OCTOBER RIDE TO MITTA MITTA ON THE 19th-20th

 After a phone call to the Mitta Hotel it was discovered that the hotel was under renovations so a ring around other pubs discovered the Cudgewa Hotel could provide the accommodation and beverages required and having never been there that was a good reason to give it a try. The Cudgewa Hotel is in the same sort of area as Mitta but in a different valley. We met at the usual place and all 7 set off for what turned out to be a very good weekend. The publican was very welcoming, the meals were good, the locals were a lot of fun with one standing out from the rest and that was our little mate Joe who only lives 20 mins away. All in all a great trip.

DAY RIDE OCTOBER 6th TO BUNDALONG TAVERN

It was a pretty good roll up for this ride with 12 people coming along. Something that was very pleasing to see was the return of Haggis's bike to the ranks this time it had the new very proud owners on board in Tim and his wife Laurell, well done guys and may you enjoy riding it for many years. Organising the ride was left up to Boots and he did a fine job taking us first to the Big Strawberry at Koonamooo where we had a coffee and tucked into a few strawberry tarts etc. Yarrawonga via Tocumawal was the next  stop and then the short trip to the Tavern for Lunch. Heading back took in the Warby Ranges, Dookie and from there we said our goodbyes' and went our own way home. Bird

SEPTEMBER 21st&22nd RIDE TO JAMIESON

I know it doesn't seem like a big ride to Jamieson but if you take in a bit extra country as we did you can find some very good roads to travel. Six of us left Mooroopna on the Saturday morning and headed for Seymour for our first stop it was just far enough to blow the cobwebs out. Flowerdale was the next stop and there to greet us was "The Brothers Gedye", Allan and Mark who had ridden up from Melbourne. Picturesque scenery and good roads was there to see on our way to Molesworth where we sat down for a hearty meal most of us chose the home made meatballs for lunch and payed the consequences for the rest of the night as the garlic kept repeating... often. After lunch it was back on the road again making our way across to Eildon and then on the back road to Jamieson Hotel where we locked the bikes away and relaxed by the bar for the rest of the night with a bit of finals footy on the telly. We all woke the next morning to the sound of rain on the roof but by the time we had our breakfast and got ready to leave it had all but stopped just leaving us with wet roads to deal with. Getting home early was a bit different but good in a way. Hope all who went had a good time . Bird