Ambulance Charity Run - 29 April

[KoroJ]

Wellington Ambulance Charity Run
Sunday 29 April


Departs: 11 am, Park Road, Upper Hutt (Outside Maidstone Park).
Meet before for briefing etc.

Ride will be into town to the Ambulance Centre in Thorndon for a Sausage Sizzle.
Badges $10.
Sausage Sizzle, Tea & Coffee $1 each

Organised by the Wellington Ulysses Branch.
Last year a donation of $1,500 was made to help purchase new stretchers worth about $7,000 each.

The ride will go ahead rain, hail or shine. (It has certainly rained the last few years)
Please come and support the local ambulance…you may need them one day.

Thanks All...refer this thread for pix.

[Hawkeye]

Bum.....p

Good causes always deserve a bump.

(maybe a mod can add this to the Calendar)

[Nasty]

Sounds like fun .. they is good people doing a great job at the ambulance service ... so count on me and the grub being in attendance :)

[Grub]

{nods} will bump this after the ride this Sunday so it substitutes for our next 'regular' Sunday ride

[Smoggie]

Stick my name down for this one. Defo a worthy cause. Hopefully, I will never require their services.

[KoroJ]

Thanks for the support guys. I'm in Aus' till next Friday and may not be able to monitor this thread but look forward to seeing you all there.

[biggles1]

I shall once again be supporting a very worthy cause.

[James Deuce]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/calendar.php?do=getinfo&day=2007-4-29&e=1251&c=1

[Bloody Mad Woman (BMW)]

I'll be there - just have to find where maidstone park is!!:scooter:

[James Deuce]

http://www.smaps.co.nz/nz/upper+hutt/

You may have to zoom in a bit.

[Bloody Mad Woman (BMW)]

http://www.smaps.co.nz/nz/upper+hutt/

You may have to zoom in a bit.

You pay me a great compliment in thinking I can read a map!! I am still trying to figure out those things - and god I have tried!! but think I have to accept - it is beyond me. Thank god for cellphones is what I say! May bring the mad maori mate - he can be my navigator!!

It is not on there Jim!!

[Nasty]

Definately a ride of the week methinks and on a Sunday ... we may need these guys again in future so well worth supporting!!!

[James Deuce]

It is not on there Jim!!

Sigh.

Yes it is.

Zoom in one click.

[Shadows]

You pay me a great compliment in thinking I can read a map!! I am still trying to figure out those things - and god I have tried!! but think I have to accept - it is beyond me. Thank god for cellphones is what I say! May bring the mad maori mate - he can be my navigator!!

It is not on there Jim!!

It is on the eastern side of Upper Hutt railway station.
Heading North on Fergusson Drive, turn right at the Burger King / Cobb & Co. roundabout, rightish around the next roundabout, pass the swimming pool which should now be on your left, over the railway line, hang a left at the roundabout (fuck there's a lot of roundabouts in the Hutt), then just follow the road and you'll come to a playground/park. That's the bugger.

[Paul in NZ]

Anyone know roughly what time the 'ride' gets into town?

We have an afternoon ride with the Classic Club lads thats not to be missed but fortunately, starts in town.

Cheers

[KoroJ]

Shouldn't be much mor than half an hour.

The organiser is Ron Meiklen. His contact details are here http://www.ulysses.org.nz/wellington/

[Paul in NZ]

Sweet - we will try to rock up and donate anyway... If they shag about we will ride independently - hope the weathers OK...

[Bloody Mad Woman (BMW)]

Got wet weather gear out of the cupboard!

[James Deuce]

Supposed to be fine tomorrow.

[Grub]

I think you're right ... was thinking that it might be like today and was going to play the guilt-trip card

No wimping out. Even if it's wet the ambos will still scrape you off the road

[Steam]

Yeah I'm gunna come. Bringing the Apocalypse, some old ulysses codger might get a laugh from it. Hey Jim2, if you are there come say Hi because I've not met you before. I'll be looking for your Kawa but hell they all look the same to me.

[hsvboy06]

Departs: 11 am, Park Road, Upper Hutt
Not wanting to be picky, but for those that are a bit confused like me, I think it is Park Street. Click here (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=park+st,+maidstone+park,+upper+hutt,+nz&layer=&sll=-41.119406,175.080473&sspn=0.043581,0.051413&ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=-41.125239,175.075507&spn=0.021788,0.025706&om=1) for a map of where I think it is...

[Grub]

Yep you got it right. It's a good looking morning, roads look dryish. We're just about ready to head out to Rimutex, a blat up the hil and back for me and then Maidstone Park

[KoroJ]

Thanks very much to all who turned up. There were 90 bikes at the Ambulance Centre which was awesome after the 30 odd in the pouring rain last year and $1,000 was passed over to contribute towards a new defribulator.

This Ulysses organasied ride appears to have been well supported by Kiwi Bikers, HOG riders and WIMA. In fact, the organisation was short on badges and sausages thanks to the great turnout. (PM me if anyone missed out on a badge and would like to order one)

Here's a few pix.

[KoroJ]

And a few more

[KoroJ]

And a few more

[Steam]

Can you PM me or put up the picture you got of me? Even if it's a bad one, I haven't got one of me next to the bike yet. Nice ta meetcha!

[KoroJ]

And we can't leave out the 'Steam-er' & 'Mc-Steam-ee'.

Not to mention the cheque.

[Nasty]

Awesome trip .. and well worth the dosh we contributed .. sausies were nice and warming as well .. and I even found me in the pictures ... what day could be better :)

[Nasty]

Can you PM me or put up the picture you got of me? Even if it's a bad one, I haven't got one of me next to the bike yet. Nice ta meetcha!

and you look great too ;)

[Madness]

That was a good day out. I ended up at the Taka carpark as usual for a toasted sandwich. Ambo's were hard at work with a 4 or 5 car pile-up at Te Marua, go the Ambo's!.

[Paul in NZ]

Noice to see you all.... I hate large group riding (with a passion) as people in cars get all antsy and stressed by lotsa bikes and it's a bloody wonder we all made it but - we did and I had 3 sausages - anna coffee and gave em extra too because frankly the sausages were GREAT!

Timing was perfect because Jim2 and I (who is a top bloke despite only getting one sausage) then joined the Wellie Classic Club for the second 'Fortifications' ride which was a LOT more fun than riding up the Takas (again) because we went to places we had never been and saw some pretty interesting old munt in wierd places. I actually learnt a bit including my street scrambler is more street than scrambler ( I did a cool wheel spin in some cow poos though) and Jim2 found that his bike is actually an adventure bike and that old bikes are not always evil handling piles of shit...

We both found kick starting an old bike with poo in your boot is slippy.

A blardy GOOD day

[Bloody Mad Woman (BMW)]

Well my ride was even shorter - slept in - got up at 10.50am - got straight into the leathers - just going through the petone - hutt turn off and saw all the bikes so did a u-ee. Enjoyable event.
And Jim2 could have had more sausages if he wanted!! lol