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Wadebridge, Cornwall. 26th-30th Aug.
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Devon & Cornwall Wings became a region of the GWOCGB in October 1981 with 3 people sharing the role of Rep, meetings were held in Plymouth. Since then we have had 11 different Reps, 10 different meeting places from pubs via schools and cafes to hotels, run 9 Dropouts, 14 Wing Dings and helped organize 3 Treffens.

We’ve raised money for numerous charities and been challenged to a basketball match in wheelchairs, appeared on local TV, sailed in a raft race, flown in gliders, done Easter Egg Runs and carnivals, even a John’O’Groats/Land’s End run. Usually when out on a local run we land up with breakaway groups but always manage to meet up in the end for tea and a laugh.

We’ve been ‘hatched, matched and dispatched’, with weddings being obviously the most enjoyable and decorative! Some of the children of early members now let their parents out to play again as they don’t need babysitting anymore.

Members from our region have taken on national roles of Treasurer, BMF Rep, Archivist, Vice-President and Chairman of GWOCGB. Our 1983 logo endures to this day as does Devon & Cornwall Wings, we’ve had our ups and downs and change of membership but we seem to be around for the duration – it’s too far from here to go anywhere else!
Peter Rakestrow

Sadly our friend Roy died on Sunday 29th November aged 72. Roy had been a member of the GWOCGB since July 1997 starting his association with the club on a solo GL1200 GoldWing. Roy told me when I did his member’s profile that at that time he owned a number of bikes such as a BMW RS80, RS90, RT100R touring model and a Honda K7, he also owned a half share in a 1966 Triumph T100C, a 500cc export model. Over the years he’s owned 4 Goldwings two of them GL1500’s the last of which he had triked because of problems with his hips and he couldn’t manage a solo bike anymore. Unfortunately the other bikes had to go as well. With triking the GL1500 it meant he could continue riding for many more years. So the next stage was the 1800 which he bought from Appleyard’s, Roy liked the EML conversions and said that the GL1800 Trike had a nice round shape to it.
		Roy was very active in the club attending WingDings and the British Treffens. He led runs out on occasions, helped at the WingDings and one year organised a Gliding weekend for D & C at the Bicester Gliding Club where he was a member. The weather for that weekend was excellent, but we didn’t realise before we could fly in these Gliders we had to build them first (now who had the airfix glue!!), we were able to drink in the members bar in the evenings and Roy organised a bar-b-que for the Saturday. He was also our ‘resident auctioneer’ keeping tabs on our periodic fund raising events.
	In April 2008 Roy’s Trike appeared on the front cover of the newsletter and the following month we did his ‘Member’s Profile’.
Roy has been a loyal and active member of the club and the region and will be sadly missed by all. Our thoughts and best wishes are with his wife Sheila and family.


1975 GL 1000 KO	1982 1100 AC Aspencade	1985 1200 LF LTD	1998 1500 GL SEW	2006 1800 GL