29 January 2016
A blog entry with a difference: I have no idea what time we left, what the temp was or anything. Because I rode my MTB out, & Mike followed after he'd done the shopping, filled with water etc. We met up at the last cattle stop (he overtook me coming up the road into Poolburn - just before the climbing gets serious) by Frog - or Rabbit - Rock at 14:30. Took me 2 hours 50 minutes.
A blog entry with a difference: I have no idea what time we left, what the temp was or anything. Because I rode my MTB out, & Mike followed after he'd done the shopping, filled with water etc. We met up at the last cattle stop (he overtook me coming up the road into Poolburn - just before the climbing gets serious) by Frog - or Rabbit - Rock at 14:30. Took me 2 hours 50 minutes.
Anyway, last time we were up here we'd gone exploring on our bikes (well, the quad & my MTB) with Stoney and found a bay away from all the huts etc. that took our fancy. To get there you hang right immediately after the cattle stop, up a steepish hill really meant for 4WD's (but Maggie can go anywhere! & speed is always the answer!! LOL) and then you drop down to lake level. Awesome spot, even though it's blowing a decent southerly breeze. Nice to be away from other people, huts & roads. The wind steadily increased - as it does up here - & Mike got the quad off the trailer to see if there was anywhere else. He came back with a "well, there's better places & there's worse places, so we'll just stay here". Which was fine - happy to spend the rest of the day lazing & playing with the dogs in Maggie's lee anyway! Had steak, mushroom sauce and fresh beans for tea & climbed into bed at 22:20.
30 January 2016
Up at 07:15 (telling Roxie to go back to sleep works these days!) to 5.4 degrees - brrrr (the dogs were clipped the day before yesterday & I'm glad I put their coats on them before we went to bed!) - & a light breeze and fog drifting down the lake across from us. Perfect weather for a lazy morning. The forecast is for the cloud to burn off! And it did. We fished all afternoon - caught 1 each. Had pork, spuds and beans on bbq for tea - yum.
Up at 07:15 (telling Roxie to go back to sleep works these days!) to 5.4 degrees - brrrr (the dogs were clipped the day before yesterday & I'm glad I put their coats on them before we went to bed!) - & a light breeze and fog drifting down the lake across from us. Perfect weather for a lazy morning. The forecast is for the cloud to burn off! And it did. We fished all afternoon - caught 1 each. Had pork, spuds and beans on bbq for tea - yum.
31 January 2016
Up at 07:15 - yep, telling dogs to go back to sleep works! Another cool morning but gloriously clear and still. Fished for a while - but we had no worms left and gulp just doesn't live up to it's hype (outfishes all other bait). I hopped on my bike and rode home (1:49). Awesome wee break!
Up at 07:15 - yep, telling dogs to go back to sleep works! Another cool morning but gloriously clear and still. Fished for a while - but we had no worms left and gulp just doesn't live up to it's hype (outfishes all other bait). I hopped on my bike and rode home (1:49). Awesome wee break!
