Sunday 28th June 2009

Oh it was so cold when I dragged my butt out of bed, not to mention I was a wee bit seedy from the night before. Mellonfarmer and Silverfox arrived and we loaded up and headed out to Dot Com. A few messages came in with people cancelling. Some were terrible excuses, some were genuine illnesses, but the worst was to find we had been dumped in favour of other riders. Oh we were all hurt so much, we nearly threw biking away in favour of going to the home show. We arrived on time and were shortly followed by Geez and Abba. We watched The Lone Wolf ride in, but we discovered he was actually a Goat so we welcomed him with a Baa Baa here and a baa Baa there. Sandals and Helmut arrived with the Tandem. This was gonna be good. We headed up Captain Thomas only to find it was a mess in spots. Damn horses and walkers making it worse. We carefully rode the muddy sections but it made things harder with little traction. The tandem was really having problems with lotsa sideways slide. We took the walking track out to the road at the top to avoid the last section. Team tandem arrived with a badly buckled rear wheel. A bit of repair was made and we all headed up the Godley track while Team Tandem took the road for a while. Bits of the track were mush while other bits were good. I had a few dabs in sections I nearly always clean, due to no traction, tiredness and just trying to hard I think. At the top of the first incline the Tandem came up from the road. We all headed off again just a bit slower than normal, watching the slip and slop in spots. We regrouped as we waited for the Tandem. They took the road to Breeze Col while the rest of us headed up and over. The track was in better condition from here until just before the last cattle stop which was slop. Team tandem headed on down first while Mellonfarmer adjusted things on the Cotic. We gave them a good start but some of us got caught up near the bottom. The Farmer and the Goat got past them. We then did the tail where some bloke got upset by the Tandem (what a tosser). A grind up to the top of Scarborough from here and then down we raced through Nicholson Park. Team Tandem scaring themselves by running out of all brakes. Sandals saved the day by leaping off the back and dragging herself along. Go Team Tandem. A good ride with just a hint of slop. Warmer at the top than at the bottom. Coffee and home. Had to go to the Home Show as we had heard such good things about it. :)