Wall to Wall ride, or Canberra here we come!

An early start to the day and into the city office for the 7 am departure to the Police Academy. Grey skies and not a very promising weather forecast but we are undeterred from our mission to accompany the Wall to Wall motor cycle riders on their ride to Canberra. We pick up our 4 remaining travellers at the Academy, say a quick hi to the riders, are present for the official send off and onto our little coach to head off on our next adventure. There are about 110 riders, with the last bike being a paramedic followed by us and then the support trailer. We have a police escort all the way to the Northern Expressway before we turn off to Menglers Hill. Sadly it has started to rain and the grey skies are not going to clear any time soon. At our first stop there is light rain but I've packed a dozen large umbrellas so at least we are able to keep dry which is more than I can say for the poor riders. Back on the coach and at this point we leave the riders as we head to Zlyndoch bakery for morning tea, which is a much needed cuppa and huge piece of Beesting. Then on the road again where our next stop is a Lavender Farm at Glossop. Another lovely cuppa and I ended up buying some lavender water which will be put to good use in my washing machine. Lunch was at the Barmera hotel and it was very nice and lots of it. Only complaint was that we were squashed in on one side of the long table and as I was sitting next to Little M who eats like a threshing machine, so kept knocking me with every mouthful she took. Some of you would know that it annoys the heck out of me when a person has to touch me while they are talking to me. What is it with that??? If you are saying anything of value, you won't need to hit my leg or tap my arm to keep my attention. So to be knocked on the arm every three seconds is not conducive to me enjoying eating my lunch!!!! Grrrrrr.... Back on the coach and off to Ruston Roses which boasts the biggest rose garden in Australia. Only problem was that none of the roses were blooming and it was very wet so happy to get back on the coach and head to Mildura, our home for the night. Our driver, Greg has done a great job in very wet conditions and thankfully the only motor cycle problem we are aware of was one bike getting a flat tyre on Victoria Parade, less than 2 kilometres from leaving the Academy this morning!