With Mt Wellington being closed till friday, today was going to be a short ride down towards Cockle Creek and back.
We stopped for breakfast at a small cafe. Unfortunately there was only one guy doing everything and breakfast took about an hour. It was good though, just slow. As we waited we could see the weather closing in from the south, just the place we are riding to today.
We headed down past Kettering and it starts to rain lightly and consistently, as we got down to Middleton it got a little heavier and didn't look like it was going to ease at all. It was only like 12-13°C and wet, there was mutual agreement riding around aimlessly in the cold and wet was pointless so we pulled the pin and attempted to ride north and get out of the rain. As we did so, we got up onto high ground and could see out over Hobart and to the north and there was rain out in the distance. Doug gave the abort signal and we headed back to the casino. I didn't take one single photo this morning and only rode about 100kms.
Due to industrial action the busses were running for free until end of april so we caught a bus into town to have a look around. The 2 Dave's and I checked out one of the bike shops in town, then this bike pulled up. An undercover Police Tiger 900 and the copper had plain black motorcycle gear with Police badges on each arm. Stealth, he had covert lights, siren etc hope we don't see him out on the road.
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We had diner booked at Da Angelo Ristorante for tonight, which was only a couple of streets away from the pub within easy walking distance. Our waitress was fantastic and joined in with the fun we were having even giving Geoff some stick, Hilarious. The food was fantastic I highly recommend this place, the pastas looked wonderful, the pizza's were delicious and the red wine flowed as quickly as the Derwent.
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Yes, it sure turned out to be a fun day. Da Angelo’s is Da Bomb 😎
ReplyDeleteGood tip on the Italian job. Their pizza was great, our host she was fantastic.
Deletewe shouldve started drinking after breakfast
ReplyDeleteNow you guys can see what I'm dealing with here. Is it a motorcycle trip or a ride to different pubs to get pissed?
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