Belmont Werewolf Hunt - Nightride Report

The full moon nightride last Thursday was a good one. There were 11 brave souls, quickly whittled down to ten thanks to a lights mechanical not 1minute in.

The following Werewolf Hunters had the pleasure of taking in the beautiful clear night with only a light wind, even on top of the trig: Tigerbone Tones, Rachel Ockleford, Jeff "Undead" Lyall, Marco "Silver Bullet" Renalli, Mark and mate (sincere apologies for name forgetting), Paul, Davo, Angryatwolves Clive and Harry Potter.

The ride headed steadily up the Koro Stream and continued up to Oakleigh St. Dave lost a few bets that he could ride up the wooden steps and now owes about $100 to everyone. Despite not spotting any Werewolves, there were a few amorous cows heard tracking Nick_K through the bush. Not doubt trying to pin him down for the dates he has kept promising in order to gain safe passage in the hills. Fortunately for Nick, it just turned out to be Tones demonstrating his 'Big O' sounds. Jacinda is so lucky.

We dropped down the hill and up Normandale Rd. Godfather resisted the temptation to head straight home to settle in for Coronation Street, and we ended up at the start of Old Coach Rd. after a pleasant moonlit ascent to Danzig, we regrouped and dived into the woods. The slick clay corners gave most people a pause for thought (in the bushes) and the trail seemed to go on forever. Many didn't recognise much of it heading down it in the dark. Dave's v-brakes were worthless once wet, but Nick and Tigerbone represented the team well and really hooned down it. By the time the bunch got down to the gate near the woolshed, Tones and Nicko were well past 2nd base.

Paul and the SilverBullet headed home down the road rather than head up to the Trig. And we were reduced to eight. The climb to the trig was magnificent. Lights off, and just riding in the silvery moonlight. It was borderline romantic. But Harry Potter got bored of waiting for Tiger to pop the question, and romped up the 4WD on his singlespeed. He's such a hardout.

The group bunched at the top and said goodbye to Undead Lyall, who had done the climb for kicks and headed back down to his house, or possibly Coro' at Marco's. The rest headed up to the Trig for a sneaky lager behind a nice windblocking boulder. It was an amazing night for a beer - Nice one Boner_T for sorting the bevies. Quickly got chilly though and the bunch headed off down Honeysuckle Ridge. Luckily it was good and uneventful. Davo provided the clownship by falling in the creek after the log ride. He confirmed it was cold.

Back at the carpark the bunch resolved to do it again and packed up quick to get home to the warmth of their MySky'd Coronation St and some dinner. An excellent outing. Good job everyone! Fingers crossed for more Werewolves next time. They were obviously warned of our approach by the laughter and botty burps.

If interested you can click here for Angry's GPS read of the outing, and a few sub-standard pictures. It sure is hard to take a decent pic at night.

Good job Slackshanks - While we were cruising he was storming the Superdark down the otherside of the hill (see below). Crazy stuff from the Slackmeister and fellow Superdarkers!