Monday, September 22, 2014

Ladies Ride to Bungendore 20 September

The inaugural Ulysses Canberra Branch Ladies Ride to was held on the 20th September.

  • Emma Campbell – Suzuki Intruder
  • Rachel Crispin –Ninja 300
  • Shelley Shanley - Ninja 600ZXR
  • Karen Clarke – Roadliner
  • Jan Wills – Honda DN01

Being ladies, we left the Gold Creek servo at the respectable time of 9:30 and headed to Gundaroo.

I led and K agreed to go tail end Charlie.

Out along the Barton and turned right on the Nanima Road past Poacher’s Pantry and The Chocolate Farm – we all resisted temptation to stop at both.  Well really, I didn’t ask, but it can be part of another Girl’s ride.


At Gundaroo


Turned right onto the Murrumbateman Road and left past Bowylie Station to Gundaroo.  Coffee at the Pizza place, great coffee and chats.  Lucky we didn’t rush off – not that we had long distances to go – as 2 young ladies came across Karen’s Mobile on the ground near the bikes and came looking for the owner.


Bowylie is where Dick Smith now lives of course.  However back in the last half of the 70’s my Mother and youngest Sister lived at Bowylie.  We had great fun riding our horses around the property.  The entrance to Mum’s place was off Shingle Hill Way, so naturally we had to go that way so I could show the girls where they lived.  Shelly took over tail end Charlie from Gundaroo to Bungendore.

On to the Federal Highway briefly and then on to the Bungendore Road past Bywong and on to Bungendore.

We arrived a little early (of course), so we wandered through the shops.  We dawdled through the Antique shop – there is so much to see in there!  AND no one bought anything – dada!

Lunching at the Wood Works Cafe
Lunch at the Woodworks Café, where Tracey Winters joined us and kindly took photographs.  The food and company was great. It is always good to hear about the lives of others and make new friends.

Although not a great distance was covered for the day, we all really enjoyed our ride, especially the two Learners, who enjoyed watching the experienced girls ride. I think it gave them a nice serving of confidence.

I look forward to the next  girl’s ride and the vote from the girls is definitely up to do another.

Thank you Tracey for the photo’s :-)

Jan




View of the bikes at Gundaroo