Blow the Cobwebs off Rideout to Eastham

Blow the cobwebs off yourself and your scooter tomorrow ! Liverpool s.c., Cloud 9 ,St Helens s.c. and Northern Aces are planning to meet up at Eastham Rake at 12.30 on Thursday 27th December . I cant make it as I am working , but Mike Wills sent me the info in a txt message . I would guess you need to meet at Clubbies 11.30 latest to leave 11.45 to be on time at Eastham . Wills mobile is 07769580151 to make arrangements

2012 National Scooter Rally Dates

For all who may be interested these are the main National Scooter Events for this year, below it are some local events for your diary.

BSRA NATIONAL RALLIES 2012

BSRA NATIONAL RALLIES 2012
Easter Bank Holiday 6th to 9th April - Whitby
Mayday Bank Holiday 4th to 7th May - Builth wells
June Bank Holiday 1st to 5th June - Kelso
22nd to 24th June - Cleethorpes
13th to 15th July - Lincoln County Showground LCGB National Rally(Details to follow)
27th to 29th July - Weston S Mare
Aug Bank Holiday 24th to 27th - Isle Of Wight
August 31st to September 2nd - Mersea Island 20th Anniversary Rally
21st to 24th September - Woolacombe
26th to 28th October - Bridlington


Local Scooter Events for your Diary in 2012

North Wales & Borders Alliance-2012 Events

Clubs affiliated to the North Wales & Borders Alliance are -
North Wales Nomads SC
Bolloxspeed SC - Deeside
Cloud 9 SC
Liverpool SC
Wrexham SC
Headbangors SC
Northern Aces SC
Chester SC
Northwich Omega SC,
North Shropshire SC, Oswestry
Chosen Few SC, Deeside

So NWBA dates for 2012 are as follows:
4th March - St David's day rideout, hosted by HeadBangors SC.
1st April - Chester SC Easter egg run.
22nd April - Into the Valley 6, hosted by North Wales Nomads SC
13th May  NWABA / LSA  PARKGATE  RIDEOUT
27th May - Llangollen rideout, hosted by Wrexham SC
17th June - Storm the Fort, hosted by Cloud 9 SC
July 6 / 7 / 8 The Isle of Man Scooter Rally - (Contact Barry Turner for Details)  
13-15 July - Bolloxspeed SC weekender at Chester Rugby Club
27-29 July - Northern Aces SC weekender at Corus Club, Shotton. Deeside
12th August - Liverpool SC rideout to Sefton Park, Liverpool
9th September - NWBA Petrolheads cafe Bagillt to River Dee Chester
23rd September - BBQ hosted by North Wales Nomads SC

Whos a clever boy then ? !

Congratulations to ADAM !for passing his car driving test yesterday .Lets just hope he doesnt trade all those scooters in for a Ferrari , (or Transit ! ) as most of the rest of us did once we passed the car test ! All the best Adam from all at the club ,drive safe ! Dave .

North Shropshire SC Xmas Bash Details

Click on the flyer for details of John's (Supertune) Xmas Bash, then use your back button to come back to here.

North Shropshire Xmas Bash

Fantastic Night At The Durham Heifer

Just a quick thank you to Ade, Lisa and family for putting on a great night at The Durham Heifer pub, the meal we all had before the band came on was was super and the atmosphere in the place was really buzzing. A big thanks to MOSES who were excellent as usual and really got the place rocking and thanks to all the different Scooter Clubs and individuals who came along and supported the event, a great night was had by all.

Steve Newell's Funeral Arrangements

The details of Steve's funeral are now known, it will be held next Tuesday 4th December at 12-15 pm at St' Anthony's R.C. Church, Saltney, Chester, then on to the Crematorium and afterwards at The Carlton pub Handbridge.

The church is situated on Saltney High Street, Chester, on the Welsh side of the railway bridge opposite the garage, if you want to do an internet search or use sat-nav to find it, the post code is CH4 8SF.

