Today dawned bright and clear with the mercury rising. We drove the twenty minutes to Corrigan Road and set off on leg two of our eastward cycle trek on The Confederation Trail. I am an advocate of helmets for road cycling but on the trail we often ditch them. So, with long locks a-flowing, we headed into a northerly crosswind. This section of the trail becomes increasingly remote and it will get more so. We passed just a handful of other cyclists and walkers despite it being our best weather of the year so far.
After 18 km we stopped at a road crossing and took a water break (both in and out!) and turned around for the return ride. There are nice rural views and many glimpses of the Hillsborough River to the south. We kept an eye out for the beluga whale which has recently swum upstream and set up camp in Mount Stewart but no sign.
On arriving back at the car Susan had a comical but well controlled dismount. We dusted ourselves down and hurriedly lashed the bikes to the car to get out of a mosquito swarm.
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