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DAY 1 (110 kms) |
All pictures day 1 here |
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First Morning started out
with a lovely breakfast at the White Ibis. We had to fuel up for
the pending 110km ride. |
We then assembled out the
front for the group photo. |
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Robbie, Tanya, Sue,
Graham & Bazza did a lot of work on the front and I stayed at the back
to make sure that every one was going up to do a turn |
Joanne followed the bunch
with the support vehicle with water, food, bars, spares, etc. |
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Daniel went off the back
up a couple of climbs so Joanne dropped back and paced him back on. |
He then, assisted by the
car, went straight past the bunch and went up the road. |
But it wasn't long before
he resumed his place at the back of the bunch again |
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First day over and it was
time to relax in the comfort of the White Ibis Lounge and listen to
Bazza's lies about the events of the first day. |
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DAY 2 (85kms) |
All pictures Day 2 here |
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We assemble outside that
grand old building, the Cootamundra Arts Centre |
On the road again and the
bunch settles into a nice rhythm. |
Not long before the one
and only puncture of the weekend. Luckily Baz and I were there to
lend inspiration to Graham. |
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Off again and I started
to enjoy some of the nice climbs. |
Bazza enjoyed them as
well. Perhaps not as much as many others in the bunch |
Then there were the cows
to contend with. |
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And the level crossings
to contend with. |
But all in all everyone
was happy as they gave a wave for the camera. Wait a minute.
Where's Robby? |
Oh, There you are Robbie. |
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Today's ride
took us into a pretty remote area where we never saw another human being
for about an hour and when Trevor feeling a little tired asked me if we
would be stopping, I jokingly said, "Oh es, there's a coffee shop just
around the corner" and guess what? There was !! There
was the Bethunga Village Store, seemingly in the middle of nowhere. |
Bazza signals that the
low fat, skim, diet Latte is his. |
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On the road again and
armed with a caffeine hit, Graham attacks up one of the climbs.
Con and I go with him. |
Robbie starts bridging
the gap with Sue and Bazza trying to go with him. |
I jump on Robbie and he
pulls me away from Con, Graham and Sue, whilst Bazza is OTA. |
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With 10kms to go Robbie
drops the hammer and I am on his tail. Not sure whether that's a
smile or a grimace. |
I just hung on for grim
death. |
Coming into town and I
come around to do a turn. Robbie 10kms, me 100 metres.
That's fair ! |
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Robbie drags me into town
at break neck speed. |
Meanwhile back at the
bunch, a peleton sprint fired up between Tanya and con |
A bit further back, Bazza
does a bit of sprint practise by himself. |
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Trevor rolls into town |
Dave Price rolls in
behind a magnificent old Ponitac. |
We didn't see a lot of
cars and were surprised to see that a large proportion of the ones that
we came across were Pontiacs. We later learned that the Pontiac
club of Australia was having a meeting at Cootamundra |
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There were GTO Ponitacs,
Trans AM Pontiacs, Old ones, not so old ones, etc etc. |
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DAY 3 (65kms) |
All pictures day 3 here |
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| The mandatory pre ride start photo |
The bunch rolls along around the
Cootamundra Haycarters race course |
Bit busier route this one as it
incorporates some of the more major roads. |
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enjoys a downhill section. |
About 10kms out and it was on again.
Bazza, Robbie and Graham got away. I don't know how but Con and I
got accross and then there were five. |
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The sprint into town and three
guesses who won?
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