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WESTCOUNTRY GOLDWINGERS CLUB EVENTS 2008 - 2009
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Wadebridge, Cornwall. 26th-30th Aug. |
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BARNY'S CREAM TEA RUN. Members from Deven & Cornwall met up at The Jamaica Inn for the start of Barny's famous cream tea rideout. The weather was indifferent but it failed to dampen spirits.We set off with the Barny Marshals all in position. The ride was interesting and varied and we stopped at The Trelawney Garden Centre for lunch. Thanks Barney. Sonia
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Brian and Sonia's Cheddar Run 11th July Just Brian & Sonia on their trike, Mike & Tracey on 'Gremlin' and Bill with his sidecar headed off for Clarkes Village (Street) for some retail therapy. It was not over busy so was a real pleasure to stroll around and look for a bargain.
After lunch we decided to head towards home via a different route, which took us towards Cullumpton and in search of a cream tea ! The weather was a little cooler but still sunny and warm. it was a real treat to ride through the country roads, through some 'oldy worldy' Somerset villages. Just south of Wellington we stopped at the Beambridge Inn on the Bridgewater Canal where we had a beer and a delicious 'pudding' Well refreshed, we continued on our journey home after a very enjoyable day out. Thanks guys ! Sonia
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3rd - 6th June. White Horse Wing Ding |
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White Horse normally put on a jolly good Wing Ding and this year was no exception. From the cheery welcome right through to the mass pack up the hosts were in a jovial mood and determined to make sure everyone enjoyed themselves.Peter and I arrived mid afternoon on Friday to find Mac and Eve already installed with a big space waiting to be filled so we had good neighbours for the weekend. Rich and Nettie from Sussex were opposite, Avon Wings not far away and a Scotsman from Stafford on the other side. He never did tell us his name – probably didn’t want it known that he forgot his air pump and so borrowed ours.
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Saturday everyone went their various ways, the Hassalls to the Motor Museum, Mac and Eve to a very busy market and us to our nephew’s 5th birthday party, despite this being nearly half way home again we had a lovely ride down the Severn Valley and made it back in time for the evening celebrations. Unfortunately we hadn’t read the advert for the Wing Ding – we were going anyway so didn’t need to – so knew nothing of the ‘oldest Treffen or Wing Ding T Shirt’ competition, of course everyone thought we’d get a look in as we’ve been members for a while. I’m not sure we actually bought T shirts in the early days so even if we’d known we wouldn’t have stood a chance, certainly not up against Dougal and Mac (the other Mac that is) who both had early 1980s examples but either the shirts had shrunk in the wash or the wearers had expanded somewhat as they looked more like straight jackets! It was certainly a novel idea. The raffle had to be seen to be believed, an amazing array of prizes, unfortunately the perfume had to be shared around so there were several sickly sweet smelling members around – and that was just the men! |
 Out of 147 inscriptions Tracey managed to win the Furthest Travelled Female award so very well done to her. |
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| Mike was also given a small token of White Horse’s appreciation for him and Paul turning up to the Brass Monkey weekend on their bikes earlier in the year. |
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| Mike and Tracey were also on site, as it was the end of half term they had taken advantage and arrived with Jason and Ben on the Thursday and had been to Stratford for the day so they found us sheltering on the shady side of a half erected tent. Friday night we were all in the bar and there was nothing going on – what a refreshing change! There was some music which wasn’t always replaced when it came to the end of the CD and it was great to be able to just chat with lots of old friends. The ‘event’ for Friday of course was the infamous White Horse Pub Crawl so I guess that didn’t leave many back on site to keep the rest of us entertained but they still managed to put on meals and a burger van.
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The disco then started so was the cue for exit the hall and luckily it was warm enough to chat outside for the remainder of the evening. Sunday saw most of the campsite packing up early to avoid either the forecast rain or the heat of the previous day, everything was bone dry so almost perfect decamp weather. Thanks to White Horse for another good weekend........ Wendy Rakestrow |
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| 23rd May Emergancy Service Day. - Saltash. ESRAD display, | |
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It turned out to be a really excellent day, super weather, lots to see, loads of bikes and of course good company as usual. It was nice to meet up with Roger and Marion Crook who we haven’t seen for some time. (Hopefully they will consider renewing their membership).
