12 October 2023

It was cold last night. Even my wonderful down sleeping bag was struggling. When I finally prised myself out of bed my thermometer was only showing 4C!!! Must remember to wear socks if it looks like we’re getting that again…

But it’s a mixed blessing. Cool weather is much better for cycling. Not that I did much of that by recent standards. 2 1/2 hours apparently. The route to Nannup was along an old railway line that they used to use for logging. There were parts where you could still see the old sleepers and even some very short sections of track.

It was a bit like cycling along a canal towpath except for a slightly steeper gradient (uphill, obviously). It required quite a lot of concentration because the cycle path was only a foot wide. I wonder what the loggers would have made of people using their old railway line for fun on bikes that probably cost more than a years salary….

The forest was quite pleasant, not too remarkable and no really good smells. On which note, somebody mentioned the smell yesterday: popcorn, which is what I’d been thinking too!

So having done the trail before lunchtime, I booked a glamping pod (geodesic dome) for the night, put the bike away and went in search of sustenance.

As luck would have it, the Nannup brewery is situated within very easy walking distance so I settled in for a beer and some lunch. And then some more when someone I had met on the trail a couple of days ago turned up. For info, their IPA is very nice!

Critter of the day: could have been a very large ‘roo that I startled on the trail but he recovered faster than I could get the camera out. So perhaps a long shot of the ones at the camp last night will have to suffice. (Zoom into the middle) Hard to see in this picture but we ended up with 15 of them and quite close to the hut by sunset!