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Offline Biggles

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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #25 on: December 10, 2014, 12:55:33 PM »
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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #26 on: December 10, 2014, 12:57:42 PM »
Heading for Ulmarra???
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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #27 on: December 10, 2014, 01:14:59 PM »
I wonder if he'll stop at the intersection of the Pacific Highway and Dirty Creek road (half-way between Grafton and Coffs Harbour) to retrieve my yellow 12v air pump from the creek at the northbound side of the Pacific Highway?
 

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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #28 on: December 10, 2014, 01:25:55 PM »


That blew that beautiful friendship.  You're all alone again (naturally).

And it's "deer".      :p          :crackup
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Maybe I used 'dear', as in 'expensive'?  :grin
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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #29 on: December 10, 2014, 01:29:54 PM »
Position as of 2pm

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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #30 on: December 10, 2014, 02:28:22 PM »
Wom is refuelling/taking a break at Sawtell, south of Coffs. Approx 1000k completed

3.10 pm

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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #31 on: December 10, 2014, 03:02:36 PM »
Making some more miles... 3.46 pm

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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #32 on: December 10, 2014, 04:54:15 PM »
5.36pm

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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #33 on: December 10, 2014, 05:43:49 PM »
Looking a bit like a bow being tied...
Can he colour it red?
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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #34 on: December 10, 2014, 05:51:12 PM »
6.36 pm

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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #35 on: December 10, 2014, 07:13:28 PM »
8.05pm

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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #36 on: December 10, 2014, 07:36:51 PM »
You got it Biggles. I found Santa Claus and he gave me a couple of great roads to ride home on. Great day out so far, the missus tell me it's raining at home.
 

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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #37 on: December 10, 2014, 09:27:55 PM »
10.11pm

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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #38 on: December 10, 2014, 10:17:44 PM »
11.10 pm... into the home stretch.



Well done, Craig!
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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #39 on: December 10, 2014, 10:44:10 PM »
Thanks Kev.  Home safe, sound and very well rained on.  SS1600K dusted on some pretty fair roads.  Thanks for the morning coffee Chris and Jean.
 

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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #40 on: December 11, 2014, 12:49:10 AM »
Well done  mate :hatwave
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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #41 on: December 11, 2014, 09:31:19 AM »
Good to see you back safe and sound :thumbs
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Re: Little Ride
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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #43 on: December 11, 2014, 12:25:43 PM »
Humbling to watch a professional at work.
Well done Craig, you made it look easy

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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #44 on: December 11, 2014, 01:03:13 PM »
... and a good write-up, mate!
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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #45 on: December 11, 2014, 01:12:29 PM »
Well done Craig a great read a great ride
Great roads for a spin round the block  ++
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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #46 on: December 11, 2014, 01:46:38 PM »
The last time I rode through the Oxley from Bendemeer to Port Macquarie I was hit with a massive thunderstorm which reduced my speed to less than 20k /h in the worst part of the twisty bits approaching Wauchope. There were two massive lightning strikes very close to me that brought down trees in the valley on my right as I puttered along. The rain was so heavy and visibility so bad, it took me 4 and a quarter hours to travel 270k from Tamworth at 2 am to Port Macquarie at 6.15 am, at an average speed of less than 65kph for that trip.
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Re: Little Ride
« Reply #47 on: December 12, 2014, 07:59:02 PM »
Only just catching up with all thats been going on in the net and out on the blacktops since your start mate.
Capes all sorted but fishing about in busted LC's full of grease is not the fun this ride must have been.

Now I'll go read this un-proofread article.

Cheers mate.
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