A cycling revolution has swept Sandy Beach, as you can see from this photo. Ever since the Red Rock Triathlon, Saturday morning has seen us all up at 5am to drive into Coffs Harbour for the community bike rides, which draw up to 80 riders in four groups differentiated by speed and lycra. You have to do it that early because this is Australia though, I am glad to say, afterwards you have to have a cafe breakfast sitting outside in the sun as well. But Carl, for it is he, and his axe? Well, not only do we rise at dawn for a ride on the road, but we also head for the trails of the Wedding Bells Forest in the afternoon and Carl has become increasingly frustrated by the trees lying across some of the trails. So today he took his small axe and sent the woodchips flying. He may have a big axe too, for all I know, as he did spend some time living in the bush. I happened to mentioned that I'd never been mountain biking with an axe before. "This is Australia," he replied.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
An Australian, His Bike and His Axe...
A cycling revolution has swept Sandy Beach, as you can see from this photo. Ever since the Red Rock Triathlon, Saturday morning has seen us all up at 5am to drive into Coffs Harbour for the community bike rides, which draw up to 80 riders in four groups differentiated by speed and lycra. You have to do it that early because this is Australia though, I am glad to say, afterwards you have to have a cafe breakfast sitting outside in the sun as well. But Carl, for it is he, and his axe? Well, not only do we rise at dawn for a ride on the road, but we also head for the trails of the Wedding Bells Forest in the afternoon and Carl has become increasingly frustrated by the trees lying across some of the trails. So today he took his small axe and sent the woodchips flying. He may have a big axe too, for all I know, as he did spend some time living in the bush. I happened to mentioned that I'd never been mountain biking with an axe before. "This is Australia," he replied.
