Heading North from Santa Monica
After a great stay in LA, I finally got on my bike and headed north.
I rode along the beach front of Santa Monica before joining the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). I had spoken to a German bloke and his daughter about the route. They had ridden from Seattle to LA. This advice was that there are few options apart from the PCH. For the most part it is OK, with a reasonably wide verge. He did say, however, that it was very busy in parts. This is a busy part.
I stopped for lunch at a fish place opposite Malibu Pier – excellent food at a reasonable price. It is a pity that it seems impossible to buy sparking mineral water at these places.
The road follows the coast until just south of Oxnard. Towards the end of the ride the wind become very strong. It was very hard going.
The area leading into Oxnard has strawberry growing on a massive scale.
I finally found a place to stay – the Ramada Inn.
Very Disappointing ‘news’ coverage
This gave the opportunity to watch some TV. I watched some of Fox News. It is worse that I had expected. One current stories is about a convicted murderer who was executed a couple of days ago. The execution went horribly wrong in that it took over 30 minutes for him to die and he suffered extra ordinary pain. The Fox take on that is that there is nothing wrong in that execution was botched because his victim suffered.
It seems that the Fox News people seem to be oblivious to the fact that all of the civilised world has stopped using Capital punishment. Not only that, but they seem to be suggesting that torture should be added to the punishment.
I know that News Ltd is simply pandering to morons to increase their ratings and profits. It is disappointing however that company (especially an Australian company) could stoup so low.
I real problem this that this ‘so called’ news coverage spreads other parts of the News Ltd empire. We are now seeing extreme right wing opinions being peddled on Skye News Australia. This is not good for informed political discussion.
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