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Yes, enjoy yourselves everyone - hope the weather is kind to you!!

Do come - everyone is welcome The camping bit is only really sleeping in a tent - eating & toilets etc is much more civilised!! Can't necessarily say the evening 'socials' will be civilised though!! Speak for yourself sue were always cilvilised! Yeah ok Gary!!!

Do come - everyone is welcome The camping bit is only really sleeping in a tent - eating & toilets etc is much more civilised!! Can't necessarily say the evening 'socials' will be civilised though!!

Have a lovely weekend everyone - hope you've packed your waterproofs......Kirsty!!!!!

congratulations!!!

Excellent stuff!!

sausage & mash for one tonight then!!!!!

that really does sound rather nit-picky!! Keep at it Lynn!!

Rennie & I had a lovely bimble around the Shropshire countryside today, taking in some beautiful scenery and some very 'interesting' roads!! We left Telford & headed through Much Wenlock and on to the pretty town of Church Stretton for some lunch. Visited Carding Mill valley, then headed out of the town & up into the Shropshire Hills onto Long Mynd! For those of you who are unfamiliar, the road up Long Mynd is a single track road climbing to 516m with a 1 in 5 gradient!!! All good fun & plenty of low gear, slow speed riding & hill start practise!! On top of Long Mynd.... If the ride up Long Mynd was slightly nerve-wracking then the ride down the other side was pretty scary!! A 1 in 4 gradient with lots of bends! For those of you who have ridden a YBR & experienced their braking capacity, you'll know what I mean when I say I'm bloody glad there was nothing coming the other way!!!!! Front brake pulled full in & bike not stopping!!!!! Rennie managed to take us back to Shrewsbury via country lanes, through Ratlinghope, Pulverbatch & Longden. Then it was back home through Atcham, past Attingham Park where he put the Fazer through it's paces & waited for me in Wellington to catch up!

Well done!!

Rhinestone Cowboy - Glenn Campbell

Congratulations!! It was well worth persevering!!

Well done you!!

Okie dokie - think Roy said something about you lot leaving his at 8.30am, subject to certain people being ready on time!! No way will we be there as early as you - out til late on Sat doing a gig!

Do we have a meeting place/time sorted? Apart from those of you staying at Roy's on Sat night!

Well done to you!!

That's what I was told on my CBT but I really can't get the hang of doing it like that I've got a YBR and I just hold the bars, cover the brake, lean the bike towards me slightly & push! (and try not to tw*t my shin on the peg! ) I'm very surprised you can't reach the brake Alex I'm just scared that if i reach that little bit further, I will e putting my centre of gravity too far over the ike and it might topple over, if you get what i mean? Yes I get what you mean, which is why I lean the slightly sideways bike towards my body - that should stop the bike toppling the other way. Practise doing it with someone there to catch it in case it drops! Having said all that, I struggle to give the bike a hard enough push if it's on an upwards slope, like our driveway!!

That's what I was told on my CBT but I really can't get the hang of doing it like that I've got a YBR and I just hold the bars, cover the brake, lean the bike towards me slightly & push! (and try not to tw*t my shin on the peg! ) I'm very surprised you can't reach the brake Alex

Good for you!!!!

Yes, lovely to see people again - just sorry we missed you QB & Fred! Rather achey now - haven't ridden pillion for a good long while!

We're not going to Roys - going straight to Silverstone on the bike on Sunday but hopefully we can all meet up there!

Have to try and sort out a meeting place then

Yep. Rennie & I are going and meeting up with others from here - hopefully, if we can find each other!

and why not a speedo bike wash???? We could do with something to draw the crowds at the Hull Motor Show! Speedo's & a crash helmet!!!

"Here, here Ruthie - thank you" spoken out loud!! It does take a lot of planning to put on the annual rally & a lot of us are already involved with planning our stand at the Hull Motor Show! I'm not saying don't plan another get-together - it's a good idea. However speaking for myself I'd rather step back from being involved in helping to organise anything else at the moment. But by all means go ahead & get planning - if you need any advice then just ask any of us that organised the rally.