Sun 11th (starts with PF)

[aff-man]

Well i'm going to meet as westgate and then (i dunno if it's the main road or not, probably not) but go the way i usually do up north and meet all them fellas and felessess up at welssford or something. Cause i wanna be able to leave wellsoford at about 11:40ish so we don't get back tooo late aye.

[RiderInBlack]

Ant and I rode a good part of Aff's route today but going the other way round.

The Oakleigh/Paparoa road has some pea-metal on the corners on the Northbound side of the road (mainly on the Whangarei end) and a good sink-hole on the same side if you head to Maungakaramea (and not Oakleigh).
The road from Mangawhai to Waipu via Langs Beach and Waipu Cove is looking good.
With the pea-metal in mind, I would recommend you reverse you route Aff, and go:
Wellsford -Te Hana - Mangawhai Rd - Waipu Cove Rd - SH1 -Oakleigh - Oakleigh/Paparoa Rd - Maungaturoto (SH12) - and back to SH1 at The Swinging Cow Tearooms (at the SH1/SH12 T-intersection). This would lessen the chance of someone crapping out on unseen pea-metal.

By the way, at a easy pace it took Ant and I less than 1hour to go from Maungatapere - Otiaka Vly Rd - Maungakaramea - Oakleigh/Paparoa - SH12 to The Swinging Cow Tearooms (SH1/SH12 T-intersection). So The Whangarei riders should be able to get to Wellsford via this route in well under 1 1/2 hours.

[aff-man]

Cheers RIB what ever you think best.

On another note hey ant what was that road that we went on that me CK and the rest ended up waiting at the gas station for ages on. That was a bloody good road both ways??

[Antallica]

Not really sure mate, I'm thinking Otaika Valley Rd (if the gas station you're thinking about is Shell).

As for the pre-route check we did yesterday it was bloody awesome, got myself in 'the zone' for a while down Paparoa until the damn Ulysses distracted me. Got back into it after we arrived at the Tearooms @ the Brendys.

[RiderInBlack]

Sorry I Ass-U-Me-d that the Ak'ers were going via Old North Rd not Helensville. The means that, if they leave Westgate by 10am and go via Helensville, they will not get to Wellsford until well after 11:30am (it may even take them longer than that). If Pacidfemme could conform that this is definitely the route they are taking, then the Whangarei lot would only have to leave Maungatapere by 10am (and not 9:30am as I had posted in the above quote).

Forget all the above. Aucka's are going via Old North Rd. We'll need to leave no later than 9:45am from Maugatapere (going via Oakleigh/Paparoa Rd) to meet them at Wellsford by 11am. If you're running late, go via SH1 and meet us at Wellsford (and then join the ride back up with Aff and Co. )

[aff-man]

Forget all the about. Aucka's are going via Old North Rd. We'll need to leave no later than 9:45am from Maugatapere (going via Oakleigh/Paparoa Rd) to meet them at Wellsford by 11am. If you're running late, go via SH1 and meet us at Wellsford (and then join the ride back up with Aff and Co. )

Hahahaha this double posting bussiness is giving me serious cases od de-ja-vu (sp) hahahahahahahaha