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conversation doesn’t miss a beat, but
when, eventually there’s a pause, we
get asked what we’d like.
I order a softie. I’d been booked in
here for the night but now I know I’ve
still some riding to do.
There is no pause in the discussion
up the bar. The barmaid keeps
chatting with the locals, only
punctuating it with a cursory advisory
as to how much we owe her. Apartfrom that she ignores us.
Adrian and I take our drinks out to
the front porch and when we’re done,
we gear up. He heads south back
to Canberra and I head more east,
looking for a place that doesn’t roll
out the red carpet but which simply
acknowledges my existence and just a
few of my preferences.
As I get moving, I collect my
thoughts. I’ve come across four hosts:
One in an ex-hotel, one doing a great
job in a place with no accommodation,
restricted hours but unrestricted
hospitality. The other two, running
places that could so easily be ‘go-to
destination’ pubs for riders, are simply
not living up to another Paul McGuire
quote which comes into my head:
“A people gets the pubs that it deserves”.
To which I add as I ride out: “If they
are lucky, very lucky”. DLes’ hand – some stories right there