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*Touring Ted* 27 Jun 2007 14:08
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Originally Posted by Grant Johnson (Post 141031)
Ted, consider yourself recruited for the volunteers team - parking department! ;)
I would be very happy to help out next year, seriously. :)


The live music was great. Maybe a blue grass band next time round too huh ??

The roadkill cook out was very good, maybe a BBQ with traditional foods for the less adventurous would take the strain off the kitchen too.

*Touring Ted* 27 Jun 2007 14:14
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Originally Posted by Bossies (Post 141049)
Sorry for changing subject. Feel free to move/delete.

If you are doing the north/south thing then I would definitely recommend Wyke Down near Andover. It's a farm with a large restuarant, large camping ground and massive field AND golf driving range. Venues for presentations/talks might be an issue but sure some plans can be made. Maybe use the farms two barns. Also 15 minutes from Salisbury plains :)

Wyke Down Country Pub and Restaurant - Camping and Caravan Park - Andover, Hampshire, UK.
Golf range ?? Is that for all the 1200GS riding accountants ;)

Sagarmatha1000 27 Jun 2007 14:22
Camping alone is not the issue. It has to be at a location with food & hygene facilities and the ability to host seminars and lectures with AV support (and preferably out of any inclement weather). A stock hotel or travel lodge might be up to the seminar rooms but isn't going to be too happy about hunnerds of hairy bikers camping in the grounds.

Caminando 27 Jun 2007 14:40
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Originally Posted by Matt Cartney (Post 141048)
NORTH NORTH NORTH! :)

No. I'm not just lazy ;) we have some GREAT roads up here, much freer of traffic, and we are meant to be motorcycle TRAVELLERS after all! OK so some might find it a longer ride to get to but you could have it somewhere where the location itself was a draw. Lumb Farm is OK but it's just in the middle of commuterville really. Up North you could have it in Glencoe (perhaps the Red Squirrel Campsite?), or perhaps even on Skye (Sligachan Campsite after the midges have left!). Arran is another option. Or you could have it out East, say in the Cairngorms. People could then either take the fast road (the A9) or any number of other routes to get there.
Off-roading is limited up here but we could have ride outs to nice cafes or pubs instead. ;)

Anyway, that's my vote. I can look into locations, campsites with pubs etc. if you like, any excuse to get out on the bike this summer!

Matt :)
Hi Matt

Is Sol still running the Squirrel campsite?

I think there would be a problem with lecture rooms there at the farmhouse. There's the barn and nothing else.

I used to roll up to the Coe on my old BSA and park it in the barn in winter. Then down to the Clachaig for a rotten mince pie.

Caminando 27 Jun 2007 14:49
Good to see more women there this year - they have been very underrepresented before, in an activity which is too male dominated through lack of interest by women.(I guess).

It's becoming better balanced now.

Can anyone say what goes on at the women only meeting? Its all very mysterious and a little bit impolite.

clare_h 27 Jun 2007 15:48
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Originally Posted by Caminando (Post 141061)

Can anyone say what goes on at the women only meeting? Its all very mysterious and a little bit impolite.
Didn't intend to be impolite. We talked about chadors, mooncups, shewees and fear.

schiannini 27 Jun 2007 15:48
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Originally Posted by Caminando (Post 141061)
Can anyone say what goes on at the women only meeting? Its all very mysterious and a little bit impolite.
Don't know as I'm not a woman, but I guess a lot of the less confident women meet some of the more confident women and realise that they are more than capable of providing an interesting and informative contribution to Travellers Meetings... :rolleyes:

Is this good for women? Is this good for motorcycling as a whole?

I'd say :yes:

:D :yes: :D :yes: :D

not at all 'impolite' IMHO

Matt Cartney 27 Jun 2007 16:07
Quote:
Originally Posted by Caminando (Post 141060)
Hi Matt

Is Sol still running the Squirrel campsite?

I think there would be a problem with lecture rooms there at the farmhouse. There's the barn and nothing else.

