Hello followers,woke this morning to a flat back tyre and because it was so worn to the canvas i put my spare on. Couldn't find a leak in the tube so whacked it back in and its been fine all day. It delayed my start from Port Wakefield time to about 8 which was o.k. because the sun came out and warmed the place up. I had a slight northerly breeze with me and that makes a big difference because the southerly cuts through you and you just freeze over. The ride into Adelaide was pretty boring until i needed to navigate myself out of the place to Strathalbyn.A few direction sent me in the right direction to the mighty hills of Adelaide. As i was starting to go up i thought Linds is going to enjoy this as his eyes would be fixed on each arrow,but to my horror the tracker was not working and i did not find out till i checked it when i arrived at the hotel in Strathalbyn. Disappointed to not see the bends and twists on this hard days ride. I changed the batteries even though it was still beeping and fired it up and bingo it shows me here now. Met a fellow on the hills,John, who often goes riding who had a chest as big as a 44 gallon drum and a personality just as big.He steered me in the right direction.Couldn't believe it that he was 73 years old
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| This photo was supposed to show you how high i was above sea level but its not doing a very good job |
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| Is that you in a cow suit Pearl |
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| The 73 yr old John charging up the Adelaide hills. |
So after a flat tyre,no tracker and a few too many hills im washed out, so its time for some sleep to attack tomorrow. Hooroo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjyCk_K0dM0
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Hi Grant glad to see you cycled straight through Adelaide, they're all a bit weird there. You'd probably end up in a barrel or a pie floater or something. Just zoomed in to see where your staying for the night, looks like a pub from above, but I could be wrong. Continually amazed at the progress your making, those hills around Adelaide would have been a bit of fun no doubt.
ReplyDeleteMMMMMMAAAAAATTTTTEEEEEE It was in a pub of course, 45Bucks gives me a hot shower,double bed,power points to charge everything,piece and quite and my own dining room to select anything i want all wit out an argument.Beautifuuuullllllll.
DeleteHahahaha that is Pearl in a cow suit!
ReplyDeleteNo silly its a cow with a Pearl mask on,cant you see that?
DeleteLOL that's what i meant :)....another violet crumble moment!
DeleteHi Grant!
ReplyDeleteCan't believe how well ur doing ... ur an inspiration to us all!!
Keep peddling :)
Look after Peci for me xxx
Hi Carrie,thanks for your comment , but could you please explain,"look after Peci for me" mean.
DeleteThe explanation is that he broke up with me, so I guess u won't be seeing me again when ur back in Perth. Shame ... I hoped it would go the distance :(
DeleteSorry to hear that,i hope you still remain friends because Joe has not got many.Still it won't stop us catching up anyway.
DeleteHa... Joe's got more friends than anyone I know!!!
DeleteI hope we can remain friends tho too. I'll be round when u get back to help u celebrate :)
73 and still going and all the gear as well.
ReplyDeleteSure looks good for your future riding across Europe, then the USA as you get older. You could get a small rack for Pearl to sit on, she'd love that.
When and if i get back Pearl and i wont be going anywhere. Also as i crossed the Murray River on the Punt at Wellington i was looking for a message in a bottle from you but i didnt see a thing ,was i too early or too late?
DeleteGrant, I forbid the use of any two-wheeled transportation the day you come home. Pearl is accustommed to warm beds, meals on a silver platter, fortnightly pampering and copious amounts of Animal Planet channels :) ..... BUT then again, you might like it so much you'll keep going!
DeleteHi Grant, the big Pyrenees'walk will start on July 4 till July 24 but at the moment I'm a bit worry about my walking mate Brad. He's been in a bad spot lately and has been diagnosed with kidney stones...and feel really run down. So it does not look good for him at this stage but there's another forty odd days before the start so hopefully things will work out for him. Alone on an isolated snow covered mountain passe in rough weather could prove to be like the great Pyrenean mountaineer Henry Russell put it: sublime tranquillity with a tinge of terror...but like you man I'm in whatever. Carry on chasing the dream mate there is nothing else out there!
ReplyDeleteHey thats what a great cycilist said about Adelaide,Grant Kelly put it:sublime tranquility with a tinge of terror...and got the hell out of there before dark!
DeleteATTENTION ALL BLOGGERS,PLEASE COMMENT UNDER THE LATEST BLOG OR I WONT SEE IT UNLESS I SIFT THROUGH PAST DAYS AND I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT,CHEERS.
