Day 7 – Bridgetown to Bunbury
Today we rode our bikes to Bunbury. Jade was nearly in tears because it was so intense but pushed on so she could finish with Emily. Coming out of Bridgetown we hit a gruelling enormous hill where King of the Mountain was held. Steve beat Jade by 100mtrs and remained KOM for another year. Just after we finished that lovely hill, we had another one to conquer that was 2kms long. Cameron, Madi, Sam and Emily struggled and had to be mentally pushed by Mr Lewis but Madi insisted she wasn’t really struggling, she was actually chillin at the back to let the others have a go. After the second hill it was an intense up and down ride through to Nannup. Cameron’s bike fell over on to him but he insisted that he did not fall off his bike. Both Mr Banks and Mr Lewis had mechanical issues with their bikes during this part of the ride. After morning tea in Nannup, everyone struggled against the wind into Busselton where we stopped for lunch. Just as everyone started to get their rhythm going again, Jade had a flat. We also had to navigate our way through road works on the trip to Bunbury and many of the riders were struggling mentally and physically in final 60kms of the ride but relieved when they finally arrived at Eaton Scout Hall.
We finished the day with a roast dinner and presentations where Team Fairy (aka Kaleb, Kasey and Elliot) received fairy wings in recognition of their hard work fluttering around the peloton to help out members of the team to finish of their day.
Cameron, Jade and Madi