Steve Newell

It is with sadness that I have to report that Steve passed away on Saturday,after a long battle against ill health,which he fought hard against for many years .He loved scootering and his contribution to the Chester scene was great. In the early 70s ,along with his mate Jezza Holden they formed the first Cloud 9 scooter club ,in Chester. Again in 2002 he founded and ran the Chester Centurions S.C. only finishing with it when his health started to give out .He was a very well known face at all the rallies ,rideouts and charity runs and raised a lot of charity money through his own efforts .He will be sadly missed by many who knew him .Scootering has definitely lost one of its well known characters.Thanks,once again,Steve for getting us all together ,your lasting legacy will be that hopefully the old city walls of Chester will ring to the sound of old Italian two stroke motors for many years to come .Our condolences naturally go to Sharon and familyat this sad time . Goodbye Steve. Dave.

Christmas Present Run

Sunday the 2nd is the Christmas present run to the Countess Hospital.
Because it's great fun I want to come on it, I am opening Supertune 9-11am ( instead of usual Sunday 12-2pm.)
If anyone wants to use the shop as a meeting point before going down to Clubbies and then Bill Smiths, tea and coffee can be supplied!

Cheers, Pete.

North Wales Nomads Xmas Do

This is the flyer for the North Wales Nomads Do if anyone fancies a Xmas bash, just click on the flyer for the details then click your back button to come back to here.

news of Steve Newell

Many of our Members , who previously belonged to the Chester Centurions, will know our scooter buddy from Northwich, Trevor Howard. He rang me to tell me that Steves health has deteriorated badly despite having spent the last three months in the Countess Hospital,and he is now at home again .Iam sure all our members would like to thank Steve for starting the Centurions and bringing a like minded group of scooterists together . Without all his efforts at the start there would not be a club today, thanks Steve . Dave .

Southport Rideout this Saturday, 17th November

This Saturday is the Southport Custom show and Rally .Several of our members have decided to ride up there for the day so if you want to come along be at Clubbies ( Grosvenor Arms ) for 10.30 am on Saturday. All the best , Dave .

Moses @ The Durham Heiffer ,Friday 30th November

Ade and Lisa have managed to book the band "Moses " for a scooter related ,pre Christmas do on FRIDAY night November 30th ,all the local clubs are being invited so it should be a good night . Its £3 pay on the door . for anyone who hasnt seen Moses before your in for a treat !They always go down a storm ! See you there ! Dave

Great Manchester Rideout ,Sunday October 14th

This Sunday is the Manchester Rideout,a Lancashire Alliance do . They are all meeting up at H
eaton Park,Prestwich @11.30 for a 12 noon departure, a mass ride into central Manchester and on to a pub in Salford is the plan . Weather forecast is good so why not take this late opportunity to blow the dust, or in some cases cobwebs ,off your scooter and go !Meet at the Grosvenor Arms at 9.30 for a 10 am departure. Contact telephone is Andy on 07738062369.See you soon Dave .

Lake Vyrnwy ride , Sept 30th 2007

With a dissapointing turnout of only two scooters the day didnt look promising ,but as often happens, you get one of the best rideouts of the season ! We planned to take the Oswestry by pass,the road to Welshpool then offthrough Llansantffraid on B roads to Lake Vyrnwy
As we got to the Chirk roundabout ,Bernie and Tracey wernt behind me anymore . The sx200 had nipped up after a swift run down the Wrexham by pass . I think it took fright when we were passed by a pack of at least twenty Harley Davidsons,one of whom gave us a blast with his American Cop siren ! Friendly enough ,probably off the reservation..... The sun came out on the last few miles of the approach to the Dam ,very spectacular. Avisit to a cafe in an old farm high above the lake for a superb cream tea was just what was needed before tackling the Hirnant Pass over the mountains to the north towards Bala . Its a single track road through some of the most spectacular scenery in Wales .We met two cars in the ten mile ride,good job with some of the bends and steep climbs . Both Lammies lapped it up and once back in Bala it was the usual run back via Llandegla going our seperate ways at Treuddyn . I clocked a total of 120 miles from home to home ,not a drop of rain . We will definitely do this one again next year,possibly the other way round !

Graham's Rhyl Rideout Pictures

Spurred on by Daves selection of Rhyl Photos, I remembered that I had also taken some, which again this year was a fantastic sunny day which I really enjoyed. Sorry if the pics appear a little dark, but I was quite taken with the engineering work on the green Lammy 'Hot Snot'(nice name)fitted with a twist and go auto engine, this is similar to the scoot Karl Ceplis is working on over the winter.

