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posted 9 Aug 2016, 15:37 by Section Webmaster
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posted 7 Jul 2016, 13:09 by Section Webmaster
We had a brilliant weekend
in Abergavenny. This was very well
attended and almost fully booked within days of the original details being
forwarded by Erica. As usual Dave
and Myf Williamson did us proud, with a great hotel, good food and, John says, good
Ale. I didn’t go on the run, but I
have included a write up from Bob Melvin.
‘Fear could have easily spread across Abergavenny on Saturday 11th
June as it must have looked like some sort of chemical incident as a rider
emerged from his hotel room clad in an all-enveloping fluorescent yellow
suit. But no, it was just Bob
Melvin in a lightweight rain suit worn in response to the prevailing wet
conditions. The approach to the
hotel the previous afternoon, with its views of the sweeping moorland hills in
the near distance, had given us a foretaste of the delights to come. However, by the morning the weather had
started to match the drama of the landscape. Having assembled in the car park of the Plas Derwen Hotel,
we left in a convoy of 11 bikes, following the leaders, Dave and Myf. The initial pace was fairly brisk but
well-ordered and our route along a short stretch of dual carriageway soon gave
way to the sort of country roads that would be equally at home in our native
Surrey Hills. The road surfaces
were somewhat better paved than the over-used Surrey tarmac, offering better
grip, even with the prevailing conditions. Riding with good, competent riders makes this sort of outing
so much more fun. By the time we
reached Hay on Wye for our coffee stop, the clouds had lifted to reveal more of
the beautiful scenery. I took the
opportunity to disrobe, removing the ‘chemical suit’ to find that with internal
condensation, the suit was actually wetter inside as out. This was a new acquisition and the first
thing learned was that it ain’t Gortex and it doesn’t breathe. Coffee over and suit stowed, we set
forth again, skirting the northern edge of the Brecon Beacons, covering a
significant distance on minor roads.
There were no hesitations for route reviews and each junction was
navigated decisively, making the ride through to
Crossgates very consistent and relaxing.
After a brief lunch stop Dave and Myf lead off again on their GS, this
time deeper into the Brecon Beacons National Park. Every road seemed to offer more sweeping bends than the last
stretch, ascending and descending through the countryside, together with more
varied landscapes, from tree canopied lanes to the open desolation of the
hill-top moorlands marked with red military warning flags advising of live
firing. The weather varied with
the landscape, ranging from bright sunshine to pouring rain. We finally arrived back at the hotel
after an amazing ride. Dave and
Myf had put a lot of planning to make this a superb days outing covering 130
miles of some of the finest countryside South Wales has to offer. One lesson learned was that I
need an on-board camera to capture some of the views.’
Many thanks to Dave and
Myf for organising this weekend and also thanks to Bob for his ride out write
up.
We thought we would try
something different and advertised the Real Ale Train for 18th
June. Although a few of us bought tickets during the year and really enjoyed the evening, obviously this event did
not appeal to the members generally.
Although only Erica, Neil, John and Gerri decided to go we had a lovely
time, followed by a B & B chez Erica.
There was a slightly better turnout at Mother Kelly’s on 22nd,
where 14 of us enjoyed a get together and a nice fish and chip supper. As you probably all know, the camping
weekend at The Barge was a bit of a problem. Even though we had asked numerous times and been told we did
not need to book, we were told the weekend before that they were fully booked. Bob took on the job of ringing round
for an alternative camp site, and it was decided that we would go the Sixpenny
Handley as they had space. Fewer
attended than were expected to go to The Barge, possibly due to the last minute
problems, but those who did attend had a great time. Erica sent me the following report. ‘I had a lovely ride to
Sixpenny Handley and arrived to find a motorhome, and event shelter and one
tent, but no-one around. I managed
to put my tent up in the dry and, by the time I had finished, Bob Denman and
Nev Jones returned bearing gifts from their trip to the brewery. John Moore arrived and, to assist the
process of putting up the tent, a bottle of champagne was opened. Unfortunately Helen and James arrived
slightly too late, which meant more for us! It appears the change of venue and perhaps the weather
forecast put people off attending this weekend, which was a shame, as we had a
fair bit of sunshine. John Moor
led a ride on the Saturday, allegedly on a circuitous route intended to finish
at the Royal Signals Museum. In
spite of there being only six riders, we managed to lose everyone on the way
(so much for the buddy system!).
