sadsacnews2013: TRAMPS: AGM 25 August

There was a good turnout in the high teens for the shortish ride on the AGM day.
We had one new rider with Geraldine giving an activity that does not require a partner a go.
As expected there was a fair bit of traffic around so most of the time the riders were in and out of single file.
The one thing that was most striking was that all the local streams and rivers were full to overflowing, a result of the significant rainfall earlier in the week.

The ride itself had us out across the Latrobe River and on through Tyers. It was then on to Thoms Bridge before the turn was made for home. The fresh westerly meant that to this point it was heavy going. Once clear of the Thoms Bridge crash site it was considerably easier riding with the tailwind. I suspect that the wind had made the ride somewhat longer than usual and we did not reach the carpark until around one.
Suitably frocked it was on to the RSL for lunch and formalities.
The main speaker for the day had a croaky voice so the jokes were omitted for this year.
The meeting room had a good projector and screen. This allowed Vance to keep us entertained with the his vast array of images from the rides thus far.
The details of the meeting I will leave to Vance but the assembled sincerely thanked Vance and Jan for the considerable efforts over the last year and beyond. These clubs do not run themselves.
Once the formalities were over we viewed a short video about the defibrillator.
This was followed by considerable discussion on the proposed Traralgon to Morwell bike path.
Overall a rather full day of activities.