The last coffee

This is it... The excitement has finally kicked in, after many weeks of planning and doing our little bits we are actually going to do this. After so many ups and downs we are going to do this. Have I mentioned that we are going to do this? Even the man, in the form of a certain traffic authority who were threatening to shut us down without our individual public liability insurance of $10mill, would not get us down. Seriously what is the world coming to when we are but 4 bikes on the road riding single file and we still need 10mill PB insurance. But then again it could be plausible that John Farnham when on his 'last' tour of Broadford could be crossing the road get hit and effectively losing 10mill of future earnings. Lets face it, both are plausible.
Public Liability or not we were doing this. The previous week was looking optimistic weather but then come the cold snap and boy did it come. We were faced with the prospect of not only hail and storms, but massive north westerly winds up to 100kmph. Could this even be possible to stay on the ride with such a head cross wind (Nicks made up weather term) and such imposing weather. It was going to be the challenge to endure many hours of that weather in itself. Pfft no way it will surely fine up and 100km winds yeah right, if not two words... toughen up. Luckily we had secured a shelter over our heads in conjunction with Rotary and the Girl Guides hall of Seymour and we had many supplies in sponsorship through Nutrient Water, Bakers Delight Mornington and Yue's folks place. After loading the cars, giving the briefing and much in-depth discussion with one of the 'locals' at Gloria Jeans Caulfield, all we had to do was ride (keeping one eye out for the man Wayne Kerr to shut us down and one eye on the road). Or so it seemed...