Selkirk

Today is rest day. Selkirk is a commuter suburb of Winnipeg and is a rather spread out place with few stores of interest.

I've been down to Safeway and bought crusty French bread and cheese for lunch. Stopped at Tim Hortons for a coffee and talked to Amy.

Now sitting and talking with Mike, Angela and Harry as they clean their bikes. 

Will no doubt rest for the afternoon. 

The trip is nearly 4 weeks in and we have had generally fine weather. Only two days rain in the Rockies.

The headwinds and heat of the Prairies have been a bit testing at times, but have prepared us well for the next 2 weeks where we ride onto the hill country of the Canadian Shield where many hills are expected. This is the route that takes us from here to Thunder Bay and on to Sault Ste. Marie. This is supposed to be a very scenic part of the trip so perhaps the photography will improve.

It seems hard to believe we have ridden 2700km already. 1600 of those in the last   11 days riding from Calgary. I've had 3 flat tires but no other issues. 

The roads vary a great deal in both quality and whether there is a shoulder or not. Many of our group have never ridden on roads without a paved shoulder 2m wide. Not sure how they would handle NZ where there are no shoulders at all!

Mike from Ottawa has now left is as planned so we are down to a group of 10.