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Dean0 wrote:Looks like a great weekend riding boy’s. I was thinking about you last night when the heavy rain set in and was hoping you weren’t out in it. :S :S
Spewing I wasn’t able to get away. 3 days off and not one call in. At least i managed to get the Rally Raid tanks fitted to the 690 and it really looks the goods. You will be jealous Eags. :woohoo: :woohoo:
Good onya getting those tanks installed mate,,,,
Now I can check it all out closeup before I buy
Bugger that you ended up sitting home & no callouts :laugh:
Cheers
:laugh: Found it Jeffro,,,
It`s called “STONEHENGE” :whistle: and is a 25 acre block for sale
see here if interestedBefore I start my report,, you will note the presence of an awesome bike in most of my pics. I made sure it was in the shot for TB to admire it over & over again :laugh:
Well the adventure was off to a late start on friday arvo after work, but it wasn`t long before Jeffro & I were into the Watagans after grabbing some cool drinks for the night at Freemans servo.
Conditions were great on the watagan trails (except for some dust for Jeffro on the Old Ten) :whistle:
Soon after arriving at camp we were set up with a fire going early, although it was a warm night in the end with light showers from around 2am,,,
Jeffro already gave a good account of the pair we sort of shared the camp area with, all I will say is WTF ??? :S :dry: :huh: :laugh:
Sat morning saw cloudy skies & the threat of rain, so the jackets were whacked on and we headed south down Settlers Trail to Wisemans. Refuel at Wisey servo and grabbed some brekky at the café before crossing back over the river on the Webb Creek side and headed up Bicentenary Rd. From there we linked to Wheelbarrow Ridge and headed to Colo.
Saw the strange structure on the hill, presumed it was meant to be someones Dream Home that never saw completion,
Had to be careful where you walked :whistle:
Crossed the Colo on the wooden bridge that graces these pages often, there are some good views & interesting valleys in the area, no wonder it is so popular with bushwalkers and the like
Found the meet point TB had given me for wait for Dejay and it was a good little 20min break for us to have a drink, some snakes etc before we heard the roar of the DR coming from the causeways to our left.
Just after we headed off towarda Bilpin Jeffro split from the group to return home via the Putty, dso it was just me & the DR pilot to traverse Mount Irvine trail. What a ripper it is, I have seen so many pics on here of the trail and even with the bad weather closing in, it was a ripper. Wet, slippery rocky bits, some moderate ruts and sharp hairpins on the way down down down to the bridge
Then we climbed back out and the blacktop was wet, mossy, dark , foggy & slippery It was like late dusk rather than midday with Quails running over the road everywhere :laugh:
Then came the slab to TB`s for afternoon beverages and a rest, Dejay`s better half picked him up and he left the DR there for a maintenance day today,,,,
Paid Chris a random visit and waited for Salina to arive home to a home cooked Curry (prepared by TB) Great meal it was,,,,, really it was,,,
Apparently TB recommended I take some of these to use today after eating his Curry :dry: I didn`t need to use them today luckily :whistle: :laugh:
Thanx TB, then we settled in for some laughs watching the “Fastest Indian” followed by another movie Sal picked (I will let TB describe it it was funny though)
Off to bed around 11pm and a back up again around 6.30 to prep for the ride home solo.
Decided to slab it to Wisemans as the rain had fallen all night, from there I would decide which way to go depending on the conditions.
Ended up doing Settlers Trail again as it was moist but not raining
Couldn`t resist a stopover at Marks overhang to take a few pics :laugh:
While I was getting back on the kato here, I saw a dozen Hogs with Pillions pass heading south with a Maui Campervan in convoy, they were all from Vic I think :blink: Damn, the Hogs were travelling slow, thank god they were going the opposite way to me 😆
I started from TB`s with raincoat on, stopped near Pacific Park (South Maroota) to remove it , then put it back on again before the Watagans cause the rain hooked in again over the top. Then started to get cooked before I hit Freemans so it came off again !!!!
All up I covered around 630k I think and had an absolute ball. Pity the clouds covered most of the valley from Colo to Mt Irvine (SO I will just have to do it all again to see the sites properly & get more pics)
Thanx Jeffro for the first day & a half mate
Cheers to Dejay for riding all the way out to the Western side to show us around
Huge thanx to TB & Salina for the hospitality (yes, it was better than camping out in the wet & cold) :whistle:
Sorry you had to work Deano,,, Ya missed a cracker
but we will do it again :laugh:
Eagle Eye Jeffro spots the Old Bulls amongst the crowd ,,,,
3 very familiar figures to be exact !!!!
You have to much time on your hands by the looks of it JeffroYeah, well that explains it
I had read your expoloits on there & I think ORE too (remember the TTT pics the best) great trip that oneThanx again for sharing your adventures Jock
I spoke with Troy O`Connor a few days before XMAS about the Safari experience. He also was of the same opinion of Cyril and the way he goes about his business ,,,
Troy was part ofthe CPW team that hosted the frenchman during his stayThe Newy local is down to do Dakar 2013, so I hope to have many more conversations with him over the next year & follow his preparations
Whatever happened is now part of Dakar history and in my eyes, Cyril is still a Legend of the sport
BTW,
GO YOU GOOD THING, DAKAR DEAN NUTTALL :laugh:I reckon 1hr 18mins,,,,, Give him time to feel a tad comfy then it will throw him down
:laugh:As for the butt,,, he is used to riding with Snowy & Boll :silly: So he is used to that :ohmy: 😆
Ohh,, You can keep the KY if I win,,, and donate it back to Snowy
Correct
If the hidden “BOG” was on the roadbook :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:
Well then it would be a totally different story and others would not have been diverted at all ,,,Amazing how Coma missed it, when so many others rode straight into it (it certainly looked like a road from the chopper vid) :laugh:
Bike is packed & rum loaded ready for the friday arvo runAnyone else keen ??????? Other then me & Jeffro :whistle: :laugh:
Nah, It was Concalves on the Husky :laugh:
He didn`t seem too concerned when Cyril rode off, so I think he may have told him to go :whistle:
He then directed his calls for help to Pal Anders Ullavasetter who got stuck trying to go round the original too :laugh:We will never know the true story cause we weren`t there in the moment
But my gut feeling says Cyril was ok to continue :dry: :whistle: :dry: :unsure::laugh: Yeah, good bog that one was hey ??? :whistle:
They say the other competitors were diverted AWAY FROM THE AREA by race control to avoid a mass roadblock :dry:
So the time the front 3 spent in the bog was deducted from their times to be FAIR ,,,,,
Man they were stuck fast with bikes weighing 175kg :S
Did real well to free themselves actually (I would have just lay there & died covered in mud) :laugh: :laugh:
