It was a lovely sunny day when we arrived at Misty Hill Rd. Sophie was still suffering severe jet lag from her flight from Europe the day before and her riding legs were quite out of condition. But she was up for a ride, so we jumped on our bikes and enjoyed the mostly downhill ride along Mountain River Rd and the short stretch of highway to the cider barn.
The place was buzzing, with people in pagan mid winter kit all over the place, kids dancing around the maypole, music, an Argentian bbq and lots of food and drink stalls. The MONA event organisers were doing a great job.
Kat and Philip had got a head start on us and could recommend some good first choices. The food and mulled wine were great. We enjoyed the best mid winter costume competition, and then watched the huge bonfire being lit.
While there was still good light on the road, we rode back to Mountain River, this time the ride was mostly slightly uphill (!). After a lovely dinner and more wine, we fell into bed in Wanda.
The morning news was full of the airline disaster in the Ukraine, but the crisp winter morning was beautiful.
All too soon we were heading home again, to get some Sunday tasks done.
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