Although every New Year's Eve I resolve to attend more UKGSer meetings next year, I usually only manage to make the East Midlands Do in the end. This is in no way a reflection on locations, organisers or attendees - only on the abundance of events for the keen motorcyclist and my poor time management skills...
However, for this year's EM I even left work a bit earlier to be at Lumb Farm in time for Flipfly's Friday night off road bimble.
The first members of this illustrious forum I met on site were Spikehammer and Proff, which is not a bad start at all
Tina and Forry, stopping over on the way home from their Pyrenees' holiday
Then it was time to get ready for the off road run
Clive - a man and his panniers...
Are you sure you want this beauty to get all muddy? Flip trying to persuade JustStan to leave her new baby to him...
We had a lovely bimble (and a few hiccups...) on tiny country roads to the start of the trails...
... where SkyGod took over the command and sensibly split the group into two
JustStan - determined to get dirty with 'Eric'
Bakerlonglegs - the man who makes any GS look tiny
Who said there was no mud in the Peaks?
Motörhead had a little tumble at this point...
... so he was awarded the 'Truly Committed GS Trail Rider' insignia afterwards, which he wore with pride
The weather didn't look very promising...
... it was still raining and getting dark on us (here on Clive and Colt)
... which didn't stop Motörhead fiddling about with his fuel injection in the middle of nowhere...
Funnily enough, this couldn’t remove that certain off-road-grin from our faces…
After a few more gloomy but exciting lanes (did I mention that I was a bit night-blind?) we returned to Lumb Farm all in one piece – so far…
Thanks to Flipfly for a very enjoyable ride-out on some of the finest easy trails in the area!
As it was already quite late when we came back, I hastened straight to the bar for food. Only after indulging in a delicious dinner and a long hot shower I realised that my bike was still parked outside the main building. Well, not being dressed for the occasion (i.e. ATGATT) anymore and as a frequent winner of the ‘Clumsiest of the Day’ competition, I thought I’d rather not try to manoeuvre the big pig through the wet grass on a crowded campsite.
Shouldn’t have mentioned it to Timpo…
Fortunately, all went well and it was then a quiet night without significant snoring…
Unfortunately, my lunch break is over and I have to stop for now –
To be continued
However, for this year's EM I even left work a bit earlier to be at Lumb Farm in time for Flipfly's Friday night off road bimble.
The first members of this illustrious forum I met on site were Spikehammer and Proff, which is not a bad start at all
Tina and Forry, stopping over on the way home from their Pyrenees' holiday
Then it was time to get ready for the off road run
Clive - a man and his panniers...
Are you sure you want this beauty to get all muddy? Flip trying to persuade JustStan to leave her new baby to him...
We had a lovely bimble (and a few hiccups...) on tiny country roads to the start of the trails...
... where SkyGod took over the command and sensibly split the group into two
JustStan - determined to get dirty with 'Eric'
Bakerlonglegs - the man who makes any GS look tiny
Who said there was no mud in the Peaks?
Motörhead had a little tumble at this point...
... so he was awarded the 'Truly Committed GS Trail Rider' insignia afterwards, which he wore with pride
The weather didn't look very promising...
... it was still raining and getting dark on us (here on Clive and Colt)
... which didn't stop Motörhead fiddling about with his fuel injection in the middle of nowhere...
Funnily enough, this couldn’t remove that certain off-road-grin from our faces…
After a few more gloomy but exciting lanes (did I mention that I was a bit night-blind?) we returned to Lumb Farm all in one piece – so far…
Thanks to Flipfly for a very enjoyable ride-out on some of the finest easy trails in the area!
As it was already quite late when we came back, I hastened straight to the bar for food. Only after indulging in a delicious dinner and a long hot shower I realised that my bike was still parked outside the main building. Well, not being dressed for the occasion (i.e. ATGATT) anymore and as a frequent winner of the ‘Clumsiest of the Day’ competition, I thought I’d rather not try to manoeuvre the big pig through the wet grass on a crowded campsite.
Shouldn’t have mentioned it to Timpo…
Fortunately, all went well and it was then a quiet night without significant snoring…
Unfortunately, my lunch break is over and I have to stop for now –
To be continued