Day 37, August 7, 2006
UXBRIDGE TO BRIGHTON, 142 KM
Had a good sleep but woke up at 5 and dozed til it was time to get up at 6. Our billets for last night were Anne and Bruce MacDowall, a lovely couple. Anne is a VERY tiny lady with lots of energy and she was so much fun to talk to. She had lots of questions about cycling and the logistics of the tour. Bruce sings in a group and they will be going to Brazil on Wednesday. The group (I think called Jubilee??) was in Lunenburg in the spring. It was neat to eat off a picture placemat of the town which they were given...I showed them where my parents live. Anne dropped us at the church.
Bob and I were still "on duty" so were responsible for making the containers of gatorade. When we are on duty it is the evening and the following morning. In the evening we have to wash all the lunch dishes from the day; unload all of the support vehicles (5) of the water, gatorade jugs and food containers. All things have to be washed out and then repacked for the following day. It is time consuming and takes about 2 hours. The schedule is so that we only do it once every 9 days. The jugs are too heavy for me to lift, but we add the cans of powder and I can stir!
Anne stayed to watch the group depart at 8. It was stifling and steamy hot already. It took me a while to feel my legs and settle in. Once again we took back roads and it was fun. Great hills, up and down. Lots of farm land, fields of corn...it was neat as in some places you could see the breaks in the rows, like corderoy. There were places that the corn on either side of the road were taller than we were! We were driving through a corn tunnel. We had our first stop at the Marantha Church and they had snacks set up in the shade which was pleasant. On the back country cycling there we saw some affluent homes ...huge, almost mansion like! Neat area too.(Old Scugog Rd) We then took a neat road along Lake Ontario and on to Port Hope for lunch. I was glad to stop as the heat was getting to me! Then on again, more lovely back roads with picturesque scenery. Just too much to comprehend..we had another water break in Grafton at St. George's Anglican.
All of the places/churches who host and feed us are interested in our "mission" and we are treated very well. From Grafton we sped along for final 30km to Brighton. As we raced along at 30 km I felt like dropping off, as I was tired and wanted to stop but I knew that despite being tired it would have been harder cycling on my own. We are bunking at the curling rink. Our bellies have been treated to a feed of fresh corn on the cob. I have cleaned and oiled my chain and now off to find a phone.
Had a good sleep but woke up at 5 and dozed til it was time to get up at 6. Our billets for last night were Anne and Bruce MacDowall, a lovely couple. Anne is a VERY tiny lady with lots of energy and she was so much fun to talk to. She had lots of questions about cycling and the logistics of the tour. Bruce sings in a group and they will be going to Brazil on Wednesday. The group (I think called Jubilee??) was in Lunenburg in the spring. It was neat to eat off a picture placemat of the town which they were given...I showed them where my parents live. Anne dropped us at the church.
Bob and I were still "on duty" so were responsible for making the containers of gatorade. When we are on duty it is the evening and the following morning. In the evening we have to wash all the lunch dishes from the day; unload all of the support vehicles (5) of the water, gatorade jugs and food containers. All things have to be washed out and then repacked for the following day. It is time consuming and takes about 2 hours. The schedule is so that we only do it once every 9 days. The jugs are too heavy for me to lift, but we add the cans of powder and I can stir!
Anne stayed to watch the group depart at 8. It was stifling and steamy hot already. It took me a while to feel my legs and settle in. Once again we took back roads and it was fun. Great hills, up and down. Lots of farm land, fields of corn...it was neat as in some places you could see the breaks in the rows, like corderoy. There were places that the corn on either side of the road were taller than we were! We were driving through a corn tunnel. We had our first stop at the Marantha Church and they had snacks set up in the shade which was pleasant. On the back country cycling there we saw some affluent homes ...huge, almost mansion like! Neat area too.(Old Scugog Rd) We then took a neat road along Lake Ontario and on to Port Hope for lunch. I was glad to stop as the heat was getting to me! Then on again, more lovely back roads with picturesque scenery. Just too much to comprehend..we had another water break in Grafton at St. George's Anglican.
All of the places/churches who host and feed us are interested in our "mission" and we are treated very well. From Grafton we sped along for final 30km to Brighton. As we raced along at 30 km I felt like dropping off, as I was tired and wanted to stop but I knew that despite being tired it would have been harder cycling on my own. We are bunking at the curling rink. Our bellies have been treated to a feed of fresh corn on the cob. I have cleaned and oiled my chain and now off to find a phone.
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Don and I are familiar with the Uxbridge area as we usually avoid the 401 by going cross country from Whitby to Aurora where Beth lives. It is beautiful countryside.
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