However, three of us managed to find our way to the museum, which was
excellent, whilst Helen, James and John managed to find a café with the best
cream tea in the area. Gail turned
up on the Saturday and, after a lovely meal at the campsite restaurant, we had
a great evening sheltering from the rain in the GS Register’s event shelter and
participating in Nev’s quiz (lots of questions about motorbikes, surprisingly!)’
August sees our regular
visit to Poole Quay for fish and chips on 9th. On the 21st, Erica is
leading a run to Bournemouth Air Festival. This is, of course, followed by The National over the Bank
Holiday weekend. September, and we
have our week to the Dordogne 3rd to 10th. On the 18th we have a run
booked in the diary, but at the moment it is a mystery, we don’t know who is
leading this or where it is going.
Hopefully by next month I can give you more details. Alternatively, check out the website on
thebmwclubsouthern.com
That’s all for now
folks. Just to say get out there
and enjoy summer when it finally arrives.
Erica
07528 873056
social@thebmwclubsouthern.com
Gerri
01895 446896
social.assistant@thebmwclubsouthern.com
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posted 6 Jun 2016, 10:35 by Section Webmaster
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updated 6 Jun 2016, 10:41
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There was not too much
happening in May for our section, but we did have a contingent at the Ace Café
BMW day in the middle of the month.
Godfrey was there and gave me the following report. ‘The Ace Café BMW theme day was well
attended by all sorts of the German Bike Makers, ranging from the ‘classic’ era
right through to the present time.
A lot of the bikes were really ‘twinkling’, but there were also a few,
shall we say looking somewhat ‘used’!
The Southern Section was well represented. Noel and Ann had trekked up from darkest Swindon, but the
most impressive attendee was Anton, who, although not very well at all, had
managed to come up from his home in Hampshire. This proves the power that motorcycling has on people. We managed to hand out a few membership
forms, but probably the best visitor we had walked up to the stall and said ‘I
want to join the club’. Bob
obliged with a membership form to complete and on asking the guy where he lived
to determine the best section to join, the reply was ‘Texas’!!! It was a good job we were sitting
down!’ Thank you Godfrey and to
the others who went to the Ace to try to enrol new members.
Our only other run was led
by Terry and he had arranged to go to the Mechanical Music Museum in
Northleach. I don’t know whether
it was the weather report suggesting downpours or that a lie in was needed, but
there were only 3 members and Terry at Jack’s for the run. Erica and I decided we needed a bacon
roll and tea before departure, and we were glad we did as the run took nearly
three hours. We had a great ride
through the countryside using the buddy system. Bob had details of the route and brought up the rear, so we
all arrived safely in the Cotswolds at 13.00hrs. We parked up the bikes, and just as we entered the pub the
rain started. Erica only had time
for a coffee as she had to return to meet up with her brother who was over here
from the States. The 3 of us had a
lovely lunch, and followed this with a quick walk round the corner to the
museum. It was a really quaint,
unusual place, full of all types of self-playing musical instruments. These included music boxes, gramophones
and pianos where the music disc was set and the keys operated without anyone playing. Terry and Bob were both like kids trying
to work put how it all worked.
Thanks Terry, a great run and a really interesting museum.
July. The Archery day is on Saturday 9th
at 14.00hrs. Please book with
Erica. Trish is running her
infamous Cream Tea run on 10th July. Meet at Newlands Corner at 11.00hrs for and 11.30
departure. This will be a gentle
run through the countryside to an interesting stop where you will be able to
indulge in a cream tea or any other edible delight. Wednesday 13th sees us at Jack’s in Bagshot for
fish and chip supper. Teatime or
whenever you can get there after work!
We were due to have a BBQ in the New Forest on 16th July, but
now that Nick and Sarah have relocated, this has been postponed. We are looking at different locations
and different dates. Erica will
email members to let them know how we get on. We have the Greg Smith’s Segway day on 24th
July. This is a pre-booked event,
so best wishes to all attendees.
