Day 26: Hobart
6 November 2016
We’d undertaken to cook dinner for our hosts who had also been away for the weekend, so we spent the day at home, shopping, resting and preparing food.
Day 27: Rosny to Carlton and return via Brighton
7 November 2016
Click on the image for a detailed map
Mrs Cormanus was to catch a plane the following day and I was to start my return journey. She was keen to spend her final evening with her oldest friend (my mate Graham’s wife), so we packed her gear and rode to Carlton. Our friends would take Mrs Cormanus to the airport.
The normal route would take us across the causeways at Midway Point, but the endless winds that had plagued us during this visit persisted and we took a slightly longer and probably more attractive route through Richmond.
After lunch I was heading back to stay in the town and have a final dinner with my youngest son. Graham announced he needed another ride and suggested he take me on a circuit he likes.
Hence the squiggles on the day’s map.
I said farewell to Mrs Cormanus, who I wouldn’t see for another week or so, and off we went.
Starting off the same way we had ridden to Port Arthur the previous week, because we could and because it’s a nice bit of road, we rheaded back to Penna before heading further along the east coast road and turning towards Campania, Tea Tree and Brighton. It was a pretty country road with little to no traffic.
From Brighton we headed back past the Baskerville race track to Old Beach. Sadly the gates of the racecourse were closed and firmly locked against CB wannabes. At Old Beach, the rusting hulks of three ships lie on the shore. One of them was the last ship commanded by the Polish-English author Joseph Conrad.
A brief ride from Old Beach put us on the Grasstree Hill road which is heavily speed limited but an excellent ride. Indeed, it was so good that, when I said good bye to Graham near Richmond, I turned around and rode it again.
For some reason I forgot my camera, so there are no photos.
