This was my first Harrow and l must say it was an amazing weekend.
l arrived Friday afternoon to a cool wet camp ground and got set up. It rained on and off but the weather forecast for Saturday was for a fine sunny day. It was fairly quiet until later in the night when a lot of riders arrived to set up camp.
Saturday and the sun shone through. The course opened at midday so the morning was a easy one. There was a fuel truck going out on the course and setting up at the 35 km mark. l was thinking the course was around 90 km long at this point so sent fuel out.
There was a real mix of land that we rode over from tight slippery boggy sections, sandy treed sections, open paddocks with outstanding views of the surrounding farmland, plenty of creek crossings and a swampy area finishing off with a crossing of the Glenelg river. The course ended up being about 50 km so l didn't need to send fuel out Sunday as l could easily do it on less than a tank. Sunday was more of the same with some sections better for the traffic and others....not
There was also some road riding between sections.
Many thanks to the Harrow community. We had dinner in the hall on Saturday night after the VERi meeting and it was a great feed ! The local police were in attendance both mornings spectating at the start and there was a Troopy ambulance there also. To the locals that opened their land to me for the ride l thank you sincerely for the opportunity, its really beautiful country you have there. l had a great weekend and was worn out
Great job to the blokes who set the course and did all the work there too. It was well signed but l did find myself off course a couple of times in the paddocks admiring the views, just sort of riding along distracted until wondering 'where did everybody go ?'.
See you next year at Harrow
Cheers
Geoff