August. We have our annual trip down to Poole
Quay for fish and chips on 9th August. Because there are lots of bikes down there for the evening,
suggest you get there early or you will be in the overflow carpark. The 21st is the Bournemouth Air Festival and Erica
is leading a ride-out. More
details to follow. Of course, you
can’t miss the BMW club National which this year is being held in Llandovery
College over the August Bank Holiday weekend. All details and booking form for this are in your
journal.
Now is the time to join in
and have fun with your club. 
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posted 7 Apr 2016, 15:22 by Section Webmaster
You know how you feel when
you suddenly realise the date you have chosen for an event clashes. Members were telling us, sorry, but we
can’t come to the March winter talk, it is the same day as Mother’s Day. Whoops! Anyway, I am pleased to report that we did have 26 people
attending, even though some were late due to an accident off the A3. Pete Burch came to tell us how the Air
Ambulance staff had saved his life.
He had a very serious accident, when a vehicle pulled across his path
whilst he was riding a friend’s motorbike. He was thrown off the bike and
landed in the opposite carriageway and then run over by another car. He spent time in hospital and is still
having treatment and operations and has no use of his left arm. He now has an adapted bike, recently
delivered, which he had just done a short ride on!! Due to all the help he was given, he now supports the Air
Ambulance when he gives these talks.
With all the photos and Pete’s narrative, we had a very interesting
afternoon. The Section gave a
donation of £100.00 for the Air Ambulance and I believe some members made
personal donations. Things are
beginning to hot up now as there were 30 people at Nick and Sarah’s for the
soup run. Erica sent me the
following report. ‘What an amazing
turnout for the first official ride-out of the year, and thanks to Nick and Sarah
for hosting the soup run. This was
in spite of being in the midst of packing for their big move and heading off to
Gatwick that same evening for a well-deserved holiday in Vienna. Some of us, including new member Alan
Cuthell, met at 10.00hrs at Bahnstormer, with Greg and Eve leading the ride
down to the New Forest and Erica being tail-ender. There were fourteen bikes in total and it was a lovely trip
down. A number of people made
their way straight to Nick and Sarah’s, making a total of 30 (yes thirty!) of
us partaking of home cooked soup, home baked bread and cakes and copious cups
of tea and coffee. Thanks to Helen
and James for organising the bottle of wine and chocolate eggs that we
presented to Nick and Sarah (for being ‘good eggs’!) and to Eve for arranging
the card for us all to sign. We
will certainly miss Nick and Sarah’s hospitality when they move to Leicestershire’.
Chippy has sent me the
following report. ‘On Sunday 3rd
April, 15 club members turned up in Tidworth to attend the Airhead Mechanics
day that was organised by Richard Evans.
We were blessed with fine weather and lots of bikes to look at, talk
about and even a couple to fix. Richard
briefed the masses before the day started promptly at 10.00hrs. Richard displayed his R80GS and
demonstrated servicing, carb setting up and anything else that was asked of
him. Bob Denman brought along an
old R series frame to demonstrate head bearing removal, but this proved
fruitless as it had been in his garden for 20 years and seized solid. Mike Delacoe brought along some tools
for hire and some manuals to browse through. Fred Lee arrived having had to bump start his R100RS and
after consulting the manuals and some investigations, it was found to have a
faulty starter relay.
Electric schematics browsed
showed that with a bit of solder it could be remedied enough to allow Fred to return
to Yorkshire. A trip to Halfords
and Maplins did not locate the
necessary relay, but did result in fresh solder to replace the rubbish stuff in
Chippy’s garage. Fred was able to
ride off into the sunset at the end of the day. Torsten Gandvik brought along some ‘Black Museum’ items to
display, these showing all sorts of sheared off teeth and broken splines. Cliff Battley brought along an R80RT
monoshock which he discovered had a problem with the clutch. After stripping down, the general
consensus was that there was a piece missing and it was refitted to be taken
away and compared to another clutch on a similar bike. Everybody stopped for lunch at 13.00hrs
and came inside to a superb buffet supplied by the catering department, aka
Trish Bond and Leslie Carpenter.
