Teesdale Trot

The inaugral Teesdale Trot was held on Sunday 18th September. Carol and I organised this supported ride from our home in Teesdale. Options of 50, 100,150 and 200K were available to riders. In total 32 riders started the day and 31 were to be successful in achieving their nominated distance.

 Being one of the organisers permitted me to do this ride in the days prior. I chose the Friday beforehand and copped a very stiff north westerly crosswind for much of the day but I thoroughly enjoyed the mild temperatures. I made a number of stops to record changes required om the course notes I would be issuing to riders.

The 200k  course headed down through canola, wheat and cattle country to Winchelsea where it crossed the Barwon River and looped around Wurdi Boluc Reservoir before heading back to Winchelsea for the first checkpoint then on to Inverleigh before a lunch stop at Teesdale.

The 200k course headed down through canola, wheat and cattle country

Near the Barwon River at Winchelsea

The second loop was the course that the 100k riders had followed. It travelled through Bannockburn before diving in and out of the Moorabool Valley on the way to Maude, Meredith, Morrisons and Elaine before turning back towards the finish.

Morrisons

Weather on the day was superb, light winds, mild with some sunshine.
Thank you to all the riders who attended including some new faces, some audax regulars, some of the Maryborough crowd and some members of the Geelong Touring Cyclists.

Two riders readying to roll after lunch

Spring into Seymour

No photos from this ride held about a fortnight ago. I spent much of the ride in the great company of Garry Wall and thoroughly enjoyed hearing about his experience at PBP. It was good to see Kirwan's Bridge open to traffic again and the weather was pretty good except for some annoying head wind at times on the way to Tatura. We completed the ride in a little under 9 hours.