OK I am going to get this posting thing right at some stage I know. But for now you will have to read from the bottom of this post back to the top..... Go on scroll down and start at the last photo.... Please scroll down now...

The down hill...... all the way down.... 8km down and when I say down I mean down. 3 of the 8 fell off on the down hill me included. BUT was it fun

And then the top.... What a sight, what a hill, what a misery....THEN

Almost at the top... there was a lot of walking to get to here..

This is the start of mount misery... the start...it went up and up and up and up a bit more.

The one ond only tent. Just light enough for Mum to pack for a overnight walk or ride. Just big enough for Mum and her small frame and bags, not quite big enough for her and her large daughter. But lucky it was only one night! So anyway back to the ride.

This is after lunch on day one, and Mum's loaded bike. Look at them skinny legs to push that bike.

So this is just a water hole along the way, we had lots of stops and starts. All up I think we only did 70km on the first day but up and down and up and down and all drit... very hard riding.

So as you can see the ride was all off road, the track was call Mount Misery and it was a misery. It started out all good, as I dont have an off road bike I was on a loan bike for the weekend. Which would have been better if the racks to carry the camping gear had fitted the bike. In a nut shell, I got to carry my water pack and a small bag on the handel bars with some all important snacks. Poor Mum got lumped with 2 of everything, sleeping bags, sleeping mats, pillows, all the food, all the clothes, you get the picture... but she would only carry one tent.

And later in the day I would understand very well why.... her bike must have weighed 30kg or more...

Well thank you for starting at the bottom like I ask, This post is an update on something I did before leaving Townsville. I went with the group Mum rides with, this was a prep ride for them before they headed off on a 16 day ride.