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    Chanceyy’s disappearing act

    Gotta love cheap flights around the country .. anyhow with Birthday last week & the temptation to disappear (kinda - sorry it was not permanent) where have I been ????

    here are a few pics as a teaser .. those who know dunna give the game away

    however it was the most excellent weekend .. with a job housesitting where the occupants had gone away for the weekend & only needing to feed the dogs & cats (no problem) & the promise of a birthday treat or two how could i resist..

    so on the plane I get friday nite .. where the captain kindly informs us when he called into the destination at lunch time it was a balmy 32 degrees and no wind .. now later in the evening it was a raging southerly and 15 degrees .. the whole plane laffed rather nervously as most were in very little clothing .. for me having been warned it was cold I had on hand my bike jacket to put on ..

    must add here that to get my birthday treat I really needed to bring my bike gear .. ohh ok then i am in

    so thanks to a kber who picked me up from the airport to take me to my housesitting "job" it was great to catch up .. after spending a nite with a hard body .. namely a staffy called amber who once was in bed died rather nicely & would not move over .. (only to be told she is not allowed to sleep on the bed .. )

    Saturday dawned fine & the southerly the day prior cooled the temp enough to make it perfect biking weather .. so geared up & awaited my chauffer to pick me up .. so a few bike shops were checked out .. but we flagged that idea & took off for our lunch destination .. spent a couple of fab hours out there .. & off again ..

    around some great twisties & sweepers & when he pulled over wondered wot was wrong .. well fark me .. handed me the keys & said happy birthday .. take it for a ride ... are you sure ??? ok then I was off .. well hell love the extra power & nice to pass cars with just opening the throttle .. did my usual trick & rode past waving with a huge grin on my face .. but yes I finally rode back to pick him up ..

    then it was off again gas up, & another few hundy ks to our next destination .. after talking the cafe owner to let us have a drink (he had closed) we sat on the grass & took in the amazing scenery .. back to the house & a great nite of alcohol and ... well lets just leave it there

    sunday & it was serious recovery time .. waiting for the house occupants to get home & catch up before I caught a ride to the airport & home again ...

    it was seriously the best birthday treat I have had in quite a few yrs .. thank you hon .. will see you again soon
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    Have to Karma ... Justice catches up eventually !!

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    second destination pics
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    Have to Karma ... Justice catches up eventually !!

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    So I'm guessing it looks like Diamond Harbour followed by Roxburgh. Cool If you hadn't said a few hundy k's away I might have thought Lake Coleridge.
    Cheers

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    the bike that the keys belonged too ...







    Thanks B for the & the fan-blardy-tastic weekend can not wait for the next one
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    Quote Originally Posted by merv View Post
    So I'm guessing it looks like Diamond Harbour followed by Roxburgh. Cool
    close ... but
    Have to Karma ... Justice catches up eventually !!

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    The Diamond Harbour bit has to be right though eh? How about my second comment about Lake Coleridge or is that Cobb?
    Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by merv View Post
    The Diamond Harbour bit has to be right though eh? How about my second comment about Lake Coleridge or is that Cobb?
    hmm Charteris bay .. & nods Lake Coleridge .. did not take ya long there merv .. been there before then ??
    Have to Karma ... Justice catches up eventually !!

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    Quote Originally Posted by chanceyy View Post
    hmm Charteris bay .. & nods Lake Coleridge .. did not take ya long there merv .. been there before then ??
    OK Charteris, near enough - well yeah I spent 5 years in the South and for all of NZ there is only one area on the main islands I have never been and that is the Catlins.

    Coleridge isn't hundy's of kms though that's what was getting me - it would be what about 100 at most from Charteris?

    Here you go here's a couple of my pics at Coleridge January 1977 . Mrs merv back when every self respecting chick drove a Mini and then a pic of the powerhouse from a different angle up above the penstocks.
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    Cheers

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    the house occupants





    thanks D & R for the "housesitting job " .. it was excellent

    first pic B riding R bike after its bath ..

    2nd pic D on the guzzi
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    Have to Karma ... Justice catches up eventually !!

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    Quote Originally Posted by merv View Post
    OK Charteris, near enough - well yeah I spent 5 years in the South and for all of NZ there is only one area on the main islands I have never been and that is the Catlins.

    Coleridge isn't hundy's of kms though that's what was getting me - it would be what about 100 at most from Charteris?


    sorry several hundy ks there & back ..
    Have to Karma ... Justice catches up eventually !!

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    ah the piccies look good there chancyy! You DID manage to get a lot without the rider noticing! Was nice to see ya chick, even only briefly... and thanks for pet sitting they certainly loved the opportunity to be naughty
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    Fark!! thats where me bike got to on the weekend lol I know you only took it upto 6k but it isn't even starting to wake up there (it's enough to vaporise the license but 8k is where the fun starts)

    Did about 350kms from ChCh-Lyttleton-Diamond Harbour (only coz the Wheatsheaf was closed)-Gebbies-TaiTapu-Burnham-Dunsandel-Hororata-Lake Coleridge settlement-Glentunnel-Sheffield-ChCh

    Hope you had a great time and Canterbury roads aren't that boring
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rashika View Post
    ah the piccies look good there chancyy! You DID manage to get a lot without the rider noticing! Was nice to see ya chick, even only briefly... and thanks for pet sitting they certainly loved the opportunity to be naughty
    I was really lucky he did not blip the throttle or I might have gone off the back ... at least he gave me a tap or two warning when he did blip it ..

    the dogs were great R they are damn funny ...love how they take advantage when someone does not know the rules huh but must admit it was like being sandwiched in when I woke up sunday morn
    Have to Karma ... Justice catches up eventually !!

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    Great ride, fantastic country.
    Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rashika View Post
    ah the piccies look good there chancyy! You DID manage to get a lot without the rider noticing!
    she should have taken a shot of me when I got told that pics had been snapped on the road up to Coleridge only had to contend with about 8kms of freshly laid seal on the road up there

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