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  • Australian Road Rider

    COVID BLUES

    Mar 03, 2021 5 minutes
    STORY BY: BRIAN RIX
    – BRIAN RIX

    Blue and reds flashing in the mirrors. Bugger, I wonder if they got me as I came off that dirt road and gave old Big Red a gutful. Despite her age she can get up and boogie. Nowadays there’s no way she could out-run the latest BMW Highway Patrol car, not that I’d have the inclination to do that!

    The car door opens, the cap goes on, then the surgical style face masked cop steps out. Bugger, where’s my face mask? Welcome to life in Covid-19 lockdown Victoria. Everyone has to wear a face mask and there are limited reasons to be out and about.

    I haven’t been pulled over for ages, since being sprung doing 62 in a 60 zone in Tajikistan! Got off that one but that’s another

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