Colonel Slowie

Adventure Rider Issue #54

• Fit Out
• Checkout
• Stand And Deliver with Miles Davis
• One Chance! with Greg Yager
• Girl’s Guide with Karen Ramsay
• The Ins And Outs Of Going Round And Round with Andy Strapz
• Shop Bike 02
• Colonel Slowie
• Touratech Adventure Day
• Googs Track
• Ducati Desert-X
• Where You Been?
• Adam And Ben’s Excellent Adventure
• AJP PR7 Adventure
• Discovering St Albans And Lake St Clair
• The Final Snowy Ride
• 24 Hour Triumph
• Where The Dirt Takes Me
• It’s what we do
• Congregation 2022

and the two-day Tenterfield terror Marty HC stared down a tough weekend ride.

The road was a mess. Four-wheel-drives had shredded the surface into a maze of criss-crossing, slimy, deep ruts and only a skinny bank on the high side offered hope before tackling the remaining ruts at a right angle.

The more I looked at it the more it looked like a shithole. In the first section of the first day it raised the possibility of more to come.No wonder nobody wanted to join this ride.

A challenge that included seat-deep creek crossings.

A difficult birth

The run to Tenterfield was originally to coincide with the Tenterfield hard enduro, but the event was cancelled due to flooding. It rained the following weekend, and as possible postponement dates were thrown around and the rain continued, potential starters started dropping like flies.