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Five of us met at the Stamford Hotel Rowville, the same start point as last month. Also as before Ed led us out on Wellington Road, however this time we headed South on (I think) the Belgrave-Hallam Road eventually making our way down into the Northern edge of the Morning Peninsular to our morning tea stop at Hastings. In the Clyde area Ed made a stop to don waterproofs during a shower and Ray took the opportunity to do the same. Fortunately that made the rain go away and we were not troubled by rain for the rest of the run. Ed was riding his latest project a BSA Lightning and after purchase had given the mechanicals an extensive work over and had it performing as good as many moderns.
See photos at Gallery/2008/Midweek Runs/Feb2008
Ray also was
riding a new acquisition in the form of a lovely looking R80. That too
wasn’t lacking anything in the performance stakes. Both bikes very nice
on the eye and almost as good to look at as my old Beeza A10!
Morning tea was a
very nice first break at the indoor swimming complex café with plenty
of marine water views. Weather now pleasant and clear enough for
discarding waterproofs. From here on Ed took us along just about every
road worth traveling to just about everywhere on the Morning
peninsular. I have never been to so many places in this wonderful area
in just a few hours. We seemed to have done it all: Crib Point, Stony
Point, Somers etc. etc. and even up to the top of the lookout at
Arthur’s Seat. No lookout today however - too much high mist. Then back
down through Main Ridge, along Boneo Road all lovely biking Roads,
perfect fresh riding weather and hardly a car in sight before making
our way to the pretty town of Flinders for lunch. It was here that Ed
and Bill (and I may add after a very good solid lunch) each crammed
down a huge vanilla slice at least 4 inches thick and every bit as
wide.Bill should have saved his as a birthday cake for his 70th
birthday which was on the Sat. following our run - there would have
been plenty of room for the candles! And I bet they each didn’t refuse
dinner that night either.
With bikes now carrying a bit of extra weight (two overloaded) we
headed out West through Red Hill South then heading North somewhere at
the back of Dromana and Safety Beach. With a brief stop on Bruce Road
looking down at the ongoing progress of the Martha Cove marine housing
development. Although it was all very nice to look at I couldn’t help
thinking of that old Burl Ives song: ‘There were pink ones and there
were blue ones and they were all made out of ticky tack and they all
looked just the same’! For those ones on the water with private
moorings you don’t get much change (if any) from a million dollars!
From here we rode along the Esplanade before turning away from the sea
via Cragie Road in Mount Martha and into the Moorooduc area. Near the
end of the run we stopped for fuel.
We were near Baxter but in an area I wasn’t familiar with so Ed then
took us up to the Cranbourne – Frankston Road which I then recognized
as a lead up for Bill and I to pick up the Hastings Road to get on the
Monash Freeway and then home.
Thanks Ed for another great midweek run. My day’s total distance 413 kms of very pleasant riding.
Reg Hammond
Participants:
Ray Isles 1995 BMW R80
Ed Sleightholm 1971 BSA Lightning
Reg Hammond 2005 Honda Transalp
Bill Weedon 2003 ST1300
Jack Youdan 2002 Triumph Sprint
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