Hi Everybody,

Details and Analysis of my day 8 : http://connect.garmin.com/activity/19762575

Today, I left at 5h29. A bite late I think. The first 3 hours were very difficult because I had a strong wind on my left side (60 km/h). I had to be careful as my bike is quite light. Several times the wind had pushed me on the middle of the road. The temperature was fine due to wind but after 9 am I had started to feel the sun on my skin. The temperature reached today 38 degrees. The quality of the road remained bad unfortunately.

Anyway, I have done 181 km in 7 hours. I arrived at 14h04 in Ti Tree for a total journal around 8h40. My first stop was after 2h10 in a rest area. My second stop was longer in Barrow Creek after 92 km done since the beginning. Barrow Creek is known by his original telegraph station built in 1872. When I arrived it was quite dead and scary as no one seems to be there.

I left Barrow Creek at 10h25 to bicycle more than 1 hours. I took a break at 11h49 after 5h12 already on my bike. I have done 131 km.

The temperature became more and more hot. I was hurried to finish and quite impatient to reach Ti Tree to rest for tomorrow. The traffic was dead today as I only crossed 5 road trains and some cars. Since I left Tennant Creek I feel that the road was quite calm. It happened that I bicycle for 1 hour without cars. Each minute I try to find some motivations and I think about my cause that I defend. I’m proud of the people who give everyday some helps. This kind of thoughts give me some energy to continue and to become stronger.

I’m impatient to talk with you tomorrow.

See you in Alice Springs...