RIDE REPORT SUNDAY 21st MARCH

On Sunday the 21st of March we set off with 7 bikes for our ride to Foster. Chris as Ride Leader and Alan Hipworth as tailend Charlie.
 

The weather didn’t look that crash hot, so Dawn and I put on our wet weather gear. (This was not needed.)
We went via Tooradin, Lang Lang and Poowong. 

 
As we approached Poowong, one of our favourite roads, Bob Froling felt a severe chest pain. The pain struck and Bob stuck with it as we cruised through Poowong. But about 4 ks out of town (about 6-8 mins after it first struck), the pain became too much and Bob pulled over. He was very pale, disoriented and on the verge of fainting. After settling him down, calling the ambulance, getting Bob to lie back and relax, the ride continued as it was too risky to have so many bikes on a dangerous corner , leaving Peter Baulch (with mobile phone and bike radio) to coordinate Bob's wellbeing.
Ambulance (in fact 2 of them) arrived about 20 mins apart. Bob was immediately in good hands, and eventually (after a number of important tests) was en-route to Korumburra Hospital for further tests and observation. But not before a phone call to his wife Jeanette to advice of his situation.
Baulchy then called the ever helpful Bartons, only to discover that Bill was away for the day, but that didn't stop Chris Barton from volunteering to leave her shopping at the Frankston Market, go home, hook up the trailer and drive to Poowong to pick up his bike and transport Bob's bike back to Baxter safely. Hooray for Chris Barton............. what a champion.

We continued our ride to Yarragon where we had morning tea, and also met up with Kevin.  Then we continued our ride through Thorpdale, Mirboo Nth, Dumbalk and had lunch in Foster. It looked very dark, but no rain. After lunch we slowly made our way home via Fishcreek, Leongatha, Korumburra and Lock. We stopped at Tooradin for another coffee and a chat, before saying our goodbyes

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Thanks to Chris Dyball for a great ride and also to our tailend Charlie, Alan.
A special thank you is in order to Chris for helping me getting my confidence back.
That is very much appreciated.
Tiny