Throughout the day there was a supply of brews and some very tasty cake
made by Trish. It proved to be a very informative
day and lots of knowledge passed on before everyone departed at 16.30hrs. At the time of writing, Richard has
already received a few e-mails from attendees stating how much they enjoyed the
day. We think this should continue throughout the year and possibly be hosted
by other sections. We have so many
knowledgeable members, it seems a shame to waste their experience. Keep a look out at the Airhead Section
on the forum’. All I can say to
that is, thank you Chippy for offering the premises for us to hold this event, thanks to Richard for organising
everything and as the event would not have run without food, three cheers for
Trish and Lesley and their catering efforts.
If you receive this before
the end of April, Bob and Susan Melville are proposing to arrange a ride-out
from Cranleigh to the first Goodwood Breakfast Club meet of the year. The run assembly point is the Little
Manor Services at Cranleigh, GU6 8AE departing at 08.00hrs. There is a BMW Bike Day at the Ace Café
on Sunday 15th May. On
22nd May we have a run in the diary, but as yet no further
details. Keep an eye on the
Website for more details or look out for an update from Erica. Happy biking.
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posted 12 Feb 2016, 15:07 by Section Webmaster
In January, we decided to
have a change, and instead of having a winter talk, we organised a Bring and
Buy. There was a very good
attendance and quite a few members went home having bought the item of their dreams,
and a few went home with heavier pockets.
It seemed quite a popular event, giving everyone some extra time for
socialising. Thanks to John Kent
for his sterling work in the kitchen.
At the end of January, we had a skittles match at The Milbury’s, kindly
arranged for us by Eve and Greg Smith.
I have not had an official report, but I understand it was well
supported and the members I spoke to enjoyed the event.
Now with details for the
next couple of months. We are
still hoping to have a winter talk at Rake Village Hall on 6th March,
but are struggling to find a speaker.
We have had a few leads via some of our members, but it seems difficult
to get volunteers to come out to us at a weekend. We are still working on this, so will hopefully have some
news in the journal next month.
Obviously, the details will be on the website as soon as we have some
information for you. Don’t forget
Gail’s winter walk on 13th March. Hopefully the weather will be kind. We have a soup run on 20th
March being organised by Nick Tucker.
If you are an early riser, then there is a 09.00 breakfast meet at the
Café at Redhill Aerodrome. For
those members who like to tinker with their bikes, there is an Airheads
Mechanics Day on Sunday 3rd April, 09.00hrs to 16.00hrs, at Perham
Down Community Centre. There is a
charge of £15.00 which includes tea, coffee, cakes etc, and a local take-away
lunch. There is limited
availability, so to book please contact Richard Evans or Trish Bond to book on
01372 378196, or trish.bond@btinternet.com.
Hopefully you have all had
a chance to look at the calendar of events which came with your journal, and
picked out some of the runs and events that interest you. More details are on the website, so
keep an eye on that, especially for additions and last minute changes. I know there are quite a few of our
members who ride all year round, but for the rest of us, spring is nearly here,
so lets’ get out and about.
Gerri
social.assistant@thebmwclubsouthern.com
01895 446896
Erica
social@thebmwclubsouthern.com
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posted 17 Oct 2015, 11:41 by Section Webmaster
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updated 17 Oct 2015, 11:41
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Please note that, due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to change the venue of our AGM on Sunday, 18th October to Liss Village Hall, Hill Brow Rd, Liss, Hampshire GU33 7LA. All other details as per the calendar. Bob Denman will be standing by at Rake Village Hall to send people to Liss, but please pass this message on.
As usual, we will be planning the social events calendar for next year. Please have a think about what you would like to see included and any new ideas for rideouts, destinations, etc. |
posted 7 Oct 2015, 15:27 by Section Webmaster
Hi everyone, I think Southern Section have gone into
hibernation following all our work for the National as I have only got one section
event to tell you about. I know
Dave Wright has done his Forge open day for a few years running now, but this
year seemed just as popular. On 13th
September, thirteen people made their way down to Chiddingfold, many with a
picture of the item they wanted to make.
I know that Chippy was making a wellie boot holder on Lesley’s
instruction! Nigel kindly brought
along his BBQ and supplied everyone with sausages and burgers. Thanks go to Dave for giving up his
Sunday to entertain us, and thanks to Nigel for the cooking. Although not a BMW event, Erica has
sent me the following report.
