Day 1 – Thu 16 Jul:
Home to Woodgate, 72km
Ride: 6km
Due to the battery
charging issues we had last month, we decided to change out the AGM battery for
two lithium ones. As Greg was hooking them up, something went wrong and we
ended up blowing the BMS. Gunther was kind enough to come over and have a look
at it, and even he couldn’t fix it! We rang the company and they said there had
been a surge through the system and it would need to be rebuilt. So, we took it
off the wall together with the LCD display and sent that off to the factory. In
the meantime, Wendy ordered a new BMS that can cope with both AGM and lithium,
however, without the display, we couldn’t fit it. So, we thought we would not
be able to make it to Woodgate with M&S and G&Y however, Gunther came
up with a genius, albeit very simple, fix (see photo) that would enable us to
use almost everything (we later discovered the 12V TV point, aerial and 12V
fans did not work).
We left home after an
early mornos and arrived at Woodgate about 11am just ahead of M&S and
G&Y. We were lucky to get in as it was pretty packed (the lady had to move someone
so that we could have the larger site. We are not altogether, not even M&S
and G&Y were, but sometimes that’s a good thing in that you can have some
time away from the people that you ride, walk, eat and socialise with. We had
site #713, M&S had 710 and G&Y were on 702.
After lunch and a rest, we
went for a ride to the Woodgate Beach Hotel to book the booze bus. Wendy
managed to get on the bike this time and although she was a bit slow, she made
it there and back without any issues. We had a pre-dinner drink at M&S’s
before waiting for the bus to pick us up out the front of the park – had to
wait about 30 mins! Food was good though and we decided to walk the 3km home in
an attempt to settle the stomach contents.
