ride4acure

Am perched in the caravan tossing up going to bed early, or do this ? Either way have just made a pot of tea and am going to enjoy a well earned moment.

I have now officially ridden my bike to Sydney! Woo Hoo….I feel chuffed with this achievement, and in small stages was great. Today was a stinker, got up to 38.9 in Liverpool, hot Westerly wind.  I run into trouble with my bike and had tyre trouble, Ended up taking my bike to a bike shop in Liverpool and met a great guy there Mark who sorted it out. The tyres weren’t ‘true’ and were off balance which was causing ‘extreme’ wobbling coming down hills when I went over 40kms per hour. I nearly lost the bike coming down Mooni Mooni, but was able to recover myself, but it continued to happen each time I went fast. consequently much slower, no speed thrills, kept things contained.

Am staying at Narralen Vale with Michael Newcombe and his daughter Maddie. I am presenting at Michaels school where he is Prinicpal. We’ve just pulled the van up on his front lawn and plugged in! Happy campers. Tomorrow have a presentation at Blairmont Priimary School at 9.15am then onto Cambelltown Curves Gym for an 11.30 presentation. Then some R  & R. My neice Amanda is flying into /Sydney tomorow night to drive for this week til Canberra.

Today is day 14 of the ride- 24 to go! I am enjoying every minute of this advenure. I think about Hannah heaps (situation normal!) The long hours while I’m riding I think about all the other young people out there living with melanoma and it’s associated uncertainties and pray that through ride4acure  good will come…and I know it already is on many levels. Raising the profile of melanoma generally but in particular as a young person’s disease, creating awareness of this disease amongst young people, highlighting prevantative strategies that save lives-joining the dots on the sunsmart message by building an udnerstanding of the UV index and creating barriers between us and it! And most importantly encouraging kids to take resonsibility, sharing Hannah’s story helps kids put melanoma on their radar. So far has been well received everywhere by students and teachers.

Joe has been sick today, had the vomits and a headache. Its his birthday this Sunday and he’ll be the big 11 we will be staying with my neice Kate Luxford and her husband Adam in Campbell in the heart of Canberra I think. Again taking up residence on the street! Good night:)

Then tomorrow arvo a well deserved rest.

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