Flowerdale Pub Lunch - Saturday 20th March 2010
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Dennis/Bianca Lindemann (leader) |
Honda CBR600 |
Ian Payne |
Honda CBR1000 |
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Misho Zrakic & Pina Garasi |
Honda CBR1000 |
Robert Langer (rear) |
KTM LC8 990 |
I arrived at Whittlesea with a touch of déjà vu having been there the previous Saturday after mistakenly referring to an earlier itinerary that had this ride a week earlier. But this time the familiar bikes and smiling faces reassured me; I had got the date right!
Rob was there on his new KTM and Pina was riding pillion with Misho. Not more problems with the R6, I thought! Yes and no. The Yamaha had been traded and Pina was picking up her new CBR600RR in Ringwood later on that morning.
Our leader Dennis gave us the ride details. Then we were away, heading north to Kinglake West, Kinglake, Toolangi, Chum Creek and Healesville before stopping at the Beechworth Bakery for a very relaxed morning tea. The bakery is certainly popular, especially with the two wheeled brigade. Here we learnt that Dennis had also upgraded to a CBR600RR with the purchase of a low kilometre model from long time former Club member John Clowes.
Time to go, but
Pina and Misho would stay as they had a bike to collect. The rest of us headed
back up to Toolangi, picking up the
With the weather now quite pleasant we opted for a table outside and settled in for a relaxing lunch. Well it would have been if not for the hordes of European wasps hovering around trying to sample whatever we ate or drank. Rob explained he would have to leave soon to hire a pump! It seems his swimming pool has been implicated as the source of the local mozzie plague and council has given him the ultimatum, “Chlorinate it or empty it!” He chose the latter.
This only left
the Lindemanns and me for the ride home. We travelled
back to Kinglake West, Kinglake,
Thanks to Dennis for a pleasant Saturday outing.
Ian
Payne