It was a tough day...
Rain started pouring down about 2 am which added hope to the prospective day. After all, how much moisture could there be in the air. I was thinking positively and aiming for a dry day since the rain started so early.
Well not so good on the hope side of things. The rain wasn't pouring down when we set out on our bikes it was only coming down in sheets, so that was the good side. The bad side was that it rained pretty much all day. We rode 123 kilometers in the cold rain. It was 42 degrees when we started and it did not feel like it warmed up much til closer to the end of the day.
The day was pretty much a heads down and pedal hard to scoot through the kilometers as fast and best as we could. As some of the riders said, they had on pretty much every piece of warm clothing they had with them. And that was barely enough to keep the chill at bay. 😳
The day ended at a pub, The Big Antler. They had a fireplace/wood burning stove that had a roaring fire in it. I have never welcomed something as much as taking off all the wet clothes, well maybe not "all" of them, and sitting within searing distance of that stove. It felt sooo good to feel the warmth of that. Oh the simple things of life... 😊
So far Mike, From your blog I haven't been all that motivated to visit New Zealand - unless I plan to see it all from the inside of a warm, dry car! Glad you had the roaring fire to end your day. Debra
ReplyDeleteThere hasn't been anything so welcomed as that fire. The bones were chilled and the fire brought them back... 😊
DeleteIt has been quite rainy and cold. We are headed to the east side where the weather is supposed to be drier and warmer.