Wellington Rideouts - Where next?

[bart]

BYO beers and we normally put in a kitty for pizza.

Cat pizza....yuck

[Eddieb]

Cat pizza....yuck

Tastes more like chicken than dog does.

[bart]

Tastes more like chicken than dog does.

Haha, good call. Those meat lover pizzas often have me wondering. The meat ball things don't taste like any meat I can recognise.

[Eddieb]

Ride to Sutherlands Hut behind Martinborough is on tomorrow. Meet at Caltex Rimutaka at 9:45am.

If you've never been there this is what you would be in for, view from 6 minutes on in particular.



The ride is mainly being organised through here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AdventureRidinginNZ

[dino3310]

what a cool looking place to ride

[Eddieb]

I was considering organising a weekend down here to ride Ocean Beach and that. There's a DOC house just at the beginning of that that sleeps 10 in bunks, plus tent space outside and it can be booked exclusively for weekends. Last time I checked it would work out at about $15 per bunk bed per night and about a fiver per tent. You would have to bring everything required to eat/drink/sleep as it's 30-40 km of mostly gravel from the nearest town which closes early.

It wouldn't be full on non stop dawn till dust sort of riding weekend but if we met at the house Friday night, Saturday we could do the Doc house to Ocean Beach and ride that, Over to Lake Ferry Pub for lunch, Lake Ferry beach then out to Ngawi and Cape Palliser lighthouse. That would take most of Saturday depending on how many riders and how they like soft sand. There may even be time to do a run from the house to the hut and back that afternoon/evening

Sunday could be Sutherlands Hut in the morning (again for some?) then everyone can head off back home.

[Box'a'bits]

Bump for the Pizza Beer & Bullshit Night tonight at 6.30pm.

Eddie, can you please PM your address - I've invited someone else along, but can't recall your street no.

Cheers, Steve

[Eddieb]

Next Wellington Pizza night is next Tuesday October 9th at 6:30pm.

Come along and meet some other Adventure riders. BYO beers and we normally put in a kitty for pizza.

PM me for the address if you want to come along.

Thanks everyone for turning up tonight, 11 people in total made for lots of bullshit Who left their beers in the fridge? I'm never going to drink it.

[BMWST?]

Thanks everyone for turning tonight, 11 people in total made for lots of bullshit Who left their beers in the fridge? I'm never going to drink it.

whens the next tyre change?

[Eddieb]

whens the next tyre change?

The E-07 is getting a bit worn, though I gave it a bit of a thrashing on Sunday and it didn't seem to wear it down much.

[Aslan]

I was considering organising a weekend down here to ride Ocean Beach and that. There's a DOC house just at the beginning of that that sleeps 10 in bunks, plus tent space outside and it can be booked exclusively for weekends. Last time I checked it would work out at about $15 per bunk bed per night and about a fiver per tent. You would have to bring everything required to eat/drink/sleep as it's 30-40 km of mostly gravel from the nearest town which closes early.

It wouldn't be full on non stop dawn till dust sort of riding weekend but if we met at the house Friday night, Saturday we could do the Doc house to Ocean Beach and ride that, Over to Lake Ferry Pub for lunch, Lake Ferry beach then out to Ngawi and Cape Palliser lighthouse. That would take most of Saturday depending on how many riders and how they like soft sand. There may even be time to do a run from the house to the hut and back that afternoon/evening

Sunday could be Sutherlands Hut in the morning (again for some?) then everyone can head off back home.

is this still a possibility Eddie? - that said most of my weekends are tied up with whanau commitments - just asking

[Eddieb]

Vid from Sunday.

[Box'a'bits]

Cool video. Looked a lot wetter in there than the last time I was through, & the stream beds looked rougher..

[bart]

Looks sloppy. I take it you didn't have a look up 'the hill'.

[Eddieb]

Cool video. Looked a lot wetter in there than the last time I was through, & the stream beds looked rougher..

Looks sloppy. I take it you didn't have a look up 'the hill'.

It was a lot more rutted in general and the streams did have a lot more chunky rocks in them than usual. No, didn't go anywhere near the hill.