sadsacnews2013: SADSAC: Woodside - Port Albert 24 November.

A solid roll up of around twenty riders made the effort to get to Woodside for the last ride of the Sadsac calendar. The weather for the ride was always in doubt and as it turned out was considerably kinder to the group than if they had stayed at home.
Just before the start the most significant precipitation occurred raising some worries for the rest of the day. These concerns were unfounded as it turned out as the rest of the day was relatively dry. The route to Port Albert covers some rather nice quiet roads which tended to lend themselves to social riding. The usual run out between Tarraville and the outskirts of the Port did not take place this year due to lack of interest. There did seem to be some urgency in the final run into town but this may have been due to the slightly wet conditions at the time. Due to the possibility of more showers over the break, suitable shelter was found a short distance from the port itself. Once all those that desired some of the local hot produce were in possession of said items, the group congregated at the park. While it remained cool for the break the fish and chips helped raise the temperature. Marg had provided a good selection of delicious cakes to those unable to survive on chips alone.
Just before we launched off on the return we sang Happy Birthday to Shirley just to brighten her day.
The run home did include some slightly busier roads through Alberton and on towards Yarram. Once onto Pound Road the traffic dropped right off and the expected headwind was fortunately all cross. On to Old Sale Road the tailwind appeared again making easy riding back up to the highway. Since we missed out on the run out on the morning leg I made the offer of a run out over the last 8 km. This did allow some of the group to put in for the final part of our final ride.
It appeared that the overall feeling was that the day had been a good one.
Our next Sadsac ride will be the last Sunday in January.