ReplyDeleteA kelly! shy! is that possible???. sounds like an oxymoron to me. Thought a post might give you some thinking fodder trying to remember who we all were. Hope the breeze is gentle down the Coorong!!!
ReplyDeleteWho are you,expose yourself.
DeleteHi Grant..I decided to add to the blog. More than the four i promised..I am wondering if you are not in Oz after all and in tokyo, I am sure i saw the GPS and it did show the coast of Aust..good to see still riding the high life..
ReplyDeletegood luck
Its o.k Grace ,i know you have blogged and i also know who HAVE NOT.
DeleteHi Grant....good to see that you are steadily clocking up the km's and at the same time keeping us entertained. My friend Grace has now exceeded the number of blogs that I have put up so I thought I had better post one. All is well here...the Birthday box certainly seemed to be a hit.
ReplyDeletelOOK OUT....its the fun Police.lol
DeleteGee, you'd make a great teacher, Grant. Putting commands in capitals...AND WE BETTER BEHAVE, TOO.
ReplyDeleteBut you are a sort of teacher, well, guru really as you are "teaching" us all about strength of character by what you are doing. The old adage "Do as I say, not what I do." is reversed in your case.
The tyre wore out...how are the pants going?
Ahhhhh!!!! You've just done the beautiful Coorong. looks like strong westerlies too, but maybe as you're heading down on a SE angle you might have got some assistance.Hope you kept your eyes to the South for some of the views and stopped a little?
ReplyDeleteI was feeling very sorry for myself this morning after 2 hours in a dentist's chair having a couple of crowns done. I almost, almost thought I'd rather be you but then the anaesthetic wore off, I had a feed and got the tracker going. You are flying down that lakeside, well done. Don't get too excited about all your hits, I think I do half of them. I have the habit now in meetings, especially long ones, of turning it on for a couple of hours. The woman who sits next to me joins in and we notice if the gap lengthens or shortens between signals. Then we pass notes to each other commenting on whether we think there may be hills involved, wind resistance etc. It's a lot of fun, and it gets us through a lot of boring budget meetings.The longest time we had the tracker on was for a 6 hour forum. A lot better looking at that then the people on the other side of the room.
So, settle in now, take the odd rest day, and know that all of the effort is really being appreciated.Smell the roses, I mean the Eucalyptus, when you stop for a cuppa.
Good to see that some married people have a common interest even if it is a blog. Dont worry Jude the bodys hanging in there,its just difficult to juggle when to stop with so many things to look for,meaning wind ,where to stay ,energy level etc. I know one thing when body tells me when enough is enough thats IT.
DeleteG'day mate, still going strong I see, fantastic effort so far! Your well into Croweater territory now and I see your having smoko in Kingston home of the "Big Lobster" designed and built by Paul Kelly himself,Ãs he related? lol.
ReplyDeleteThe original dimensions were in feet but he decided to build it in metric instead, typical Kelly! keep up the good work and stay safe Comparé.
Thats is a bit of useful imformation about the feet to metric John. I do know one thing about it though ,its one hell of a big mother.
DeleteOn Ya Grant, just remember by the inch its a cinch ow wait is it by the mile or hour or day or month, anyway enjoy your adventure. What is the sorest part of the body at this stage ? ps So good to see Pearl's Birthday Photo the other day - She's looking more & more like you every time i see her.. keep it going for all us 59 ers.
ReplyDeleteWell im afraid its the bottom mate. Its been pounded ever since i left. The worst bituman latley is the stuff rough as an anzac biscut and slaps your bum a hundred times a second. Thats the bit left of the line and the roads o.k but you got to be careful if you keep right of the line. Shhh im not a 59 er.
DeleteHey there Mr kelly i was reading through your "snowtown" experience, Was it anything like when we went to do the cut and seal at chris mainwairings house. that felt like it still had his spirit in it..ie that feeling that you have just seen a ghost,,,,,EEEERYYYY,,,,keep it up grumpy you must have stainless steel nuts by now....lol...
ReplyDeleteNo,he wasnt tortured. And about being grumpy i havent been grumpy since i left Perth. Yes ,and about the boys, they have hardly turned to stainless steal, they have had such a torrid time so i have decided to trade the in at a place just out of Millicent ,though i am restricted with the size i can get to replace them as the photo in the blog shows.
DeleteHi big fella, sitting at the airport waiting to fly to Copenhagen, I know you are going well but I reckon I might like to be with you for awhile, no people, no phones, no email, there is something to say for being all on your lonsome, bloody heaven.
