meet you at the ace cafe geoff… if Im a couple of minutes late please forgive… its 0924 here Im in my PJ’s and I have a bike to kick in the guts (battery etc).
The Ace was heaving with adventure bikes and stuff very big turn out there… bumped into a couple of other LBers as well …
We had 6 bikes on the ride, well 7 if we include Jamie gsr, who peeled off after a mile reckoned it was to cold but I think he was worried about keeping up :P… Then at the H cafe we met Tim, Jamie and Nat, Ann and someone else, err Mark I think, so that was good…
Sorry I woke up late and missed you guys … and the friend I was supposed to meet for lunch had a hangover so I could have joined you to the H after all. It was a great turnout, with the Ace filled and bikes parked up on the bridge and everywhere.
I got to the Ace, and bumped into Stace for a chat.
Then happily bumped into Phil Evans - who rode a Triumph Tiger 800XC to Bangkok last year. We’ve been trying to meet for a while to swap stories and the trip to Tashkent last year a few of us went on.
This is a new event related to the Big Bike Rally Challenge, details still being arranged - but suitable for adventure bikes etc. Green lanes and off-road into Wales and Salisbury. 15/16 September 2012.
I was just about to leave, when I spotted Dorothy (the motorbike) and then Nathan Millwarn “The Postman”. He recognized me too and came over to share a laugh - always good to see him and I couldn’t resist buying his book.