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20 years ago, I rode around 80km on my bike for the 1st time
9 months ago
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Outside cartooning, my main hobby is cycling.🚲
I've done many long bike rides (by my standards, at least) over the years, but the first such ambitious ride of mine took place 20 years ago today.
It was on this day in 2005, that I rode for the first time, the Lilydale to Warburton Rail Trail, or simply "Warburton Trail" in its entirety!
Most of the 40 km long Warburton Trail located east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, was completed, except for one section in Lilydale. That was completed in 2011, when I rode the whole trail for the second time as part of an event held by the local council celebrating the trail's completion; "Run Walk Ride".
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All photos in the above links are from 2011 and 2024. No photos from 2005, unfortunately. Of course, back in 2005 I didn't have a camera, and the phone I had at the time (which was also my first phone) was a Nokia 3315. It was stolen just 18 days later.
But back to when I rode the Warburton Trail for the second time in October 2011. It was quite a wet day as you will tell from one of the images, which features the back side of yours truly! On that occasion I rode from Lilydale to Warburton, then returned by bus, whereas the first time I rode the Warburton Trail in April 2005, I rode all the way from Lilydale to Warburton, then back to Lilydale; a total of around 80 km (50 miles)!