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Where to that is the question
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Well I only know about the off tarmac ride out and i can assure you that the destination will be the Green Dragon at Hardraw cause that's where my tent will be and It'll be the place I'll be drinking later that night.
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not going to be making it this time - heading north into the hills & the snow. see there are a few on here from north of the border - anything ever happen up here? would be interested in sharing a few "when I" stories over a pint or two...
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Hi all
Just to re-cap on everyone that's coming along so far:
Iain & Debz
Jimmy D
Alec
Rob
Jake
Keiren
Chris
Fritz & Bev
Dazzer
Brian E
AlexD
Dougie
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Laura
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Clive - Good to hear from you again, Iain is now leaving with us through the day. What time are you leaving?
See you all at the weekend.
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Hi folks,
would be pleased to join you camping on Saturday afternoon.
be great to meet you all
John
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Grrrrrrr
I can't make it this time which I'm a bit gutted about. Bike and car playing up at the same time with MOT hassles
Next time...
Kencandig, there's an Edinburgh list on the HUBB communities section, get yourself on there and you'll hear about our pub meets and so forth. There was talk of another travelling mini meet some time ago, the Borders were mentioned.
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Green Dragon
Gutted . Was about to leave Wirral last night at 9.30 to meet up when immobilizer jammed on , couldnt start the wee strom. Sorry I missed you all , maybe next time. Hope you all had a great time. I found the problem this morning --- the battery was dead in the fob ooops!! .Anyway Im a chef not a mechanic.
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Well, it was a windy ride back, and there was a fair coating of filth and mud but the XTZ and my gear is now washed and awaiting another outing
Thanks to everyone for being such super company, and especial thanks to the guys that lead and tailended the Saturday ride and looked after us all so well
here's a pic of Ingleborogh with the sun trying to get through, 1 minute after I took the pic, I was bombarded with stinging hailstones, some of which where bouncing around inside my helmet
[img] BMW K Series Owners Club[/img]
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Lucky we had planned a stop in Kettlewell to meet some of the others
Here it was noticed that one of the bike's had lost it's sump plug losing all it's oil.
Thankfully Bill Willkinson at the garage was on form and made a new plug in no time.
Nick Happy with the DR he just bought form Chris Bright.
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What a superb weekend! Location, Company, Rideout, even the weather was reasonably kind to us, all absolutly great.
Thanks to all who must have put in a lot of effort to get all together and a special thanks to Dazzer for the reasonably easy but still spectacular off-road rideout and the great pics!
See you all at Ripley if not before !!!
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Many thanks
Home after a cold ride back yesterday, Beej and I encountered sleet, serious side winds, and snow! But also some cake, which made things better.
Thanks to all for a great weekend, but especially to Debs for organising, Dazzer for a fantastic ride out, Basil for picking me up (lots!), and Neil for getting the TA down the last hill for me when I had the keys in my pocket...
Hope the V-Strom that passed us on a trailer on the M6 is now OK - next time can you get them to come on a bigger truck so we can hitch a lift!!!
Hope to see you all again soon!
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Inside the Inn
The water fall at the camp site.
This photo give's a idea of the hight of the Water Fall.
One Mile upstream
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