Malcy and I just checked into the pub in Bathurst. Made great time to Muswellbrook but rode off towards an ominous sky. Then the sky opened, lightning, lots of rain, snow and hail. Yes, bloody wet and cold for a couple of hours. I had bought a new relay to fix my lights but as it turns out, the wrong type and riding home in the dark with only low beam on country roads is not a good idea.
So here we are safely in Bathurst and staying off the road. There are severe wether warnings anyway. Tomorrow should be better and I only have a short 350km dash home. Poor Malcy has 1050 to go! Plus he's talking about detouring via the Blue Mountains.
You should have seen him when we arrived. His water proofs simply aren't and he'd been sitting in a pool of iced water since about 3 o'clock. His comment - my ball bag is frozen. Well I thought it was funny even if he didn't.
More tomorrow.