldermeade farm for morning tea which is near Lang Lang where my wife Robyn spent the early years of her life. Her father was the local doctor in the town 

After morning tea it was off to the climb up the hills to Loch for lunch….lovely lunch venue

It was a late lunch about 1.30 pm 

We then had a fairly big climb out of Loch and through undulating country to Longwack where we were to have arvo tea. The town was shut so we made our way through to Invaloch to the Big4 caravan park where we enjoyed a shower in lovely cabins. A great relief after a long day of 100 kms for most of the group. Arriving at about 4.30 pm meant we had time for a rest before dinner 

I should mention that one of our group Ellio pulled out at the last minute as his father was taken to hospital. We all hope he is okay and our thoughts are with Ellio….

A good day of hard riding… will sleep well tonight