Not much riding !!!

This is the reason we have not been riding much lately.



We doing a lot of painting and all the other good jobs that come with it to get the house ready for Sale. It has taken us a bid longer than we planned. It should be finish by about Easter and go on the market after that.

In the Lounge and Formal Dinning Room we had exposed Ceiling. Timber was rough and worst of all painted in Mission Brown.

I lost count how many times I climbed up and down this stepladder

As soon as I did the first coat you could see all the gaps appearing. Of coarse they all had to be filled with "No more gap".

Here is Jenny doing her job. Cleaning the brushes, making me coffee, get lunch or dinner ready and every so often we would have a Shandy.

So far, it sure has improved the look of the place.

Got the new Carpet laid on Wednesday. Still have to paint one Bathroom, 2 Bedrooms and the Laundry. Hopefully after this weekend we should be close to have done all the painting.

Bobby , 12 kg and Flags

Today we went for another ride. This time with Bobby, our trailer. We had in mind to do just a short ride.

Last time we took the trailer for some practice, we loaded only 6 kg into it. As we hardly could tell the difference, we came up with the idea, this time it should be 12 kg. By 6-15 am we left home. Went along Warwick Rd then turned left and heading north along Wanneroo Rd. As we turned left into Gnangara Rd. a hill of about 300-400 m tested us for the first time. At least this time we could tell, that we had something in the trailer.

As we came over the Crest, we stopped, because we had to take some photos of this amazing Sunrise. Things like this just makes it worthwhile to get up and go early in the morning.

After about 10 min we started riding again towards Ellenbrook. As it was just after 7 am, we didn't want to invite ourselfs for a Coffee and wake the Bulloch's . By the roundabout we turned left into Lord Str. and had another 4 km to ride before we turned into Whitemans Park. Had the usual stop and something to eat. We tried to set up the camera on a bench to take some photos of us riding past. Set the camera up on a table on continues shooting, ( 3 photos in a short time ). Sorry we did not have much luck even after a couple of try. First there was nothing at all, then only the front wheel and the last one was only of half of the trailer. We will try again another time and maybe ask somebody to take the photos.

About 1/2 h later we started heading back home along Marshal Rd and and Beach Rd. towards Warwick.

We had no problems with Bobby and the weight we put on. We will do another 1-2 rides with the 12 kg before we increase the weight to 18 kg. We also hope by then to have the 2 new back Panniers and the Rack. I still have to make it because of the set up we have with Bobby. Today was the first time we had two Flags flying behind us. One is the Aussie Flag and the second one is the Silver Fern ( NZ). We sure had a few heads turning when they saw us going past.

We rode 43.9 km and the av. was 21.3 km/h

Mosman Park Hill

We left home really early (5-45am) , so we could be back home before the heat set in. The forecast was for a high of 36. Before we left, I checked the temperature on the computer and it was already 22 degrees.

We were on a mission to prove to some people something. We went our normal way to Osborne Park. Instead of going through the City, we went past Subiaco down Thomas Str. to Nedland. Here we turned left into Mounts Bay Rd and then right into Hackett Dr. where we had a quick rest. We carried on along the top of the Cliff with a nice view of the Swan River. Once we past Point Resolution Res. we could see across the Bay what today's ride was all about. But first we had to get there, so we rode on to Claremont, turned left into Stirling Hwy and shortly turned left again towards The Esplanade and then Johnson Pde. Then here it was, the

MOSMAN PARK HILL.

We had wanted to try to ride up this hill ever since we heard some people say, you would not be able to ride up on a Tandem. Well guess what,

WE DID IT.

without stopping and getting of the bike. It sure was a great achievement. Now there was no stopping us to get to Freo as fast as possible for a well earned Coffee and meet up with Paul as arranged last night.

We did not stay to long, as already some of the groups were starting to come back. They needed lots of room and we probably took up to much parking space with the Tandem. So we headed back towards Cottesloe and Scarborough, were we stopped for a quick Ice cream before we carried on towards Home.

We rode 70.4 km and the av. was 23.7 km/h

Sorry no Photos today!