Off the Rails, Middlemarch V Sundown Rally, Greta Valley 4 April.

[xknuts]

we might do a jaunt up to Hyde, over and back over the Hyde Hill (just because it is there - and because I rate it as the best bit of motorcycle road in Otago), coffee at Hyde on the way back then on to the rally site.

Princess Fiona has generously lent him her bike RM

Best road in Otago! I couldn't agree more. Is the Lindis Pass in Otago? That might be a dead heat.

PF has a bike??????????????????????????? Now thats NEWS

[geoffc]

Just returned home from Off the Rails rally. Had a great time. A number of Kiwi Bikers were there enjoying the good company, music & scenery. No wet teeshirt this year but 3 young enthusiastic strippers instead. They had a appreciative good natured audience. Strong winds during the night meant several tents were trashed & quite a few more flattened. Didn't spoil what was a excellent rally. I heard 450 attended, up on last year. Well worth going again in 2010. Sorry no pics but someone else will put that right. Cheers.

[Ghost_Bullet]

Wow, that was a rocken rally, yet again... to be honest I was near on "Blown Away"!!!!!!
I did take a few pic's, drank a few drinks... tried to kinda dance, and loved the ride in and out.

The road into Middlemarch from the north out to the pig route is awesome...

Next year for sure.

Pictures to follow at some point.

[woodybee]

Left work at 1pm and met up with 9 Queenstown Crown Rangers, another quick group had left earlier to do a longer run.

It was a great day nice a sunny and got warmer as the day went on, I was staggered and my breath was taken by the seasonal changes on the Trees, the Scenery again mesmorises me on these trips to rallies. Picked up a couple of dudes at Cromwell, The lovely Guy being one of them.

We weaved our way through the painted scenery to Omakau for a pint and breather.....Boy it was warm, but bloody windy................and hooned our way to the rally site in Middlemarch.

The craggy site is wicked and the venue the pongy sheep shearing shed it fab for a pgood piss up and party.

We got there about 5pm and it the site was packed already........Had a drive around, and met up with Hayden and Chrissie, Nicky and Glenn and camped next to them.......and so commenced the beer drinking calculated I drank about 20 cans of speights, although I didn't feel like I had.

I reckon the strippers sucked actually and not just because I am a chick, but its not an r18 rally and there were a few kids around........I'm not a fan of kids at rallies, but with strippers around.....hmmmmm

Their music was shit and didn't think much of their routine, spoke to loads of dudes who weren't impressed with them either.....This rally is so fantastic I personally don't think they need to lower themselves to a strip show, but its their call and didn't take away the fun of the night.

Danced and jumped around stacks and had a ball with Mr.Sensible and Q, met up with Irish Jeff, who I'd previously met at Middlemarch. I spent a large amount of the evening mucking around and drinking and had a dirt sliding competition with Q and Mr S,which was funny. We ran hard out to a rock down the hill a bit, then side slit until we stopped, which when ur carrying a belly food of booze is hysterical as well as knackering. Have now got a hole in my boot, darn in!!

More drinking singing and fooling around inside the shed and out ensued, till then back finished, and an idle kick of a beer can errupted into a football match with shitloads joining in, it was all out fun, lively and must have looked very daft,

I found I had a bruise the size of an egg on my forearm, but fell over quite a big got rugby tackled so much that I don't recall where this occured!!

All in all a wickedly fun night, seemed to recall clambering over Mr. S and Q a bit at some point!?!

Then hurricane winds gathered up dust and carried on blasting the tents around till about 7am in the morning. I slept through it though in a dreamy boozed up state.

Again was nearly the last to leave and Nicky and Tim were milling around.

We all set off together but went out seperate ways pretty quickly. Jeff and I rode together and encountered Paula and Dale in Ranfurly so stopped for a cuppa with them.....that was a random meeting if ever there was one!!

Jeff and I rode through to Alex where he went on his merry way. We said goodbye and marvelled at the Autumnal colours emerging in the ever contrasting lasnscape. Hyde was amazing for yellow leaved skyscaper trees.

The weather was fantastic, but as normal had a shit ride back as felt like poo.

To the Rally organisers, I love the site and your organising of this event and getting 450 in attendance pays homage to your hard work. Said my piece on the Strippers, other than that it was a fantastic rally, thank you Dudes and Dudess's, Off the Rails truly rocks
Had a ball and I feel saddened that Rally Season is nearly over.

Roll on the Beaumont Rally, gonna do a thread on the politics of the Beaumont.....

Cheers all,

Ciao 4 now

Woodybee x

[xknuts]

Now that was great.
Very windy getting there, & had the Trumpy workin hard.
The same old band "Bender" really had their shit together this time & put on a good show, had the crowd rockin!
The historic woolshed is a great all weather venue. The food on offer from the Middlemarch Lions Club looked awesome, Burgers soooo big ya couldn't close the box lid!
The weather this morning looked a bit dodgy, but I perservered on to Alexandra where I ended up sitting around at my folks until 3pm in 25 degrees of brilliant sunshine.
The trip home being eventful when running out of gas on the Clarksville straights just south of Milton.
I couldn't get fuel @ Lawrence & I debated about pulling in to Ruralmans for a small top up. Hitched to Milton and back, meeting some very nice helpful people.
Lets do it again next year!

