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Kaiaua Fish ‘n Chip Run
The weather forecast for the weekend of 30 May was for rain, so I sent out an email saying if its raining on Sunday morning, do not come. Sunday morning in Pokeno dawned with blue skies and sunshine, so I set off on the Honda 250 XL for the start at the Jolly Farmer, Drury. Oh boy, what a disappointment to find only Jack Clark on his Triumph Bonneville, Brian Gathercole on his 500 Matchless and Graham Waters on his Honda CBX 1000 6 cylinder. Bob and Debbie Ballantyne arrived in their 1950's Chevrolet and John Gardner in his mid 60's Ford Corsair and by 11:00 a.m. it was obvious nobody else was coming, so we set of for Kaiaua. We had a good traffic free and sunny trip to Kaiaua. As always, the view of the Firth of Thames and the Coromandel Peninsula were just great on the descent to Kaiaua township. Already at the fish and chip shop were Malcolm and Merit Brown and Graeme and Marilyn Crawley, having arrived in cars. There were also a number of riders from the Thames area, including Graham Brooks on his 500 BSA Gold Star, Chris Goode on his Ducati and Kelvin Mitchell from Ngatea on his near new Triumph Bonneville. I counted 20 motorcycles parked up. The fish and chip shop is under new management and the food was good. We did the normal chatting for an hour or so before heading home. I got half way back to Pokeno when the rain started, so I got a bit damp.
Martin Spicer
