Today is Day 4 on the Ride
and what a day it was – the weather started off extremely cold with us having
to remove ice from our car windows when we woke up.
Breakfast this morning was
supplied by the Cootamundra Lions Club – it almost didn’t happen as the guy
with the Lions Club Van slept in and the rest of the Lions members were not
happy. But eventually he arrived and
they quickly cooked up an awesome feast for everyone.
Then they were off on their
bikes again with Team CSA leading them out today.
First stop this morning was
St. Mary’s Primary at Young where the riders watched the Puppeteers perform to
380 kids and then answered questions from the kids before leaving there and heading
to Bendick Murrell to have some lunch provided by the lovely Maree and Kath.
After lunch they were back on
their bikes and riding to Koorawatha to meet up with all 30 students who attended
the Koorawatha Public School. It was
such a lovely little School and our amazing Puppeteers did another wonderful
show for the kids. At the end of the
show Chris our Puppeteer said to the kids, “ok we now have some questions for
you”. One little girl was so funny when
she yelled out “bring it on”. Another
little girl interrupted Shari when she was explaining to them about the ride to
say that “she had lipstick on her teeth”.
After hearing the story from
the riders about how JD accidentally put dishwashing liquid on her pancakes, a
little girl put her hand up and then said “my mum is a bad cook but my dad
makes good pancakes”. The kids are so
funny and the riders and support crew love visiting the Schools.
When they left here they then
headed into Cowra to the accommodation where we were spending the night. Drinks and KFC were had on the grass while
Massages started and everyone lay around enjoying the warm sun.
Around 5.00 p.m. we all
walked up to the Hotel where we were having dinner tonight. The meals were really lovely and filling
which was great.
Tonight we held our ReGifting
Auction which is always a highlight of the Ride each year – one man’s trash is
another man’s treasure! All the riders and
support crew were so generous and lots of money was made for the children !
Special Jerseys were today
awarded to:-
Riders Joker Jersey – went to
Nugget who was leading out the ride pack and got the directions completely
wrong.
Support Crew Joker Jersey went
to Jarrod – after telling certain support crew members that he needed to go to
the Dentist as he had chipped his tooth eating a Muesli Bar, they sent him an
anonymous text saying it was the Dentist and that given the nature of his
problem, he may need to pack a bag in case they needed him to stay
overnight. Poor Jarrod packed a little
bag and took it with him not knowing any different !
The riders King of Mountains
Jersey – went to Paul Elkin who as a new rider has bought a bike, worked hard
on skills and is excelling on the road.
Support Crew Most Supportive
Jersey went to the beautiful Supply Van girls Kath and Maree for supplying
everyone constantly with awesome meals.
Riders Most Supportive Jersey
went to Jaydo as he is doing an incredible job as a new Captain, always asking
King if he can help out, ran the skills sessions, etc.
Fines were aplenty
tonight, with a few of them being as follows:-
Jarrod for taking the key
with him from his room
Cody for talking too much!
Nick Newton for going to the
ladies toilet
Warney for making Bec have a
drink that had milk in it which caused her to be sick !
Chrissy for walking all the
way to Target without her wallet and having to come back
Hodgey because his shower cap
he was wearing on the road flew off and hit Mick O in the face.
The Winning Team as of Today
is Team Harry !
Thanks for reading and
following our journey and please keep emailing us Messages of Support.
Until tomorrow.
Donna.
