Mangamuka Playdate: 7-8 December

[Juniper]

*cough* running late.

[GravelRashKid]

Reached Dargaville and the roads are bone dry.
Jace, you took the rain back to Auckland with you.

[Mongolian]

Reached Dargaville and the roads are bone dry.
Jace, you took the rain back to Auckland with you.

Yeh they were pretty much dry on the way home, was a nice ride back actually. hope the rest of the journey is rain free

[george formby]

Yeh they were pretty much dry on the way home, was a nice ride back actually. hope the rest of the journey is rain free

We had rain this mornin but it's been since mid day. Fookin hot actually. There is a lot of wood in an old tree! Think the starter bearing on the chainsaw has seized... Pruning saw is killing me.

Hope ewes is having a lurvely time.

[caspernz]

I dont think ive done the Mangamuka road, muct get up there one day.

Shame on you, it's a daytrip from Aucks...

[GravelRashKid]

Should be a great day for it.
Heading to Kaitaia for breakfast then off to do the gorge a few times, if anyone would like to joins us.

[Juniper]

Interesting ride. Good lot of fun. Beautiful views. Great food at some places. That Speights pub just across the road from the Caltex in Wellsford is really nice!! New owners from last week, the service was superb and the food wonderful.

Did the gorge 6 times the Forrest only twice. All bodies got a bit sore, lots of lying down on the grass by the older folk and standing and stretching for me.

Played tag with a bunch of riders that seemed to be relatively doing the same trip.

Weather was up and down. Getting through the bad part in the beginning was worth the great sun and shine and perfectly slight cloud cover.

[Juniper]

Did the chalk test to much ego boosting success.

[GravelRashKid]

Did the chalk test to much ego boosting success.

Chicken strips have been banished, two-up on the gorge is a huge amount of fun. It gets better every time we go through.

Awesome weekend. As half expected, all plans for timing were out the window, which added to the experience.
There was talk of heading south for a weekend...

[angle]

Interesting ride. Good lot of fun. Beautiful views. Great food at some places. That Speights pub just across the road from the Caltex in Wellsford is really nice!! New owners from last week, the service was superb and the food wonderful.

Yes, the food was very, very good!

Did the gorge 6 times the Forrest only twice. All bodies got a bit sore, lots of lying down on the grass by the older folk and standing and stretching for me.

I lay down on the couch as soon as I got back home, falling asleep within a couple of minutes The grass was also nice, soft and pleasant by the way.

Awesome weekend. As half expected, all plans for timing were out the window, which added to the experience.
There was talk of heading south for a weekend...

It was a great ride indeed Not keeping to a time schedule made it only better, as we got to enjoy other, unplanned, stuff.

[Maha]

Should be a great day for it.
Heading to Kaitaia for breakfast then off to do the gorge a few times, if anyone would like to joins us.

So you missed out this bit all together?...tut tut, remember we did last year in wet'ish conditions? and was a sublime bit of road, would have been even better in the dry.

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[Juniper]

Awwww. Yeah we did miss that. Ahh well, there is always next time.