sadsacnews2013: SADSAC: Briagalong

A small but keen group gathered at Briagalong for the ride to Maffra and back.
Briagalong must be the place to debut new bicycles as former Electro-Boy, Alistair, has taken on a new image as Titanium Man. The new bike looked rather impressive.
The weather conditions were again kind to us with no sign of the "occasional hail" mentioned in the forecast. The predicted northwesterly did appear on the return return leg just to remind us that life wasn't meant to be easy, all the time.
The route for the ride was generally flat for the most part with just the odd short climb included to raise the heart rate and breathing. Pat was spending the day on her old bike having returned the flashy loan bikes evident on recent rides. She also was to have a new speedy bike for the day but it had not arrived in time. The old bike must have been aware of the situation as half way to lunch it must have cut the rear gear cable. As it turned out the repairmen in the group foiled it's plans and had the bike ride able again, all be it as a 3 speeder. The remainder of the trip to lunch was generally uneventful.
We managed to bulk out the shelter shed at the port at lunch so maybe we had the right numbers. Just to assist with the return Ray had produced his lattice slice and a new chocolatey thing, very nice. We had visitors during lunch with George and Betty dropping in to say hello. Despite his appearance George advised it may be some time before he can join us on the bikes. Just when we were packing up a call from home from the recovering Ann meant that I ended up doing a solo run back to Briagalong to hasten my return. I know that my fitness is down somewhat but my lack of speed on the run to Boisdale suggested that the headwind had kicked in. Even so a wonderful day out.