Test Wordpress Upgrade

Just spent the last couple of hours planning and implimenting an upgrade of this blogging software scripts. Most things went OK but I have lost all my previous categories and gained something called tags... I will need to research the modifications....

Otherwise all seems to have gone ok! (x-fingers)

Well the only error I found was the htaccess file was not transfered/created so i needed to manually re-create one to allow the permalinks option of removing the

index.php/

from the URL string

Flat Coastal Dirt

Mark and I rode the flat track from Wooyung to North Wall Brunswick River Today. I used the old Peak MTB and it was OK although a few sandy gear changes occured without shifting and sometimes required a double shift to obey the command. Only light drizzle on occassion. Not much wind, blowing from the N-NNE.



The rough terrain, old Rutile and Zircon(?) sand  mining road from the 60's was closed to cars in the late 80's so only bikes,walkers and motor-bike(not legally) use the track, crossing a few rock and pipe barricades.


Phone Camera  used to capture the turn-around point at the Training Wall. Showing the thin cloud. Started out at 1620 and got home at 1930. A bit slow but a lot of side to side and up and down about a meter in each direction around and through the large washed out "puddles" every 10-20metres. So lots of zig-zag in 3D, though NO Hills!

I'll see how my first daylight ride, since xmas affects my skin. It was late on an overcaste day so I hope....

Quick Midnight Loop

Another ride over some wet roads tonight. 20k loop around Kanes Road. I wa checking/testing the windup "Magic Torch". The wash-up was it is a good torch, but a lousy bike light! The brightness is good but only lasts 10mins before needing to get rewound. It stated 30mins on the info pack, now found to be a fraudulent claim.  So the search continues!

The ride was uneventful with only a short windy rain squall just after I started out easing back to a light mist. So returned home once again covered in road grime, though cool.

Where's all the rain gone?

Today finally saw an afternoon of semi-clear skies.

The lowland flats around the Tweed Coast are slowly beginning to emerge from the mire induced by the daily rain fall of the last three weeks (which has included the much advertised flooding). With the emergence of dry(ish) land the smell( foul stench!! ) of the drowned and rotting vegetation is becoming quite overpowering in places such as Clothiers Creek Rd and Watti Bishop.

I've been managing to get a few short night rides in over the last few days. The first couple of rides in the wet this year saw me get myself a saddle sore (ingrown hair riding in wet chamois ?) which has slowly begun to heal ith the aid of anti-biotics. So I have been out of luck in trying to get in some consistent longer times in the saddle.

Mark called around on Sat. and we organised a flat ride along the Old Sand Mine Wooyong<->Ocean shores road next Saturday, using my old MTB (though it probably wont be required its use will save getting sand in every nook and cranny of my main bike). It has been about 15yrs since I travelled that stretch of gravel/sand so it will be interesting. We will probably be buzzed by offroad motorbike riders.

Ya'No....

You Know its ....?

You know it's wet when the sugar turns to syrup in the bowl!

You know it's wet when you leave wet marks on the timber floor and you havent just got out of a shower or bath!

You know it's wet when the windows are all frosted yet it's close to 30°C inside and out!

You know its wet when the ants are invading the house!  

You know it's wet when you change your dirty damp cloths for clean damp cloths!

You know it's wet when you have prune wrinkled fingers and didn't go for a surf! 

You know it's wet when you actually needed the mudguards on your bike!

You know it's wet when you look outside!

Happy new year!