Swim Ride 2009

(this is really a continuation of 'there and back again').

Arrived at the pub at Corryong with Alli and Bec to be greeted by Lurch with a can of Jimmy - legend!

Hurrah for Jimmy!

We were pretty late and didn’t have much time before the kitchen closed so it was park the bikes, and up to the pub for dinner (well to order dinner, the food arrived much, much later!).  Much catching up to do with everyone and after dinner we all retired back to the rooms where the bar was set up:

Friday night

A fair amount of bourbon was consumed and before long everyone started heading to bed to be fresh for the morning… hehe but the girls had different ideas… SHENANIGANS!!!!!!!! 

Saturday dawned bright and sunny… of course!  I got up and had a coffee then went straight back to bed… I got up a few times (cheers to bec for bacon and cheese bread rolls!) and eventually got up properly around midday.  Everyone else had left around 9am apart from Tess and I who had opted to sleep in and meet everyone at Biggara so we could get some sunbaking and reading in first (no mills and boons this year though!).

We went into Corryong to buy some lunch to take out with us, and as we were parking there was a bike approaching… and SP2 (actually and SP1 in SP2 clothing)… he stopped and it was Ron! Hi Ron!  He had gotten into Corryong and was to try and get in touch with Steve to find out where everyone was at - he ended up grabbing some lunch as well and headed out with us. 

We got to Biggara and it looked… different :o(  They had chopped down all the trees!!!!! We parked and Ron took up the only available shade for his bike!!!! which we gave him a bit of shit about so then he moved it (never mind the fact that we were there for sunbaking!).  I didn’t last long in the sun anyway before heading for the scant shade.  Eventually a few others started showing up and we went for an explore around the bend to where the rope was in the tree (they hadn’t chopped down over there, just in the picnic/camping area).  We hopped in, swam around for a good hour or so before making our way back to the bikes and then the rest of them rolled in.  Drifted between reading, socialising and sitting in the shallows chatting with the girls.  Very pleasant! 

Eventuall we packed up and headed back to the pub, quick shower and it was time for more tea  then up to the pub for dinner (yum!)

We had a huge circle of our chairs outside the rooms after dinner and much bullshit was discussed :o)

Saturday night

There was much talk of shenanigans but I ended up heading to bed around midnight.

Sunday morning once again dawned bright and sunny… dammit! LOL.  Everybody packed up but I opted to leave a little later and make my own way home (the suspension on the 9 really wasn’t confidence-inspiring) so everyone rolled out leaving Bec, Alli and I there.  We chatted for a bit and I slowly got the 9 loaded up.  I was underway about 10am and headed out through Towong, Tooma, Tumbarumba, Batlow, Tumut and onto Gundagai where I stopped at the BP for fuel, a rest and some KFC!  I quite enjoyed this stretch apart from some bumpy sections which were unsettling the bike a little, but they have been doing some work on these roads and those bits are good now 

After lunch and a smoke I hopped back on for the last stretch - 150km to go!  This passed uneventfully and I was home by 2:00pm.