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A few photos from ACE cafe adventure day
A big turnout, and a good few familiar faces;
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Was good to see Nathan Millward there with 'Dot', his postie bike.
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Blimey, my old wreck is famous (the yellow CCM).

I was meaning to buy a copy of Nathan Milward's book - he was selling them out of the top box on the bike, but got distracted and ended up forgetting. Sitting on his bike just reminded me of how overweight everything seems to be these days (me included!). He was saying that apart from Europe the bike was perfect for just about every other country he passed through, fitting in with what everyone else was riding.
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That XT (3rd last) is a damn good looking bike ;-)

Really good to meet you yesterday.

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Ah hah, I'm famous on the HUBB too, well my bike is, the Derbi Terra Adventure in the fourth picture. It was good to meet a few people I'd met previously only online, to matter with those I've met before at bike days and to have an excuse to tell the world about BMW GSes (thanks Matt).

Oh and Nathan's book is available on Kindle, just search Millward. There's two versions one is only £1.53, and that's the one to go for, particularly if you have a smartphone or tablet and have installed the Kindle software on it as it has embedded links within the text which take you to photos, websites and YouTube clips. Makes reading a bit more interactive, if that's your thing. If not, I'm sure he'd send you a copy.
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Ah hah, I'm famous on the HUBB too, well my bike is, the Derbi Terra Adventure in the fourth picture.
Me too, HM The Bike, 3rd pic in 1st post.
Thanks for snapping it. (It's sometimes in the car park at Crystal Palace - not the football, the sports centre).

A Great Day.

Very first person I spoke to said straightaway "Hey, you're from Whyteleafe aren't you!"
Well, blow me, how did he know that.....
"I'm a lorry driver, often go up and down the A22, seen your bike in the village!"
A nice introduction to the day.

I like the Ace a lot, sometimes go there weekdays for lunch.

I just wish my memory worked a bit better. My first bike in the 60s was a Zundapp scooter. I lived out beyond Woodford, and Giffs the spares shop was beyond Hanger Lane. So returning home after buying spares meant passing the Ace.
I stopped a couple of times to see the weekend gatherings in the carpark. All I can remember sitting on my scooter is thinking "Uh uh, this place isn't for me, better carry on."
Don't remember at all what it was that I saw in the car park.
I bought a 'proper' bike shortly afterwards, but a while after that the Ace closed.
Leaving just Ted's Cafe at what is now Charlie Brown's Roundabout for tea on the way home.

Anyone else go there in the 60s?
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