Glad you dont wear those appalling chadors Clare.

And closed social groups often use special "in" language. It's intended to exclude others, and acts to form "special" groups. It's this apartness that I find puzzling in our biking community,which is why I asked about your meetings. It's all a bit Masonic, isn't it? What do you think?


Good roads even then!

But we are not hairy bikers! We are polite, interesting and very beautiful people. Anyone would welcome us! This is an English prejudice about bikers which you wont find in the rest of the UK or on the continent.

Youre right about the need for facilities.

Are the Creag Dhu still around? there was a good howff under the road just down from McInness's cottage. It was used by the "Bendy Boys" so called because the roof was only 4 ft high.

The run up from Glasgow on the bike was stunning - I have great memories of that, coming up from Loch Tulla, and blasting across Rannoch moor, with the red deer stags running over the peat hags and burns as you whizz down the bends inside Glencoe itself. Is that piper still there at the falls? The Glen Etive road past the Buchaille Etive Mhor is also fantastic.

I don't think so. Male/Female, Mars/Venus time. There'll never be complete unity.

Could you happily stand and hold a conversation regarding femenine hygene products in a group of mixed-sex strangers? I'm not sure most women would. It's probably about as personal as standing at the bar and annoucing to your mate at the top of your voice that you're taking treatment for erectile dysfunction.

Andy. Male. Married to a mooncup user.

Agree with you there Sagarmatha1000.

Also, it would be good for us blokes to get a high level breifing paper on the outcomes of the meetings as they will help is to be more supportive/patient/tolerant/sympathetic/envious of the issues ladies have in this lifestyle of ours.

"Did you know that border control in Iran (?) is quicker for woman that men because the male officials just want to get the woman through asap to avoid any contact with them."...or something like that.

Oh yes and sorry to hear about your ED. Have you tried Ethiopian Longhorn cow dung.

Charlie. Male. Married to a Shewee user

How do you know theyre talking about fem. hyg?

I didnt mention unity! Youve missed the point somewhat.............
Have you done that by the way? - told your mate about your erectile dysfunction?

Well! I dont think women will appreciate you being "tolerant/patient " etc with them. IMO its a little old fashioned. Maybe this is why they have private meetings. Who knows?

Good roads best wishes

Because Clare told you so, amongst other things. At the time my wife & I thought it was going to be a little more about self-defense.

And I'm supposed to react to that?

We, including me, are digressing. Start a new thread on this issue if you want.

It's clear that the HU Meeting was a well balanced affair that catered for all attendees with individual as well as general interest.

I've taken the liberty: http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...896#post141208

I'm sorry Sag - I didnt know this particular codeword for fem. hyg. I still dont know actually! Nor do I really want to know. On a point of accuracy, it was you who first mentioned dysfunction, not me! I'm afraid I dont know how you "react" to your own words, so forgive me for that please.

Anyway I hope you enjoyed the weekend and didnt get too wet. Were you stuck in the mud as others were?

Sagarmatha -it's pretty world beating as a National Park isnt it?

PS I liked your TDM and its particularly nice exhaust sound.
All the best!

It is a pretty bike though :)

Did you get home ok ? Shells tells me that your engine siezed on the way home :(

That it is! ;)

Wykes Down camp site nr, Andover
 

Looks like a good place for an AUTUMN venue.

Tell us why it's a good place?

Andover is easy to get to for everyone in southern UK.
The venue has a fully functioning restuarant kitchen
The venue has a fully stocked bar
The retuarant has two sepearte areas with seperate doors that can be used as presentation rooms
There is a pool room with 4 pool tables that can also act as a presentation room. All these are largers than those at Lumbs.
The camping ground has plenty of standpipes.
The camp ground had proper traffic circulation routes
The camp ground has a gentle slope so no skidding around trying to ride up a grassy slope which gave a number of people problems at Lumbs and sufficient slope for drainage.
The camp ground has ablution facilites in the middle of the tent area
There is a massive spill-over field
They host a number of motor fairs every year and host the weekly car boot sale
I have no clue what Audio visual facilities they have but if they don't have digital projectors then it's not difficult to hirte some in very cheaply for the weekend. The AV as Lumbs was giving troubles at the start of almost every presentation.
For an event of this size I am sure that the owner would be happy to arrange extra chairs, AV etc etc

It's 1hr out of London. Take a spin down there on a Saturday or on a day off and see what you think.