Well, didn't we have a great time yesterday. Nine riders gathered at McDonald's at Heathcote for a 9.30 start. Promising to be a beautiful day around 24° where we were riding and lots of twisty roads in the destination area, so what could be better. Rocket was there on his new BMW R 1300 GS in all its glory, ready to put it through its paces.   Unfortunately I had to change the end destination, because a bit of research a few days earlier showed that the road to Tallowa dam had suffered storm damage and was closed now, and unlikely to be opened until the middle of the year. Fortunately, there is an equally good destination called Camberwarra Mountain Lookout - about the same distance and all nice twisty roads to get to it so off we went. Steve Sampson on his blue 1250 RT volunteered as tail end Charlie, so everything was sorted.   We turned off the highway into the Royal National Park at Waterfall, went through Stanwell Tops Lookout, up to Helensburg and then back onto the old...

Last year I led a four ferries ride, that turned out to be a 2 ferries ride. This year the four ferries ride turned into a no ferries ride. Frosty was looking at his phone and informed me that 2 of the ferries were closed. Apparently because of the recent heavy rain. So I had to come up with a new plan. I made an executive decision to go to Catherine Hill Bay. Most people were okay with the new plan, so we headed up the old road to Bumble Hill and the triangle for coffee break. It was here that I found out that the ride  in 2 weeks  is to Catherine hill Bay.  So the leader of that ride decided to make it a four ferries ride. Worked out pretty well. Then it was up Hue Hue road to Wyee and then a right turn to the  Pacific Highway and on to Catherine Hill Bay. It was a beautiful day, although a bit breezy. After lunch it was every man, and woman, for themselves. A nice day and a nice ride. Cheers, Suitcase

  14 lads braved the threat of rain to front up at Berowra and one numpty suggested a ride and ended up leading it there and back. Guess who that was  😜 Anyway smoko was at Jerry’s which was still closed but we didn’t care, roads were clear, pace was brisk. We did have one delayed starter when his BMWobbleU spat the dummy and refused to cooperate. Aided by TEC Peter of the Braces (thanks Pete) and KTM Pete the manual was duly studied and stuff was reset resulting in a trip to Jerry’s but time was called after that in case it threw another tantrum. At Jerry’s a few other riders also called it quits whilst the rest set off for Millfield cafe for lunch.  Again a drama free trip got us to Millfield before  12pm  which wasn’t bad going. A couple of the more aged riders admitted to “forgetting” we weren’t stopping at Wollombi so did the trip via the park. After lunch the choice was via Cooranbong or back the way we came. One rider was eager for a swim so set off for ...