JUST THE TWO OF US ! --------  GREENDALE PUB RIDE   -   12th July  2009

Undeterred by
forcasts of rain / hail / wind and all sorts of other in-climate weather Brian
and myself set off from the Highway Inn  ( Werribee  ) just after 10.

We travelled out the back
through Little River, past the You Yangs, through Bacchus Marsh and into Ballan
our first planned coffee / pitstop.

Upon arriving Brian
found out that he had a missed call – turned out to be Gavin who had
slept in and missed us at Werribee – we waited enough time in case Gavin
had attempted to catch us at Ballan. But after a while assumed he hadn’t . Around this time whilst we were waiting Brian
broke into singing “ Just the two of us “
to himself.

We set off for
Daylesford and then on to Trentham for our next pitstop. Me with “ Just the two of us ” repeating in my head.
After a short break we set off down the hill to Greendale.

Whilst on the way I
noticed a trailer loaded with cut up logs pull off of the side of the road in
front of us. Something looked a bit unstable about the load so I eased off the
throttle and dropped back a bit. After a short time the inevitable happened,
one of the logs fell off the trailer bouncing end on end for a while before leaving
the road and hitting a roadside sign with a loud bang.

When we arrived at
the pub, Brian asked me if everything was OK as I’d slowed for a while. I
asked him if he’d seen the log fall off the trailer, he said no, but had
heard a loud bang.

Upon entering the pub
Gavin and his new pillion ( much improved over the
boys ) Sophie “ Pinkie” Warrick were waiting at our table right
beside the open fire.

As usual the meal was
excellent and good value. A small ride in numbers, but as usual, good in
company.

Peter Dyer