Is 30 mins by train from home and is a small country town which is nice place to go for coffee and I guess a slower pace of life. I took the bike on the train so that I could cycle back via god knows where.

Mind you today is getting up to 37C so I guess it wasn’t such a wise move to go today but I thought what the hell. When I arrived in Rosewood at 8:30am it was already 30C but there was a breeze blowing so it didn’t feel that bad.

I took two bottles of water but forgot to take snacks which was silly because there were a couple of hills that were really tough and took a bit of effort to climb, one was on gravel which makes for a difficult climb. You can’t get out of the saddle because the rear wheel spins and you get no where fast.

I had intended to go to Fernvale to join the bike path but the road was too busy and the temperature was rising so I headed towards home a bit earlier and cut across a few gravel quiet roads and headed to the cafe in North Ipswich for refreshments.

Just before getting there I came across a convoy of motorbikes as they were heading on their annual Santa Ride, there were hundreds of them and they had a police escort plus cars were stopped at junctions to let them through. Some were dressed for the occasion.

I made it home, it was 34C when I arrived and I put on the air conditioning, got changed, heated the left over pasta and made a pot of tea and I’ll be inside for the rest of the day.