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Mon, 30 Jun 2008
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 Rain fails to stop play... |
Three of us enjoyed a steady ride out to Smithy's
pub in Ashfield (The Rose and Crown) and a
pleasant place it is to with a large sun deck and
amiable atmoshere. Steve and Nicki were pleased
to see old friends from Retford and an hour was
whiled away chatting in the sun and watching a
couple of the local dogs get friendly... With
black clouds on the horizon we headed west daring
the rain gods to do their worst to which they
soon obliged but not before we'd found shelter in
Harley World's showroom where we marvelled at the
sheer cost of the shiny bits on offer! After 30
minutes or so of rain the sun broke through again
and bellys rumbling, we headed for a well known
chain of burger vendors and were soon tucking
into deli wraps and icecream. The sun had dried
off the roads which meant for a warm ride home
with plenty of time left to get busy with much
needed soap and water in preparation for the
rally in Darlington next weekend. Cheers guys and
hopefully a few more will brave the potential
rain and the wrath of their wives and turn out
for next months ride out. Watch this space...
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Posted 15:25
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Thu, 12 Jun 2008
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 Another Rally... |
HDRCGB North East Rally - Darlington - 4th to 6th
July in the grounds of a manor house, disco
Friday, band Saturday - £10 for the weekend.
Anyone interested, give me a call for more
details or visit the HDRCGB website. CCO.The 9th
North East region rally will be taking place on
July 4th to 6th at Hurworth-on-Tees near
Darlington. The venue is Hurworth Grange
Community centre with camping in the grounds of
Hurworth Grange. Friday night will be disco and
Saturday night is disco and an excellent band.
£10 to members and £12 to non-members. .....
More details from;
Chris
01325 255279
Andy
07803 886172
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Mon, 09 Jun 2008
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 HDRCGB and Grumpy Old Bastartds MCC Rally - Horncastle 6 - 8 June 08 |
The rain had held off all Friday but sure as
nails - come 4pm Friday arvo - down it came in
buckets. "Are we still going?" came the call -
"Craig reckons it's not raining over Lincoln
way..." "We'll give it a chance to blow over and
make a run for it then...." "You got it, what
do ya say, about 7?" "7 it is then" 7 came and
the rain had stopped so El Pres, Mags and Kiwi
loaded up and headed for Dunham Bridge. Toll paid
we headed out into Lincolnshire and into the rain
so, as soon as we'd past the Gatso, we gave the
ponies their head and soon after broke through
into the dry. We cruised steadily to the campsite
and arrived with time to get the tents up before
the rain caught up with us again. El Pres has to
be congratulated as we didn't get lost once -
another milestone reached in his intrepid
leadership. Tents up, we were straight into the
bar and were soon blowing the froth of a few and
catching up with old aquaintances and making new
friends in true Clan tradition. A steady nights
drinking followed, including a venture into see
Chris' (from Le Rock) band which by all accounts
has improved no end on previous experiences. Mags
braved the dance floor for a short period before
it was back to the tents around 2am with hopes of
a fine Saturday and plans afoot to enjoy a steady
ride out for some food before hitting the bar
again. We awoke to a steady drizzle punctuated
with short downpours - Mags dutifully got the
coffees in and we followed that up with a most
appreciated full english in the bar. A quick tour
around the site and more coffee was followed by
waiting in the tents willing the cloud cover to
break and the promised "scorchio" to begin. By
half one we abandoned all hope of a ride out and
hit the bar with a vengeance proceeding to dent
the landlords stock of John Smiths and Carling.
Within a couple of hours Jubba and Marie together
with Craig and Rachel arrived, all a little damp
but glad they'd made the effort. Their tents
erected we were soon back in the bar boshing
pints and having a laugh with Cap'n Smurf and
Paul. The frivolities got too much for Mags who
had to go for a lie down and the thought of the
tent was too much for Craig and Rachel and they
slipped away for some us time - shame Marie found
the camera and followed them (check out the album
photos!!) Craig later reappeared but Rachel was
not feeling well (what had you been feeding her
Craig?) and elected to remain in their tent. Mags
reappeared briefly but had soon had enough and
she to abandoned the party for the land of nod.
Craig disappeared shortly after and the remainder
of us enjoyed the rest of the night and a most
excellent band - "20th Century Boy".
Sunday morning arrived bright and clear, shame
the same couldn't be said about our heads, but
coffee and a wash followed by more coffee and
breakfast soon had us feeling more lively and the
sun soon dried off the tents and raised our
spirits. We packed up amidst the usual banter
that follows a good night on the ale and each of
us enjoyed a steady ride home at our own pace in
the glorious English sunshine. A big thanks to
you all for making my birthday weekend memorable.
Cheers for the HD beach towel El Pres (and
family) and to the rest of you - where's me
f*****g presents?
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Posted 16:44
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Sun, 25 May 2008
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 CLAN NEXT RALLY GET YOUR NAME DOWN |
GRUMPY OLD BASTARDS
&
HDRCGB LINCS
2008 SUMMER PARTY
6/7/8TH JUNE 2008
£10 ON THE GATE
At Horncastle Golf Club
Twin Lakes, Shearmans Wath, West Ashby, Lincs,
LN9 5PP
Camping, live bands &disco, restaurant, mobile
food van,
Late bars, Saturday ride-out, stalls, etc.
Electric hook up limited availability (£5 per
night)
Ring golf club on 01507 526800 or John 01205
280807
Find map at
http://www.horncastlegolfclub.co.uk/
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Wed, 14 May 2008
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 CLAN SITE |
ANY COMMENTS ABOUT NEW WEB PAGE FOR OR AGAINST
LETS HERE THEM
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