ReplyDeleteHell by the time i land you will be in Victoria....
Cheers, thinking of you alot, just like Jude...
Hey, the clocks right too!
DeleteSoory mate ,couldnt get anyone this side to adjust time ,good thinking by you.
DeleteWe can't believe that you're about to hit Victoria. Noticed that you bypassed Robe - that is our annual holiday spot so we know the country you're currently riding through quite well. We also wanted to let you know that if you would love a couple of days respite, some good home cooking to replenish some lost kilos and to recharge before the northward journey begins that you are most welcome. We are 80 kms from Geelong - we could come and pick you up and drop you back to the same spot if you are concerned about coming a little bit inland. There are also about 5 bike shops in Ballarat if you need repairs, replacements etc. Tim's mobile 0408503232. But if that's not going to work - we could also come to you with supplies or whatever you need and have a catch up. Loving reading the blog - esp Snowtown.
ReplyDeleteAs our telcon earlier,its our little secret what we are going to do,so everybody watch this space.
DeleteHello Tillack !!
ReplyDeleteJust to let you know I'm still here WATCHING YOU !! The adventure continues for you and all us armchair cyclists .
KEEP PEDALING !!!! :)
Joe
I heard what happened,you will be sorry. No man is an island.
DeleteWell here i am in Melbourne soaking up the winter sunshine in my Bro,s Sandringham apartment by the bay.Seriously regretting the 5 bottles of red that disappeared last night and wondering how it must feel to be the finely tuned kilometre mowing cyclist of Grant Kelly variety.Hope you enjoying the southerners hospitality-good to see you far away from the dreaded snowtown.keep a lookout for you
ReplyDeleteIn Mt Gambier, I see. Visit the Blue Lake, it's really blue on the tracker. You are really motoring. Going to get colder now, as we head towards June.
ReplyDeleteI was a bit concerned with last night's stop-over. Seemed to be in a bush by the road. Hang the cost...try and make each night a bed somewhere, so I (and the rest of us) don't have guilt feelings when we go to bed.
Tried to but i ran out of steam and collapsed in a heap ,then got rained on, and then had to listen to moo....mooo...mooooo all night looooong
DeleteHeino says hello!
ReplyDeleteAh ha everybody ,a new kid on the block,introducing Heino,married five times,once to a miss WEST AUSTRALIAN and dated also a MISS UNIVERSE. Hello Heino,good to hear from you.
DeleteHi Glant, it's 09:00hrs Sat morn here in Copenhagen, flat as a pancake so you would power around this place no problems munching on raw herring and talking in a yooldi yooldi type accent. It will be interesting to see the clock time. I too also felt guilty looking at that sad little bush, hell check into the Hilton (with your bike)at make me feel better.
ReplyDeleteLook at it this way, from now on you will be heading North, warm, friendly,cold beer and they play a different type of sport, not AFL.
Cheers, keep inspiring me!!
Hey ,lets not get too far in front of ourselves. Few more days yet. Got to get past that Melbourne somehow. Still i will cross that problem when i get there
Deletejust set the clock on the lap top?
ReplyDeleteHi grant just getting you onto my tablet before going to europe so i can keep an eye on you while away. Nothing as interesting as what your seeing just venice paris and london etc, travelling via bullet train. Hope they have cold beer i wouldnt like to suffer.
ReplyDeleteDont worry mate, they even have Burger King over there so you wont lose the spare tyre around your guts ,hahahahaha
ReplyDeleteMr Kelly good to hear you still have your sense of humour.I like the dead body comment.( 1 night in Snow Town and look what you have going through your head) Maybe next time just through a rug over the bike and pretend it is. Its been cold here in the mornings though no where as cold as your describing. The cut and seals are going well,plenty ahead. I will be listening in on Wednesday for you.
ReplyDeleteStay safe and be careful old man! ( young by heart and fitter than anyone i know) Cheereo.Deano
Good to hear from you mate, you went off the radar there for a while.Any reason why your commenting in the old blog.Keep up with it buddy.
ReplyDeleteHi Grant, another great day in Sydney, bloody beautiful...too good to be working. Should be out on the bike like you are...hey, why isnt that useless brother of yours on the blog...shoulder still playing up is it & he cant get to the keyboard right?
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Hey Tony,you must remember to put your comment under the latest blog otherwise everybody wont see it and they will call you an idiot. lol.I think the bro's been a bit busy at work.
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