The Road to Rhyl ( or ruin )

Just a couple of snaps on our run up to the Rhyl weekender . The last picture is three scooter boys from Heswall ,my old hometown .The big lad in the middle is the brother-in-law of one of my best mates,this lad was about 8 years old the last time Isaw him . My, how hes grown ! Dave .

Alternative rideout this Sunday to Southport

The Lancashire Alliance have got ameeting and mass ride into Southport this Sunday .The Southport Sandgrounders S.C. are organising the do .Further info is on our ' events ' page for September . Our members Andy Swarbrick and Brian Gosling are going and suggest anyone who wants to join them to be at the Deeside ice rink/Leisure center at 10.45 on Sunday morning . Andies contact tel.number is 07738062369 . Dave .

Rideout ,this Sunday,30th September .

Good weather forecast for this Sunday ,so we are having a ride down to Lake Vyrnwy ,deep in 'injun country, anyone who feels like coming meet at Clubbies at 10am . See you there ! Dave .

Blatant and sexist advertising!

Took loads of photos at a sixties night down at Bar Lounge last Sunday here's a few...

Rhyl, a few photos 'cus can't fathom Picasa 2

RHYL

sorry, having real problems getting pictures on, very confusing... will try again very soon, Pete.

Rhyl Rideout This Saturday 15th September

For those who fancy a ride up to Rhyl on Saturday, we are meeting at 10- o clock at Clubbies, The Grosvenor in Handbridge, or for those who live more North Wales way, we will be calling in at The Deeside Ice Rink at 10-30am. The rideout from The Robin Hood Chalet Park in Rhyl is due to start at 1-pm, so we should be in plenty of time to have a look around the trade stands beforehand.

The weather is forecast to be dry all day so fingers crossed and let's have a good day's scootering.

Aberdovey Rideout Sept . 9th 2007

Aberdovey ride Sept 2007

10am Sunday saw only 3 scooters " up for it " at Clubbies . The forecast was dry but cloudy ,so the temps were down ,so all scooters singing along , but all the riders glad they had stuck to several layers of clothing . A few spots of rain over llandegla moors and on to Bala to meet up with Gary Clarke and Perry .Adam + Linnie, Bernie + Tracey , Dave+ Judy all now re fuelled and the 5 scooters pressed on at a good pace towards Dolgellau taking the short cut (and steep climb) through Brithdir . Earlier ,on a long ,uphill stretch Adam suffered a"nip up " heat seizure ,even though the engine has done nearly 3000 miles. This was blamed on reducing the oil from 25:1 to 33:1 also on "Crazy Bollocks "(alias Bernie Griffiths ) for keeping such afast pace ! No harm done,anextra slurp of oil added and next stop superb pub bythe lakeTal y llyn .After a coffee its on to Aberdyfi and excellent fish and chips at Walkers on the sea front .A stroll around the harbour followed before setting off up the coast via Tywyn,Fairborne back to Dolgellau .As we waited to get out onto the A470 Garys SX200 cut out . After a lot of trial and error repairs it couldnt be coaxed back into life and the phone call to Perrys girlfriend to rescue them was made . The remainig three scooters reluctantly left Gary and Perry sitting ,very relaxed,on a bench,under a tree,in the middle of nowhere .A sad end for them after a superb ride . Alast coffee stop at Bala and then hammer on as the light is starting to go splitting our seperate ways after llandegla moor ,D+J towards Mold and Holywell , Bernie ,Adam and the girls on to Chester .Excellent rideout,lets go again next summer ! I clocked 200 miles ,only 20 less than the ride back from the Isle of Wight ! CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO SEE THE OTHERS

Aberdyfi rideout ,this Sunday, Sept .9th

At last we have managed to get a date ,with a good weather forecast, to do the much talked about "Aberdyfi Run ". Bernie and Tracey went a couple of years ago, on the G.P. and have wanted to repeat the trip since, so for anyone who wants a good ride through North Wales, with spectacular countryside, to the west coast of Wales, be at the Grosvenor Arms (Clubbies), ready to leave at 10 am this Sunday. Dave.

