A fortnight before this ride, we had the Wild West Ride hosted by Jethro. This one, thank goodness, was less eventful but still a great day. It was my first official go at Ride Leader and a great number of members and visitors turned out. David turned up in his car (arm unslung but still in a little pain, he is a machine) to be Tail-end Charlie and had High Beam in the car to keep him company for the day. High Beam had done her elbow in some tennis-related incident or somethi

Well, where do we start for this ride. Like a good book, let’s flick to the end to see how it turns out, David is alive but injured. His bike has superficial damage and everyone had a great day, by all accounts. Ulysses National Website has a saying “Riding is about the journey, not the destination. Come riding with us”. I suppose this day was summed up by that. It started out like most ride days. We met in front of RT Edwards at Browns Plains. Jethro had a revised ride for u

The 3rd June dawned a bright day with a little wind but 8 bike riders wouldn’t let that deter them as we headed off to Beaudesert for the Annual Wongaburra Old Folks ride. For those new to the club and are unaware of what happens on this ride, the Old Folks on Wongaburra have waited expectedly for 12 months as this is the highlight of their year. We get to take the old diggers and ladies around the complex at Wongaburra Nursing Home. It puts such a smile on their faces and I’