Sunday 9^th Reefton and Black Spurs Tim Walker leading

9.30 am KBCP, 10.30 am Yarra Glen

Yarra Glen to Healesville to Warburton and up Mt Donna Buang should warm the tyres up and get you back into form. Watch out coming down — some of the corners tighten up and invariably it is foggy or the road is wet and mossy. Back to Warburton for a coffee break, then around to Reefton and across the Reefton Spur (always a great road), 4 km of smooth dirt road (Tim’s running the grader over it a few days before) and down to Marysville and the bakery for lunch. This ride is marked not suitable for inexperienced riders and that’s because there are lots and lots of corners. After lunch it’s across the Black Spur to Marysville, up Chum Creek Road to Toolangi (grouse road), across to Kinglake, down the diabolically dangerous St Andrew’s Road to break up at Kangaroo Ground. About 300 hard km.

Thurs. 13^th Social Sip - Baden Powell Hotel, 61 Victoria Parade, Collingwood, 7 pm

Sunday 16^th Woodend Wayne Grant leading

9.30 am KBCP, 10.30 am Whittlesea

This will be a leisurely ride and could be very cold. The route includes Wallan, Kilmore, Lancefield, Hanging Rock, Woodend (lunch), Mt Macedon (The Cross?), Trentham, Greendale, a bit of the Western Highway to Bacchus Marsh and then around through Toolern Vale to finish at the Organ Pipes on the Calder Highway. Lots of things to see and do. Could be a good pillion ride. About 260 km for the day.

Sunday 23^rd Gembrook Pub Lunch, 1 pm Ian Payne leading

9.30 am KBCP, 10.15 am Hallam

We will leave Hallam and proceed to Monbulk for a short break and then ride some interesting roads through the Dandenongs to Gembrook and the ‘Ranges Hotel’. We plan to have a counter meal here and perhaps visit the small ‘Motorist Auto Museum’ before heading home via Beaconsfield, Berwick and Narre Warren. A fairly short ride of about 160 km. if you are travelling by car we expect to reach the lunch destination at 1 pm. See Melways reference Map 189 H 10.

Sunday 30^th Seymour Geoff Jones leading

9.30 am KBCP, 10.30 am Whittlesea

Details sketchy at the moment but expect to head north and west. The Flowerdale Road and Strath Creek look a possibility, Seymour maybe for morning tea. I expect we’ll pass through Pyalong and circle northwards through Emu Flat and south to Bacchus Marsh via either Gisborne or the Blackwood Greendale Road ending in Melton. Val Jones normally turns on a splendiferous afternoon tea. Expect about 400 km of fast sweeping roads for the day. Should be a top day, rain or shine.

Thurs. 3^rd General Meeting, 8.15 pm Club Hall, new itineraries, meet new committee.