EAGS` Friday Run to Sunny Corner

[Dwayne OMember]

Thought I`d start it off pre ride this time

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Cheers, Till it`s Done & Dusted

[Dwayne OMember]

Well Unfortunately the weekend festivities were cancelled while I was enroute to the location
So I camped out anyway to make use of my 3 days off .

Had a ride out to Hill End on Saturday for a pub lunch then returned to the campsite. Met some other like minded ADV riders on the road to Turon Gates , two of them being Wolfman Steve & Clubby from Trailzone magazine . Really nice guys they are to So I stuck with them for a ride and a chat over lunch !!! Really good day it was .

I had another long wet ride home today (5.5hrs of rain actually) :pinch:

Might load up a GPS track later and recount some of my trip for ya 44
Track log here http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1608638

Cheers

[Dwayne OMember]

Just worked out that I did around 1300k in the 2 & a half days , no wonder I was cold today & a bit stiff now :laugh:

My route took in some of the Watagan Mountains (in the pitch blackness) :whistle:
Bucketty to St Albans & Wisemans Ferry, Wheelbarrow Ridge Trail, Upper Colo & Comleroy Rd, Mountain Lagoon to Bilpin, Mt Irvine trail, Blackfellows Hand Trail, then Portland to Sunny Corner SF

On Saturday was Sunny Corner Rd, Cupitts Lane, Mt Horrible (which was slippery as buggery & HORRIBLE) :laugh:
Palmers Oaky Rd, thru Turon Gates to Capertee for fuel.
THen Mt Vincent Rd at Running Stream to Ilford, Crudine Rd to Aarons Pass and down to Hill End for a burger Pub and a beer

Had to cut back before Sofala and do some back roads including some blacktop because poor Bender threw a Countershaft sprocket bolt & was immobilised :S Needing a recovery by trailer from the Wolfman.
Damn, the blacktop run from out near Bathurst was a killer in the blasting rain and I haven`t been that cold in a long time :blink: (Since the Caves to Caves ride actually)

Today was a cold blacktop run to Bilpin over the mountains before retracing the route from friday on the dirt to The Putty Rd where I said goodbyes to Amy & Bones who decided to follow me this morning
So the rest of the way I was riding solo solo solo across the wet dirt trail back up to the Watagans and home to a well earned hot half hour shower :woohoo:

I reckon after not having one for the past 3 days, I had earned the right to a good one :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[terryjhaynesMember]

Gee’s Eags That dose sound like a cold run home alrite,slipery n dark, two words that shouldn’y be in the same sentance HA! well at least yu got to meet up with some other adv riders n get some riding n pub lunches in.
Good on yu mate,,and such a bummer about the councilation.
ALso Thanks for the well wishes mate,I will get out there again,my bigest hurdle is the wife rite now,but I wont give up.
Cheers Teza.

[Dwayne OMember]

:laugh:
No wuckers Teza,,,

We had a ball really, despite the wet from sat arvo thru till I got home yesterday about 2pm :whistle:
Bones, Amy & Ace seemed to really appreciate the trails & dirt roads I led them along on the friday. I had done them all before but it took a few little stops & turn arounds to keep on the corect route :dry:
I had been 3 yrs since I had done BHT and out towards Portland,,, other than in the car last year

Cheers Man

[Mick DMember]

good report Eags, on the way home we travelled through the same weather and on several occasions we thought about you……… :laugh:

And laughed a little as we were in a warm car. :whistle:

Adventure riders are a tough bunch.

[ChrisMember]

Good work eags as usual you have performed a stirling job old boy

Chris

[alanMember]

micknmeld wrote:

good report Eags, on the way home we travelled through the same weather and on several occasions we thought about you……… :laugh:

And laughed a little as we were in a warm car. :whistle:

Adventure riders are a tough bunch.

was thinking the same thing :laugh: well said mic to hardcore for me

[Dwayne OMember]

Thanx a lot Mick ??? I think :laugh:

Hey Chris,,, Enough of the OLD Boy :whistle: :silly: Was good to catch up with ya again

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I will try and load up some pics I took on fri on my IPod ,,, quality may be a bit dodgy at best …….

[Dwayne OMember]

Ok here are some pics from friday & saturday,,, Not too many cause I had too much fun riding and the weather wasn`t the best for pics anyway :laugh:

A quick stop along the lake on route to St Albans

Ace on the Ferry to Wisemans (nice Beemer)

Mist in the Mountains

Ace & Bones on the Webbs Creek ferry

The steeds having a rest :laugh:

The group on the Colo Bridge

View down the river

View from the switchbacks climbing toward Mountain Lagoon

Flying Fish giving her approval of the Mt Irvine Trail

The bridge at the bottom of Mt Irvine

Looking across the ravine back at the trail (in the middle of the rock faces)

On the way back out

Replacing a loose bolt in the front guard Did it herself (good APC practice)

There were some good comments & a laugh at this point

More soon

[Dwayne OMember]

Some of Blackfellows Hand Rocks (awsome place this is)

Bikes at the Royal Hotel Hill End

I saw some bloke put this sticker on the window a few years ago,,, anyone recognise it ?? (hard to see)

The bikes were sad & wet outside :laugh: We were warmer inside

It was hard to get these guys back outside & onto the bikes again :whistle:

That`s it for the pics sorry

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