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Photo by Andy Miller, UK, Taking a rest, Jokulsarlon, Iceland

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Old 8 Sep 2015
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Better and better MR JOHN
The first HU meeting, it has been a success (of course we had two minimeetings before to give you confidence). You have chosen the perfect site ,managed by the perfect and most sympathetic couple. You had a sleepless weekend while we were having the most restfull and lazy time. For the first time since ever you were blady right with your weather previsions. Everything went perfect like it was scheduled,(even better from my point of view). So i think i can tell you on behalf of the french bunch of happy fellows weekenders "MERCI MR JOHN (PONGO) WHYMAN ,MERCI" You are like the good wine, better and better.
Se you soon, ROGER
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Big thanks!
Hello All,

I was 2 years ago at the first minimeet. That was super nice (but a bit cold and wet). I met amazing travellers then. With some of them I'm still in contact frequenlty. Last Year I needed to skip. But this year I came back. Driving from and back Chez Moi (my house) to the campsite was great. The campsite and the owners are super. You organisations skills are good. It was well organised. And I met real amazing travellers again. Driving on old bikes, new _real_ dual sports bikes, amazing old sidecars, and driving in real 4X4's. The food was perfect, and we had running warm water in the showers this time. I hope to see more "Real" travellers again next year. I love to listen to their stories about traveling. I don't like the horrible stories about broken bikes who are to huge or over the top to do the work properly.

Thanks John and thanks to all the HU members who I met. I enjoyed it.

Maybe we meet again next year. But I'm never sure where I am at that moment at this beautiful planet.

Adventure before dementia. (I got this life style quote from John)

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Guus
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Hi all
It was a real pleasure to prepare my speeches and meet you all.
Thanks for coming out as many to listen to me.
John thanks for your congratulations.
When I do something I do it to the end by passion. Now that you know me a little, if you need me, contact me.

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Thanks John for an amazing event.
With Alistair, we had a fantastic time, and met with inspiring and great people.

The location was superb, and the couple running the campsite are absolutely fantastic and the food too: The confit de Canard or the dessert in particular

We will definitely try to come back next year if we are not on the road at that time.
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Im back in Portugal now, arrived home last night. The France meeting was a fantastic start to a great holiday. A massive thanks to John for doing a great job on organising and making the weekend run so smooth even if at one point I thought John was going to have a melt down lol. Also big thanks to the couple who owned/ran the campsite, a very hard working pair who made us all welcome. It is a beautiful site and hope I get the chance to visit again.
And finally thanks to all the new friends I've made for making it a good weekend. I've learnt lots of new things and now have new ideas for future travel and at the same time friends to travel with.
After I left the meeting I visited the Millau Bridge and then on to stay the night at Mick's (the English guy with the yellow DRZ400) near Toulouse, then on to do a little trail riding in the Spanish/Andorra Pyrenees and had a great time. After that on down the east coast of Spain to Roda near Mercia and met up with Lisa to do a little trail riding. Then on across Spain and Portugal home.
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Very Many Thanks
I finally made it back to Wales late last night after my trip to the meet and on to Murcia. A HUGE thanks must go to John who organsied the meeting almost single handedly. Whilst a few of us helped on the day it was nothing compared to the work he had put in. He deserves a medal.

So, three cheers to you John - I look forward to next year.

Lisa
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Hi all
I came back 03.00 AM Saturday morning from northern Spain, after the meeting I went down in Provence and then Camargue , lovely rides in the Spanish Pyrenees , Bardenas Reales and up to a lost village (10km of dirty pass in the mountain to get there) called Primout, like my family name (!) , followed by a visit in the Picos de Europa national park and back to Normandy via St Jean de Luz , very nice trip only in Leon and for the last 500 km .
Hope you all came back home safely and dry .
Don't forget , you've got a home in Normandy at Dieppe (check on the list)
See you all soon (well, only less than 50 weeks now )
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