SADSAC: Christmas at Mirrambeek. 08 December.

The weather was rather kind to all those that made the drive to Mirrambeek for this year's Sadsac Christmas breakup. In the end we had 32 riders and family share the day. Despite providing both map and written directions to the venue there were still some that overshot by some kilometres, I must remember to take them off the ride leader list.
The day was always going to be warm and some thought went into providing sufficient shady spots for the group. As it turned out the high cloud rolled in just after midday and that took the bite out of the sunshine.
Unfortunately one of our group may have been affected by the conditions and took a bit of a turn. Our nursing staff were concerned enough to call the ambulance. Due to the remote location the ambulance took some time to arrive and when it did, so too did the much anticipated arrival of Santa. Once the ambulance had departed Santa could get to work on the excited kiddies. Once everyone had their presents and fun the hard working red suited gentleman disappeared off into the bush on his sleigh? It was then Cathie's turn to amuse and embarrass those assembled with well earned certificates to worthy members. Cathie then took her turn to receive one herself. In this case a possibly overdue recognition in the form of a life membership to the club. A quick check of the last 20 plus minutes of the club had her name appearing regularly as an office bearer. She was also one of the original founders back in the very early nineties.  
Overall the day seemed to go off well, at least I did not receive any complaints.
As a follow up Betty appeared in good health today, Monday, although her partner George was still not sounding too good.
 Bring on 2014.

Some of the revelers

More stories to tell

Bye Bye George and Betty

Expecting something big from Santa

Cathie, this is your life

Santa departing