Wednesday 3rd November 2010 – So I left Lake Boga on Monday and rode the 366.4 km back to Melbourne. It was a sunny day but quite chilly, but nevertheless I made good progress. Somewhere between Echuca and Bendigo a big orange light started flashing on my dashboard. Thinking this was the oil light, I pulled over and poured in half a bottle of oil. However, on restarting, the light didn’t go out. As I was getting low on petrol and needed to find a garage anyway, I decided to press on regardless, all the time thinking “Funny, why would the oil light stay on when I’ve just added more oil?”. Then it struck me, this wasn’t the oil light at all, it was the fuel light telling me I’d gone onto the reserve tank! Doh! Luckily I managed to make it to a petrol station before running out so all was well.

The panniers have made a big difference to the handling of the bike and I felt my old confidence starting to return as I neared Melbourne. Even found myself whooping out loud as the city skyline came into view.

So now I’m back at my friends’ house and looking after their 2 gorgeous whippets for 4 weeks. Hopefully this time won’t be too eventful so it may be a while before I post any more news.