Clare Valley: cowboys and wine

The Clare Valley is the last major wine region of South Austrlia for us to visit, having already supped and sipped our way through Coonawarra, Mclaren Vale and the Barossa Valley. The Riesling Trail is a walking & cycling path which runs along a disused railway line. It is sprinkled rather liberally with olive trees, fruit trees, and pepper corn trees, amongts its aged eucalypts, pines and elm trees. The weather today is pleasant, cool and refreshing, mild and sunny. Perfect weather for a walk, after I build some shelves in my wardrobe in the caravan (hey, it's been about 6 months since I built anything okay!). We bring along Craig and Allison, a couple camped next to us at the rodeo showgrounds, and who are taking a year off work to consider their options (after 3 months they too have decided that country life is for them, plus they already own a small vineyard in Mudgee so the transition from Sydney burbs to country should be easy). Along the Trail there are a couple of wineries which have access to pedestrians right off the trail, and even a restaurant. The first winery, Killibirri (or something like that) offered wines not to our liking (too much sulphur, not enough flavour...?), however, the next winery was more our style, with big boastful reislings, semillions and shirazes. Upon our meadnering return to the showgrounds, we noticed many horse floats were being set up in readiness for the night's rodeo. Promise of an unforgettable evening was at hand...