Ragtop Review - February to April 2024
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As Carl recalled the drive home...<br />
Billee's and my day had a postscript.<br />
Leaving the Bearded Dragon we faced the eternal debate in<br />
view of the threatening clouds; roof up or down? Being hardy<br />
MX-5'ers we exercised the down option and set off for the Coast<br />
via Canungra, followed by the Varley's in a similar<br />
<strong>to</strong>pless state.<br />
Not <strong>to</strong>o many minutes in, the first drops arrived, soon joined<br />
by many, many of their mates.<br />
"It's just a shower" we reassured each other, but it wasn't. It<br />
was more like a monsoonal downpour and we were reduced <strong>to</strong><br />
a crawl on the rapidly flooding road, peering through fogged<br />
specs and windscreen trying <strong>to</strong> find somewhere <strong>to</strong> pull over and<br />
get the roof up, and completely missing the Canungra turnoff<br />
in the process.<br />
We joined a trio of drenched bikers in a layby and then suffered<br />
the final indignity of dumping the water pooled in the soft <strong>to</strong>p,<br />
down our necks as I pulled it up!<br />
Thanks <strong>to</strong> our feat of mis-navigation, we were treated <strong>to</strong> a<br />
bonus round <strong>to</strong>ur of Bidabbada and Wonglepong, before<br />
rejoining the road <strong>to</strong> Canungra.<br />
And no, there are no pho<strong>to</strong>s of Billee in her white, cot<strong>to</strong>n shirt<br />
following the drenching.<br />
Thankyou Carl for your generous contribution, it’s tragically familiar,<br />
hilarious and well written!<br />
Billie may never talk <strong>to</strong> you again but Rick will enjoy reading it.
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