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So after huge adventure ride on Saturday and only 4 hrs sleep (self inflicted) I’m ready to hit more dirt today with Theo and Eagle up at the Watagan’s.
Theo turned up at my place after negotiating the roadblocks thanks to the Marathon. So up to Ourimbah up Red Hill, Yarramalong and got to the meeting point about 15mins late (sorry Eagle)… we pushed as hard as we could. So after waiting for a while and did a run to the tar but the Eagle had flown the coup.
So we decided to head off down to the Basin and up the other side. Came back out and rode to the Laguna turn off… The Eagle was nesting at the corner. So after quick hello we tried to head to Millfield.. but as Eagle shared…. We got a locked gate.
So off the Millfield by road and a ‘healthy lunch’ thanks to the owners of the café… I think they see me as the food Nazi… poor Theo’s roast meal was voided of potatoes.
So after lunch we fang it up Hayes Rd. I was hot on the heels of Eagle and noticed he missed the first left hand corner and thought I would put my new skills from yesterday in practice and took him on the inside. I raced up to the next corner and just got around when car was coming in the other direction in the middle of the road. I was able to scrap around her without hitting the ditch but it wasn’t till I looked in my mirror that I saw Eagle flying off the road.
The pictures paint the scene:
The skid marks… (left one is back brake, right one is front brakes)
Eagle showed how he looked
The damage:
Theo patching it with Metal Liquid stuff:
Test ride:
So between Theo, Eagle and a stranger who stopped to help….we got Eagle going. I found that me sitting on the back of Eagles bike helped kick start the bike… poor Theo had to push us both….. Theo – just think of the exercise you got!!!
So after Eagle left we decided to give it a go getting back to Watagan’s Creek Rd via Crumps, Lynches Fire Trail….. we got a bit lost but it was worth it as the firetrails where spectacular So it was 3.30pm and we couldn’t find our way… my eyelids where hanging low so we decided to double back to Millfield…
Photo’s of a track that doesn’t seem to be well used..
We hit the Wollombi Pub for a quick ‘special’ drink and nibble on some trail mix.
We left the pub at 4.30 and tarred it home. Thanks to the ipod and the fast pace we made it back to corner of Mona Vale Rd and Pacific Highway (Gordon) by 6pm to part ways…. I think we flew home.
Had enough energy to wash bike, then me, chew some food and crawl into bed.
Another epic weekend of riding.
Thanks Theo and Eagle for sharing the day with me.
