April 23, 2021
Langhorne Creek to Meningie
Tent was dry this morning and the traffic wasn't to noisy last night, so a good start to the day
A few kms of gravel this morning. The gravel runs parallel to the bitumen just a km over. It was a nice warm up.
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Then I joined back onto the road to Wellington, it has no shoulder but the traffic was light and it gave me lots of room so I felt comfortable. I think I saw the same garbage truck 3 times, doing his round. We smiled and waved.
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Wellington has a ferry to cross the Murray River. I queued up at the pedestrian spot and walked my bike on when asked. It was fun.
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I stopped at the The Hall cafe, only about 1km from the ferry. I'd heard they made good coffee. I decided on an early lunch, the salmon quiche was yum!. So was the coffee. The lovely lady proprietor also happily filled my water bottles with filtered water and I got a home made ANZAC biscuit to take with me. So nice.
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Then I turned onto the B1 highway. The traffic was a bit intimidating at first. A few trucks and just more cars than I'm used to. But the road has a good size shoulder that's in good condition so I road in that and the traffic was good at giving me space. I kept an eye on my rear-view mirror too.
I made it to Meningie battling a moderate head wind. My route guided me onto an access road on the outskirts of town and then onto a shared pathway. I chatted with a guy in a wheel chair that had a powered wheel on the back. He controls it with his watch, it was an interesting invention.
As I pulled up at the caravan so did a 4WD. A women jumped out. "Chil ( my scout name), I thought it was you". Cookie ( Jenny) was also staying in the Meningie caravan park for the weekend. Right next to me it turned out. It was so wonderful to see a familiar face and catch up with Jenny over dinner. Best surprise this trip so far and it wasn't even planned 😃
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The caravan park is on the banks of Lake Albert, so everyone gets a view.
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Today was hard work, but I'm impressed with my progress.
Today's ride: 80 km (50 miles)
Total: 216 km (134 miles)
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