Today was my first proper rest day. It was tempting to keep going, but there was a bit of work to do.
As in work- I caught up with paperwork from my day job. My colleagues are under a huge amount of pressure due to Covid, and we are down staff due to the virus.  They are doing an outstanding job covering me while I’m on this crazy pursuit, for which I am eternally grateful.

Anna has managed to keep the houseplants alive, as well as being amazing support while solo-parenting/ kid wrangling without me.  Mum came over and gave me a massage with some smelly Chinese medicine.  Feels good. 

The unicycle finally got the maintenance it needed. I dropped by Johnsonville Cycles, where Ben looked at my crunchy bearings and shook his head. Not going to get you another 1500km mate!  Luckily I had a spare set of bearings which we managed to reset into the axle.   I also changed the handlebar setup (my cut-down racebar was too short for long distance comfort, so I swapped it over to a regular KH T-bar.  The bottle cage which was held on by cable ties are now secured with hose clamps.  Finally, I got a new fluoro yellow Oxford raincover for better visibility. The Macpac cover really doesn’t show up at night, despite being orange.

All set for the ferry tomorrow!