Splashing around...

...and neglecting the poor old Connie :(

Today was supposed to be the BRR Adv ride but the ride got cancelled as we've had a lot of "weather" (and today's forecast was not pretty either) so I had to amuse myself with a short little ride that took me in and out of more "weather".

To kick things of I decided that it was time for a Yamaha to collect a tag and picked up the old tag in Awahuri on my way to Halcombe.

Somewhere (possibly near Halcombe) I picked up another picture for the new tag...

Tricky!

Could have been the tag too...

Now it was time to find some gravel.  I carried on towards Stanaway looking for a short gravel road that crosses over towards Beaconsfield that we'd ridden once before.  The first road I went down wasn't it but got me onto Makino Road so I rode past Colin's place to see if he was around but there was no car there so I turned around and retraced my steps back to Stanaway Road.

As it turns out the next road (Junction Road) I turned down wasn't the one I was looking for either but at least it was gravel and a little longer.

Once again I ended up on Makino Road and I used this to get me over onto SH54 for about a kilometre or so before I turned off onto Beaconsfield Valley Road.  This road starts out on tarmac before finally turning to fast gravel and then slow gravel.  It was good fun but I wore a fair bit of rain and visibility wasn't the best...

Turning onto Waituna Tapuae Road and feeling a little damp I said goodbye to the gravel and started heading home.  Back on the tar and in "wet fast cruise" mode I found quite a bit more rain which was very keen to make friends with me so I hunkered down, turned the grips up and pushed on.

Eventually I out-ran the rain and a pretty nice little cruise back into town and as I write this the bike is safely in the shed and the rain has caught up to me again...