Above the bar at The Great Lake Hotel

Miena

Tasmania. Deloraine to Miena. Great Lake

February 11th 2015
After discussion with the Motel owner we decided to take the A5 to Miena since there was a short portion of the early minor road which was just dirt and we are already down for 20k along the lake this afternoon. Enough is enough and after all this is a holiday (you must be joking). Due to the reputation of the climb we got away at 8.10 and soon hit the A5 with little traffic on it. After about ... read more

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Richard Dugdale

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I am a retired engineer, born in 1945, who loves cycle touring. I started by riding Lands End John O Groats for charity. Followed by C2C, the Three Towers (Blackpool - London -Paris Blackpool), European section of North Sea Cycle Route (Rotterdam to Bergen, 3,500 km), several sportives and trips to Spain and the Alps, Slovenia, Albania, Macedonia, Turkey, Japan, Kerala and Tamil Nadu (India), Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Australia, including Tasmania and New Zealand. Kyushu Japan, USA, Republic of Ireland, Germany and Sicily. I ride two days every week with some retired riders and usually lead a... full info

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