Michael & Tracey
Winters Triumph Sprint ST1050
Garry McCurley VFR1200
Darryl Cullen 1250
Bandit
John Barratt BMW
GS800F
Steve Hopkins K100RS
Marilyn Starick ST4S
Butch Wills BMW K1800
(?)
Chas & Jen
Towie ST1300
Mark Walker NT700V
The fabulous weather on
Saturday wasn’t quite duplicated on Sunday – nevertheless a dozen
hardy souls gathered early at EPIC on Sunday after a night spent
celebrating or lamenting after voting.
We left EPIC close enough to
8.30 stopping at Marulan for coffee before arriving at Cordeaux Dam
around 11am. Our leader “thought” he knew the way, but as we
joined a trail of motorcyclists when we left the Hume Highway at
Picton Road, we knew he hadn’t let us down.
The full turnout for the
day numbered about 200 bikes, but regulars thought this number was
down on previous years – perhaps the cloudy weather had deterred
them.
Jen Woods and Leo Farrelly had arrived earlier to help the
Macarthur Branch set up. The Macarthur Branch President, Ted
Schloithe, opened the proceedings with a prayer. He then mentioned
that he had hoped to read the names of those who had “ridden on”
in the past year but as Natcom confirmed this figure at 56, it would
take too long. We had a minute’s silence.
With the BBQ fired up we
were all served sausage sandwiches, complete with onions and sauce,
with some going back for seconds. We finished with cake and
coffee/tea and someone needs to educate the ride leader that it helps
keep him in his wife’s good books if he doesn’t select the
smallest piece of
chocolate cake he can find to share.
We headed back around 1pm
and after stopping for the obligatory ice cream at Marulan left the
group at Goulburn to travel home via Tarago.
A ride I can thoroughly
recommend to other members.
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