Monday 9th April Ride round the Coast

[T.W.R]

Would have been a great day to do the long block
Was in Nelson for the weekend rode up Saturday & back today through the lewis. Wasn't overly flash on Saturday but today was a blinder

Did you guys see the 2 cars just close to Maruia Springs? the old station wagon ploughed into the side of the hill by the 2nd single lane bridge and the other car down the bank just before the Hotel

Old plod was patrolling the road between Maruia springs & Springs Junction too, No-one get sprung?

[200BUSA]

We saw the car that went into the bank but not the one that went over,was it on our side -if the other side maybe why we didnt notice it.Saw a few HP but not the numbers i thought would be on the road.But the traffic we saw was pretty well behaved for a change.The roads were good as was the weather.

[T.W.R]

We saw the car that went into the bank but not the one that went over,was it on our side -if the other side maybe why we didnt notice it.Saw a few HP but not the numbers i thought would be on the road.But the traffic we saw was pretty well behaved for a change.The roads were good as was the weather.

The wagon in the hill looked like a scarfies car, the one down the bank was about 200m up the road from the Maruia Springs Hotel on the river side of the road (R/H side heading towards the hotel in amongst the trees).

I'd stopped a couple of km before the M/S hotel & the HP car went past heading the same direction & when I saw him again he was sitting in the Hotel carpark facing back towards Springs Junc. The HP car at Culverden was chatting to a Harley went I went through there.
Came back through mid arvo & the traffic was building up bloody campervans were causing headaches, though still managed Murchison to Culverden in just under 2hrs

[200BUSA]

We missed the car down bank as we were heading towards Reefton and that meant we missed the traffic as they were going opposite way to us until we got the traffic at Arthurs Pass,we saw HP in Culverden but not many after that.Lots of Fendalton tractors towing boats but slow traffic was actually pulling over and letting others pass,so i must say that the motorists we came across were well behaved and actually used there mirrors and there brains for a change.

[T.W.R]

Lots of Fendalton tractors towing boats but slow traffic was actually pulling over and letting others pass,so i must say that the motorists we came across were well behaved and actually used there mirrors and there brains for a change.

Makes a difference when the tin-tops actually think a bit had a truck wave me past when heading through Owen river & when I stopped for fuel at Murch he carried on through, I picked him up again on the way to Springs Junc and he waved me through again

[u4ea]

Bellfast..Middlemarch and Orangeback gotta love them southern town names......hope you guys get out more...us northereners are always itching to ride in the south!!!!!!!! ENJOY


(twr....now im onto it lmao)

[yod]

Bellfast..Middlemarch and Orangeback gotta love them southern town names......hope you guys get out more...us northereners are always itching to ride in the south!!!!!!!! ENJOY


(twr....now im onto it lmao)

those southern roads are great....springs to murch is an awesome piece of track!! and the inland route south of kaikoura is a blast too

[cowboy6155]

Hey, Garfield, it was no problem. You would do the same for any of us. You wer lucky someone was open.
The time before last I was on the West Coast, one of the group had an off down a bank. Wrecked a nice Aprilla. A bald tyre is nothing.
It WAS a great day out, thanks Busa for organising the ride. We need more of this, eh?

[200BUSA]

Well since the ride went well at the weekend how about a ride on Anzac day.Check out the Anzac day ride thread and post up some ideas.