Wayne & I did a warm up ride out to the "Welcome to Merriwa" sign I wanted picture of but was way too tired yesterday afternoon, then met the others at the painted silo about 8am, then we left for Denman.
We left Merriwa and took the roads less travelled. We had a bit of climbing to do to get out of Denman proper then onto Flaggs Rd - to Gungal through supremely gorgeous undulating countryside. We saw kangaroos bounding across the road in front of us, heaps of birdlife and just took in the serenity. A lovely little picnic along the way was enjoyed. At Gungal we turned onto the Golden Highway briefly (heading straight into the 30km/h wind) before turning on to Giants Creek Rd and then through a beautiful valley to Sandy Hollow with a honking tail wind blowing us along. Here we refreshed with lunch, before heading to Yarrawa and then on to Denman.
We had one nasty hill of over 18% gradient hill on dirt. Many of us walked the bikes over, Wayne did it twice, fully laden, just for fun. We then had to endure a 30km/h tailwind which blew us down the road at that speed with no effort - so fun, so easy.
Got into Denman after 72kms, 600m of climbing a top speed of 53.6km/h and feeling much better about ourselves than yesterday.
Stayed in the Denman Hotel and had a lovely dinner at the Royal Hotel.
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