I haven’t ridden with my mum in a while so was pleased this morning that we both had time to go for a spin.
We started out at 6:30am. The late start was fantastic for allowing us to sleep in. It did mean there was a lot of traffic on the road for much of our ride because today is the first day of the school year. After enjoying school holiday traffic for a couple of months, the extra traffic was a bit of a shock. But the roads we rode are wide, so we were still able to enjoy the experience.
We rode down to the Raby Bay beaches at Cleveland. It’s difficult to believe that just a few days ago the sea was so wild that boats broke their moorings up here and were found washed up on rocks kilometres south. Today, the bay is so inviting that I would love to head out in a kayak for a paddle.
I enjoyed the ride with Mum. She’s my favourite riding partner. We cruise along together talking. It’s a good way to spend time together.
Total: 51.7km road cycle
Interesting that school starts for you at the end of Jan, as opposed to end of Aug for us. I guess both correspond to the end of summer. Just something I never thought about!
Yes, the school year here also corresponds with the end of summer holidays (though we call them Christmas school holidays because Christmas falls in them). It seems strange for me that a school year would start in August because that’s already half-way through the calendar year – haha.
I’ve only thought about it because of American television (we probably have more American than Australian or British television shows here)
More US TV shows? That’s crazy! I can only imagine what they are.
The US TV shows are probably the same ones you get over there. We get all the series like NCIS, CSI, Bunheads, Glee, Friends (yes, we still get Friends reruns) and Elementary. They get ‘rushed from the US’ so we no longer have to wait months to see them (though the ‘rush from the US’ amuses me because electronic communication is instantaneous; it’s not like they have to post physical film anymore). We also get all the daytime/reality TV stuff like Toddlers and Tiaras, Ellen, Wife Swap, Dr Phil and Cops. Pretty much anything you get on TV is shown on TV here in Australia.
We have some domestic television too but American TV is by far the biggest proportion of what we watch.
PS: I don’t watch Bunheads, Glee, Toddlers and Tiaras or CSI
… I’m more an NCIS viewer 