Ride Reports
TRC Christmas Ride Report
27 December 2012
Xmas this year
was on the 4th Sunday of the month so our normal December ride was
moved to the Tuesday after Xmas, a public holiday, to make sure as many members
as possible got to catch up for Xmas and have a feed and a drink.
Dwayne “Chopper”
Hall offered to use his place at Para Hills West, main incentive there was so
he did not have to travel south again for Xmas LOL! Thank you to Dwayne for his
house, Phil Woodham and Peter Koszewski for helping out on the day and for all
their work.
The ride started
at the usual spot at the Arkaba Hotel in fantastic weather. While this is now
our usual spot it is only a relatively new starting point and it seems to be
working out well. Leaving the Arkaba we went up the hill towards Upper Sturt,
back to Crafers onto Ashton and then back into suburbia for a while via
Montacute Road then back up the Gorge Road to the Cudlee Café. We were greeted
there by a sea of lycra from the early morning pushbike riders but it was soon
a sea of leather and Kevlar jeans. While I had planned another route to Choppers
place, as we were having a leisurely ride today, I thought we would just go
across to the Adelaide-Mannum Road via Chain Of Ponds and head down to Para
Hills West that way.
We arrived at
Choppers place to see Phil heading off to get some more gas for the BBQ. Some
of the sausages were cooked but the gas had run out so the cooking was put on
hold for a while. People made themselves comfortable in the backyard and had a
cleansing ale, cider or wine, or a cup of tea in Daryl’s case, while waiting
for the BBQ to resume. Xmas day activities and presents were compared under the
pergola while others set themselves up on the lawn in the warm sun.
With the Xmas BBQ
held after Xmas on a public holiday this year it was a guess at how many we
would get come along. The day was another success and while the numbers were
down slightly from last year all that went had a great time. David Hadfield
videoed some of the ride on his new GoPro recorder and has uploaded an edited
version of the ride on Youtube and on our Facebook page if you want to check
this out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG0FV5_0nb4&feature=youtu.be. Some members have compared it to Sons Of Anarchy
footage but that might be drawing a long bow?
Cheers, Shane
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