sadsacnews: SADSAC: Sale - Nambrok 10June

For the believers it must have been divine intervention as the waters parted (as well as the clouds) for the SADSAC ride on Sunday. The group even stopped along the way at a local church to give thanks, or at least that is the story I will go with.
The ride did have a non standard starting point which, despite the distance to the facilities, worked out rather well. It also gave us access to our brand new cycling bridge over the Thomson River without having to do battle with the highway traffic. While the bridge approaches could still use some work, ( I will raise with Peter), the bridge itself is most impressive. Once over the highway it was easy riding along Settlement Road through to Kilmany. With the highway again crossed, quiet roads again to the lunch stop at Nambrok Reserve. It was a pleasant change to sit in the sun to enjoy lunch. Ray provided his famous lattice slice. We were joined on the day by a couple of new riders, Roberta and Regina. We also had the Bodey's attend on their rather stylish tandem.
After lunch we decided to try to complete the ride as published and on arrival at Mytlebank Road the event described earlier had occurred and we were able to inspect the flood damage as we made our way to the Maffra Road. After some quick PR at the turnoff we continued around the back of Sale to finish off a rather successful ride. Off to BIZ for coffees. Again almost too many riders to count, 19 I think. We are off to the Licola valley next ride, one of the mountain stages.