Castella Vinduro

[K1W1]

I'm not sure whether they have Vinduro in the UK but essentially it's a non competitive Enduro ride for pre 1985 bikes (and mostly pre 1985 riders as well). This last weekend (29 January) the first Vinduro of the season was held at a place called Castella near Melbourne. It was hot - 35C+ and very dusty. The loop was 8km and two riders managed 17 laps each. Just for interest the location was completely burnt out in the Feb 2009 bush fires that claimed some 200 lives. If you look at the trees in the background you will see that many are still covered in charcoal.

So here are the shots.

Nothing like a good PE

See what I mean about dust. This was 50 metres after the start

Going up

At the top

Going down

The kids playing on the special test MX loop

and coming to the checkpoint at the end of the 8km lap

The rest of the photos (190 in all) are here if anybody wants to have a look.

Edited 2 February, 2012 by K1W1