Tally ho chaps (and chappettes?),

The rain seems to have finally stopped and I'll be heading out on a ride in the next day or so. I just thought I'd let everyone know that I'm still here and the blog will continue. "Oh thank god" I hear you all sigh. "What would we do without the ramblings of that nutcase to keep our planet revolving around the sun?" Well, fear not, I am still here and the earth is safe once more. Sorry, cabin fever kicking in from all this wet weather. AAAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!!!

I can't believe the amount of rain we've had in the last few months. We've literally had one flood after another on the east coast of Australia. It seems that every other week there's a town somewhere that's going under water as the locals frantically fill sand bags to stop their homes from being inundated. I don't know what I'd prefer - bushfire or flood? We seem to have more than our fair share of both.

Anyway, as I said the rain seems to have cleared and the forecast for the next week is for sunshine. We're in winter here now but the days will still be good for riding. Temps are expected in the high teens / low 20's (60 to 70* F) and that is something I can't complain about. I can't imagine what it's like to have snow in winter. I've seen snow (many times) and it does snow here up in the mountains, but only in a few locations and rarely does it get very deep except in the highest parts. Those parts capitalise on it and the area becomes a ski haven. Ironically we call that part of the range The Snowy Mountains. Gotta give us Aussies credit for ingenious place names huh?

That's a long way from here though and we shouldn't have to worry. Nothing but a week of sunshine and some twisty roads to carve up.

Stay tuned, we'll be back after this short commercial break......................

Now where did I put my helmet and gloves???