I used to roll up to the Coe on my old BSA and park it in the barn in winter. Then down to the Clachaig for a rotten mince pie.
Hi,

Not sure who's running it. To be honest I haven't stayed there in years. Last time I stayed in the coe I slept in the...er...Clachaig car-park! (I did have a bivi-bag though which is probably cheating by Creag Dhu standards!)

Sligachan might be a good place though. Would have to do some research to see if they could lay on room for talks etc.

Matt :)

Scavenger07 27 Jun 2007 17:35
DOGS;- shoot the (noisey) buggers....... I have two (quite) one's ...mostly!:taz:

WOMEN ONLY! ;- IS THAT SEXIST. It's a meeting of Biker's.......aint it?

But the balance was improved as metioned and rightly so, thats a good thing, (I think?). Shows a healthy respect thing.:welcome:

Move the site ;- why, its meant for traveling folk, so let them travel. All to often we in the North / East / West have to travel South surly central is just right. Any way do we not have a meet in France or Belgium?:euro:

Noisey drunks;- SHOOT THE BUGGERS!:nono:

GERMAN's ;- :sleep1: Give it a rest, life is for living, non of us can choose our place of birth, sex or colour of skin the rest we can change, so do it!

Back to my jar of Nivea my skins getting to thick, who's zoomin who?

Wine anyone ? :wheelchair: Spelling is $**t4

reefshark 27 Jun 2007 21:43
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Originally Posted by schiannini (Post 140839)
To be honest - I was so busy I would have forgotten about the waterproofs had you not come in asking about them. If it's any consolation I suspect the gloves would have been a bit large for your lad and Les had them off me when I finally remembered them. :rolleyes:

I'm glad they kept him dry though - :yes: :balloon:
cheers for those they were a great help i fell in a few puddles and i was bone dry all day
had a great time and will definitely be coming next year just need to find some extra padding for my seat its a bit hard:biggrin3:

JimOD 27 Jun 2007 22:52
I'm with you Matt. :) Scotland has some great places to spend a weekend. As to a site for it i.e campsite/hotel debate there are a few hotels which allow bike rallies in their grounds. My own club, FVMCC, holds 2 rallies each year at different hotels which have people camping in tents in the grounds.
However, I don't care where it is. If the meet is on and I'm off work I'll be there. :) Of course I'll still be going to the Lumb farm meet in July next year as well. My bet is it won't be raining next year. ;)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt Cartney (Post 141048)
NORTH NORTH NORTH! :)

No. I'm not just lazy ;) we have some GREAT roads up here, much freer of traffic, and we are meant to be motorcycle TRAVELLERS after all! OK so some might find it a longer ride to get to but you could have it somewhere where the location itself was a draw. Lumb Farm is OK but it's just in the middle of commuterville really. Up North you could have it in Glencoe (perhaps the Red Squirrel Campsite?), or perhaps even on Skye (Sligachan Campsite after the midges have left!). Arran is another option. Or you could have it out East, say in the Cairngorms. People could then either take the fast road (the A9) or any number of other routes to get there.
Off-roading is limited up here but we could have ride outs to nice cafes or pubs instead. ;)

Anyway, that's my vote. I can look into locations, campsites with pubs etc. if you like, any excuse to get out on the bike this summer!

Matt :)

javkap 28 Jun 2007 01:28
:confused1: Why nobody post some pictures here for the unfortunates than can’t went there???
:D
Saludos…

*Touring Ted* 28 Jun 2007 01:47
Quote:
Originally Posted by javkap (Post 141139)
:confused1: Why nobody post some pictures here for the unfortunates than can’t went there???
:D
Saludos…
Heres the few pictures I took.

Ted Magnum - HUUK 2007

Dakota 28 Jun 2007 07:57
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Originally Posted by tedmagnum (Post 141142)
Heres the few pictures I took.

Ted Magnum - HUUK 2007
Thanks for the pics Ted. Btw, those MM's look great but they are WAY too clean.

Bossies 28 Jun 2007 08:59
Ted..enough pics of your bike...yawn ;) ; but we did both see the aliens arriving!

Some of our pics:
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