I have to share with you the experience of my rather exciting bike ride home tonight.(This is along the swan river bike path that isn't on the road)

The evening Met forecast for Perth stated we were in for squally winds with showers. Ok, I can handle that. It was horrible this morning in terms of the wind but somehow thought the met service might be wrong again.

Errr..NOPE!! I threw my rain jacket & vest on and headed off from work. (NOTE-I don't carry a backpack or much else. Just my wallet, cell phone, keys. I'm rather light..) There was a wind but it wasn't too bad. Kept on going & then hit the Narrows Bridge(a main bridge in perth that goes over the Swan river) and met the wall of wind.

For the next 10-15km I could not take my hands off my bike at all. The wind was so bad that I was almost sideways at times. Not only that but I was being pushed all over the bike path. Add some sea spray, medium sized waves from the river crashing over the small sea wall plus very little tree cover and you have a rather exciting ride!!!

I held on for dear life and must say it was the most fun I had all day!!!! how can I not love saying that I biked into a headwind/sidewind/tailwind for fhe first half of my ride!!! I spent alot of time giggling about it on my way home.

Latter half of the ride was great!! Of the two intersections I cross it was the last one that made me wonder if i should call Ian. I clipped out to wait for the pedestrian crossing light and had to dismount and hold on for dear life! I then thought "nah, by the time i get onto the Roe Highway bike path(last 16km of my ride) the rain/wind will have stopped" ..

I was right!!! No rain, headwind or anyone on the roe highway bike path!@!!

Got home & was on an adrenalin high!!!

Off to bed kids

C