KAPUNDA RIDE 11/12/04
Ben rang while the recent meeting was on & said he had arranged this ride.
7 riders left the oval at 10am after deciding that it was going to be too warm for jackets & the recent thunderstorm activity appeared to have subsided. We rode back tracks to Eudunda & as we were consulting the maps to decide the best tracks to Morgan rain began. Within seconds it was pouring big fat drops & we headed to the shop for early lunch while we weathered the storm. As we sat there, the gutters ran a foot deep! It stopped after half an hour & we headed out. Unfortunately our desired direction of travel meant we caught up with the wet again. We were regretting our decision to leave the wet weather gear behind. We stopped to let the rain move away from us & debated about which way to go. After a while we headed in our intended direction again & found the tracks running with water, in some places a foot deep. Of course we soon caught up to the rain again. At this point 2 riders decided to leave rather than ride wet & get cold.
We remaining 5 then decided to do a U turn & head away from the storm & towards the clearer sky, which lead us back to Eudunda for fuel. We continued in the same direction & then had to contend with dust! Lots of good tracks ensued until Tom