Canterbury- basic Adventure Cruise Saturday 11 September 2010

**Buddha#81:Me** · 10th September 2010, 15:41

I need the time out.....see ya all at 11.30, I need to be in town at 4.30-5 at the latest, so may bail out early!

**Peeteey** · 10th September 2010, 15:46

Bollocks, you lot'll have to have fun without me. Difficult I know but chin up and all that ...
Dad's 70th ... You'd think I'd remember that!

**Kenb** · 10th September 2010, 17:11

Hi TA,

I'm new to this caper, but I assume that you are talking about the BK on Moorehouse Ave?

Cheers,

Ken

**Transalper** · 10th September 2010, 17:32

Yep, just in the carpark there, Burger King/Countdown, Moorhouse Ave.
I just choose it as it's central and seems to work ok for the road riders who meet there every Saturday and during summer every Wednesday evening.
If you come along you won't be new to it any more.

Food !!
I'm going to have a bit of Brunch before i leave home and may take a snack or maybe pack half a subway sandwich to have on the road.
Can't promise what shops will be open or what time we will hit Akaroa, though I'd expect fuel and food to be available there when we do arrive.

Updated GPS files stop at Akaroa.
Right click, save as...
240kb - file here.

34kb Compressed (zipped) gpx file here.

**TangoCharlie** · 10th September 2010, 21:05

I'll be there, sounds like a great stress relief

**mattsdakar** · 11th September 2010, 17:42

Doh, just finished preparing the bike and checking the thread for departure time only to realise ride is Saturday, not Sunday, bugger, hope you guys had a good ride

**Buddha#81:Me** · 11th September 2010, 18:28

Ya blardy plonker Matt. Thanks guys and gals good arvo out! Sorry I had to bail out early. Had fun and was pleasant to ride with level headed guys, other rides I've been on you can fear for ya safety. Although the road tires wernt the best decision I've made.

**ADVGD** · 11th September 2010, 19:04

Thanks TA for organizing and running this, a laid-back ride was just what the doctor ordered, I had really enjoyable day. Good to finally meet some you, I look forward to catching up for more rides in the future

**Peril** · 11th September 2010, 19:10

As above,great day out,was a bit cold on the homeward leg and was good to see some new faces.

**Crim** · 11th September 2010, 19:21

+1 on the great day, thanks TA great ride - is it easy to "post" the route on something us non GPS people can see on the PC? - if not can you just post the roads and I will google and find it - some great roads that I would love to take some mates up some time
Thanks again, Cheers Crim
I saw the DR650 shoot through at Duvauchelle so thought I would blast through to town behind it - my plan soon failed as I got stuck behind some slow traffic going up the hill

so it was a solo ride - but road wasn't too bad - a good trip

**Transalper** · 11th September 2010, 19:31

Excellent day out people. 14 of us started.
Good to see some old friends and nice to meet a whole lot of fresh faces.

Will post my track log shortly. It can be dropped in google earth.
Might try form a map picture for you too.

How was the condition of the main road home from Duvauchelle?

**Crim** · 11th September 2010, 19:38

Originally Posted by Transalper

How was the condition of the main road home from Duvauchelle?

Good - a couple of unexpected bumps but no real hazards until just before Halswell (and then signposted)

**Transalper** · 11th September 2010, 20:05

Track log is here... (491kb) (right click, save as)
Drop it in Google earth or any other compatible program that takes and displays gpx files on maps.