L-R: Paul, Valerie, Nicki and Terry- a pre-Oamaru pause and coffee
By Nicki Trevathan 9am Thursday 11 November saw four hardy scooterists leaving Dunedin Botanical Gardens to take part in the annual Canscoot Rally. Paul and Valerie Dyer on their 300cc Vespa, Terry Clapham on his GTS 250cc, and Nicki Trevathan on her GTS 250. By the time we arrived in Oamaru it was to shed all the thermal linings in our biking gear- and then try to find somewhere to store it! Our packs looked remarkably small really with Paul and Valerie going to stay with family on the way and Terry and I with our tents,sleeping bags and air beds!! Opihi river for a lunch stop and on to Christchurch where we split up - Terry 9
and I were staying in Lincoln Road, Paul and Valerie going to a motor camp for the night. It was great to meet with familiar faces at Toby's for the Pre Rally BBQ. Paul and Valerie arrived too so it was great for them to meet some of the people I had talked about. (I was the only one from Dunedin who had been on one of these Rallies before, and after showing the Dvd's to the others and talking hard we made a good team.) Prunes arrived just before we left and was able to give us the new T shirts. It was off to bed early as we had to leave at 8am the next morning. It was still very warm (27°C) and the first time I ever heard the fan start on the Vespa was as we were driving into Christchurch.