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CARDINHAM WOODS DAYOUT – Sunday 16 May 8 bikes comprising 1 combo, 1 trike and 6 solos (including a trailer) met at the Tamar Bridge car park on a showery morning with the views obscured by mizzle. Maybe we thought our hobby isn’t so good in the rain but we didn’t look so daft as the young lads in PE kit doing press ups on the wet grass – they were even being filmed! Anyway we soon left them to it and followed Bill’s U turn right round the roundabout towards the dockyard and the Saltash Ferry. Lots of arguments about the extortionate 30p charge compared to a ‘free’ crossing on the bridge ensued but as Bill has to pay on the bridge as well it all fell on deaf ears and we enjoyed the novelty of the floating bridge. After landing Bill took us the very pretty way along the South Cornwall coast, looping around and back (yes we did notice the carved toadstools twice) through the lanes and coastal routes, Downderry and nearly up Polperro way. Coming in the other direction at one point was the Morgan club, obviously also out enjoying their vehicles. There were a couple of showers on the way but by the time we reached Cardinham Woods it had warmed up a bit and the sun nearly made an appearance. 2 other bikes had gone straight there and had made a head start on bagging a barbeque and table, 3 other couples joined us by alternative means so in all a very good turnout for the monthly meeting. |
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It was amazing what people had brought with them both food and equipment wise – no wonder the trailer had been needed! The ‘Hope Table’ was full of salads and cakes and people got busy with the burners cooking everything from venison burgers to chicken kebabs, kettles were boiled, coffee scrounged, bread buttered and in amongst all this we had the normal banter, tales and chat. Oh yes, we managed to hold a meeting too – Andy wouldn’t let us get away with not doing that. After a very pleasant couple of hours everyone started to wend their individual ways home. Thanks go to Bill for a jolly good day out. Wendy Rakestrow |
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Thursday 1st April saw the inaugural Plymouth Bike Night on Plymouth Hoe. It was one of those evenings when no right minded individual would have ventured out never mind actually heading for the most exposed, windswept, rainswept location in Plymouth. Undaunted about 350 or so bikes turned up including, Paul, John, Rob, Dave and Bill along with partners Val, Elaine, Teresa, Helen and last but not least, my Bill’s grandson Wingnut Joseph. The Charity being supported is Help for he Heroes and the evening raised £637. Also present was the night the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Councillor Ken Foster who happily braved the conditions to enter into the spirit of things to officially open proceedings. Also spotted there were Miss Plymouth and Miss England semi-finalist Jenna Horgan, who were putting on a brave smile despite the cold. During the course of the evening Bill lost his glasses on the Hoe. Amazingly they were handed in to the organisers and Bill retrieved them the following day, and despite the 350 Bikes and maybe 800 pairs of feet they did not even sustain a scratch, how is that for good luck. The PBN is held on the first Thursday of each month until October. Club members attending might like to meet up at the Novotel Car Park at 6.30. |
It all started when one of Mary's teaching Colleagues rang me to ask if it was possible to give a ride to her hubby Geoff, who farms 400 acres near Liskeard. The whole thing was to be top secret for hiis 60th Birthday. The secret meet up was to be at Endsleigh Garden Centre and the evening before, at the Wednesday Rendezvous, I mentioned it to Bill and he was kind enough to come along. Well, before we knew it, Geoff was on the back of the Trike, Joy (his wife) was in Bill's sidecar and we were up the A38 to Bovey on to Newton Abbot, then Totnes, Dartington and back to Endsleigh for tea. Thanks to Joy. A really good afternoon. Joy Ready for the off. |
Farmer Geoff's Birthday Run |
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Joy generously offered to contribute towards fuel, but as we learned that she was a fund raiser, we ask her to make a donation to the charity. ie: £20 has been given to Cancer Research UK Relay for Life Liskeard 2010 on behalf of Devon and Cornwall Wings. |
Geoff in the middle with a pot of grass ? |
October After Meeting Ride-out |
John, what have you done to Elaine ? |
The weather for Sunday’s meeting was quite good, a little bit cold in the wind, Bill had suggested a couple of days earlier that we might go to Padstow for a crazy golf challenge. Pete Siddalls had gone to visit Sandymouth Holiday Park near his home on the Saturday with the possibility of using it for a Wing Ding, but also with a view to making it known to people coming down to next years British Treffen at Wadebridge. It was decided that we visit the camp site and have a cup of tea, the normal time of departure was arranged (after lunch). Before we left though the editor had to try out his raffle prize - a manual CB kit. There are those who knew about his new toy not having either an airbag or CB and decided he needed a temporary arrangement so that he could talk to the rest of the gang. Quite how it was snuck into the raffle and the editor managed to win it when normally his ticket is never pulled out is beyond comprehension - it must have been a fix somehow! Anyway here’s a photo (courtesy of Brian) of the editor trying to work out how to rig it up………….. |
