It was great to see Kipper had organised his chauffeur to attend the only ride set aside to honor his standing in the community in the 2014 ride calendar.After a safety brief and a short speech from a representative from Lifeline we proceeded in an orderly fashion up Northbourne Ave safely passing through a police road block just before the NSW border on the Federal Highway without being stopped.
We then headed to Braidwood via Bungendore to break for a cup of tea and a slice of Lions fruit cake in their club house. We spoke to members from the Eurobodalla branch and other members of the ride group. After a short time the procession started moving to the coast heading down the hill with some people keen to be up the front while most took their time to make it to lunch and enjoy the ride.
Our destination was changed to the Corrigans Beach Reserve at Batehaven and after we all found a parking spot and peeled off the layers we headed to the queue for a marvellous lunch of homemade tasty hamburgers again well organised by the local Lions Club. We had time to meet some members of the South Coast and Eurobodalla branches before we decided to head back to Braidwood early to beat the rush. We stopped at the Braidwood lolly shop and ended up choosing from an enormous selection of ice-creams topping off a great day.
We said our goodbyes and headed into the west as the sun set on another excellent day spent with friends riding our bikes.
Michael W
