Maranup Ford Ride 5,6,7 March

[bmwlefty]

I will be leaving for Maranup at 11:00am Saturday, from my place, near BP Burrendah (Southlands Shopping Centre)
if any one wants to tag along.

[KoosWA]

Hi Lefty

We will now head to Nannup on Friday afternoon. We may see you in Town at the music festival....

[Kenny Gawenda]

See you on Sunday morning. Coming down for a day ride. Kenny

[goodguy]

Lefty...Loose Bruce contacted me regarding numbers from our club, I guess regarding the sheep on spit & salad on Sat evening, I mentioned that you were most likely attending. If there are several more (more the better) might be best to let him know. I will give it a miss as on the following Friday will be upon their Sth Aust ride.
Anyone within the club wanting to join Lefty, its a top little excursion, do get along, if so put your name down asap & I will inform Bruce.
Airheadcool

[bwanainoz]

FYI: If you intend camping at Maranup Ford Caravan park, they do not have card facilities and accept cash only. Also no café/shop so bring in supplies as required.

[bmwlefty]

So, four of us left my place at 11:oo am Saturday
Jodee, Noel, Eddie, and me.
We had a pleasant, uneventful ride down via Forrest Highway, a quick stop for Noel to get some fuel, then Hynes Rd, Dardanup, Donnybrook and on to Balingup for a snack,
before a slightly scenic tour of Greenbushes, and on to Maranup Ford Caravan Park.
Apparently Jodee was very pleased with her new 700 twin.

A few of the Albany Vintage Club were there, with most of their Members opting to stay home this weekend,
to get ready for their trip through South Australia, starting next weekend.

I entertained the crowd with a few songs, before Ron from Albany escorted me over to the Caravan crowd, where 3 other guitarists were playing.
I joined in for a while, and then went off to bed

About mid-morning we headed off to Nannup, and soon caught up to some of the Albany crew who were sitting on a nice safe pace (speed limit, some of you may have heard of it )
We sat behind them, around the beautiful curves and hills, enjoying the ride until some F***wit in a Four Wheel Drive on our left, decided to let 3 bikes past, but pulled out on the fourth and fifth one, followed by the sidecar, and the four of us.
There was enough room for his vehicle, but the 25 - 30 ft Caravan he was towing made for some quick braking.
Lucky we were sitting on the limit, with good spacing, or the tragic weekend road toll could have been a bit higher !

After wandering around Nannup for a while,met Goldie and Dave McClelland, Richard and Evelyn Hughes, we regrouped (Eddie, Jodee, and me) and headed into Balingup for Lunch
We were grateful for Dave's warning about roadworks on the Nannup-Balingup Raod. Pea gravel and Blue metal on the corners was a bit slippery at some points.

After Lunch we rode back through Greenbushes, and out to the Caravan Park, where we met 6 cows, just before the bridge, 4 were in the ditch, was on the edge of the road, and one right in the middle!
I slowed right down, and luckily they moved off to the ditch, and all was well.
They were rounded up and put away soon after.
A few other members turned up during the day, some stayed, some just for a visit.

Sunday night, a few went into Greenbushes for tea, while Eddie and I stayed behind to cook what we had taken with us.
On the way back, Jodee had to kick a Kangaroo out of the way, as she did not like it bounding along beside her !

I got out the guitar again, and played a few requests, and some other songs I had not played for a while.
I must be getting old, as I think I was in bed before Midnight.
Monday morning saw us all packing up and heading home,

Big Thanks to everyone who came down, and made it a great weekend away.

[KoosWA]

Sounds like a nice and eventful trip. Good to hear everyone is OK.

Martina & I headed to the same area on Saturday morning and had a great weekend. Pity we did not run into anyone at the Nannup music festival.