Hume BUG Westmeadows - Docklands ride 4/12/2011

On a day with a strong, cold, southerly wind, 5 cyclists (Greg, Dennis, Gavin, Graham and Kevin) congregated at Westmeadows Bakery and sat around chatting until they felt they had better get a move-on. After literally only a few metres of travel down the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail, they came to a sudden stop after riding through a patch of broken glass on the path and checking to ensure there was no broken glass stuck in their tyres. That’s one good use of cycle gloves!

Otherwise, it was an uneventful trip via the Gladstone Park detour and along the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail. The highlight was probably one cyclist needing to re-tie his saddle bag to stop it from falling off his bike. Oh, a tremendously exciting ride!

On arrival at Footscray Road, it was decided to stop the ride at Docklands instead of Williamstown, so we road over to The Coffee Club and ordered our cuppas. There, we peeled off, with one leaving before paying and the other four working feverishly to calculate each share of the bill. With one more leaving, the party was down to three, and it was decided to return along Moonee Ponds Creek Trail until Bell Street, where we would ride on-road alongside the railway line. We made a quick pace with the wind at our backs, and before long, Kevin took over the navigational duties from Greg and lead them over the creek and up past Pascoe Vale Station. With the gentle inclines of the smooth road, it was with minimal effort we arrived at Jacana Station and bade our farewells to each other.

The Hume BUG ride had been a little over 40km to that point, with a time of 2:12:31 at a rolling averaging of 18.6 km/hr.