Day 8
16 km
Cum 177.2 km
Camped: Mt Wells
I’m so confused by this weather: hot day followed by cold as night, followed yet again by a hot day and then last night was pleasant !?! I can’t figure out if I should leave my spare pants or not?
The three others at camp were up early and gone by 06h30. They were going to have a 30km day, whereas I was just doing about half of that. I’m not keen on the 30s!
I left camp at 07h00. This whole section was very burned by a fire , and there is still a lot of black trees and stumps everywhere. It was a bit bleak.
Shortly after leaving camp there is a decent climb up to granite boulders. It wasn’t too bad, being the morning.
There is then a long stretch of flat before a fairly long climb up to Mt Wells, where the only fully enclosed hut on the Bibb is. The climb up, in the hotter part of the day did kick my arse! But was glad to have made it up by 11h30!
I took the opportunity of early arrival to dry things out in the sun for once!
There is also remnants of an old water tower, which you can climb up part way, so I checked it out for sunset.
The flies were a right royal pain in the butt!
When I was already in bed, and it was dark, Stacey walked in. She had come from Gringer Creek and was in a rush to get to Dwellingup to pick up her food drop from the post office. She didn’t take into account that it is closed on weekends- and this weekend is a long weekend too!
