Windy wind
Interesting, does it work?
After the long haul across the Nullarbor the road leads into Ceduna, the first town in almost 1300km. It has been pretty windy the last few days but today it was crazy. The temperature was higher than it has been in a few days too so progress was slow.
My map and guide book indicated that there was a roadhouse about 70km down the road. When I got there, longing for a drink I found that it was closed, abandoned to the March flies! Thanks to our helpful ex-pig I was low on water now so I had to delve into my emergency bottle stashed away in my bag. Emergency because the water in it tastes vile. But it got me to some water tanks along the road where I was able to fill up again.
Thanks to the wind I wrecked after only six or so hours of riding and I pitched up in the middle of nowhere. I tried cooking but couldn’t get my stove to stay alight. Even though it’s a stormproof Trangia it’s alcohol fueled so if you can’t get the flame going long enough to establish itself, it’s fallible. Even in the tent the wind was howling through the mesh, I had to put all my bag in the tent to anchor is and stop the pegs being pulled out! Eventually I gave up on rice and had tuna sandwhiches instead.