For all those heading to Blinman for the meet up tomorrow, enjoy your ride, keep warm and safe and we'll see you there.
ZigZag
A great weekend's riding for me and Taffey. Headed to Port Augusta on Friday afternoon via various points in SA and clocked up over 700km. Some great riding in the dark but it was damn cold all day.
Headed to Blinman Saturday via Davo's memorial plaque and the Horrocks Pass, Orroroo, Carrieton and Hawker for fuel and breakfast.
Then a fabulous ride to Blinman with very little traffic.
Arrived at the North Blinman hotel to meet the other participants which totalled, 0. We did hear some bikes approaching but they turned out to be day riders from who knows where.
Either way,Taffey and I had a very enjoyable time.
Some photos of our trip...
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Davo's Memorial
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Hawker Breakfast
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North Blinman Arrival
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Perfectly estimated distance
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Where is everyone, it's almost times up?
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Off for an afternoon adventure
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Glass Gorge Loop
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ZigZag taking in the vista
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Taffey on the burst
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ZigZagging a way...
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Frosty Sunday start
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The old schoolyard at Blinman
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A miners breakfast
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Heading east towards Lake Frome, and the back way to Yunta (320km of dirt)
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ZigZag up the hill
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First stop, do we go right or straight on?
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RIP
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Our riders having morning tea in the middle of nowhere. Kept thinking Omar Sharif would arrive from the distance on a camel...
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Is that Omar in the distance?
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A third of the way
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Time to turn south to the Barrier Highway
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What the heck? 10km of hardtop...
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Where is ZigZag?
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There's his bike...
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Look closely, he's ZigZagging down the hill
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An old ruin punctuates the landscape
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Another view...
The reason I dropped back was so I wasn't eating Taffey's dust. 8)
That and dodging the Emus.