Tony's Tasmanian Cycling Blog

I’ve been quiet for nearly a Month.

After our trip to southern Tasmania, Sue and I both caught the shitty cold that is circulating the state. Much coughing and stuffed up heads for 2 weeks for me. After that, the weather has been objectionable. So, all in all nothing much has happened.

BUT all that changed on Friday!

50% through 2019 – 50% distance covered.

Well, that’s looking on the bright side! June has been underwhelming in distance travelled but … hey … 3,000 kilometres and 6 more months to go!!

Another week of Tasmanian pottering on a trike

Here is another picture taken at the Longford jetty – this time looking down the South Esk river. Another sunny but cold day.

The “Drier than Normal” weather has yet to arrive!

By Saturday I had logged 1 kilometre in “Ride with GPS”. Actually I had ridden 27 kilometers but, what with one thing and another, only 1 was captured as proof!

A “drier than normal” Winter predicted

Drier than normal means more clear days and clear nights. Clear nights means frost. We had a good frost on Wednesday and you can see the bird bath has frozen enough to support the weight of my morning coffee. Coffee on the rocks.

Brilliant weather for end May

It’s June 1st today – first day of winter. The last week in May has been really good riding weather with no wind, sunny days and not too frosty in the morning. This was good – I needed to get a few ks in to up the count for the month.

Mid May but not much riding this month !

There has been a bit to do since we returned from the mainland. House maintenance to organise (seriously leaking shower), medical checks (all well), Magnum fixes, Brompton maintenance and even some social whirl.