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

I couldn't get fuel @ Lawrence & I debated about pulling in to Ruralmans for a small top up.

I have used the truck stop for petrol before just across the road from the gas station in Lawrence (I guess it is still there)

[hayd3n]

had a blast see yas at the Beaumont

[Kemet]

How 'bout that wind, eh!!!

Highlight for me the Dance Floor Soccer(????) match.

How f@$*ing funny was that??!!!!

[miSTa]

Danced and jumped around stacks and had a ball with Mr.Sensible and Q, met up with Irish Jeff, who I'd previously met at Middlemarch. I spent a large amount of the evening mucking around and drinking and had a dirt sliding competition with Q and Mr S,which was funny. We ran hard out to a rock down the hill a bit, then side slit until we stopped, which when ur carrying a belly food of booze is hysterical as well as knackering. Have now got a hole in my boot, darn in!!

It was a good fun night and yeah the sliding competition was a laugh. Sorry for beating you guys on the slide that counted!

All in all a wickedly fun night, seemed to recall clambering over Mr. S and Q a bit at some point!?!

That you did and not forgetting Jeff as well towards the end of the night. All in good fun.

How 'bout that wind, eh!!!

Highlight for me the Dance Floor Soccer(????) match.

How f@$*ing funny was that??!!!!

It was bloody hard work!! Hell of a laugh but I'm sure it looked pretty juvenile; who cares it was a great way to finish the night.


Had a great ride down the middle with GB and Shrek with a very lucky stop at the Mt Cook look out at Lake Pukaki. The was a cop sitting in the dip in road just after it and would've got me for at least 20 over, oops.

The road either side of Hyde is fantastic! Don't think I've ever ridden it before, brilliant.

The rally was great and as always was meeting the crew again. Always good.

A very enjoyable weekend.

More photos...

[Ruralman]

Now that was great.
Very windy getting there, & had the Trumpy workin hard.
The same old band "Bender" really had their shit together this time & put on a good show, had the crowd rockin!
The historic woolshed is a great all weather venue. The food on offer from the Middlemarch Lions Club looked awesome, Burgers soooo big ya couldn't close the box lid!
The weather this morning looked a bit dodgy, but I perservered on to Alexandra where I ended up sitting around at my folks until 3pm in 25 degrees of brilliant sunshine.
The trip home being eventful when running out of gas on the Clarksville straights just south of Milton.
I couldn't get fuel @ Lawrence & I debated about pulling in to Ruralmans for a small top up. Hitched to Milton and back, meeting some very nice helpful people.
Lets do it again next year!

Would have been happy to help - as long as it can run on 91

[xknuts]

Would have been happy to help - as long as it can run on 91

91 would have been fine.
I did try the Tuapeka Transport truck stop pump but it rejected all 3 of my cards, bloody hell! It must be dodgy.

[scumdog]

91 would have been fine.
I did try the Tuapeka Transport truck stop pump but it rejected all 3 of my cards, bloody hell! It must be dodgy.

Them pumps must be a discerning judge of character I'd guess!

[Ghost_Bullet]

Good shit... still at the end of Monday, the weekends activities still view well in my mind. nothing dodgy, and no regretable moments... so that has to be a good thing... either that or have to try harder next time, though rallies that have gone by with numerous blank moments of memory loss are way to much of a worry.

I took a number of snaps... a few good ones reflect the fun of the day and night.

I did take some video of the strippers but was quickly advised that this was not allowed not exactly that exciting anyways... unlike that pole dancer at some rally previous.


Cheers cheers and cheers

Considering the Beumount now, as initially thought it was in two weeks time, which would not have worked.

Pictures at the link below.

by GhostBullet

[xknuts]

Them pumps must be a discerning judge of character I'd guess!

Character building more like!!!!!!!!!!!!
That fuel pump nearly had it's arse kicked.

I've since found out that you can ask at the corner dairy and get someone to open the pumps for you. Rumour or truth, Ruralman???

[_Shrek_]

what a blast of a weekend Friday night Hanmer Spings dinner with Mrs S then off to the Eagels Tribute great night got home 2:45am packed bed by 3:30 up 5:15

meet Mr S & GB at Darfield 7:30 off down the middle past a few but we were doing nuffing wrong


arrived bout 4:00 unpacked then walk about then dinner & let the fun begin...
have to agree with woodybee the dirty girls where sad, but Free2b said it right rrrrrrrrrrrrrruff, rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrufff

i enjoyed the music even though they stuffed it up here & there but after you had a bit of this that & the other who realy cares
great to catch up with the KBers there

was good that there wasn't a camera in ya face every five mins means you can have fun without all the billshit aye guys

Happy Bithday Free2b hope you had a great day

the home was ruther sedate after a while as the effects started to hit home, but we made it to the chequered flag for a good feed then home thanks for the company A & Q

cheers to all