No hopers rally 13th March @ Banna Co Kerry

[bogman]

March 13th
No hopers MCC
Down and Out Rally
Banna Beach Hotel


Anyone going to this, chalets are available for about 145€ and can accommodate a good few, bring your own towels

 

[P.J.]

? . .

. .is this one of these execrable behaviour rallies?

 

[GerryC]

. .is this one of these execrable behaviour rallies?

I can't really say - although only out the road from me I have never attended. I prefer to put up a few miles and tend to hang about with my (and your) age group rob). There is no evidence around Tralee of excremental (or whatever) behaviour.
A few years back there were contract sparks rewiring where I work. One had an IOM TT tee shirt. I asked him if he was a "biker" - yeah says yer man so I ask the next obvious (to me) question. What kind of bike you got?. None says he. Between bikes says I. No says he.
It transpired he was a non bike owning member of a bike club that make a lot of money running rallies (this is what he told me) and he drives to these events.
Strange - yes. Execrable - cant say; too find out I'd have to attend and that is not one of my immediate priorities.
To each his own but if I were a member of a tennis club I'd probably own a racket - will there be a racket in Banna this weekend?
Base to Bogman, base to Bogman .... come in please.....................

 

[bogman]

. .is this one of these execrable behaviour rallies?

Only if you want it to be im sure

Im going to have a good time, not a heavy drinker and will surely be hitting the sack long before the hoards, its an excuse to meet a few friends & renew acquaintances, get the Kerry Photorally point done and a Megalith or too visited, thats my modus operandi for most of the rallies

 

[Corporal Punishment]

If it was held on Valentia Island last year, then there was a bit of trouble alright. Probably nothing more than drunken handbags really. I've long outgrown that sort of thing, which is why i don't go to rally's anymore.

 

[frank1200]

there used to be a lot of complaints about non bikers going to this and starting fights and so on,but to be fair to the club i heard thay made a no bike no entry rule last year and it was a lot better,
only hearsay i have not been but quite a few friends of mine go every year

 

[bogman]

Dead right Frank, the year before there was a problem with a rough crowd that tried to gain entry in the early hours of the morning but were not allowed, they were fighting among themselves, last year was a smaller and more controlled rally, I never noticed problems 2 years ago

If it was held on Valentia Island last year, then there was a bit of trouble alright.

Thats the Wild Rose Rally, different alltogether, was there in 09 and had one of the best nights ever

 

[GerryC]

Went for a long walk in the high hills today and got home late. The town is not burned to the ground, there are no bodies in the streets - a calm serenity pervades the town. I guess the no hopers rally passed offed uneventfully.
I saw a good few bikes about yesterday - did you have fun Bogman?

 

[bogman]

Fun, of course but so did everyone else, 100% hassle free as expected Gerry, a youngish group but not a troublemaker among them

Was not up early enough Sunday to photograph the bikes, drank too much firewater on Saturday night, didnt get to do the Kerry photorally location for the same reason