Put simply the ride calendar for the winter months is looking very bare 
The branch can only continue to arrange enjoyable rides for members if some members actually volunteer to lead some rides.
Twenty years ago I was sitting in my shed and cursing a secondhand sewing machine as I learnt to use it to convert a “Eureka” moment into something useful. A few weeks later I stood at a swap meet in Goulburn next to a chunk of plywood with a few packs of Strapz pinned to it. I never dreamed this anniversary would roll around.
Melbourne Branch will hold its 19th annual Odyssey at Nagambie Lakes Leisure Park, beautifully located between the Goulburn River and Lake Nagambie.
Nearby attractions include a variety of wineries, museums and merchants plus a good variety of roads for weekend rides.
I had planned a four day circuitous ride which involved visiting friends in Wodonga, Sydney and Nowendoc before arriving at Wauchope around noon on Monday, 22 May. Put plainly, the weather forecasts for the Friday and Saturday were simply ghastly, so I simplified my plan. I left Montrose mid afternoon on the Friday and got some light drizzle as I rode the Black Spur
Ride Report – 2017 Ulysses Melbourne Ice Run
“Talisker” - (from the Scottish) - land of the wooded cliff and sloping hills, the secluded isle, the captivating land mass that becomes the navigator’s beacon”.
Thus begins this tale……
“ Master Helmsman, how shall we navigate? Where lieth the Talisker?” “Captain, I know of not, for she be veiled in a cloak of fog….”
