Tumby Bay ride December 2009

Well supported ride with 15 riders. Gary's brother Peter joined us in his trike see last post. Nigel introduced us to his girlfriend Natalie. Gary joined the rest of us from Lincoln. Great ride around the surrounds of Tumby and Tumby island. Took us places we did not know about. We all had a nice lunch afterwards in the shade on the nice foreshore of the beach.

Edit I have added Nigels ride report to this post.

Ride Report Nigel’s ride December 20th 2009
A brilliant day greeted twelve riders, most of who travelled from Port Lincoln to Tumby for the day. We had a visit from Garry’s brother, Peter Hibble, who dropped in to show us his new Greenspeed recumbent trike. We departed from the Rotunda on the foreshore at about 10:30am and headed for the dirt. Anna left us to it when we reached the end of the bitumen and rode around Tumby as she wasn’t confident about riding the terrain. I took the rest of the group on a great single track adventure! We toured around the western edge of town, which unfortunately took us past the local tip that had a bit of a smell about it!
We ended up on the island estate and rode to a beach locally known as “ Ski Beach”. There we rode up a short steep incline that had a piece of railway line at the bottom. Dene took a run-up and hit the incline fast and quickly reached the top, only to find that he had pinched flatted over the railway line! There was a break while the flat tyre was fixed and then we proceeded to return to the rotunda for lunch. We nearly got there but Dene’s rear tyre decided not to hold up for the trip and he had to stop and repair it again.
As we reached the rotunda, Kiwi realised that his tyre was flat also! I then helped him to fix his tyre as he had not changed a tube before. We all then enjoyed a meal from the local takeaway shop, sitting under the big shade on the lawn. All had an enjoyable ride.
Nigel Carr.