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Royal Enfield Club Winter Rally.

 A selection of my photos from my trip to Boorowa. 

Was a round trip of 1766 kms the way I went. Trying to avoid big fast highways and dirt roads. Dirt does not worry me just slows me down. 110km/h zones on a 350 is no fun. I got both of those. One of the photos below shows Little Dug on a wet dirt road. This was the good part of the 22kms through the Goulburn River National Park. This road is transited by many 4x4 for the works of the solar farm located on this dirt section. The road became very corrugated with many deep pot holes. So much mud. Thankful I did not drop little Dug. 

When i left home on Friday and rode to Uralla it was super cold and light rain. Conditions so bad i could hardly see the road ahead. I pulled into Uralla thinking I can't see so how can I ride. My visor was coated in the rain that had turned to ice. 

I spent first night in Mudgee. Then next day onto Oberon to meet up with the Sydney crew. 

Then onto Boorowa. 

The Rally was awesome. So good to catch up with friends made at the AGM last year and make new ones. 

I was blown away by winning Best Royal Enfield by club vote. Thank you all so much that voted for Little Dug. I was truly humbled by this. 

I also got longest Distance with 790kms to get there. 

It was cold, foggy and wet at times. Yet it was a great event and well run. 

Took 2 days to get home after detouring to Young to have a cuppa with my sister who lives there then onto Gilgandra for the night. I had forgotten that the Newell Highway is a 110km zone. We sat just below this the whole way. Then today was a huge transport section to home. 

I am stuffed and very sore from so many days in the saddle. The time I had away makes up for all of that. 

Roll on next years Winter Rally. 









































 






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