Isle of Wight photos

click on the photo to access the slide show

Isle of Wight 2007

Isle of Wight 2007

Isle of Wight weekend - Photos taken by Dave and Judy, Pete and Tina.

Once again we decided to ride down , setting off on Thursday at 8a.m. from Holywell meeting up with Pete and Tina at Whitchurch. Superb weather, scooters both enjoying the cool morning air. A brief stop at Kidderminster for coffee was followed by a very long stop in a layby at Gloucester when Pete's SX developed horrible heavy mechanical noises! Recovery was the only option. So Pete and Tina returned to Whitchurch on a truck while Dave and Judy went on alone to Cheriton and our B &B for the night, 220 miles from Holywell. Imagine our surprise at 9.30 the next morning when Pete and Tina turned up on Tina's new Vespa LXV having left Whitchurch at 4am! True scooterists! We all caught the boat lunch time Friday despite Dave's navigation error taking him away from Portsmouth towards London! We arrived on the Island in glorious weather which was to last the entire weekend. After dumping our cases we met up with Bernie, Tracy, Adam and Linney on Sandown seafront for a drink.

On Saturday morning we all left the B&B together for the short ride to the rally campsite and parts fair at Smallbrook Stadium, meeting up with John and Darren (Supertune) on their stall, also meeting up with Tommo, Gary and Mark. On Saturday afternoon we visited the custom show at the Ice Rink just in time to see Carl Ceplis win a bag of trophies with his scooter Zulu. Well done Carl!

As usual there was a great variety of venues for evening do's, both in Sandown and Ryde. The highlights for us this year were the Liquid Lounge(the Small Fakers) and The Town Club in Star Street, Ryde which featured Ska , Bluebeat, reggae and two tone music with much lively dancing and with bitter at £1.30 a pint Dave was in his element!

Sunday morning saw us all heading for Ryde seafront for the mass ride-out. This year an attempt was to be made on the GUINESS Book of Records for the largest uninterupted convoy of scooters. The holders of this record are Italians with 400 scooters. We believe the record was broken with something like 1100 scooters! We await confirmation.

On Monday we all packed up ready for the journey back to the mainland, Bernie and co retrieving their hire van in Southampton and Dave and co riding back up to Cheriton and the B&B, where the owners of the B&B laid on a BBQ for us and invited other friends including Chris from the Eastleigh Spitfires SC who helped us out last year when we broke down in the village! (The same damned SX!)

We had an uneventful ride home on the Tuesday, sad that it was all over but glad to be off the scooter. Hope to be there next year.

Dave and Judy

Wrekin Targets RideOut This Sunday 19th August

Just to let you all know it is planned to do a rideout this Sunday the 19th August to the Wrekin Targets S.C. open day event at 'The All Labour In Vain' Pub, Horsehay,Telford, Shropshire. Meeting at The Grosvenor 'Clubbies' at 10-30 am for leaving at 11 am.

Supertune Shop Opening Pictures

Here are the pictures from today's shop opening followed by a nice relaxing coffee down at The Groves. Chester Scooter Club wish Darren and John the very best of luck with this brave new venture.

Supertune shop Grand Opening Day

Anyone that wants to go to the Opening of John and Darrens new venture, this Sunday , we will be meeting in the Grosvenor Arms ( Clubbies )car park @ 10.30 for the short ride to the shop. We should have the opportunity ,depending on weather of a ride out, Parkgate , into Wales,or if its crap the Groves or back to Clubbies ! Hope to see you Sunday , Dave .

Supertune New Shop Grand Opening

Just to put this advert back on the top of the pile.

Whittington Rideout Sunday 5th August

Just to let everyone know the final arrangements for this North Shropshire rideout, is to meet at 10-30am on Sunday the 5th August at The Grosvenor pub 'Clubbies'. We will be leaving between 10-30am and 11am to travel down the old Wrexham road and through Wrexham and will be keeping off the the Wrexham By-Pass as much as possible, if we are in time we will meet up with the Wrexham lads, but if not we will ride straight to the pub at Whittington.

Northern Aces / Rugby Club Rally 2007

Here are a small selection of pictures from last Saturday's rally at The Rugby Club run by The Northern Aces, where the sun actually shone for once this summer!!

