Hi All,

On behalf of Grant, Susan, Sam and myself, I'm very pleased to announce that the HUBB UK event page is now online and pre-registration is open.


For the complete picture of what this brand new event is all about, who it's for and what you can expect when you get there, please visit the main HUBB UK page here.

Here are the headlines...

HUBB UK is taking place from Thursday 30th May to Sunday 2nd June 2013 at Donington Park Farmhouse Hotel next to Donington Park Racing Circuit.

It's an event for overland adventure motorcyclists, cyclists and expedition vehicle drivers, and it's the successor to the old Summer UK Travellers' Meeting.

Our nominated charity for the 2013 event is Prostate Cancer UK.

Over the four days, there'll be more than 200 sessions of presentations, demos, workshops, Q&As, challenges and competitions, with many presentations being repeated to make it easier to see everything.

We're inviting presenters to submit their ideas for potential inclusion in the final event schedule, which will be organised in five themed “HUBB Tracks”.

From today until 31st October, the price for a full 4-day event pass is £45.

There are no camping fees and no parking fees.

When you pre-register there's an option to offer a little of your time as part of the Volunteer Crew.

The venue has two bars, excellent value food, free WIFI in the main buildings, HotSpot WIFI and 10amp power hook-ups in the campsite, and plenty of toilets and showers that are open 24 hours a day.

We'll be posting regular event updates in this thread, on the Facebook event page, and you can also follow the hashtag #HUBBUK on Twitter.

See you there!

Iain Harper
HUBB UK Co-Organiser

We're excited to see that there's a brief mention of the HUBB UK event on page 4 of today's edition of MCN...

The HUBB UK page now includes a section where we'll highlight a selection of the overland adventurers who'll be presenting at the event.

We're delighted to start things off with Colin Pyle, Tom Allen, Danielle Murdoch, Pete Gostelow and over 3.5 tonne 4x4 specialist Rich Clafton.

We'll highlight more presenters over the coming weeks and months as their submissions come in - along with more additions to the Adventure Travel Zone and HUBB Zone.

Just a quick reminder folks.... there's only a month left to pre-register for the HUBB UK event at the £45 rate (saving £30). The price per person goes up to £55 on 1st November.

All the info and links to the pre-registration forms are here.

Just updated the HUBB UK page again following confirmation that Land Rover World magazine will be in the HUBB Zone and its editor will be giving presentations about winching and recovery plus travelling with children.

Long-distance cyclist Jon Slade will be presenting too, along with intrepid Unimog adventurers Merv and Sarah Colton hosting a live webchat from somewhere in South America.

With 230 days to go (and only 19 until the pre-registration price goes up), the HUBB UK event page has been updated again....

The irrepressible Chris Bright has confirmed he'll be presenting a talk on motorcycling in central Asia, Russia and Mongolia. Chris has been a popular presenter at many HU events in the past and we're really pleased he'll be with us again at the end of May.

Joining Simon Ward-Hastelow from Land Rover World magazine will be Toby Savage with a presentation about his epic 2,000 mile journey across the Sahara with two 1943 Jeeps, retracing routes used by the Long Range Desert Group in WW2.

Kaapstad Adventure Motorcycle Tours are going to be in the Adventure Travel Zone and the 4x4 Overland Forum will be in the HUBB Zone.

If you haven't pre-registered yet, don't miss out on the most discounted rate of £45 available until 31st October.

Next week we're hoping to be able to make an announcement about something that's brewing in the background and which will be fantastic news for the event, for everyone who'll be there, and for Prostate Cancer UK. More on that as soon as we can.