Cobaw Part 2 - Level 1 Afternoon RideGidday all,
Freddo Frogman & I were able to have a good sleep in before heading out to Erzberg...oops, I mean Cobaw (lucky we did; needed the extra energy)
Before even getting there, we had loads of rain, had to detour around fallen power lines, do a few river crossings on the tar road and stop to clear a fallen tree, just short of the unloading area. Wind had picked up to gale force, but like 94RMX250 said, the rain had stopped
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The morning crew got back for lunch, with tales of apocolypse to tell, but nah, couldn't be that bad, could it? Our brave group headed out around 2pm, with encouraging word's from Mat, that we should be back within 3 & half hours (yeh right, i've ridden here before
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All that was said before is true, flooded trails, ruts as deep as canyons, deceiving quicksand smaller ruts which caught me out a few times (thanks Ron & Howard for the help pulling my bike out of the boggy shizen) and...then there were the tree's and swampland surrounding the paths around the tree's, which dared to swallow you whole if you went an inch of course. After poor Al falling into an abyss face first & having to head back to the carpark with a little help from wingman & co, & Mark's yammy spitting the dummy & deciding it did not want to ride anymore, the rest of us headed back to the carpark after 8k's & 2 hours to regroup. This is where Nic & I thought, enough for us, so we departed the group & did our own cruisier ride while the others all headed out again. Nic & I got back to the cars around 5 thinking, yeh, they'll be back soon...3 hours bordering 8.00 o'clock they arrived back. Wingman tells me, our fearless leader Mat decided one more challenge for the lads & lady (our new AMTRA friend Julia). Yes, you guessed it, he made them go up that hill. 1.5 hours later they all made it up
...Other excitement was Steve Wiseman saving Wingy's life by yelling out to him to "Get Out of the Way!!!!" as he see's a big tree falling down over the top of him. According to legend, Wingy developed super human powers like superman, launched himself out of the way, face first flying through the air, thoughts of 'This is It' crossing his mind, but managed to avoid being hit by inches..he reckons he felt the wind force of the 3 foot trunk pass his head ...phew....never a dull moment on AMTRA rides
Mat, thankyou once again for a challenging day out and thanks too, to Wingy the Tailman with David as trainee tailman/first aider. To all the crew on the ride "Bravo".
Here's some pics he took from the day...
Cheers...Marls
ps..Steve Wiseman, I owe you big time....Fred
MAT'S COBAW RIDE 28TH NOVEMBER 2010
UNTIL THE NEXT RIDE, THANKS MAT....THE END 
