a week in the clare valley
Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 7:50 PM by dyonwe spent the week with matt, julia, isaac and phoebe in a farm house about 4km out of clare on the riesling trail (cycling/walking rail trail). it was great to catch up with the family and have a relaxing holiday, though it felt like we managed to eat and drink away all the recent fitness gains.
matt and julia brought the baby sling attachment for the chariot trailer so we installed it so that phoebe (5 months) could ride next to kai. isaac rode on the tag-along that rotated between helen, matt and julia's bikes. we went for a couple of rides to wineries (mitchells and reillys) and into clare.
the ride out to mintaro was particularly fun as it was a 33km round trip (including a detour to martindale hall) and included a couple of climbs in each direction for a total of 500m. we had a great lunch at reillys before attempting the return leg. even though the weather was cool (under 20C) the sun was warm and the wind was light making for a great day on the bike.