Rest Day

The wettest day so far. A good day for a rest day as it turns out. An opportunity to visit Margaret River and Witchcliff by car instead of bicycle.

The eco village in Witchcliff was interesting. Lots of new houses, all with water tanks. Lots of solar power.

There is an EV charger (three apparently) in the eco village, and one of the charge ports was actually useable, as long as you didn’t need to pay with paypass as that was out of service.

It’s a nice enough town.

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Looping around Margaret River

These days are not easy. Despite the distance, it’s been a difficult off road experience today. Some really wet bits because of all the rain.

We learnt that the hard way when we took the summer route to the 10 mile brook dam. As in, it’s ok in summer. Winter, not so much. And this spring it was still pretty wet.

But a nice ride overall.

And butter chicken for dinner which felt well earned.

Witchcliff holiday

I haven’t posted in a long while – mostly because I didn’t think there was anything much to say.

But now taking a week out for an off road holiday – its good to take the time out. Drove down here yesterday – no hassles there.

We are staying at a pretty nice Airbnb place – 4 bedroom/4 bathroom on a large lot (1.5 hectares). So nothing to complain about there

First ride was today – its been a while since doing anything off road. So this was a nice little rail trail.

I’m definitely feeling it in my legs tonight – ready to crash.

Solar

And finally we have solar. It’s been a while coming, but here now. Only 2/3 installed (waiting for a software update for the last 1/3 to get installed). Will want the rest in place before winter.

I’m finding it really interesting to watch the flow of current.

Dogs

So much to update – I know I’ve been kind of silent for. a while.

The big thing has to be the new family members. No names as yet, but thought I’d get this down for the record.

11 weeks old – Born 11 December 2023. Very cute little puppies.

Brought them home yesterday. Love them already.

Madrid

Madrid wasn’t on my list, except as a connection flight (San Sebastian -> Madrid -> Porto) but due to a missed connection, I’m spending the night here.

Having said that – I like Madrid, so I’ve had a nice evening all up.

San Sebastian

This place has been a great visit in Spain. We had three days here, and its been a great stop over to take in, with amazing food in the setting of a really nice beach town in Spain.

The Guggenheim

This was a side trip to Bilbao which is the home of the Guggenheim’s museum in Europe. Its a fascinating piece of architecture in what was an old mining town.

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