Horizons Unlimited Travellers Meeting

• The Challenges, Logistics and Enjoyment of Riding in Every Country of the World
  • Peter and Kay Forwood, Australia
    Worlds Most Travelled Motorcycle
• Four great bike journeys
  • Geoff Hill
    Delhi to Belfast, Route 66, Chile to Alaska and around Oz
• Irishman that doesn't drink
  • Liam McCabe
    Round the world, make it up as you go along!
• "The Installment Plan"
  • Stephen Potts
    I didn't have time for the Moroccan trip I wanted to do so I did it in installments, flying back to the bike for each leg of the trip. As a result I rode 30 days over the winter, with my bike in Northern Ireland I would usually ride under 30 hours in a winter!
• Belfast to Kathmandu on a Diesel Bike
  • Neil Laughlin (crazymanneil)
    What possesses someone to build a diesel bike and ride it half way round the world? Come along and find out!
• Anything I Can Do You Can Do Better
  • Peter Cullen
    Experiences of an Innocent Abroad
• No licence? Ah well, it'll be grand, just do it!
  • Ruth Houston
    The un-planned, inexperienced, un-insured adventures south from Hanoi!
• Belfast to Cavanacarragh (slowly)
  • Drew Millar
    a first attempt at cycle travel
• Not dead yet!
  • Oisin Hughes
    27 countries, 40,000 miles!
• The Pillion Perspective
  • Mairead Hennessy
    Smell the flowers - why you should really give it a go!
• Norway, Lofoten Islands, Svalbard & Murmansk
  • Declan McEvoy
    An Arctic Adventure!
• The Gambia on a Gapper!
  • Marc O'loideoin
    The ultimate charity motorcycle adventure
• Carl Stearns Clancy Anniversary Run
  • Joe Walsh, "The Celt"
    Meself and Feargal aka Glenboy will be doing a wee talk on the Carl Stearns Clancy 100 year Anniversary Run 2012.
• Away from here: the return leg
  • Simon Johnston
    Ireland to Mongolia and Siberia 2010.
    This is a sequel, so if you missed the first round, ask someone who didn't!
• Vietnam & Japan
  • Dave Flooks
    A review of some of the good bits from my trips to Vietnam and Japan
• From sea to shining sea. Coast to coast across the US.
  • Aidan McParland
    A group ride across the US in summer 2010
• Even Italian bikes provide laughs
  • Paddy Tyson
    Travelling the Americas with a standing joke
• Women only
  • a very popular session - I'm told it's a must for the ladies, so be sure to plan on being there! Don't miss a chance to talk to experienced travelling women without the men around.
• Fix that flat! How to change a tire anytime, anywhere
  • Grant Johnson, Canada
    Workshop
    
  • 'Basic Guide to changing and maintaining tyres.' How to prevent flats in the first place, and fix them when you get one. Grant's changed thousands, and will show you all the secrets to make it easy. The best tools and how to use them for tube and tubeless tires. Bring your changing / patching kit with you! Hand's on practical, try it yourself. (we hope!)

  
  Changing a Tyre, tech sesssion UK 2009

• Photo Composition for Travellers
  • Grant Johnson, Canada
    The one everyone SHOULD take, but no one does... We all want to take great photos of our trip - so why don't we? This easy clinic will transform your motorcycle travel photos from boring to fabulous! BRING your photos on a CD or Flash Drive, max 10, and we'll critique and discuss YOUR photos - what's good, and what's not - and how they could be improved.
• Ergonomics - making your bike work for you.
  • Grant Johnson, Canada
    Your bike was put together by a pimply faced yoof who probably can't even ride... So how's he going to make sure it fits YOU?
• Experienced Travellers Panel - ask the experts anything you want!

"Dear Susan

I write to say that I have now counted up the donations from the Travellers Meeting at Lumb Farm and they total £877.12.  Together with the £506 from the Enniskillen rally, that makes a grand total of £1,383.12.

On behalf of the Trustees and Directors of Motorcycle Outreach, I’d like to pass on my thanks to all those at both meetings who bought raffle tickets and stickers and helped us raise that impressive amount. We are very grateful for every donation that we receive; because we work directly with local health services, even a little goes a very long way with us, quite literally! £10 will cover the cost of ten visits to remote villages on the island of Flores in Indonesia, and in each village up to 1,000 people will thus have access to healthcare, medical advice and health education which they would otherwise be denied. 

Anyone wanting to see where the money is spent need only click on http://www.motorcycleoutreach.org/Testimonials.html where there are several stories dictated directly by grateful people who have been helped by Health for All, the project that we support on Flores. Health for All ensure that a small fleet of motorcycles are maintained and made available for use by local doctors, nurses, midwives and other healthcare workers to enable them to get to outlying villages beyond the reach of other means of transport. 

