Friday, January 1, 2010

Er which way was it, more Mark an Rueben


Which way then mates

It looks slippy eh, it was worse than that

Smiley Bruce
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The meet up and ride with Mark and Rueben




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Mark and Rueben

Met these 2 through Horizonsunlimited web site, we did a rather longer ride out with these 2, over 400km mostly on trails and back roads in the pissin rain, I thought it was supposed to be hot here!!!!! we met up at 8.30am( I know seems unlikely for us but its true) and headed off into the rain forest and boy did it live upto its name, Both guys were on road bikes with road tyres and we did some great trails, they did really well on road tyres, I was slipping all over the place on Trail tyres, I can,t list everywhere we went cos I havn,t got a clue all I know is it was another great day and we wound up back at Marks in Brisbane where we stopped the night and eat a homemade curry and drank a lot of beer so thanks mates for a great day out.Mark has given us a load of maps with detailed instructions of great roads, we are heading off tomorrow to head down to Sidney and surrounding ares and probably going to a bike rally that Mark told us about in Cambera, Pics to follow

Bruce, Amanda and Glen at natural bridge


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Couple of ride outs we did with people we met here

We met Amanda, (no not that one, this is one who lives here) havin a smoke outside a pub here, turns out she,s a Warrington girl and she rides bikes, were a bloody magnet me an B, She very kindly offered to show us round some of the back routes through the mountains east of here, her boyfriend Glen came with us in a very tidy 67 Mustang, we met up at her house and set off to a place called Natural bridge, a great ride out and very good company



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Christmas in OZ

After John left we started to prepare for Cristmas at my Bro,s Andrea,( his new wife, well not that new but its only the second time we,ve met so she,s still new to me!!!!) made us very welcome which was great as she was so busy preparing for a traditional Christmas for everybody, she put so much work into it so thanks Andrea and Mike for a great time, it was a bit strange for Bruce and I as we normally piss off Skiing for Christmas and last year we were camping at Arusha in Tanzania, I havnt had a traditional Crimbo for at least 20yrs!!!! Surprise suprise it was great, The last time I had Christmas with my Brother was about 50yrs ago, honest!On Christmas day Andreas Daughter, husband and 3 kids showed up along with her son and his girlfriend, so massive dinner, a few drinks and then in the pool, it is so strange for it to be hot on chrismas day, no, not strange its plain wrong, it should be snowing or at least cold and raining, hmmmm missing Manchester, well a bit, OK some more pics

That bleedin car/ potholes and fuel pump




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