Sunday, May 4, 2014

Ride to Bacon and Eggs

We had been hit with a cold snap this weekend starting on Friday and it had actually snowed in places like Orange and Thredbo in the snowy mountains. Still Geoff and I had wanted to get out for a ride and by Sunday the temp had come back up to a nice 19°C which was perfect for riding in.

I'd suggest to Geoff to have breakfast up on the Old road, but then Geoff said he wanted a decent ride and we go up the Putty Rd. I was up for anything and quickly agreed.

We fueled up at Wilberforce and continued until the old halfway house and got an excellent bacon and egg roll and drink for lunch.



I'd asked Geoff if he'd ever actually been to Putty which I have not. He said he had and there wasn't anything there. I hadn't been there before so we went and had a look. Geoff was right, there wasn't really anything there, just a community hall and that was about it. Nice little ride though.





Here's a quick action pic of Geoff living it large coming out of Putty locality.

Back at the main turn off onto the Putty Rd back to Windsor we could see the lines on the road waving up and down going up the hill. The putty road has deteriorated badly in the last 2-3 years probably due to lots of trucks using the road to avoid the weigh stations on the M1. There seems to be lots of trucks on the putty during the week. It really needs some resurfacing. The best part is definitely the smooth twisty section at Colo going down to the river. We didn't do the 10 mile today but that is always good too.


10 comments:

  1. Glad to see you had blue skies your way. I took a quick ride to Walhalla today. It was 15ºC when I left Traralgon and by the time I hit Walhalla it was 7ºC. Pouring rain for about 10 minutes and most of the way back. But, somehow it was good fun. That's motorcycling for you.

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    1. 7ºC and raining, glad it was you and not me. Makes our ride in 19ºC look quite balmy.
      It's strange some rides in good weather can be average and some rides in terrible weather can be terriffic. Not so much the later but it can happen.

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  2. Perfect temperatures for a ride. Can't complain about that.

    We rode to coffee yesterday and got rained on coming home. Damn Oregon and her bi-polar weather.

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    1. How long do these 'ride to coffee' last? Do you make a ride out of it or is it just ride to the coffee shop and then back home again. Your weather is off the trolley.......

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  3. Like the look of that narrow country road - great pic of the yammy waiting for a squirt. 19 degrees - brrr, bet you had ya woolies on...

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    1. It wasn't quite time for the woolies on sunday but it was on saturday. Brr it was chilly.

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  4. Steve:

    Bacon and Eggs, my favourite ! I would ride to Putty too just to have a bite. 7°c isn't so bad but I would like 15°c better, without rain of course.

    I didn't notice that your roads were that bad but perhaps you never took photos of the bad sections. Either that or you should buy a proper bike, like a Vstrom

    bob
    A weekend photographer or Riding the Wet Coast







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    1. Hi Bob
      I love bacon and eggs too, whether its on toast, in a bun or a big slap up breakfast they are great.

      Is a V Strom a proper bike? I rode geoff's old V strom and it was like riding a tractor. Motorcycles are not supposed to be like tractors.

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    2. Steve:

      The Vstrom = SUV: sport utility vehicle of bikes. You wouldn't even notice the bad roads. I think of mine as the Jeep of Motorcycles with tractor-like power

      bob
      A weekend photographer or Riding the Wet Coast

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    3. Lay off the Stroms Steve or I'll ship mine over there and give ya a roosting!

      Bob, if you want tractor-type power try the thou!

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