And really it is on behalf of those people, in Flores, that I write to thank Horizons Unlimited for your continuing support of Motorcycle Outreach, and to thank each and every one of those HU travellers who came to the Meetings and made a donation.

Our best regards
Barbara Alam & Craig Carey-Clinch"

We all know how expensive these overland travel dreams can be, but also how you often manage to accumulate travel equipment and bits and pieces that just end up gathering dust. That thingiemabob that you have been meaning to give away for ages could be exactly what some broke newbie is in need of before a first trip.

The 'Scratch Patch' is a place where people can put those extra inner tubes for the bike that they already sold but forgot to give to the new owner (clearly labelled as to size of course ); that jerry can that you bought that doesn't fit your mountings; that Lonely Planet for Mongolia - anything that might be a big help to someone else.

(of course, anything that does not find a home by the end of the weekend will need to be reclaimed)"

Bring your left-over/unwanted junk - oops, I mean, Good Stuff! :)

All times - and everything - approximate!

An up-to-date schedule will be posted at the Meeting.

Friday

CHECK-IN and sign up! You MUST be registered to go on a ride or for entry to any events, seminars etc.

Friday afternoon

Speakers presentations after lunch, exact time to be determined

Friday night

18:00 Dinner (no pre-order, first in best dressed)

19:00 Speakers presentations start sharp at 19:00, so be sure you've eaten early!

Saturday morning

8:00 - Breakfast

8:30 - 9:00 Late Check-in.

7:45 Ride briefing. Be fueled up and ready to ride if you're going. And please BE QUIET!

Saturday Lunch

Local restaurants, ask on the day

Saturday afternoon,

Rideouts - details here if you're riding on your own.

Be fueled up and ready to ride if you're going.

On road runs - we'll post a sheet of paper up for you to add your name to a destination, volunteers to lead appreciated!

Tech Seminars in the afternoon. If you want to volunteer to lead a seminar or breakout session, on any appropriate topic, please contact us. We have had lots of interest in seminars, ranging from 30 minutes to several hours, on subjects from GPS to packing lists to tire changing.

Saturday dinner

18:00 Barbeque! Sausage, burger, chicken with pasta/salad and chips and coffee/tea and biscuits. Not pre-ordered, first in best dressed!

19:00 sharp:

Speakers presentations

21:00 (not sharp) - Raffle prizes - you have to be there to win!

Sunday

Breakfast served from 8:00, £5

Miscellaneous notes:

Organizers will be there most of Friday so turn up any time that day. Extra hands to help set up will be most welcome!

Just to clarify the membership situation: Currently there is no requirement to be a member to access the website, the HUBB or to receive the monthly e-zine. For now, what you get for your membership contribution is our sincere gratitude, good karma and knowing that you're helping to keep the motorcycle travel dream alive.

We will also upgrade your status in the HUBB to Contributing or Gold Member. In addition to recognising your contribution through your status, this will allow you to upload a custom profile picture and custom avatar, store more private messages, upload more pictures, add events to the calendar and create polls.

If you wish to buy a t-shirt, mug, fleece jacket or other Horizons logo product from the Souk, you can purchase Member or Gold Member logo products at the basic price. Just let us know and we can arrange access to the Members Private Store.

Note that new Memberships with your Meeting Registration are applied as of the Meeting date or as soon as possible thereafter, not earlier, unless you make a special request in the Comments box when you register.

Cotton: Top quality heavy cotton t-shirts in black or grey.

Synthetic: (Dri-Fit) t-shirts are in a beautifully made wicking material, and make great travel / riding t-shirts as well as all-round wear t-shirts. Available in a variety of colours at most meetings, and always black or grey. The order section will list the colours available.

Note that we will have a very few t-shirts extra at each meeting, but very limited - we can't carry many! So please pre-order and pay in advance so you can be sure of getting what you want.

Google Map to the Meeting.

Note: You're looking for "Cavancarragh" or "Cavanacarragh" which is in the extreme top left corner - Google maps don't always align correctly. :( The larger version is better. View Larger Map

Postcode: BT94 3GL

Irish National Grid : IH 29420 44376
British National Grid : NV 39615 08832
Lat / Lon hddd.ddddd : N54.34723 W7.54839

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Mapsource Map

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Distances from:

Belfast approx. 80 miles on the motorway, or 95 miles on more interesting roads.
Dublin approx. 105 miles
Larne (Ferry) approx 100 miles

Getting there over the water:

"We suggest contacting Rita Ganghi of Nutt Travel at: +44-(0)2870-351199 or mobile: +44 (0)7545 745791. Ask for Rita and be sure to mention "Horizons Unlimited" to get a special deal just for us. They invariably have cheaper ferry deals than even the ferry companies themselves."

Nutt Travel has also very generously donated a great prize for the Charity Raffle, so be sure to contact them!

If you have any links or details for the area please let us know.

Fermanagh Lakelands Info
Discover Northern Ireland Info site

If you have any more links or details for the area please let us know.