Cycling

Bike Jan '18 Day 4

The ride out of town took me past a roadside fruit & vege shop. Bananas are easy on the stomach and fresh peaches make any day better, so it is stock up time. My first planned stop is Eastwood Hills Arboretum 30km on. It is easy riding along the valleys as I gradually climb west from the coast. It is hot again so I park my bike pay the entry and buy a ginger beer. My energy levels are not good and I’m tiring easily so I take my time wandering the shaded paths looking at trees. Douglas Cook, the man who started this place in 1910 has left the largest collect of Northern hemisphere trees & shrubs in the Southern hemisphere. He also surprised some of the locals as he liked to garden naked. I made the second biggest mistake of this trip here. Just before I departed, a trip to a flushing toilet was in order. It was here that I inadvertently left my tub of butt cream. When one is spending a lot of time in the saddle this stuff is gold, suffice to say I was now a lot poorer.