Author Archives: SteLa Tandem

Day 135 A “getting it done” kinda day. Another cold start and with headwinds most of the way it left Stevie suffering in the bitter blast with Laura hiding behind in her “neck gaiter”.We picked up supplies at a quaint time-gone-by kind of shop, which was just as well as the cafe we were aimingContinue reading “Week 20 Swan River to Thunder Bay”

Day 128 A glorious sunrise start from the wonderful motel after what felt like a well deserved night’s rest. We decided to divert from the less straightforward route through Beaumont (and hoped for some Mark Beaumont like speed to be transferred to us ) as the roads were quite due to it being Thanksgiving! HeadingContinue reading “Week 19 Leduc to Swan River”

Day 121 Back on the road After a wonderfully refreshing stay with Moray and Jose we were up early and ready to see Canada! Weaving our way through the suburbs of Vancouver we crossed some epic bridges and had a bit of off ŕoad section with narrowly avoided a sense if humour failure from Stevie. Continue reading “Week 18 Vancouver to Leduc”

Day 114 I’m pretty sure we’re somewhere near middle earth… We made a particularly early start from the old sleeper carriages and the sky was just beginning to blush pink with dawn.  A quiet start along the main road until getting to a turn off the highway for a backroads route we were considering. GettingContinue reading “Week 17 Waipara to Vancouver”

Day 107 After a rather comfortable night camping at the golf club we were up before the dawn to make a good start.  A short push to Moree for second breakfast and then we got stuck in.Flat terrain and cross head/tailwinds continued to make the road conditions more interesting and it began to heat upContinue reading “Week 16 Bellata to Waipara”

It was only in the time after we left things seemed to piece together…our memories are strangley vague…almost dreamlike… and maybe we are wrong..maybe the exertion is getting to us…or maybe, sometimes, things cannot always be explained… We often book accommodation ahead, especially when options were limited so when we spotted a hotel in Binnaway,Continue reading “What really happened at the Railway Barracks…”

Day 100 Wow! 100 days on the road!! After a great night’s sleep and a great start from Liz and Shane’s in Melbourne we started to make our way past skyscrapers and trams in the centre of Melbourne.  It seemed relatively quiet for a Monday morning though and we were soon I  suburbia. Weaving ourContinue reading “Week 15 Melbourne to Bellata”

Day 93 A rather large motel room breakfast ( it’s amazing what you can make with a toaster and a microwave…) we started the slog from Port Augusta to Horrocks Pass.  It was a gentle slope but the headwind was back and we were crawling.  The hills reared ahead with green finger-like proturberances like aContinue reading “Week 14 Port Augusta to Melbourne”

Day 86 The wind had been blown out of our sails a bit by the unexpected nights camp, we were quite comfortable in the tent but we’d been banking on a lot of recovery for our hard work and felt cheated.  Another stumbling block was the clocks had changed.  We were now 45 minutes aheadContinue reading “Week 13 Madura to Port Augusta”

Day 78 After the excitement of yesterday (new country, kangaroos etc) it felt like a toughie today…but that might have been the nagging headwind too! On the road it was pretty pastoral with Merino sheep flocks staring at us concertedly.. they are much more skittish than the UK! The first  roadhouse provided piping hot meatContinue reading “Week 12 Cranbrook to Madura”