‘Ride to the Wall sees motorcyclists from all around the UK and Europe
(mainly from Belgium) come together to remember the names engraved on the walls
of the Armed Forces Memorial.
Well, it was a bit of an early start, but well worth it. I met Dean Carpenter (Chippy) at
Chieveley Services and we travelled on together to Cherwell Valley Services,
where we met up with Godfrey and Chris Potter and Chris Tite and hundreds of
other bikers. After a well deserved
bacon butty, we left for the long ride up to the National Memorial Arboretum,
arriving at 11am together with 7,100 other bikes for the events of the
day. There was a performance by
the Royal Signals White Helmets music from the Band of the Rifles and a flypast
by both a Tiger Moth and a Dakota.
After a very moving service and tea and cake (for me), we all made our
way home. Thanks to Chippy for
organising this and we hope to include this in next year’s diary of events.’
Hopefully we will have had
a good AGM, and lots of members will have come up with ideas for runs and
events for next year. For anyone
who didn’t attend, I will give further details next month. Well, sorry, but nothing else to say,
except for those of us who are fair weather riders, there may still be some
decent days to get the wheels rolling, and for the people who ride all year,
hope you don’t need your waterproofs too often! Look forward to seeing some of you at the Christmas dinner
on 5th December.
Gerri Chandler
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posted 16 Jul 2015, 14:19 by Section Webmaster
There is a real contrast
with the news this month compared with The July journal. Last month I had so
much to tell you about, this month is the total opposite. I am not sure if members don’t want to
go on organised runs, but we had two set up for June and to say the attendance
was low is an understatement.
Peter Dunn’s 3 Counties run at the beginning of the month sounded really
interesting, but only two people joined him, and one of these was from Oxford
Section. Following this, Erica put
out emails and invitations on Facebook to see if we could get a better
attendance for Paul Bateman’s run to Kent at the end of the month. Well, we didn’t!! It was so bad that
Paul cancelled the run because nobody showed any interest. I know how much time and commitment has
to be put in to organise a run, and it is such a pity that the member doing all
the hard work has to face the disappointment of members not turning up to
appreciate all his work. I would not be at all surprised if
either of these people decided not to bother again. I do know there are other things happening in life for
everyone, but a couple of years ago we would have lots of members on these
runs. What has changed? Please let us know, are we trying to
organising things you don’t want to do?
What do you want?
Well, that is my rant
over. Now looking forward to the
next few months.
August
If you have been reading
Jim’s Social Scene, you will know he has been advertising the invitation from The
BMW Car Club to join them at the Heritage Motor Museum at Gaydon, and I believe
he already had some people interested in attending. Unfortunately, the Car Club want to charge entry for the
members setting up our stand, so we will not be attending as a Club. Obviously you are still able to go
along and pay to get in. Nick
Tucker is organising a run from Bahnstormer at 10.00 on 9th
August. If you are on Facebook,
and I know a lot of our Section members do check it out, please add you name to
Erica’s invitation. Alternatively,
give Nick a ring for more details or to register your interest, on
07775702265. Now if you reading
this journal, and suddenly realise that the National is only a few weeks away
and you have not booked yet, what are you waiting for? Come and join us at Sparsholt College
for the best National ever!
September
We will be having our long
rest in September, after all the work at National, and hopefully patting
ourselves on the back. The only
event is Dave’s Forge Day on 13th. Give Dave a ring to find out what is involved and put you
name down, 01428 684902, or join via the Facebook invitation.
October
On 3rd, there
is the non-BMW club event, Ride to The Wall. On the 11th, we are hoping to have a Segway
event, as it was popular last year, but, due to the preparations for the
National, this may get put on the backburner. I will hopefully be able to update you with more details
next month. On 18th, we
have the Section AGM, at Rake Village hall at 10.30hrs for a prompt 11.00
start. There will be tea, coffee
and a buffet, and once the serious business is taken care of, lots of
chatting. Come along and help to
contribute to your club.
That is all for now folks,
take care out there.
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posted 24 Jun 2015, 15:42 by Section Webmaster
There were quite a few
events in May, so lots to tell you about.
