A bit of a ride

[Cormanus]

I had a more leisurely ride to Lithgow through pretty country and past the dam at Lake Lyell.









At the dam

Pterodactly introduced me to Bell’s Line of Road on our first ride together in June and I was looking forward to riding it again. For the serious Sydney riders it’s lost its appeal because of an over-regulation of the speed limit. I see what they mean but for riders like me—unfamiliar with the road—the speed limit is mostly fine.





Bell’s Line of Road

At Windsor I stopped for a cup of tea and to set up the GPS for the run into central Sydney where I would be off the bike for the weekend at least spending some time with my eldest son.

I made it through the traffic filled with a plan to take a photo from the CB as I rode on to the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge. I managed this shot and then immediately got the now familiar ‘Battery exhausted’ message.

Not long afterwards I reached my son’s place, showered and changed and walked just around the corner to a new restaurant called Ester. We had an excellent meal with a more than tolerable Shiraz to help it down. The menu was structured so that we shared dishes and, for the benefit of EmptySea (and others) I’ll mention that we ate raw fish with warm mandarin and nori; beef tartare with oyster and horseradish; chicken and garlic bread sauce and salted caramel semi freddo.

It was a welcome change from most of the food of the past week or so.