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NOVEMBER 2021
By Duncan Bennett, Member #4171
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B 2 B 1 8 VIA T H E B US H exactly the same method as used to force a teenager to go to bed by laying out 0.1g packets of Chemdawg marijuana along a path from the TV to their bedroom.
s per normal custom and practice, the BMWMCQ offered two ride route options for the B2B18; the “nice all-tar” option, and the • Aggressively load the route into the GPS like you are Hermes, the Greek God of “follow Duncan like he knows where he is going” navigation. Unfortunately you aren’t option. travelling in Greece or the Mediterranean, Possibly by coincidence, both options and your powers west of Ipswich are very started in Esk at our usual hang-out of Angie’s weak. Country Cafe at almost the same time, giving one Ride Leader an opportunity to press-gang riders who had never heard of Farm Roads into his crew. Success rate wasn’t looking great, until Press-Ganger met willing and extremely able Press-Gangee Ian Forse to join the gang of six. Nic and Margreth and William rolled in from the north, and we were off.
Hello. My name is Don. And this is my GS. Now is an appropriate time to précis the Farm Roads route planning process: • Open Garmin Basecamp. Put in start and finish for the day. • Zoom in on interesting-looking Farm Roads that lie along the shortest “as the disabled crow limps” route between start and finish. • Open Google Maps in satellite view. Check Hermes the God of Navigation, fully manthat those interesting Farm Roads actually scaped for a Back to the Bush exist rather than just being in an 1862 Darling Downs town planning clerk’s wild imaginings. • Accept that when the big day arrives to ride the route, you will have no memory of • Apply liberal waypoints along route to force anything, including where the finish is. This the reluctant GPS to follow it - basically causes the “Where are we going?” “Are we
