August 16, 2009

Pissing down for Tour de Pisse



Despite a miserably wet weekend we managed to somehow not get drenched. The riders assembled at 130pm and left in an orderly fashion at 2pm precisely. They were headed for unknown locations and unknown distance away. Upon hearing about the unknown distance Shrek, one of the punters from the Launceston chapter, decided he should probably fill up his rig with petrol to avoid running out somewhere inconvenient.

GoneAgain was the last minute appointed sweeper for the ride. He was given a map which without his glasses looked like a black circle around Mount Roland, and he had no idea where the stops were. He also failed to notice that Shrek had stopped for petrol after 1 kilometer, the first casualty of the ride. After a successful refreshment stop at Lake Barrington we headed off towards Mount Roland, when at the Round Mountain turnoff Crow's bike stopped for a Harley Break. After a 3 minute observation GoneAgain hurried off to catch the pack and brief them on their fate when he misread his black line and followed the blue smoke leading to Lorina... After frantic riding for a few hours he stopped at Mole Creek to message his compatriots who were lounging at Tracka's vineyard, safely out of mobile range. When they called GoneAgain from the OnOn to see if he was still on this Earth he was in fact pumping petrol next to an alarmed RACT man who was certain the place was going to blow up - with an activated iPhone a mere meter from the pump. GoneAgain escaped alive, without a fine and a full tank to boot.

Proceedings at the OnOn at Crows place were well on their way with well greased walkers. Dini will report on that later. Her photos are <here>.

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