The weather was perfect and 10 riders gathered on an assortment of motorbikes for our October Sunday ride. The Captain lead up Greenhill Rd, Swamp Rd, through Lobethal, to Gumeracha, where one bike turned off, then onto Forreston Rd, a left turn onto the lovely views of Hill Rd and onto the Williamstown Rd, which we followed to our morning stop at the Williamstown, Baker’s Street Bakery, here we meet up with Ray Hill.
The warm sunny weather made this a very relaxed stop, in fact it was hard to get the guys back on there machines, by the time we had had a quick stop at the public amenities and got on the road again we had been in Williamstown a full hour! This is in no way a complaint, it illustrates how comfortable it was chatting to other Club members.
We set out for Mount Pleasant, via Warren Rd and Crick’s Mill Rd, in Mt Pleasant we turned left and then right on Tungkillo Rd, which we followed to Palmer. Here we split up with four turning onto Davenport Rd, which is a very scenic 12 km of dirt, but hard surface road and the remaining 6 bikes followed the Mannum Rd, turning left at Milendella Rd, and then onto Angus Valley Rd and Mount Pleasant where the two groups were to meet at the Lovell’s Bakery. The four dirt road riders were just dismounting when the others turned up, perfect timing!
Lunch as always was enjoyable, your reporter spent most of it listening to Tony M and David S reminiscing about the days they raced bikes, absolutely hair raising, both are much braver than your reporter! A very enjoyable ride, which showed the practicality of programming rides that include dirt roads, this opens lots of possibilities for future rides. Thanks Tony M for riding Tail End, and thanks to all the others for a great ride!
Next Ride: Wednesday 6th November leaving Hawthorn Crescent 10am sharp.
The Captain would welcome any offers to lead this ride? He can be contacted on the club Facebook page.
Allan V
Honda CB450 1971