Rutherglen Adventure Day Day 7 Saturday 31 March 2012

Today was the day of the long rides.  One of 80kn plus. One of 60Km plus which I intended to to but at the start Graham offered to to another local interest ride.  I has really enjoyed his Thursday ride so joined in his indefinite length social ride.

I'll cover today with photos which started with out traditional group shot.

 At the start a group shot of 130 cyclists riding funny bicycles takes a long time

We had three blind riders with us but only two guide dogs.  The one on the left is Willoughby who was a bad boy (when off duty ) last year but this year was beautifully behaved and Pam didn't have to pay for shoplifted toys.

 

 Still waiting for the mob to assemble.

 Finally somebody sait "Get over here Brian!" and the picture was taken.

 Our beloved leader on the ride.

 At Pheather's winery Graham leads a a group to Picnic Creek'

The Headmaster said, "Follow me children!"

 We visited Lake Moodemere

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 Ian, from Singapore, was protecting his head from the local River Red Gums which drop big branches.

 The lake has been used for over a hundred years by the local Rowing Club.

 An old River Red.  That's a normal adult.

 A dead one

This says it all.

I think we took over five hours to cover 30Km but it was a terrific day.

In the evening we had our group dinner at the Corowa RSL.  This is our main fund raiser for Guide Dogs for the Blind Victoria.  We raised over $5000  from the auction.  Helen donated a tee shirt from the 2010 Tour Down Under, a cycling event ridden by Cadell Evans the world champion and now Tour De France winner.  He and all his team had signed the shirt.  It raised a $100.

I bought a few things for about $70.

It had been a good day.