aurie introduces Kev. “Now all my troubles started when I met this mate of mine: Kev. Don’t get me wrong, he is a great bloke, especially for a Pom, but he occasionally gets these hair-brained ideas. … Like the time in 1996 while in the grip-of-the-grape he suggested we ride our Ariels to Cowra for the annual A.A.R. (Australian Ariel Register) Rally. On that occasion my guardian angel, sitting on my shoulder said ‘Don’t do it’. Kev went alone but come 1998 Laurie explains, “Under another attack of the vapours, he suggested on riding to Cooma. Being a weak and gutless individual and with my guardian angel asleep under a bush or down at the local getting me a six pack, I said yes.” This was the first of many other A.A.R. rides that Laurie and Kev rode to and fro. The booklet covers 1998 to 2009 with due reward, regularly winning the ‘Furthest Distance Travelled’ trophies. The 1998 A.A.R.
