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Title: Birthday bash
Post by: Kev Murphy on November 05, 2015, 12:54:50 AM

Apart from Leo and the birthday thread, only 2 personal emails with birthday greetings for the day, and one terse two-word text message from the ex partner. I guess I belong to the forgotten few, and yes, it rained on my birthday as well.

As the weather seemed fair yesterday morning, I decided to tootle off for my birthday. Headed northwest around 10.30 am towards South Australia, and as I approached Mt Gambier I could see dirty weather approaching. Pulled into a servo and donned the wets around ten minutes before it started coming down, not real heavy, just continuous. Peeled out and headed northeast to Casterton, dropped into friends home at Sandford just after 2pm for coffee and a break from the rain for an hour before heading for home. Arrived home around 4.45 pm. A bit less than 400 km for the day, but 3/4 of the trip was in medium to heavy rain with poor visibility, so speed was reduced to suit the conditions.
Locally, rainfall reported as 6.4 mm, altho further north was a bit heavier.
The day hardly seemed worth the bother, so I fed the cats, turned on my lekky blanket, and went to bed shortly after 5pm

Looking at the map below, I see the left profile of a gorillas' face with a pouting lip.

(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y352/kjm47/Image1_zpsnrutdl7i.jpg)(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y352/kjm47/gor_zpskmg0p9dq.jpg)

Title: Re: Birthday bash
Post by: denis on November 05, 2015, 01:12:40 AM

Happy Birthday KEV, couple of hours late. Didn't logon yesterday as flat out mowing lawns before rain hits us. Started last night and very humid so most likely wasted my time. Have a good day today Denis Diane. 

Title: Re: Birthday bash
Post by: Kev Murphy on November 05, 2015, 01:54:17 AM

Thanks Denis and Di. Lawns are a problem... turn your back on them for a couple of RTEs, and you have a jungle.

Title: Re: Birthday bash
Post by: Wild Rose on November 05, 2015, 04:17:12 AM

Sounds like you had a good Birthday ride except for the rain. I much prefer a dry track. The hardest job is cleaning up the ST after a wet run  :cuss
Thanks for sharing your day with us  :like

Title: Re: Birthday bash
Post by: Gadget on November 05, 2015, 08:13:37 AM

Belated Happy Birthday Kev. Hope you have a great year.

Title: Re: Birthday bash
Post by: Kev Murphy on November 05, 2015, 12:34:56 PM

Funny?... I don't feel any older than a day over 68?  :grin

Title: Re: Birthday bash
Post by: Kev Murphy on November 06, 2015, 07:38:39 PM

I am looking fwd to a more serious ride in a weeks time, hopefully in better weather conditions.
Planned route for Friday 13 Nov below, with a one hour stop in Sandford to update a computer, returning through Geelong and Warrnambool on Sunday.

(http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/y352/kjm47/13%20nov_zpsgwnkwffl.jpg)