Eileen O'Connor Pilgromage: Stage 4 Ourimbah-Woy Woy

 10.43 Maitland Station. 

Beautiful day.  Have bananas,  wholemeal rolls,  licorice and Robyn and I are out for a lovely ride out, departing the grubbier suburbs of the Central Coast,  aka The Criminal Coast,  towards the beautiful southern villages along the coast and Gosford Waters.  

Just really feeling ready.  No longer do I rest up the day before and get psyched. I just grab some tucker,  water and bike and set off. Missing my gloves but hey! 

6.56pm heading home on the train.  Another hour to go.  Today's ride was quite beautiful , so good it makes me a bit annoyed that i didn't have r trike foot sf one error s and may be a swim. But the great news is that i may have only one more ride  to go.  That'd ride will include two ferty rides and a windy hilly pedal along the peninsula past famous landmarks and excellent surfing beaches including Manly.  To cap it off a ferry on Sydney Harbour,  then a coastal jaunt to Coogee, to the convent where it all began.  Can't wait! 

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