Supertune Shop.. the paint is drying...

As you may know Darren and Johns new shop is opening on Sunday 12th Aug, Come and have a gander and pick up some bargains... See you all there.

Click on the image to see a readable version!

Durham Heifer / Chester Scooter Club Do Video

This is my first attempt at editing and uploading a video to Youtube, so I hope it works and be gentle with me. This is only a small amount of the footage that Mike Wilford took on the day, (Mike you really will have to keep your video arm a bit more still) but it gets the flavour of the day quite well - Enjoy.

Just click on the arrow to start the video.

Durham Heifer / Chester Scooter Club Event Report and Pictures

Enjoy the pictures from the day -

The day started with dry weather with even bits of blue sky visible, so it was up and get ready and down to The Grosvenor in Handbridge for the 11am mass rideout over to Ade + Lisa's. There was an excellent turn out of scooters when I arrived and by 11-15am there must have been 90 scooters that left Handbridge for the rideout, which took the route down the Wrexham Road, along the A55 and off at Sainsbury's rounabout for the easy run down the A41 to Broxton.
Most of the scooters arrived at The Durham Heifer O.K. at around 12- noon, with only one or two minor breakdowns and one lad who had a puncture.
Ade + Lisa had worked very hard to make the pub very welcoming and they were soon hard at work cooking the burgers and hot dogs on the BBQ. The rear garden was well set out with loads of seating and there was plenty of covered areas ready for the inevitable rain that was to come later. The far side of the pub was set up for the trade stands and there were at least five different stands selling scooter parts and clothing, which was very impressive. The scooters just kept coming and coming and at it's busiest at about 1pm we estimated there were 150 scooters parked up around the pub.
The band 'Moses' arrived a little later than planned at about 1-45pm but soon got set up in the covered gazebo in the garden, the wait was well worth it as they soon got into playing their excellent covers of the Jam and Paul Weller and also played tracks from The Small Faces, The Who, Jet and others. The band really lifted the spirit of the crowd as the rain started to lash down, but it didn't deter Dave Buckley from his dance routine and he was soon joined by others happily dancing in the rain.
Chester Scooter Club would like to thank all the scooterists who made the effort to come and support this event, some travelling long distances from Liverpool, Southport, Stoke on Trent and North Wales, we hope you all enjoyed yourselves and were not too dissapointed that we didn't do any custom show or gave prizes for other categories, but as this was a first for us we just wanted to keep things simple and make sure people just relaxed and had a good time.
Also a big thank you must go out to Adrian and Lisa and family for having the bottle to host this event at The Durham Heifer, which is a wonderful venue with plenty of room and has great potential for further scooter events, thank you very much - roll on next year.

The Chester Scooter Club / Durham Heiffer Rally

Just a reminder for all that the Durham Heiffer pub rally is on this Sunday the 22nd July, please try and come along and support this event, mass rideout from The Grosvenor Arms pub in Handbridge, Chester at 11 am.

Click on flyer below for details.

Darren and John's New Supertune Shop Open Day

Supertunes new shop is having an open day on Sunday 12th of August at its new premises on Hoole Road, Chester. all stock will have a 10% discount for people on the day and some things will be even cheaper!! vintage scooters on display, custom show etc and 3 pubs all within 100 yards! any extra info ring john on 07968 750904

Isle of Man Scooter Rally - Report and Pictures.

