250 to Bannister 27.3.2019

This night I had problems to sleep because I felt cold and colder. I put on everything I found in the tent but didn’t want to search for more in the bags outside. I feared the time coming when I had to get up, and it came.
I did everything as fast as I can, to feel warmer und to have it done, but combined with dew that temperature made my fingers numb and it was hard to pack and to take down the tent. On 7:15, I set on the bike, with a second t-shirt, an extra jacket and my gloves and so I was riding the first two hours. The temperature rose from 3° to 6° and I could remove the gloves (I cannot operate that GPS with them), then the jacket and after 3 hours I was riding like on the days before.
This was another very exhausting day, many kilometres, many height meters and enough wind for a sailing ship, but after doing half the distance to Bannister yesterday, I didn’t want to give up (and was near to that – on the whole trip I gave up 1x in Armenia and 1x in Iran).
But after 11 hours, I reached Bannister and I can stay there for two nights, so I find some time to do things, I didn’t since Melbourne, like sorting the photos etc. Only problem: my PC doesn’t get access to the internet, not directly and not by the phone, but then, I’ll do other things.
Funny situation:
I was all the time writing with Dimity about the stay. When I arrived, a woman opened the door and later introduced my to Hugh and to the kids. Hugh was like a father to the kids and I just wondered when Dimity would come and how the woman’s named would be (but I couldn’t access the warmshowers site to read about it) And only after a while I got it: Dimity is a female name and Hugh and Dimity are the parents of this kids and so it was no wonder when Hugh was like a father and I could stop waiting for Dimity coming home.

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