{"id":5370,"date":"2013-01-28T16:59:30","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T06:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/?p=5370"},"modified":"2013-01-29T19:01:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T09:01:32","slug":"a-lazy-ride-to-bathurst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/?p=5370","title":{"rendered":"A Lazy Ride to Bathurst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Is this some kind of a joke Luckmeister? Taking the KLunkers? Seriously?&#8221; &#8220;Yes mate its double demerits so we have to be a bit careful this time and, besides, the other lads are happy enough to slow down this week and so can we. C&#8217;mon whadya say?&#8221; &#8220;I think it&#8217;s all a bit tragic really if you must know but I just want to ride somewhere so I&#8217;m in&#8221; Now with that in mind six riders: Nige, Scrounger, Keys, Keys mate Gary, DD, and Lucky headed off last Thursday for an overnighter in Bathurst.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5372\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_0993.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5372\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5372 \" alt=\"So far so good\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_0993-420x313.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_0993-420x313.jpg 420w, http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_0993-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">So far so good<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5373\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_0995.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5373\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5373 \" alt=\"Still looking good you two\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_0995-420x313.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_0995-420x313.jpg 420w, http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_0995-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still looking good you two<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Rubbing One Out<\/strong><br \/>\nAn expression that confused us all I think. On arrival at the Knickerbocker Pub we all agreed to wash some of the dirt and dust off before drinking. All except Nige of course. &#8220;Where you blokes goin&#8217;? Gonna rub one out are yers?&#8221; Now, I didn&#8217;t bring a blackboard along and I knew he knew that so I asked Keys what he meant. &#8220;Dunno Lucky but I hope it doesn&#8217;t take long because I could do with a beer.&#8221; Neither of us wanted to appear unworldly so we bluffed our way past Nige. &#8220;Yep I&#8217;m off to rub one out and I wont take long &#8217;cause I&#8217;m pretty good at it&#8221; Said Keys with a false sense of confidence. &#8221; Yeah I just rubbed one out then as a matter of fact&#8221; Added Lucky &#8220;And I&#8217;ll be rubbing them out all over the place later, you just wait and see&#8221; Nige gave us one of his head tilt looks and muttered &#8220;Pass&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5375\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5375\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5375 \" alt=\"Will I tell them? Nuh.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1014-420x313.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1014-420x313.jpg 420w, http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1014-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Will I tell them? Nuh.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The Knickerbocker<\/strong><br \/>\nActually well above our usual standards and reasonably priced. DD could hardly believe the advanced technology. &#8220;Hey fellas my room&#8217;s got air conditioning <strong>and <\/strong>television. It&#8217;s like living on the Starship Enterprise here. Hey, I spotted an elevator back there too so I might have a few goes on that. It&#8217;s a ripper&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5376\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5376\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5376 \" alt=\"Set Fazers to stun Mr Sulu.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1010-420x313.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1010-420x313.jpg 420w, http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1010-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Set Fazers to stun Mr Sulu.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Drinking<\/strong><br \/>\nThere was beer. There&#8217;s always beer. We drank some of it. It was delicious.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5377\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5377\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5377 \" alt=\"I love beer. I love it more than anyone else in the whole world.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1012-420x313.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1012-420x313.jpg 420w, http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1012-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I love beer. I love it more than anyone else in the whole world.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>A Moonlit Stroll<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At some point after dinner we all agreed it would be a great idea to find somewhere we could have dessert. Off we went in orderly fashion and eventually stumbled on Alice&#8217;s Ice Cream Emporium. Look, despite the calories, the ice cream was just the perfect end to a lovely evening. Even Nige treated himself to a choc-mint which was very unlike him &#8221; Scrounger, Gary, you blokes having one&#8221; He asked. Caught unawares Scrounger hastily replied &#8220;As soon as I rub one off mate &#8220;Gary immediately corrected him. &#8220;Out Scrounger. You rub them out, not off&#8221; &#8220;Allright, o.k. Off?, out?, Is that an important element to the procedure do you think? You know, whatever the procedure might be.&#8221; Looking tired Gary said &#8221; Mate, it seems to me it would be and I don&#8217;t want to look stupid in front of your club president so let&#8217;s keep pretending we know what he&#8217;s talking about.&#8221; &#8221; Agreed&#8221; said Scrounger.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5374\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5374\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5374 \" alt=\"Scrounger checking Wikipedia for Out or Off. Garry not sure either.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1011-420x313.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1011-420x313.jpg 420w, http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1011-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scrounger checking Wikipedia for Out or Off. Gary not sure either.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5378\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5378\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5378 \" alt=\"I love ice cream heaps more than Nige does.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1017-420x315.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1017-420x315.jpg 420w, http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1017-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1017.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I love ice cream heaps more than Nige does.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Scrounger&#8217;s New Bike<\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s red and I think he bought it on the way to Maccas Thursday morning. Its probably sold by now. A pity because it went rather well. I look forward to his next one.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5379\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5379\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5379 \" alt=\"Not sure if I like it in red though.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1024-420x315.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1024-420x315.jpg 420w, http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1024.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not sure if I like it in red though.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Breakfast at the Knickerbocker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hot and big. The cook was a lovely lady who really rubbed one out for us next morning. Not sure if that&#8217;s exactly correct but it could mean that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lucky&#8217;s Fall<\/strong><br \/>\nVery unusual for Lucky to fall down but there you go. Circumstances however conspired against Lucky that day. An agricultural sprayer sent a tsunami of water into his path and, after surfing through it, looked up to find the road had turned right and he was skating straight ahead on freshly cut grass towards a barbed wire fence. Mustering years of skill and training, Lucky did the impossible and pulled up just short of the wire. The boys following couldn&#8217;t believe their eyes.<br \/>\n&#8220;That was brilliant Lucky&#8221; said Gary<br \/>\n&#8221; You&#8217;re an absolute genius Lucky&#8221; said another<br \/>\n&#8220;I wish I was you Lucky&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I know, everyone does&#8221; commented Lucky humbly.<br \/>\nNige, who was out front at the time and had just arrived after the man-made miracle, wanted to know what happened.<br \/>\n&#8220;I was rubbing one out Nige when I was hit by cold water. It seemed to slow me down a bit&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Yeah it probably would&#8221; giggled Nige with a wry smile that none of us understood.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5380\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1027.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5380\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5380 \" alt=\"Not a scratch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1027-420x315.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1027-420x315.jpg 420w, http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_1027.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not a scratch<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Home<\/strong><br \/>\nHugs and kisses again at Jerry&#8217;s accompanied by a lovely coffee and a quick Google of &#8220;Rubbing one out&#8221;. It was not what we thought it was. It was not even close to what we thought it was. I wish I hadn&#8217;t thanked that nice cook for &#8220;&#8230;.rubbing one out for all of us&#8221;. We just went home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Is this some kind of a joke Luckmeister? Taking the KLunkers? Seriously?&#8221; &#8220;Yes mate its double demerits so we have to be a bit careful this time and, besides, the other lads are happy enough to slow down this week and so can we. C&#8217;mon whadya say?&#8221; &#8220;I think it&#8217;s all a bit tragic really [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5370"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5383,"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5370\/revisions\/5383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}