I met up with Jamie (Fatboy) for a coffee today.
My original plan had been to ride the Suzuki Burgman to Cygnet and catch up there but as Jamie had some business in Hobart, we ended up catching up in Elizabeth Street.
Coffee and chat over, I headed off towards Huonville, still planning to ride to Cygnet.
After fueling up the bike at Huonville, I had a change of plans and instead rode to Geeveston where I then turned off the main road and headed up into the mountains to the Tahune Airwalk (http://tahuneairwalk.com.au/).
It wasn't too long before I was starting to regret my change of plans as, while it was a glorious day, the air was freezing cold.
The road was quite damp too so I took things fairly easy, not wanting to fall on my backside.....
I arrived just after 3pm so I quickly coughed up the admission, and then headed off, walking briskly to warm up and to get some blood flowing through my poor legs.
I flew around the walking tracks and the airwalk itself, taking plenty of photos on the way, determined to be back at the bike and ready to head off by 4pm before it started to get even cooler.
All went according to plan and I was soon back on the bike, feeling quite warm.
I had a faster ride back to Geevston as the road had dried quite a bit in the hour or so since I'd ridden in.
The cold was starting to numb my legs again by the time I got to Huonville so I decided I'd head directly back to Hobart instead of going the long way via Cygnet which I had been contemplating.
Unfortunately I hit fairly heavy traffic in hobart and it was only when I had to come to a stop that I fully realised how cold and stiff I'd become. I really struggled to put my legs down on the ground!
Anyhow, to cut a long story short, I made it home safely to Glenorchy and then proceeded to spend another 10-15 minutes trying to thaw out under the shower.
Message to self....I'm getting too old to be subjecting my body to this sort of abuse! :head_butt:
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