I understand the three section camping weekend at Sixpenny Handley was
good as usual, even though a bit cold and wet on the Saturday night. I wasn’t able to attend, but from
information I have gleaned, I think there were 4 members from Southern Section
at the event. The following
weekend, 12 of us went to The East Dart Hotel in Dartmoor for a great couple of
days. Five bikes with 9 people met
up on route, and we met the other 3 attendees at the hotel. The ride down for us was lovely, with a
nice stop for lunch at on the way. We just had a bit of rain the last hour of
riding, but with the lovely hot drying room at the hotel, our gear was soon
ready to wear again. Erica came
across from Plymouth, and also got a bit wet on her journey. We were given a lovely welcome by Paul
and Rosie, the hotel owners, and their hospitality during our stay was second
to none, comfortable rooms, good food and real ale on tap, all the makings of a
good weekend. On Saturday the
bikes were mounted and moved from the undercover parking to assemble at the
front of the hotel. We had an
enjoyable ride to Looe in the sunshine (yes, the sun decided to show
itself). We had an enjoyable three
hours wondering around Looe, helping the local economy by sampling the Cornish
Pasties and Cream Teas, and dodging the seagulls. On arrival back at the hotel some of us went for a walk by
the 13th century Clapper Bridge along the East Dart River, and
popped in to the visitor centre.
Sunday morning, and we said goodbye to two couples who were visiting
family, and 8 of us enjoyed the ride home. We stopped at The Coach and Horses in Winterbourne Abbas,
where, in Southern Section tradition, we enjoyed a lovely Sunday lunch. We all said our goodbyes and made our
way home. Thanks to Mike Cross for
organising this weekend. It was
the first one he has done for our Section, and hopefully will not be the
last. On the Sunday we were coming
home, some of our other members were heading to The Ace Café for the BMW day. Chris said it was busy as usual. They did not manage to sign up any news
members, but three, although not our section, were going to join when they got
home. Dean sent me a write up on
the Ride of Respect on 17th May.
‘Thirteen members attended
the Ride of Respect. Fortunately,
for me, only 9 of the section members and not the thousands attending the event
accepted the offer of starting from my house with a bacon butty and a brew to
help us through the day. Leaving
Tidworth at 09.30hrs we rode up to The Pit Stop, just off the M4 to meet the
other 4 members before heading off to Hullavington Airfield for our arrival
slot at 11.00hrs. Once congregated
on the airfield we managed another drink (never turn down the chance of a brew)
before departing in the last group at 12.30. This last group, due to the vast numbers attending and the
timings slipping slightly, contained everybody who was left on the airfield
(estimated 1500 bikes). We did get
parted just prior to the start but managed to regroup. Having a large Royal Engineers flag
flying from my bike helped and acted as a marker for us all keep together. The ride this year was back to its
original route which took us through Royal Wooten Bassett (RWB). Again the locals came out in strength
to show support and clap us along the way. Banners were flying and people of all ages cheering and high
fiving. This did cause the odd bike
to do a bit of a wobble in front of us.
The end of the ride took us into the RWB Academy where music, food and
merchandise stalls were all at hand.
After a quick walk round and an appreciation of the size of the queue
for food, Noel and Ann very kindly offered us a brew and cake back at their
house just 10 minutes away, and 10 of us accepted the offer. A big ‘thank you’ to Ann who supplied
us with, what everyone agreed, was the best carrot cake and banana cake we had
ever eaten. All in all it was a great
day out for a very worthy cause, with friends old and new. I am already looking forward to next
year.’ I haven’t had any feedback
from Nigel about the 3 Country Inn camping, but I expect it was good as
usual. I know he was expecting
quite a few members to attend.
Now, if you get this
journal early, don’t forget Paul Bateman’s run on 28th June. Meet at Newlands Corner for a departure
at 10.30 for a run to Kent.
JULY
The Hogroast, a non BMW
event is being held in Andover on the first weekend of the month. I have never been, but I know it is
very popular and details are on the website. We have Nick and Sarah’s camping weekend 10th to
12th but please contact Nick on 07775 702265 to book your
place. This is always a great
weekend in a lovely part of the country.
