Distance 43km
I had a terrible night last night. Around 11pm the wind got stronger and stronger until I was sitting up bracing the side of the tent against the wind. I decided I would have to pull the tent down and put it in one of the sporting sheds at the oval. I managed to collapse the tent without breaking any of the poles. I then carried the tent to an open shed and put it up there out of the wind.
Next morning it was still raining intermittently, when I rode out of Spalding up towards the range of hills between Spalding and Hallett. I detoured a couple of bits of the Mawson trail that would have been too muddy after the overnight rain. The rain stopped as I climbed out of Spalding, but the wind was relentless. Near the top of the range I broke spoke number 8. I found a tree with a bit of shelter, and replaced the spoke. Then it was a descent and then another climb up a range covered in wind generators.
I then descended into Hallett, and visited the General Store where Chris gave me the combination to the lock on the old railway station, where I am staying tonight. Thankfully I am out of the wind.
