I am sure there are many wondering what the plans are for the French meeting this year. Here's the current situation.

The 2014 meeting at St Amans was another great success, and even more than we expected due to the inclusion of the GSFR group who are very enthusiastic and the contingent from Spain who swelled our numbers. There were some issues with the site on the last weekend of the season, ( lack of choice in the restaurant, sanitary facilities rather run down), and we seemed to have filled up most of the available ''tent'' space.

We have been very lucky to have had Mark & Gemma ( gemmasun) on site during the season to make arrangements with the management and to provide certain facilities, as well as negotiate great rates for the camping, which has enabled us to break even for the whole event. Unfortunately M&G will no longer be at St Amans as their employer ( Eurocamp) have pulled out of the site and moved elsewhere.

As we are likely to increase our numbers substantially this year and the fact that St Amans is now a non starter, we are looking for a suitable venue elsewhere, and hopefully more central. I have been scouring France on the internet for months and have travelled a fair distance, but nothing entirely suitable has emerged, although three possibilities have been found, and hopefully a decision will be made within the next few weeks.

There will be a meeting this year, just hold on tight and keep an eye on the site.

We will also be looking for some volunteers this year, especially someone with some computer/technical know how to help with putting our kit together ( We have our own projector and speakers) with presenters kit and software, and someone to liaise with the presenters. Please put your hand up if you would like to help! thanks.

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We'll be there :-) don't mind the place, the important thing is see all of you. We could help you with the kit of projector and speakers.

The royal Enfield club has held rallies at St Julien le petite near Limoges which is pretty central. The campsite is a municipal one, They have in fact two sites, one near the town and the other by the local lake/beach.

Yes, have been there with my 350 Bullitt for the meeting ( a few years back). Unfortunately the facilities are a bit spread out but good thought nevertheless!! Pretty central and the lac de Vassiviere is a great area.

The good news is that I think we`ve found something excellent in a spectacular part of south west France, already owned by adventure travellers who know HU well. I will be going to visit very soon.

More later!.................

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-''It is better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction''. ( Herman Siu)
-'' Live life then give life '' (www.lltgl.org.uk)

Sorry John i didn't find time to ride down to the Pyrenees this winter and didn't come to see you as promise ,i hope to do that in march and then we shall talk about which kind of support i can bring for the meeting (except sheese).
See you soon and hello to the all team!
Roger

Hi
Is there any more info on this Event ?
Thanks

C'est a vous! Defender ;Tiger ou même un velo!

Wait for the announcement and registration to appear and you will see the details.

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-''It is better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction''. ( Herman Siu)
-'' Live life then give life '' (www.lltgl.org.uk)

The dates sept. 4th-6th chosen couldn't suit me better as I'll be in France already touring in the mountains around Le Lac Leman.

Donc je serai là

Eddy

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Hello Jhon,


Je te confirme ma présence ainsi que celle des périgourdins.


Amitiés


Thierry

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Apologies for the delay in the announcement and registration. With a new venue there are always last minute questions to resolve with the meeting place owners. We have also been working on translations and the up coming Touratech Travel event in Orange ( Vaucluse) in a few weeks time. It's going to be a great year for meetings in France this year with some fascinating presentations already promised for the September meeting. More soon..........

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-''It is better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction''. ( Herman Siu)
-'' Live life then give life '' (www.lltgl.org.uk)

We are pleased to announce this meeting is now open for registration! Very grateful to John Whyman for finding the new venue, it looks awesome! Even better, John has been able to negotiate a discounted rate for camping, so very well done.

Two items to note:

1 - the venue has asked us to take bookings for camping and dinners so they can plan accurately, so please pay when you register online.

2 - this year we are charging a nominal registration fee of 20 Euros, which will help to defray our costs and generate a bit of revenue to help keep the HUBB and website going.

Your support is appreciated. All the details and online registration here!

Cheers,

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Susan Johnson

Inspiring, Informing and Connecting travellers since 1997
www.HorizonsUnlimited.com

Hi everyone,

Just to let you know that things are moving along quickly for our September meet, with registrations piling up already. A full schedule of presenters is also registered, with some fascinating stuff for all, inc presentations of journeys happening now to the far east and Iran; Long journeys on small capacity bikes; A ladies only conference on aspects for women travellers; first aid and health on the road; etc. Details will be appearing on the announcement page as soon as we can get them up.

I would encourage everyone who is thinking of coming to this event to register as soon as possible, it's going to be a great time.

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-''It is better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction''. ( Herman Siu)
-'' Live life then give life '' (www.lltgl.org.uk)

Hi everyone, please to announce that we will be joining. We will do a presentation of our (as usual!) very eventful trip last year from London to Mongolia via the stans (and back! Although cheating a bit with the trans siberian train).

Salut a tous! Nous nous joindrons au meeting et ferons une présentation de notre voyage, l'année dernière, de Londres a Ulaanbaator , en suivant la route de la Soie, et retour a travers la Russie.

Et nous serons bien evidemment a votre disposion pour répondre a vos questions.

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Maria

www.franglais-riders.com

Well it's all coming together nicely. The presentation schedule is now full, and further details of the other presenters and their talks/workshops will be added to the web page as soon as possible. Available space for tent campers is getting booked up quickly, so if you are planning on coming, and haven't yet done so, please get registered as soon as possible.

( Please note that we are using a registered campsite, which in France means strict licencing rules. It's not flexible, so if the allowed tent space is booked up, it'll be chalets and mobile homes only.)

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-''It is better to walk alone than with a crowd going in the wrong direction''. ( Herman Siu)
-'' Live life then give life '' (www.lltgl.org.uk)

Hi, I'm not 100% sure I can make the event yet as I work away at short notice but if I'm able I should know by Sept 1st. Are you looking for some people to help run things ? Have worked as a cook, have my food hygiene certs, have lots of medic quals and also even my SIA badge to work on the door !
Brenden