Wet century

I suppose it's time to put up the ride report from Sunday. It was actually nice to get a southerly for a change which actually kept the temperatures down (I can't believe it was only 31 degrees!). Pushing into the southerly was hard work the day after Springbrook, as was the initial climb of Tomewin. On the higher slopes the rain started really pouring down, which offered some inspiration for some reason. There's a certain point riding in the rain where you realise you can't get any wetter -- reaching that point is incredibly liberating.

The mountain views were non-existent, or were they? Sometimes it's just a matter of looking a little closer.





The descent was a relatively slow one, largely due to the southerly again, before eventually heading west through Chillingham and Tyalgum. The road here is, of course, quite hilly, which provided it's own challenges.





A far greater challenge was attempting to apply sunscreen in Tyalgum after it started raining again. It may have been a complete waste of time regardless, as the rain started really hammering down after leaving Tyalgum. Unfortunately, it didn't stay for long although it did open up some interesting views on the surrounding mountains.



After reaching Murwillumbah it was just a matter of finding enough riding to make it up to 161km. I detoured out to the smaller climb of the Condong Range, before looping back through the John Hogan rainforest after linking up on the Pilgrims' road. This was all quite pretty, but there was a sense of "done all this before" by now. I guess I need to take my explorations further afield. The tailwind while riding up the coast made for an easy (if uninteresting) ride home. Of course, I still had to negotiate the usual Burleigh Bogans, but such is life.

I'm really at a loss as to where I should ride next weekend. I guess I'll just wait and see.