On Your Bike

It was ‘Ride to Work’ day yesterday in Melbourne, and I’d been looking for an excuse to leave the gas-guzzler at home and get back on the bike. What better opportunity? So with a bit of planning and the weather on my side, I managed to do it!

The 15-20km route that I took was mostly following bike paths along the Darebin Creek,  hooking up with the Yarra Trail to Dight Falls and following the track on the city-side of the river until it ends at Gipps St. in Collingwood. We are truly blessed here in Melbourne to have such great bike paths!

The trip in I found relatively easy, with most of the ride being slightly downhill. The sun shone and there was a sweet smell of honeysuckle washing over a gentle breeze at my back from the North. To support the day, Vic Police were engraving bikes at Dight Falls, a nice gesture. They were good humoured too. One guy askes one of the cops how long they had to go and what they were doing afterwards. His answer? “We’re going for donuts!”

The trip home was a little harder with the wind still blowing in from the North and at a much greater rate of knots that in the moring. To be honest, I was struggling in the end to keep going, but I got a second wind and finally made it home. It took me 20 minutes longer on the return leg.

So today, I’m a little saddle sore, but feeling great about making the effort. So much so, I’m going to make the effort to do it more often.

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