Twilight Ride

Sixteen bikes and twenty-four people took part in the second Twilight ride organised by Peter Baulch. Assembling at Baxter shopping centre for the obligatory "cuppa" Peter then advised us of the route we were to take to get to our destination. Two Bays were joined by some members from the Mornington Wanderers where upon Peter explained our road etiquette to every one .On the road again [should be a line in a song] members wound their way to Lang Lang, Poowong, and Korumburra where we were by Jack and Malie who late arriving at Baxter. Stopping at Leongatha most people opted for a 'soft cone' ice-cream from Macca's. then on to Tarwin Lower for dinner. Arriving at the Riverside Hotel was an eye opener cos we were there along with all these "cowboys" and there 'utes' attending what is commonly called a wait for it.....A Ute muster. Well it turned out that these young people were doing a food run for the animals of the unfortunate survivors of the bush fires. Never judge a book by its cover. One of the 'utes' had reportedly a 1000 L.E.D lights on it must look like a Christmas tree a night. After dinner it was time to hit the road again. Now being 'tailend charlie' you are treated to a sight that no one else sees and that is sixteen bikes of varying sizes and shapes winding their way along the road and sitting behind a new Goldwing is like sitting behind 'Battle Star Galactica' if any one hit one of these things and said "I didn't see it" must be bl!!!y blind .After a regroup at Corinella and saying our farewells we made our own way home to bed.

Wednesday May 02, 2012