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Photo by Andy Miller, UK, Taking a rest, Jokulsarlon, Iceland

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Photo by Andy Miller, UK,
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Jokulsarlon, Iceland



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Portmouth - Calais = £17.50
Calais - Portsmouth = £20.00
There's no such ferry, the best of the Portsmouth ferries go to Le Havre which saves you 140 miles compared with Calais.

Or there's Newhaven-Dieppe which saves you 90 miles compared with Calais.

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There's no such ferry, the best of the Portsmouth ferries go to Le Havre which saves you 140 miles compared with Calais.

Or there's Newhaven-Dieppe which saves you 90 miles compared with Calais.

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Sorry, my apologies. Its too bloody early.

DOVER to Calais !!! I'l edit my post
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Try LD Lines - they always seem reasonably priced.

Cheap ferry tickets, online ferry booking - LD Lines
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Colombres Classic Bike Rally
I'm going to the classic rally at Colombres , which is on the N634/A8 about 110 miles west of Bilbao. Its on from Thursday 11th October till Sunday 14th, with a classic Hill Climb on Sat afternoon. Its for pre 1980 bikes, but is definatly worth a look if you're passing on the way to Moto Andalucia, or just need an excuse to extend your stay.
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I'm going to the classic rally at Colombres , which is on the N634/A8 about 110 miles west of Bilbao. Its on from Thursday 11th October till Sunday 14th, with a classic Hill Climb on Sat afternoon. Its for pre 1980 bikes, but is definatly worth a look if you're passing on the way to Moto Andalucia, or just need an excuse to extend your stay.
I've taken a good look at the webpage for the Colombres bike meeting; Bienvenido a la Web del Moto Club Pistón

As stated here, it kicks off on a Thurs, ending on the Sunday.
So, when do people travel there is my question - how far in advance basically?
Also, any recommendations for local camp sites would be of interest.

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Just a reminder folks that if you haven't filled out the form on the website and you're coming next week, can you let me know. I need to confirm the pitches at the camp site this weekend.

The weather forecast is looking good - at 400 metres altitude, the temperature today at 2.20pm is 25C in the shade and night temps are around 10C.
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We had a fantastic weekend and waved the 'last of the few' off into the sunrise this morning - I had tears in my eyes!!

My all too clever hubby has adapted a neat piece of code where my Picasa web albums are automatically loaded into the Moto Andalucia and Smokin` Lizard websites on the Gallery pages.

I've not got around to putting captions on the photos - too knackered as yet and need to sleep!!! I'll get around to it later this week.

My sincerest thanks to Tim Cullis and Hans (aka Vaufi) for their fantastic and inspiring presentations - we can't wait for our trip to Morocco next year!! And to everybody else, thank you for your support and see you in 2008.
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Im sure it will much better next year.....




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The location of the campsite and facilities were ideal. I had a great time on the Spanish trails, and was really inspired by Hans' presentation on South Africa. Leaving the map of South Africa with me was a cruel thing to do, as I started planning routes...

I rode Malaga to Santander on Sunday, then took the ferry back to the UK on Monday afternoon along with a group from Wilcat Tours who'd been doing Morocco and a group from World of BMW who had been in the Pyrenees. 1200 GS Adventures outnumbered all other bikes on the ferry.

I'm now back in the UK, typing this wearing three layers of clothing and considering putting on a fourth layer. 42.5C in Morocco seems a very long time ago.

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Just like to say thanks to Alison and Andy for organising this event, I really enjoyed all aspects of my 2 days there, great location, fantastic trails and twisty roads but best of all the company, what a great mix of knowledgable, inspirational and fun people. I'm new to HU but put me down for another visit next year !
Cheers Mike PS Morocco was awsome - everything Tim said was absolutely spot on !
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Cool Great weekend indeed!
Glad you all returned home safely. Haven't heard from Leo yet.

We only returned yesterday, passing through snow-capped Pyrenees after the pleasantly warm days in Andalucia :-( So I'll get that travel info on Southern Africa forwarded some time today.

@ Alison & Andy: thanx once again for the nice weekend and all the work you invested, planning the lovely ride-outs etc.


Yep, Morocco is definitely one of the trips in the near future, so lets try to get together again next year!


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Hi Guys

Thank YOU all for a great weekend.

Yes, the meeting will definitely be on again next year. I've spoken to Grant and we're looking at the third weekend in September. We're just deciding on whether to do another 'mini-meet' or the full works for next year.

Does that fit in with you guys and are we still going to Morocco straight after the meeting? Mike - do you want to join us if we go - get the missus riding the XT and you bring the GS!!

Leo is returning to the UK today and said he will be signing up on the HUBB as soon as he gets back.

In the meantime Tim - we'll be looking to you for all the info on places to visit/avoid .

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