Gidday all,
First & foremost, huge big thanks to Will for putting on today's great ride... Old Farts legend ride which you MUST put on again so we can do those munster hills we all missed...anyway...
As dawn was breaking & birds were coming into song & while every other spring chicken AMTRA member was still in bed, me & Mr Frogman were already on our way to get to Neerim South for the first & inaugral 'AMTRA Old Fart's Ride'. We were the first old farts to arrive just a bit after 7am & following in shortly after by another anxious old fart Mr Rossi in his boots. Got our shizen together & did some practice laps of the carpark, while all the other old boys rolled up. I should have been a bit concerned, when I signed the attendance register & got #13...After a quick introductory speach by the guru, it was off & racing out the back track, which, in Will's own words, "Well head out the back, onto possibly the worst track for the morning, to warms you's all up"...Warm us up it did
. I got stuck half way up a mf rutty hill climb & Frogman, who promised not to interfere with the tailmen, let them sort me out. Big thanks to Darren & Dr Brad for helping me out & sorry Darren if I showered you a bit with dirt, trying to ride out of the rut. All good in the end & no stacks...yet. Did some fantastic, fast flowing sandy tracks & roads & got air on my favourite mound on Sawdust..
...all good fun...All was good, until, I decide to ride through a big bog hole, thinking it couldn't be that deep...well....I'll let the pictures tell the story, but had a nice bath, drowned the bike, snapped a bit on the a thingy to the fuel tank & it was all over, red rover
Big thanks to Ian for towing Frogman on my bike back to base & Geoff for leading (I was tailwoman)
At least I got to ride the Gassa back, which he doesn't normally let me ride for some reason, don't know why
but wow, would love to take that ship through a few bog crossings!
Lunch was great at the pub & thankyou once again to everyone, for making it such a great day.
Here's some pictures of the ride...Until the next one
Cheers,
Marls
ps...Peter R, I need more going around bog hole lessons
Thought I had it nailed!
Oops!...
Oh my God !
Yep, one more look at the Sherco Submarine
Yes, I did end up in the drink, face first!
"I'm in trouble"
"The Guru's Speach"
"Old Farts out on the Trails"
"Good onya Will"
"Serge's Better Side" (only kidding)
"Old fart going for nana nap"
