Dover to Rosny
5 November 2016
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Saturday dawned cold and blustery with yet another front blowing in from the west. There were showers and, when the cloud cleared, we could see snow on the mountains. In no hurry, we walked along the beach in our waterproofs and enjoyed the view of Port Esperance and its islands.
Jeremy and Penny have sailed their yacht around the world, and Jeremy is a keen student of the weather. He has an expensive weather gadget which, combined with data easily available on the Internet and years of local knowledge, makes him something of a local guru. He kept an eagle eye on developments and suddenly told us that, when the next squall passed, we’d have a half-hour window to get out without getting too wet. We packed, put on our wets and, when the rain cleared headed for home.
Dover sits in a slightly different weather zone so there was a reasonable possibility that the chance of rain would lessen as we made our way north. As it turned out, Jeremy was right and other than a brief sprinkle, we weren’t troubled by rain.
We stopped in Huonville for petrol and took a photo (I apologise for the quality) of the Sleeping Beauty, a mountain in the Wellington Range. It holds a special place in Mrs Cormanus’ heart as she lived in its shadow for some years and her children were born there. As you can see, the morning had delivered a smattering of snow.
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The weather meant we took the most direct route from Huonville. I’d have preferred to ride around the old road along the flank of Kunyani/Mt Wellington.
