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Ride 18 - Getting Bogged Down

Ride 18 - 23 June 2019
Distance 11.7miles (Distance to date 266.8 miles)
Time 1hrs 19mins (Time to date 34hrs 58mins)

 Things are getting harder as the start lines are getting further from home!




Sadly, the most memorable thing about this early morning ride, was the amount of water that seemed to be wasted around Royal Oak by sprinklers, I even saw one sprinkle discharging directly to the road!

 I used to work in this area and my daily commute involved the death defying overpass of  over Highway 17, so it was nice to discover a traffic free underpass that would have saved all the heartache!
Useless discovery
Points of Interest.....

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