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All were ready, with Pete leading, then two trikes and Bill’s combo and the rest just followed behind, with James and Val bringing up the rear on their GL1100. Leaving Delabole we then turned right on the B3266 to Boscastle, a road we have done a couple of times this year but still pretty scenic. |
We joined the A39 and headed for Bude, then on to Kilkhampton where we stopped for a comfort break and a smoke, Pete had arranged that Jennie who works in the local shop opposite the C.B. stop would video us leaving, but by the time we’d got ourselves together she had to serve customers and missed us! Pete took us further up the A39, then a left turn to a village called Shop and passed the Mowenstow listening station with the upside down dustbin lids, but we couldn’t hear anything, only my stereo, I did try the CB but realised the buttons only work if you’ve got the damn thing fitted!! Again very scenic and nice down hill/up hill twisty bendy bits, we arrived a the campsite and tried to get all the bikes into 3 car parking bays, it didn’t quite work. We then dismounted, had the usual group photograph (see your next WingSpan), then had a walk around the site. It’s very nice, clean and very new, but we thought that the camping area was too far from the entertainment to be suitable for a Wing Ding and in a gale it would be worse than Tregoad but we could try it out for a D&C get together sometime. |
Mike's new catering assistant. Note: zee hand on zee knee ! |
The Scarborough Light Parade
11th to 14th September We had heard that the light parade last year was very good and we both liked Scarborough so, when we found the date for the event, we booked the caravan last November. It is surprising how quickly time passes and this year’s event was soon here. We set off very early on the Friday morning for the journey to Cayton Bay. We met up with Debs Major at Trowell Services and arrived at Scarborough at around 2:30pm. We were able to get in the caravan straight away and were soon unpacked and settled in and then went to inscribe. Mike and Dottie arrived about an hour later. The caravan site is about three miles south of Scarborough and has all the usual facilities one would expect from such a site. We had a quiet evening in the bar (well, as quiet as you can be with acts on stage), meeting friends we have not seen for some time.
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On Saturday, we went down into Scarborough where there were over 200 Goldwings lined up along the promenade. There was also a display around the lifeboat station, with trade stands in attendance. It seemed that everywhere you looked there were Goldwings.! After a healthy lunch of fish and chips (well you’ve got to, haven’t you) we walked around the town. Around 5:00pm we headed back to the caravan to get changed ready for the evening entertainment and went back into town to watch the parade which started at about 8:00pm. We managed to park at the northern end of the promenade and prepared for the parade to come through. There were over 150 bikes, trikes and outfits on the parade and they looked spectacular. Unfortunately, one bike provided more of a show than the owner planned when it caught fire!!! Very frightening for the owner and pillion. After the parade had passed and the traffic died down, we headed back to the site and went to watch the awards ceremony. Debs Major won furthest traveled female and we won furthest traveled male. We tried to find a quieter bar but were thwarted when the area we sat in was turned into a karaoke arena; we left soon afterwards and went back into the main bar. Sunday was a little cooler so we had a quiet day; we went for a walk down onto the beach at Cayton. The evening was spent in the main bar and we left early on Monday for the journey home. It was a brilliant weekend, well organized and great fun to meet up with friends we hadn’t seen for some time. We look forward to next years Scarborough Light Parade. Written by: Chris and Anne Easter |
| THE WESSEX WINGDING CHARMOUTH |
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Brian & Sonia's new trailer, heading towards Charmouth.
Searching for clues at West Bay, we felt at home wiith the fossils
Pat & Terry's celebratory dance after collecting the prize for largest attended club.
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All D&C club members had arrived by late afternoon settled in and emptied their nosebags. 9.00pm was the scheduled light run, through Charmouth onto Lyme Regis and home again. As Sonia was not up to going, Bill invited me to fill his pillion seat. It took me about 2 milliseconds to put my gear on and jump into the seat. It was a great ride, with lots of cheering onlookers and great fun. My only criticism is that Bill prevented me from reaching his siren button. I guess I'll just have to buy my own. Saturday morning was not the usual big ride out, instead a treasure hunt had been arranged by Wessex. Who handed out a bag of clues to small groups. With Val and Helen, the brains behind our search, we were led along the A30 to West Bay, on along the B3157 coastroad to Weymouth outskirts and up onto the Dorchester Road, where we all stopped for Burgers and tea, before returning our treasure hunt findings, back at the campsite. Saturday Night was the dance and prize giving, where Terry and Pat collected the D&C prize for the largest club turnout. (21 members including 8 bikes 2 trikes and a combo) Sunday, yet another fine day, so after a fried breakfast in the club café, we all made our way home.Many thanks to all Wessex members who made us feel so welcome Brian |
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