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Fish and Chips for Lunch 2 January

After a very quiet New Year’s Eve and Day, what better than a nice quiet first Sunday ride of
the year. At least the temperature had been forecast to be high twenties so foothills and coast
should be a pleasant day out. Normally for me, Sunday night is my Fish and Chips night but
the local Candlewood chippy had decided to inconveniently take holidays, so if not for dinner,
why not for lunch at the Fremantle Fisherman Wharf, plus if that was too busy, lots of other
places to go.
Eight bright eyed members were at Beldon ready for the start, all telling the same story of early
to bed on the New Year. Some stamina our lot have! I had originally planned the Hive in
Darlington for morning tea, Google said they were open but a txt from Dave Moore cautioned
me that they were shut. The Little Nook seemed a possibility but phone calls and emails went
unanswered so good old Artisan Bakery Mundaring was chosen. The Nook was actually open
but a report said it was crowded that morning with limited parking.

It was to be a simple ride straight out of Google Maps. Unfortunately you can come across a
detour or two that are not shown on roads not normally ridden. This occurred as we meandered
the roads of Millendon on the way to Mundaring but no harm done. Across the lower scarp on
roads through Jane Brook that took us on to Gt Eastern Highway just below the John Forrest
National Park entrance. A quick ride through the park which I have not done for some years
had me coming out on the wrong exit and cutting a few kilometres out of the proposed ride but
no need to tell anyone. Around nine thirty we arrived at the bakery to meet up with Dave Wright
who joined in the rest of the ride.

After our coffees and nosh, Richard and Alistair had had enough and made their excuses to
leave while we headed off down the back roads through Darlington, only missing one corner,
and on to Kalamunda via Gooseberry Hill and via Canning Mills Road down to Kelmscott and
along the railway side road to Armadale Road. The last time I travelled Armadale Road in
seemed to be always under construction with detours the full length. Since then it has morphed
into a fairly free flowing connector road. A few traffic lights plus decent roundabouts and bridge

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