With temperatures exceeding 45 degrees it was 151 km of red dust, corrugation and sand. She survived a broken chain which she fixed with ease thanks to Wil for his mechanical tutoring..

The end product looked like a spray tan gone wrong.  6 hours and 55 minutes to finish in 3rd place.

2.5 days to go, its amazing that Cooktown is already upon us tomorrow. A very long day ahead along Battle Camp Road.

Hot, Dry and Sweaty.

A mixture of images for day 6 & 7. Beautiful drive, the road was fantastic, due to the amount of rain they have been having its very green, the cows look happy and so do the ringers who flew in last night to check out the excitement.

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1. 

   Go Lesley! You are doing so well, I have been following your progress and photos online – keep up the good work – I am proud of you!!! Em xx

   Comment by Emma — October 25, 2010 @ 8:19 pm

2. 

   at the end of today’s stage, you will be in Cooktown with one stage to go and then a short ride to Cape Trib. Fantastic effort wiht only a short distance to go

   Comment by phil — October 25, 2010 @ 10:07 pm

3. 

   Well done Lesley!!! We’re all extremely impressed by your riding and mechanical skills. Don’t forget to even-up those tan lines before you get home. Enjoy the view from Grassy Hill. Keep smiling. :p

   Comment by Will I Am — October 25, 2010 @ 10:48 pm

4. 

   Hey Leslie…love the photos on the site. Oh and I’d love a copy of the upside down one !! Thats just got to be on my photo wall..its great to see you are all having fun. This might encourage more riders for next year. You’ll make them think its not so bad !! It’ll all be over too soon and you’ll be back in the real world – how will you cope with that hey ? For starters you can book me in for a hair colour – pleeeease. See you all soon, and stay strong and happy…all three of you…

   puss

   Comment by Sandra Spinks — October 26, 2010 @ 3:55 am

5. 

   Well done, the Pilates ladies all send their love and best wishes AND BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU they are all keeping in touch with what’s going on and we are all very proud of you.I want to know who the bare butt belongs to and is he part of the support team, lucky you! Looks hard as hell but the smiles say your enjoying the ride, way to go. Keep up the amazing challenge, lots of LOVE AND ADMIRATION TO YOU,YOU HAVE KILLED IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!! RUTH,HAROLD AND ALL THE GIRLS.

   Comment by Ruth — October 26, 2010 @ 3:59 am

6. 

   Go Lesley!

   What a speed demon. So good to see you conquering the ups and downs in the great big outdoors of FNQ. Your big smile (well, in most of the pics) says it all. Keep on treking your nearly there. Can’t wait to hear the stories. Big and small. Beki

   Comment by Rebeka — October 26, 2010 @ 10:10 pm

7. 

   Hey Leslie well done and keep it up for the last couple of days!!! I’d do it too if I could have a massage every night… on the other hand, that might be a bit hasty, maybe I’ll leave it to pros like yourself xxx

   Comment by Anna — October 27, 2010 @ 7:05 pm

8. 

   Leslie darling…we so proud of you girl…thinking of you all the way..you did it!!!! Looking forward to squeezing that rather tight bottom of yours.. XXX

   Comment by emma and moti — October 28, 2010 @ 11:18 pm

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