What’s been happening?

With the cold weather, not as much as I’d like. The cold mornings mean dragging myself out of bed when Mr gets home from work at 630am gets difficult.

I’ve been a bit all over. Went on a steady paced ride with mate Shane (and pillion gf Dee, love these two 🥰) up Glorious and Mt Mee.

Also went to Beechmont for first time in a while, still sorta meh about Beechy and Tambo due to how long it takes us to even get there vs the length of any decent windy parts. Nebo and Glorious a quick zip down the Centenary for approx 40kms of mountain.

Hooked it in up to O’Reillys retreat via Canungra. Road a bit shit in places but better than last time we had gone after a major storm with lots of roadworks and washed out parts. Nearly collected multiple times by arseholes thinking the whole road is theirs 😡😡 already very thin on some sections wankers keep right ffs.

This weekend gone 6-7 June I rested on Saturday knowing I had a long ride on Sunday. There is a FB group called ALL AUSSIE RIDERS Hard Arse Riders Challenge.

Basically you compete a series of distance/timed rides in a sequence of sorts to earn a patch and certificate. Sounds like a lame concept but a friend of mine did the ride which I was supposed to go on however was sick so couldn’t.

I’ve held off doing it hoping someone else local would organise and I’d just tag along. I saw a Dawn to Dusk ride and wanted to join (had not completed the previous lags to do that) so the organiser of that suggested I post up my own 600km ride where I’d tag along under theirs to complete mine.

Usually I’d be like urgh not posting cos no one else will wanna go 😂😂😂 but as had an existing contingent it didn’t matter I wouldnt3 be a reject on my own pottering along for 600kms lol.

Rocked up to the start point at 630am to kick off, keep in mind the start is an hour from my home! Could not have asked for a colder morning HAHAHA

Very nice folks, their group of 5 included another female rider which is always nice for me 😊

Does it look weird when a super bike rides with cruiser, tourers and adventure bikes? A little but it’s about the journey not who is riding what.

First stop at Gympie gold diggers statue. I will still frozen so didn’t wander up the hill to get a proper photo maybe should have so wasn’t blinded by sun!

Second stop Childers for a pie. My lord, as a Kiwi the classic mince n cheese will hit the spot when your cold!!!

Third stop was the Gayndah big orange (y’all know how I feel about the Big Things lol). Body starting to feel the burn by this point but more than halfway done you just have to keep going!

Fourth stop Kingaroy. Found out they don’t have a big peanut 🤣🤣 so settled for the peanut van🤷🏻‍♀️

Final stop for me was Crows Nest. The rest of the group travelled back to Caboolture via Esk / Kilcoy while I rode home via Toowoomba and the Warrego Highway.

Yes I did have a very hard arse by the time I got home. Straight into the deep heat on the shoulders and a heavy sleep.

I’m equally as proud that I actually went along as I am that I completed the challenge. It’s hard for me to meet new people as I can be very shy and perhaps some mild social anxiety about that. I couldn’t have asked for a lovelier or more supportive bunch to help me get past that.

If you have read my previous post about breaking away from my former riding group you will understand that a little better.

A badge and certificate gets posted out. Not sure what I will do with the badge yet as I’m not a vest or leather wearer, and they do look their best displayed as such.

Epic ride, so happy to have finally marked that one off the list. Highly recommend to anyone, something different from the usual weekend jaunts. I’m now eligible to do an 800km ride, holy shit lemme recover first 🤣