What a great weekend,, bob was off walking so what better thing to do than go riding -yeeha!
Al swung by my place Friday afternoon and off we went,, arrived at the property to be met with a sad sight as the recent fires had wrecked havoc up there- as they do,, Ron and Anne had done a fantastic job in saving the "barn" and their own house, the fire had burnt right up to both buildings..
Saturday saw us off with me picking up the tail,, a good run to lunch with the tracks in nice condition,, Kristian had a baptism of fire on some steep ups and downs, and the obligatory put downs for someone with little experience on this type of terrain,, you get to see it all as tailman
. Lunch done and a then the "hill' not really a drama, but for Kristian it became his nemesis, at this stage Matt had offered to give me a break from tail and let me off the leash, so boy oh boy did I have fun on that hill
.. I waited at the next corner and used the uhf to let Will know I would SLOWLY and carefully head back,, sure enough Kristian was having problems with traction on the loosest part of the hill, he soon burnt himself. Matt headed off to let the others know as we were in a black radio spot. Al soon came back and the decision was made that down would be better than up, so we rejoined the others soon after. A quick blast back home as Matt once again let me off the leash, thanks mate
A few well deserved beers a feed and early to bed for us as we had another day of riding top do tomorrow, but not before a disturbing account of Will and his affection for his dog,, I do believe I need therapy after hearing that;)
Sunday saw us retrace part of yesterdays loop back to the "hill" with a bit of help from his new amtra friends Kristian made the top, onya mate . Mick and I just had to have another go ,, lotsa fun. Al waited for us and then a quick blast to catch the others.. a nice ride back from there, but before going past where Gary got "sticked" last year, I recognised that in a heartbeat even coming from the other direction, and then at the bottom poor kristian decides to ride into instead of around the branch of a tree that was laying across the track to be very unceremoniously dumped on the ground, that was the first time I heard him swear for the whole weekend,, even in german it sounded like f&%k, as he's quickly unzipping himself to makesure everything is as it should be - your on your own there mate, I aint performing no first aid down there,, thankfully he had one of those and two of these the way god intended.
After grandpa's flat was fixed it was back to "barn", not before being let off the leash once again by Al this time, thanks mate:up:. Back at the Barn and a quick shower ,pack the gear and home in time for most of the last race of the Clipsal,, awesome...............
Big thanks to Gary for organising the ride, bigger thanks to Will for stepping up and running the ride at such short notice , thanks to Matt and Al for giving me a break from tail, yeeha:D., thanks also to everyone else who came and made this a great weekend, and best thing is the blue pig didn't let me down, yay!. Rudi,, no you can't have a horse,, I know you took bags of poo home to get used to the smell of one but NO you cant have one.............................................................................