This was Zippy’s much anticipated ride to Moe, so we donned our Sunday best riding moccasins and gathered at Baxter in beautiful, sunny conditions in anticipation of a great day’s ride.
We had 17 turn up with 4 of our lady riders, Candice, Michelle, Annie and Deb, adding a bit of class to the event. We also picked up Peter D at our morning coffee stop in Woori Yallock, making our total tribe 18 – awesome.
Pre-ride briefing and rider blessing by three guest monks (check the pics) complete and, with our trusty leader, Zippy out front, and our super diligent first time TEC, Steve W out back, we headed off for Woori Yallock with a bit of Uey practice en route! One was a road closed that someone swears wasn’t there last week – but it is hard to understand the long grass and weeds growing around the sign base … just saying!
Not to be deterred, off we went on a tour of Officer’s newest subdivisions. Feeling generous, I am only crediting 1 more Uey for that adventure. I think half the area’s population will be listing their houses for sale fearing the bikies are moving in!
Onwards to our coffee stop, then we headed off via Yarra Junction, Powelltown and Noojee, arriving in Moe for lunch via some of Gippsland’s best roads and countryside and another Uey (3).
Fed and watered, away we go again. A bit of backtracking, then heading past Buln Buln to Drouin, past the Robin Hood Hotel, Longwarry to finish up at Tooradin (bakery and ice cream – because we can).
Well done, Zippy and Steve, 
in delivering a great, well-planned ride but, please, if you intend inviting the monks again, give us some warning and I will borrow Wayne’s rosary beads to win a few brownie points
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Cheers,
Mark