Day 8

This afternoon the riders went to Quirindi Primary School. The kids were amazing and each class had made their own drawing of Giggle and taped their Gold Coin donations to it. They really loved our Puppeteers and asking the riders questions.

Then it was back on the bikes for the next 34 kms before hitting the Murrurundi Ranges. It was a long climb and a steep decent, but the riders smashed it with some of them doing 55 kms per hour coming down!

After 126 kms and 6 hours in the saddle, everyone finally arrived into Murrurundi at The White Hart Hotel. Bikes were put away, showers and massages had and then it was time to relax. Wayno, Les and Jason's families arrived to spend a couple of nights along the road with us. Bozo was given his very own "room with a view" and Damian and Mark were very happy to have a room without is snoring !!!

The White Hart served up a great meal and then we all had the pleasure of listening to the McGrath Family who came along to have dinner with us for the night and talk about their Camp Quality journey.

The rider's really enjoyed hearing a personal journey of our Camp Quality Family and were inspired by their story. Thank You lovely McGrath Family for coming along and spending the night with us.

Tonight Leigh was given the Most Supportive Jersey, Justin was given the King of the Mountains Jersey and Craig was given the Joker Jersey.

Green Team is still winning the Challenge Event and Mark got the "L" Plate award for working so hard to beat the King up the Hill that he almost had a heart attack.

As I type this, the riders and crew are all out in the Pub listening to and dancing to the Band. They are all having a great night and are really looking forward to the last couple of days on the road before they finally finish.