Forgot!

 I forgot two things today....my hat ...I do wear a headscarf...and my phone to take photos!!

I had a good day, out early with a friend as instead of racing, she was on duty as first aider at the road races.

A misty morning as we drove the 15 km up to Brunswick above Whanganui where the 11km circuit is.

Officials' briefing over, riders started arriving. Two pairs of races, the second of each starting when the first had done two laps...so some did 6 laps, others 4...two hours between the pairs so the course was clear for the second batch.

After a while the sun got really hot...and despite moving to watch in the shade of some big trees I now have a rather red face! Aloe Vera is being applied....

There is a big twisty downhill, then the same up...but fortunately the one rider who fell.off did so on a straight stretch near the end of the first lap...and he refused first aid...

Despite leaking some blood, we reckon what was most injured was his pride!!

The wind got up between the two sets of races and the clouds rolled over...but the possible 40% chance of rain turned to the 60% chance of dry...so after I arrived back it was washing time!! And both hair and clothes are nicely dry.