Sunday the 7th April brought to an end daylight saving, the gather round of football and a new destination for our club run, the home of the famous bear on the rock, Palmer. Turns out the hardest part of the day was getting out of the car park at our meeting point on Anzac Highway! We were already splintered into small groups by the time we reached the bottom of Greenhill Road at Burnside. One of many short stops to regroup was made and on wards through the scenic Adelaide hills to Uraidla, Balhannah, Oakbank then our first stop at Lovells bakery at Woodside. We were able to have a leisurely stop and chat as we were making good time so far, we hadn’t encountered the dreaded pest the ‘Adelaide Hills Cyclist’ at this time. From here it was onto Lobethal, Gumeracha where we flew through the speed camera site a furious speed of 16 kilometres an hour. Then onto some lesser used roads towards Williamstown and into Mount Pleasant. Down the lovely Walkers Flat Road for some flowing corners. By now we were well ahead of schedule, we cut across from there to just east of Palmer on a lovely semi straight bitumen road which allowed some of us to stretch our legs. We quickly took over the lawns and beer garden at the Palmer Hotel and settled in for the afternoon. In all we had 15 Vettes on the run with many first time attendees and some old familiar faces. My assistant coordinator milked his hand injury for all it was worth with Catherine cutting up his lunch and feeding him! Thanks to our host Jade and her staff at the pub with their friendly can do attitude with a smile, the meals were great as usual. In all we covered around 110 kilometres without incident, we encountered 2 sets of mobile red lights for road works! All in all, a short but great run.