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Hi EveryOne,
My first HU meeting but, for sure, not the last. Wonderful meetings.
Everything was great.
Thanks for organization, volunteers...
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T-shirt of meeting 2016

Hello,
Is there any possibilities to have a XL T-shirt of France 2016 meeting.
There wasn't any left on place

Thanks.
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Hello,
Is there any possibilities to have a XL T-shirt of France 2016 meeting.
There wasn't any left on place

Thanks.
You can order a Travellers meeting T shirt through our store:- Store | Horizons Unlimited

I am very sorry we didn't have any left at the meeting. Very happy that you enjoyed yourself and that you come back next year!
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The First photos I have received of the meeting

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Here we are again! HU France 2016. C'est partie!

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Some of the HU crowd surrounding our VIP's of the weekend! Ted Simon with Bety, the chief mascot at Interfolio Books

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Instructed by Laurent Dozias, a volunteer showing the assembled crowd how to lift a 1200GS

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Ted Simon and Yvon Bodelot at the Touratech ''punch'' party after the Saturday meeting.

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Pierre Bettembourg - concurrent translator extraordinary with Vincent ''Hug'' Vidal just before his presentation of his family trip to Morocco with BMW side car outfit.

Thanks for the photos Vincent.
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¡Buen viaje Roger! (OTRA) :-) and enjoy "jamón pata negra" in Spain and "pasteis de Belem" and "bacalhao" in Portugal. Thanks for all your kindness :-)
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HU 2017 France

Un grand bravo à toute l’organisation pour ce weekend réussi, j’ai beaucoup apprécié les présentation des divers intervenants et la richesse des informations reçues.

Seule ombre au tableau, l’impression que nous nous sommes fait « arnaqués » tout au long du weekend par les prestations du camping des Hirondelles.
Emplacements pour tentes plein de cailloux, 2 à 3 tentes par emplacements (soit un même emplacement facturé plusieurs fois…), un tarif de restauration qui ne correspond pas à un buffet avec crudités et viande froide (sauf cuisse de canard le samedi soir), pas de boisson. Un minuscule sandwich pour le dimanche midi sans bouteille d’eau, fruit…

Bref, malgré un accueil de façade plutôt sympathique, un niveau de prestation et d’honnêteté des tarifs qui ne correspond à ce que l’on pouvait attendre.

Bonne continuation !

JJ
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Well im back in Portugal now. I had a fantastic week leading up to the France meeting doing the Trans Pyrenees trails for 6 days with great company and then the Hub weekend was the cherry on top.
Like last year, great people, great stories and fantastic organisation. Well done to everyone for making it another top class meeting.
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Some pictures

Hi everyone!!
here some pics from the meeting. Great weekend with great people :-)
Next days more pictures
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Bonnes rencontres, bonne ambiance. Comme toujours avec HU, ce sont les rencontres qui sont le coeur...

Mais taulier cher et mesquin. Il ne devrait pas s'acharner dans ce métier...
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More pics, plus photos, más fotos :biggrin3:

Voici plus photos du week-end avec les amis de HU
Here more pics from the week-end with the HU friends
Más fotos del fin de semana con los amigos de HU
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Great event.

Well done John and your band of helpers for putting on a fantastic HU France event.

The campsite owners help make the event such a pleasure.

The presentations were very varied and a huge thanks to Pierre for his exceptional translations.

Meeting Ted Simon was truly inspirational.

i look forward to meeting up with a lot of great people in 2017.
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Mooie dagen, beautiful days

It was our first Hu event, apart from a small one a few years back in Chiang Mai and I must say 100% organisation. We enjoyed it very much, both the event and the camp hosts. We do'nt know(never know) were we are in the future, but if we can we will be present
Menno and Tine Stammes, this time with our Landrover
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More photos, this time thanks to OTRA ( Roger) who sent me his SD card. He's sunning himself in the Algarve at the moment!

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The travellers arrive. Philippe & Laurence Lousteau

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Signing in ( Blue tent)

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A fully Touratech'd Africa twin

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Klim distributor France Baroudmotoshop

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Angel Sanz & Teresa Garcia. Ted Simon's Publishers at Interfolio Livres.

More to come.....................
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So..... what did we do when we weren't listening to all the presentations ?:-

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We party'd with Tourtech

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We tried the latest wet weather gear from the far east. Note the clear plastic front for the headlight

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Ted & Peter Bettembourg discuss translations

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Carole Sabarly and Laurent Dozias relaxing after all that motorcylce lifting

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After a splendid barbq of duck leg with all the trimmings, Fellow Traveller and young Vigneron ( wine grower) François Hublot (standing), gave us a tasting of his own sparkling vintage- excellent
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You can order a Travellers meeting T shirt through our store:- Store | Horizons Unlimited

I am very sorry we didn't have any left at the meeting. Very happy that you enjoyed yourself and that you come back next year!
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Even If I make a mistake there's left only "holy borders" TShirt...
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