Check out the ITV london website - there’s a news report with some LBrs on it - be quick cos be it might be updated (was there 2 hours ago) - a few of us at the Ace b4 heading off.
Think all in around 25 odd were there in two groups - plus a few helpers too. Best bit was the WB people clapping / lots of hand made posters and thank you signs…see the rideout section for some comments.
+1 It also made you think that the only other time that Wootton Bassett is seen is footage of the fallen returning home. I’m sure a lot of us were thinking of them, the injured and those still out there when riding through.
ive never seen so many bikes, literally lost the people i was with when we got in, no hope of finding them. tell you wot though, soon as i got on that runway and saw those big white lines at the end, i felt a sudden urge to grab full throttle
was a very fitting trubute to both the troops at war (my cousin is not long back from afghanistan) and also a thanks to the residents of wootton bassett themselves - a town that stops everything in respect each time someone is brought back
its nice to know weve put wootton bassett on the map for a slightly more upbeat reason, they are now know for not only paying their respects to many times to bodies being flown home, but also to hosting the biggest rideout the uk has ever seen
Fantastic atmosphere, very emotional and something that we’ll both cherish for a long time.
GM, myself and my m8, met up with Busa and Mrs Busa, Truebrit and Mrs Truebrit, and my m8s friend at J5 of the M4 and then we headed to Reading Services to meet PJ and the rest of the 1000-1100hrs gang! :w00t:
GM spent about 20 mins drooling over PJ’s bike and then we all headed to WB. If they do it next year…I’ll be there! :D:D
Apparently there were 22,000 riders and pillions, and at least £100k was raised.Thought the interviews went very well; well done the both of you, and thanks for volunteering to do that :D:cool: