{"id":20179,"date":"2015-10-24T19:19:02","date_gmt":"2015-10-24T08:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blokeonbike.com\/bloke1\/?p=20179"},"modified":"2024-06-23T19:10:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T09:40:38","slug":"the-last-but-one-and-a-push-for-distance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/the-last-but-one-and-a-push-for-distance\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 21: The last but one and a push for distance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>It is a beautiful day without a breath of wind; a great day to be cycling. But my adventure is almost over and then it will be back to normality. Get up, go to work, come home, go to sleep.<\/h3>\n<p>A completely different cycle to the one I have enjoyed for the past three weeks and not one I particularly feel like joining but I need the money that a job provides.<\/p>\n<p>Between camp and Murray Bridge there a few hills to get the heart pumping, but down a cog, switch off the brain and they are surmountable with a little effort.<\/p>\n<p>Stopping to admire the view of the two bridges over the Murray, I have paused the Garmin Edge 1000 so that it doesn\u2019t take this downtime into account when tabling the day\u2019s statistics, only to find that it won\u2019t turn on again.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-20179 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-fusion-400'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"Nearly done &#8211; 1\" data-caption=\"It is tight going getting over the pedestrian walkway\" href='https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-1-scaled.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-1-400x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-1-66x37.jpeg 66w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-1-177x100.jpeg 177w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-1-200x113.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-1-320x180.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-1-400x225.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-1-460x259.jpeg 460w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-1-540x304.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-1-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-1-669x376.jpeg 669w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-1-700x394.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-1-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-1-940x529.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-1-1200x675.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-1-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20226'>\n\t\t\t\tIt is tight going getting over the pedestrian walkway\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"Nearly done &#8211; 2\" data-caption=\"A paddle steamer at Murray Bridge\" href='https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-2-scaled.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-2-400x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-2-66x37.jpeg 66w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-2-177x100.jpeg 177w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-2-200x113.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-2-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-2-320x180.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-2-400x225.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-2-460x259.jpeg 460w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-2-540x304.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-2-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-2-669x376.jpeg 669w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-2-700x394.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-2-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-2-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-2-940x529.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-2-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-2-1200x675.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-2-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20227'>\n\t\t\t\tA paddle steamer at Murray Bridge\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"Nearly done &#8211; 3\" data-caption=\"Hello Mr Ed, how are you doing today?\" href='https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-3-scaled.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-3-400x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-3-66x37.jpeg 66w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-3-177x100.jpeg 177w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-3-200x113.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-3-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-3-320x180.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-3-400x225.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-3-460x259.jpeg 460w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-3-540x304.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-3-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-3-669x376.jpeg 669w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-3-700x394.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-3-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-3-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-3-940x529.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-3-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-3-1200x675.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-3-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20228'>\n\t\t\t\tHello Mr Ed, how are you doing today?\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-rel=\"iLightbox[postimages]\" data-title=\"Nearly done &#8211; 4\" data-caption=\"My last trip Schnitty ate the Wellington Hotel\" href='https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-4-scaled.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-4-400x225.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-fusion-400 size-fusion-400\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-20229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-4-66x37.jpeg 66w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-4-177x100.jpeg 177w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-4-200x113.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-4-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-4-320x180.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-4-400x225.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-4-460x259.jpeg 460w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-4-540x304.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-4-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-4-669x376.jpeg 669w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-4-700x394.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-4-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-4-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-4-940x529.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-4-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-4-1200x675.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Nearly-done-4-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-20229'>\n\t\t\t\tMy last trip Schnitty ate the Wellington Hotel\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>This happened to me back near\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/day-15-on-a-roll-now-and-looking-to-set-a-personal-best\/\">Boundary Bend<\/a> as well and again I find myself lost without that little screen measuring off the kilometres as we go our separate ways. No matter how hard I try not to, I keep glancing down to see if it has come on again only to be disappointed over and over again.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it remains on holiday for the rest of the day.\u00a0Perhaps in its own small way, it is making known its disappointed at the pending end.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s OK \u2018G\u2019, I will miss you as well my friend.<\/p>\n<p>A short ride around the waterfront, buy a new card for the GoPro and top up the water bottles ticked off the to-do list and it is south on the Wellington Road I go; Wellington and somewhere beyond my two goals for the day.<\/p>\n<p>In true Dr Doolittle style, I stop to chat with a horse at Woods Point but he is more interested in chewing the map case so we don\u2019t become new best friends. Lunch is a steak and two pints at the Wellington Hotel and then feeling a little merrier, I become a bright yellow dot on the blistering hot black top that leads towards Strathalbyn.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the second beer was not a great idea for 31 kilometres to the turnoff to Milang is pure hell.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is it as boring as bat shite, but the heat is wearing me down and the headwind is back with a vengeance.<\/p>\n<p>The last 16 kilometres to Milang seems to take an eternity but I do arrive, just only after the office has closed.<\/p>\n<p>What do I do now?<\/p>\n<p>A phone call provides a key and an honour system payment gets me somewhere to pitch my tent, a hot shower and a chance to enjoy the last light of day that is casting its cheers across a darkening sky.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow I only have 40 kilometres or so to reach Goolwa and the friends who hopefully will be there to give me a lift back to Adelaide.<\/p>\n<p>I am beat.<\/p>\n<p>Time to sleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a beautiful day without a breath of wind; a great day to be cycling. But my adventure is almost over and then it will be back to normality. Get up, go to work, come home, go to sleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,35],"tags":[419],"class_list":["post-20179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fleurieu-peninsular-kangaroo-island-south-australia","category-the-murray","tag-2015-snowfields-to-sandhills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20230,"href":"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20179\/revisions\/20230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}