The
Crew
Trevor,
our fearless leader FJR1300
Ian
Paterson Mafia Black Bike
Peter
Arday ST 1300
Brian Agius
ST 1100
Darren
Cullen 1250 Bandit
Andrew
Campbell ZX14R
Garry
McCurley VFR1200
Chris
Dietzel GTR1400
Mike
and Tracey ST1050
Arthur
McGlynn Kawasaki 1700
Kris
Jirasek GSX1300R
Marilyn
Starick Ducati MS1100
Mel
Honda
Michelle
Mount Burgman 650
Derick
and Margaret Titheridge V Max 1200 Outfit
Hi
all,
This
is my maiden run writing a ride report. Please be gentle with me.
Apologies if I have missed any names, these are the ones I remember,
or didn’t specify exactly the way we went or returned.
Well,
the day started off bright and sunny and we were all looking forward
to the ride. We moved off down the Barton Highway towards our first
coffee stop at Terra Cotta Café in Harden/Murramburrah. We were all
ready for that coffee as the sun had disappeared and it stayed rather
cool – not that anyone was hugging the fireplace or anything at the
Cafe! Good coffee and cake with a blueberry muffin waiting for the
owner to claim it.
Back
on the road and onwards to Grenfell and the pub for lunch. Trevor
had us going along at a nice pace. I had a turn corner marking and
had some fun ‘catching up’. We all arrived and ordered our
lunches. Even though we had to give our names with the order, some
of us still ended up taking someone else’s lunch. Luckily they
were all the same orders.
After lunch, it was time to say goodbye to
our fearless leader Trevor as he, Peter, Brian and Ian were all
heading off to Broken Hill. Peter was dabbing at his face and I
reassured him that we would be ok without them so he needn’t cry.
We would see him again soon.
So
we were leaderless. Luckily Darren stepped up and lead us back to
Harden. He took us along the Kingsvale Road back. At Murramburrah,
after a couple of us refuelling, we all elected to just keep going
homeward bound. Darren lead us a bit further until we got to the
highway and then it was each man for himself. I passed Darren and
looked in my mirror and noticed I had a tail.
We were all well-behaved until just passed Capricorn Estate I saw an opportunity to overtake a few cars for a last bit of fun. I took off and wondered if the tail was paying attention. Nope, I was on my own until I stopped at the lights, near Nicholls petrol station, where Andrew caught me. We said our goodbyes and he thought maybe I shouldn’t lead a ride.
We were all well-behaved until just passed Capricorn Estate I saw an opportunity to overtake a few cars for a last bit of fun. I took off and wondered if the tail was paying attention. Nope, I was on my own until I stopped at the lights, near Nicholls petrol station, where Andrew caught me. We said our goodbyes and he thought maybe I shouldn’t lead a ride.
Anyway,
an enjoyable day riding and sharing chit chat and laughs. KJ
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