Pure gold
It’s been raining for three days as I drive up the Calder Highway towards Castlemaine. The bike on the roof is accompanied by mild apprehension stemming from Melbourne’s recent weather. Predictably unpredictable, the spring weather has been difficult to manage. Our window to get this ride in was small, slotting in between the opening-up of regional Victoria post-COVID-19 lockdown #317 and the arrival of Central Victoria’s summer heat. Turns out, we need not have worried about the heat. As I arrive in town late on Friday evening, I shiver in a down jacket, and wonder if it’s snowing in the mountains. It is.
One of the many challenges of the last couple of years has been catching up with friends and family in other parts of the country, or even state. I’m excited to catch up and ride bikes with two friends I haven’t seen in quite some time – Nick and Tash, old friends from a past life spent working in a bike shop. It has also been a tough little period to ride mountain bikes in Victoria… unless you’re Nick and
