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Sunday 13 February

Tea Gardens
by Jose

11 bikes, 1 scooter, 2
Spyders and 17 people
met at Hexam Maccas for
the ride. John and I
walked over from the
Shell servo as our regular
fill up joint was not
accepting cards for the
day.

We ventured off and rode
via Raymond Terrace
through Clarence Town
and Seaham to Dungog for
morning tea. There was a
cast of thousands in
Dungog and some of us
decided to miss the coffee order due to the time it would take to receive anything. I spoke to a boy
working at the café who told me it was the busiest they had been in some time which bodes well for
the town. Kerry joined us at Dungog, due to not quite getting the start time right and missing us at
Hexham – so 1 more bike and rider! One of the spyders returned home at that point so it left us
with the same number of people we initially started with.

All back on our steeds for the ride through from Dungog to Stroud. Oh boy! It must be one of the
worst roads I have ridden on lately and I am sure I lost some fillings due to the bumpiness of the
road. It is such a pity that the roads are not upkept as without all the potholes, patches on patches
and bumps, the ride would be magnificent.
We caught up with the ride leader near Stroud and from there
onwards towards Booral then Bulahdelah – another good riding
road and in somewhat better condition than the one from Dungog
to Stroud. It was then on to the highway down to Tea Gardens for
lunch.

We were joined by Michael and Colleen and Deb and Pete for
lunch and our numbers swelled to 21. The pub was busy as usual
but the lunches were promptly catered for by the kitchen and staff
and none of us had to wait long to eat.

A great day and many thanks to Mark for leading the ride and
Roger for performing tail end Charlie duties.

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