Today dawned a much happier place, I had had a nice warm night and the rain had passed over us and although it was cloudy it was lot warmer.
Breakfast done we headed off along the highway and once again had a mainly tail wind which helped us whip along until we had a break at Kenaston, the blizzard capital of Canada; it’s easy to see why as it is in the middle of nowhere and everywhere around it is flat.
What is really mindboggling about the distances here is that before we had a snack we had cycled the equivalent of from home to Nuneaton without passing a house, shop or petrol Station. As you look into the distance you can see grain or water towers but they never seem to get any closer.
Kenaston has a huge snowman as its mascot and we were quite the thing in the local restaurant as the local Ladies Circle were coffeeing and needed to hear all about our trip, luckily Murray filled them in whilst I ate a nice Ham and Cheese toasty and had a chat with Zoe on the phone.The second half of today’s trip was even easier as the route changed direction so that we had a huge tail wind, approaching 45km/h which just whipped us along, at one point I was going 40km/h uphill freewheeling and overtook another cyclist, it was great fun.
Today I finally got the video out and started using it rather than the camera; I will attempt to load a video or two onto the blog but I make no promises.
Our campsite tonight is a much happier place; people are able to sit out in the evening sun and most have finally dried out their tents and bedding etc, the forecast is fair and we are hopeful of a few days of warmth.
Tonight I was cooking, a rather delicate meal of boiled veg and rice spruced up with various spices but still basically boiled veg and rice, most people ate it but they all appear to have headed out for ice cream or burgers and there is quite a lot left over!
Tomorrow we cycle the 75 miles to Regina and into another rest day, I will have to make good use of my time and try to catch up with the sleep as we have six days on the trot next week including a couple of 100mile days so rest is going to be in short supply.
Onwards and Upwards!
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