Weather not so favourable today: cool, black clouds and a few spits of rain which luckily never came to much. We left relatively early to try and best the change in the weather, even though it was a short day – only 25 km to Ranfurly along the Trail, then a road transfer to Naseby for the night.

A short uphill stretch got us to the highest point on the Trail and from there it was literally all downhill – it was easy to crack 30 km/h without pedalling! As well as not such good weather the countryside was less scenic – we were in the midst of green paddocks of sheep.

We had a lot of time to kill in Ranfurly so we biked around town checking out some of the Art Deco buildings which they are trying to make a feature of. Then it was a scone, coffee and twiddling our thumbs. After a short transfer to Naseby we’ve had a lazy afternoon. Dinner at the lodge we are staying in tonight, then hoping the weather is better than forecast for a trip up Danseys Pass tomorrow before a short ride (18 km) to Kokonga.