Ben and I drove to Mascot this morning to pick up our new home for the next couple of weeks-a 6 berth campervan we named Ruby. She’s a beast! We picked up Joel and Mark at Shellharbour and kept on trucking down south. Mark is our key support man for the next two weeks. Being an ambo may come in handy for us (but hopefully not to the point where we have to use his oxygen and cannulas and other crazy stuff he packed!) He packed his bike too so may have ridden halfway from Melbourne to Sydney by the time he gets back.
Along the way in the early afternoon we pulled over as we recognised two blokes we knew-Len and Chris. These boys had got in contact with me last week telling me they were planning a Sydney-Melbourne run themselves, however starting a week earlier than us (and running south rather than north). We had a quick chat to them and asked how they were feeling after five days of running…I’m not sure whether their reactions were encouraging or not…they were still going, which was positive, however they did look pretty knackered. We’re planning to pass them again in a few days, these time on our feet, maybe on day 3 or 4 of the run-and hopefully do an awesome moving high-five that’s been 900km in the making!
Uncle Steve’s been kind enough to give us his driveway for the night in Melbourne (Pascoe Vale), which is where we are at now. Thanks again Steve!
After a long day of doing not much, we’re ready to get some rest and use tomorrow to go grocery shopping, watch the footy, see Melbourne and plan the start of the run.
Will give you an exciting blog when exciting stuff happens…working with what I’ve got here!
Cheers,
Nick
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