Pittwater loop

It's been cold here over the past week, but usually with blue skies during the day. What with the weather and other commitments, there's been lots of excuses not to do so much exercise! However, we had another bike ride with the local group planned for Sunday, which was the toughest one so far, with a circuit around Pittwater, which included a ferry ride as part of the route.

Sue decided not to go as she hadn't been on a bike since the last ride a month ago, so I went on my own early on Sunday morning and Sue took Rebecca to her soccer match. There were 12 of us on the ride and it was mostly cloudy and cold, so a day for layers to go on and come off again. The route we took is a popular one for cyclists at the weekend so there were plenty of groups around as we headed into the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, then down a rough track to The Basin, where we caught the ferry to Palm Beach and then, after a lunch stop, headed back along the coast road to our starting point.

I was feeling the ride by the end of it and we just got back before the rain started, so it was a good opportunity to put my feet up for the rest of the day!

Laura has had a good week staying with her friend in San Francisco and was flying to Newark this weekend where she is due to stay for one night in a hotel before catching a greyhound bus down to her camp in Virginia - and her home for the next 3 months.