Bass Coast Ride-Day 2 April 1 2022
Today being April fools day was pleasantly surprising with an early morning wake up at 7.00am with cloudy weather and temperatures in the mid teens… the only April fool trick was the head wind!!!
We were off riding by about 8.30 am for the days ride to Toora about 70 kms away
The first stop was Tarwin Lower for coffee which was after about 20kms into the wind. Once again it was single file and rotated riders after about a km… seemed to work well and the group is finally organising itself for this sort of riding after about 20 years of training!
The morning coffee was welcome and made the next 20 km ride to Fish Creek somewhat more enjoyable as we found the rail trail to get us off the main roads. It was quite a bit more sheltered than the roads and the gradients were more gentle!
Lunch at Long John Pickles was great… several of us had the chicken pie with chips…. All good for the afternoon push in to Toora.
Once again we were on the rail trail which made for pleasant riding and some great scenery. The weather was ok with some drizzle at times
We made good time to get in to Toora and about 3.45pm
We are staying the night at the Toora Lodge Motel which is quite comfortable and we are looking forward to a pub meal tonight
A good day of riding particularly on the rail trail.. all the better with a great bunch of blokes
At Tarwin Lower