On the 28th January we [Ann & I] meetup with a couple of other spyder bike owners and did a outer suburban ride of approx 150k’s around Sydney and I will share our photos here.

The group was Ron aka [noboot] Kathy & Geoff aka [Kathy & Geoff] and Ann & Terry aka [knife-guy]We  [Ron & ourselves] started at 9am in Parramatta Park outside the old govenment house 1st photo opportunity.

Then we  rode to Liverpool via Cumberland hwy to meet up at Krispy Creams with K & G, then we rode over and along Heathcote Rd to Sutherland then across the Taren Point Bridge to our 2nd stop and photo opportunity as below.

We left Taren Point and road across to La Perouse and found it cool and quite windy for our 3rd photo opportunity

We rode from there to our final destination which was Cenntenial Park and to sit around and have lunch and a chat and our last photo shot’s

Once we finshed our lunch we then headed to our respective homes.

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I would like to take this opportunity to welcome as a new cliente Norwent p/l, I look forward to working with Audrey and the kitchen staff for a long time.

Today I would like to welcomb The Collins Group [ Sizzler Reasturants] as a new client, I will enjoy working with this company and their kitchen staff in all stores.

Answer: All the above can be sharpened and to maintain these once done never leave them outside in the garden the weather will ruin them also after you use them it is a good idea to wash them as the plants sap can blunt them and or clog the edge up.

Answer: Most serrated knives can be sharpened, however there are some with very fine laser cut serrations that cannot be done with these you either have them changed into a normal straight blade edge or ignore them.

Our trip started with our usual vet customers in Denman, Muswellbrook & Scone with a few added extra’s in between before heading to our motel in Gunnedah.  As per usual Allan & I stopped at the local supermarket to pick up a few essentials such as milk & bread. While we were shopping we received a call from one of the teachers from St Mary’s College asking if we sharpened knives & scissors for schools. So 9.30 this morning we rock up to this lovely looking school to do some work. We were given 31 mixed knives & 12 pairs of scissors and were asked to set up in a quad under cover but not quite out of the way nor out of sight.  The gardener heard us working and also brought several tools to be sharpened.

I must admit the best part of working at the school was the interest shown by the children. One of the teachers, Mrs Kesby, who teaches the year 12 Primary Industries class asked if her students could come and watch what we do as it would be of great interest to them. Seven children wandered over and started asking questions. There were four boys, Adam, Luke, Ben and Luke and three girls Ruby, Madi and Alicia. The girls showed interest but soon became a little bored. The boys were very keen to see how things worked and were done. One of the young men in particular was very interested and asked many questions. All the boys were interested to feel the difference with a scissors sharpened one blade on the stone and the other blade on the diamond plate. The children all have farming backgrounds so this sharpening was of great interest to them.  I invited them to come out and say hi at the dog show that we are working at and I’m pretty sure that a least one young man will try to turn up.

I hope the weather clears so that this weekend can go ahead without too much fuss and bother.

Enjoy your weekend    Rhian & Allan  

Apart from my Can Am Spyder being for work it is also one of my hobbies going away on rides and for this I would like to share with you some pictures.

Well last weekend from Friday 12th,13th, 14th, Ann and I were in Bowral for the BRP Spyder Royale Homecoming this is a get together of Spyder owners from around Australia what a great weekend we had and some really spectacular roads and scenery around this part of NSW.

The event HQ was the Gibraltar club and Ann and I and many others agreed the meals that were set down for us were very good from the smorgas board lunches to the formal event dinner I must congratulate the kitchen staff for this and to BRP staff for organizing this great event .

I arrived home last night finding a full mail box with a number of jobs waiting for me, I appreciate customers doing this as I am aware that while they are either in transit or in my hands you are without your favourite kitchen utensils and I work hard to do them asap and within the limited time that is available to me with a full daily roster, it does allow one to work from home sometimes without the pressure of being out in all that traffic.

Looking forward to more leading into this festive season.

We arrived here on Tuesday and have had positive responses from Young residents immediately. Just by driving down the street looking for our accommodation we received a phone call to do some work.  Just a few household knives but it was a start. Since then we have had quite a few household enquiries and have a knife job on in an hour.

To Rhian’s delight there is also a miniature  pony show being held at the same showground as the dog show. We have just returned from sharpening three sets horse clippers for Mr & Mrs Cognal, who are some of the show’s organizers. They will let the other show people know of our presence so hopefully we will get some horse grooming works as well. I’m sure Rhian will have no trouble taking the clippers and scissors back to their owners and will take a few moments to pat the horses. (Unless of course her favorite Golden Retrievers are present then she will be in trouble)