You can even talk to the resident Alpacas. As Jack’s fish and chip shop in Bagshot is still open (there
were rumours it was going to close) we will be meeting there at 18.00hrs for
dinner on 15th July. We
were expecting to have our archery day again on 18th, but
unfortunately, there is a problem with the venue and we are now trying to find
another suitable date. I will update you when I know more. Also, due to Chippy going on a
well-earned holiday, the Clay Pigeon shoot on 26th is off for this
year. Hopefully this event will be
re-instated next year.
AUGUST
On 9th, if you
want to go on Nick’s run, meet at 10.00hrs at
Bahnstormer, Alton for a run to Woodhenge and Amesbury. The aim is to be back at Alton at
16.00hrs. On 16th,
there is a choice. The Popham Mega
Meet is on at Popham Airfield, and there is the Brackley Motorcycle
festival. All details on website
as usual. Erica is going to
Shoreham Airfield to see the Avro Vulcan.
If you fancy joining her, contact her for details. I know she has already bought her
ticket! Now, I hope I do not have
to remind you about the last weekend of August and Our National. Jim Lepley has told us that bookings are
going really well, so please come along and support us. It is a lot of work to run this
event, so we really want it to be a success.
SEPTEMBER
This month is looking
quite quiet. I think we are all
expecting that we are going to need a long rest after the National
weekend!! The only listed event is
Dave Wright’s Forge Day on 27th. This is always a really interesting day so if you want
to come along ring Dave on 01428 684902.
Now looking even further
forward, we have booked a venue for our Christmas Dinner. It will be at The North Hants Golf Club
in Fleet on Saturday 5th December. It is very close to Fleet Station, and there is a Premier
Inn really close and a Travel Lodge a little bit further away. I know Chris Tite has already booked
his room at the Premier Inn for £35.00.
Please keep the date free, and there will be more details to follow.
Well, I think that is
enough waffle from me for now.
Have fun and stay safe.
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posted 25 May 2015, 12:13 by Section Webmaster
I think summer is nearly
here!! Well, at least the sun has
been shining and not a lot of rain in our part of the world. Apart from the AGM, we only had one
event in April. I have not had any
feedback about the Shoreham breakfast meet, and it was much too early a start
for me to attend. The AGM was interesting,
but a bit drawn-out, and I expect there will be a full write up elsewhere in
the Journal. The best bit was the
‘Chippy Carpenter presentation’ about the National Rally, it really woke everyone
up. Anyway, on to the coming
months:
June.
On 7th Peter
Dunn is leading a 3 counties back road run through Berks, Wilts and
Oxfordshire. Start time is
09.30hrs at Newbury Wharf, and the lunch stop will be in Marlborough. The Vintage Register Welsh Rally is being
held on 11th to 14th June, so this is a must for you if
you like the old bikes. Chichester
College is holding their 5th Annual Bike Show on 21st. Entry is free, and parking is free for
bikes. They ask for donations,
which go to the Sussex Air Ambulance.
On 28th Paul Bateman is leading a run to Kent which starts at
Newlands Corner. I am not sure of
the actual time, as it shows both 09.30hrs and 10.30hrs on the website. I will make sure the actual time is
confirmed before next month.
July.
We have the Hogroast at
Andover 3rdto 5th, and although this is not a BMW
organised event, many of our members attend. Nick and Sarah have their annual New Forest camping weekend
10th to 12th. Please
contact them to book, as numbers are limited. Nick’s number is 07775 702265. We are hoping to have a Clay Pigeon shoot on 26th,
but the details of this are still pending.
August.
Nick Tucker is going to
lead a run on 9th, but he has yet to let us know where he is going
to take everyone! I expect it to
be good, as Nick always finds an interesting destination. If you have been reading our National
Social Secretary’s column, you will know that there is a BMW day at the
Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon in Warwickshire on 16th. Jim will be there to welcome
everyone. The same weekend is the
Popham Mega Meet. Erica is doing a
run to the Shoreham Air Show, but she has still decide which day, either 22nd
or 23rd. This will
depend on which planes are flying on each day. Now, THE NATIONAL.
The Bank Holiday is the last weekend in August and it is going to be
great!! We have a lot of
volunteers, but any help will be greatfully received. Talk to Chippy if you want to help, he is on nationrally@thebmwclubsouthern.com
Well, that is it for
now. Have a great month and happy
riding.
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