Forecast for a cool but dry morning. The ride will start from Yarragon as it is the last Saturday of the month. Prepare for an 8am start on our Westbury course. Coffee at Fozziegobbles after.
It will be cloudy with medium chance of showers about the ranges, slight chance elsewhere. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between 4 and 8 with daytime temperatures reaching between 11 and 14.
The freezing weather over the last few days are turning to be quite a damp one tomorrow, especially in the morning. Hopefully there will be a window of opportunity for a small weather break for a ride. Prepare for a damp ride. Coffee if it will be too wet. It’s still in Darnum for a 8am set off.
By the way, Kirsten, who some of you have met previously has a ride team called Cranked Up and invites those interested to participate in the 100km Around the Bay in the Day event as part of her team on Sunday 8 August 2023. Ian is planning to join in. It would be a great opportunity for social event to ride in Melbourne – Lara area. Link to Kirsten Cranked Up team and to register:
https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?E=48304&G=183908
Forecast for a cloudy day with a verry high chance of showers in the west, medium chance elsewhere. Snow falling above 1100 metres. Winds west to northwesterly 25 to 35 km/h. Overnight temperatures falling to between 2 and 6 with daytime temperatures reaching between 10 and 16.
Although rain is forecast tomorrow it is not expected to arrive until latter in the day. Morning temperature is slated to be a reasonable 10 deg C so let’s take advantage of the morning for a ride. Depart at 8am from Darnum. Please have you lights on for your and our safety.
The BOM map shows a continuous group of shower cells passing through. It will be a wet ride I’d say, so I will turn up for coffee instead.
It will be cloudy with high chance of showers in the west, medium chance elsewhere. Snow falling above 1300 metres. Winds northwesterly 15 to 25 km/h turning west to southwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to between 4 and 8 with daytime temperatures reaching between 9 and 15.
Here are the details and message from Lyndon who is planning this cycling tour in Japan.
Click on all the tabs to see details of the trip and Japan. Reviews on their site are old but good. More recent reviews are on Trip Advisor and are also good. I will link the Trip Advisor reviews in the next message. One of the Trip Advisor reviews was from a Florida woman who I rode in Vietnam/Cambodia/Thailand with.
Some info on the Japan bike ride I am interested in. It would be good to have some of our DSR riders for this event. We tried to get on the ride waiting list for 3 years prior to COVID and now it is available next year 14-25 April. It is the Japan Highlights 10 day 11 night tour and is at about the same time as the cherry blossom season I think – though I am not sure of of it’s intensity where we are riding.
All meals are included. Start Izumi, end Kyoto. Cost ¥310,000/A$3,238 plus eBike rental ¥5000/A$33.35 per day. Add 5% for payment through PayPal or credit card. Concludes after breakfast on 25 Apr.
I plan to fly into Osaka and get a domestic flight to Kagoshima for the start. At the end I would get a train from Kyoto back to Osaka. Air China (Taiwanese) seems good to for the international bit – modern Airbus A350 with above average legroom in economy ~$1,296, yet to look at reviews. ANA for the internal flight $142, train on last day $42.
Historic weather: April Japan/Kyushu average 20°H & 8-10°L, but there is a 50% chance of rain. April is considered a perfect month to visit Japan – the best weather-wise.
I have been to Japan a couple of times and it certainly is different – ultra clean, and very nice people. A lot of positives.
The tour I have talked about is not a guaranteed departure – I guess they need bookings for that. I am keen to commit soon so that it is still available, ie not booked out.
Have a think about it and chat or ask questions.
Lyndon
https://www.japanbiking.com/tours-2/tours/
Arctic blast today and probable extending to tomorrow. This means it will be cold with a high chance of very light rain, if any. Look forward to the 8am start from Darnum. Warm gear, including thick or skin gloves will be order of the day.
Saturday is forecast to be cloudy with high chance of showers in the west, slight chance elsewhere. Snow falling above 1300 metres. Winds westerly 20 to 30 km/h becoming light in the evening. Overnight temperatures falling to between 4 and 8 with daytime temperatures reaching between 9 and 14.