Well a fantastic week-end was had by all and nine scooters left Clubbies a little later than planned due to the ferry being delayed because of high winds in the Irish Sea. We had a trouble free if blustery ride through to the Isle of Man ferry terminal in Liverpool and checked in and parked up together to wait for the ferry to come in. The 11-15am sailing soon developed into a 1-15pm sailing, but as soon as the ferry arrived we were all fairly quickly aboard with the scooters strapped down.
The crossing proved to be a pretty rough storm force 7 affair with most people going fairly quiet and sitting still to get through any feelings of sea sickness. We arrived in Douglas around 4pm and all headed off to find our hotels. The lads who stayed at The Chester House Hotel (which was the headquarters) had night time do's arranged for both Friday and Saturday night in the club underneath the Hotel.
We woke up Saturday morning to bright sunshine and light winds and after a full English breakfast and a stroll down the prom, we made our way to the TT start and finish grandstand for the big ride out. When we all arrived you could really see how many scooterists had supported Barry's event, there must have been the best part of 200 scooters in attendance, most from the northwest, but some from further afield, Ireland and two guys had ridden all the way from France for this event.
12.30pm saw the start of the ridout, which was in the opposite direction round the TT course than the bikes normally do, so we headed out over the mountain section first and enjoyed the marvellous views down into Ramsay from the top. The half way stop was Gingers pub at Sulby, which was ideal and very relaxing, with the following section down through Kirk Michael having lovely twisting bends which were superb scootering roads and you could really start to understand how this island is perfect for two wheels, whatever you ride. The final section skirted close to Peel and cut back across the island through little villages and back down to Douglas. There was just time for a sit down at a quayside cafe for afternoon coffee and then it was time to gather at the Ferry Terminal ready for the second rideout to Peel. Just as we were getting complacent with the hot and sunny weather, half way to Peel the heavens opened and a we all got caught in a heavy rain shower. However it was well worth it as the town of Peel is quite unique with very narrow streets and we soon found ourselves down at the quayside at a lovely pub that Barry had selected, after an easy ride back it was quick change for Saturday night's entertainment.
We all woke on Sunday morning to a perfect sunny seaside morning and after a full english breakfast some decided on a little rideout over to Laxey, while others just chilled out in Douglas until lunchtime when it was time to go and get the ferry home.
The ferry crossing home was trouble free and very calm and we docked in Liverpool at about 4-45pm. It was a nice idea of Mike Wilford to ride over and meet us off the ferry and we set off through the old tunnel and down the A41 and back to Chester, "edit" with the Chester lads just missing a massive thunderstorm on the way home, but unfortunately the North Wales riders rode straight into a torrential storm.

I think that everyone had a really great week-end due to the good weather, good company of fellow scooterists, but most of all the great organisation and hard work put in by Barry Turner and Debbie, so a big thankyou Barry and Debbie from all the Chester Scooter Club members who attended, roll on next year.

Isle Of Man Scooter Rally - Fri 6th to Sun 8th July

After the club meet on Tuesday night, it was decided for all the club members who are going to The Isle of Man to meet up at The Grosvenor pub on Friday morning the 6th July at 8-30am. This seems very early but all scooterists have to book into the ferry teminal by 10-30am at the latest on Friday, so we want to make sure that there is a margin of time for latecomers and dare I say it without tempting fate the 'B' word, if anyone was to have problems between Chester and Liverpool. Can everyone please check over their scooter's during next week looking at all the basics, wheel nuts tight, tyre condition and air pressure OK, cables all working, exhaust all tight and paintwork polished of course !!

We intend to go up the A41 through Bromborough and through the old tunnel and take the docks turn off, to bring us out by the Liver Building.

Please remember to bring:-

Ferry and Hotel Bookings,
Full tank of petrol - N.B. No petrol cans are allowed on ferry,
Two stroke oil,
Any scooter spares you might need,
Your Chester Scooter Club Banner,
Suitable riding gear if the weather is wet.

Let's make it a great week-end and one to remember,

Graham.

New Brighton - Storm The Fort Run 2007

Try this link for more pictures, see if you can see yourself !!!
http://www.vespa.org.uk/cloud9-07-lancs.html

After picking up some of the lads at The Yacht pub on the way up the Wirral we made 13 scooters in total, which was a pretty good show. The weather gods were kind to us today and it got brighter and brighter as we we went up the wirral and when we arrived at The Fort the sun was shining, the tide was in and there was a fresh smell of ozone off the sea. However there weren't many scooters when we arrived, but by 1pm that had changed and the whole parking area was soon full of scooters from all over the north west.

Well done to John for winning best vintage Lambretta in the custom show with his lovely TV 200, which was well deserved, hard luck to Darren, but at least you have had your TV featured in Scootering. It was nice to meet up with a few people I hadn't seen for a while, Karl on his Blues Brothers, and Eric Larkey, even Barry Turner was on two wheels this time. It was nice to meet Dave's mate from West Kirby again (sorry forgot your name), who turned up riding a Raleigh Runabout pedal start moped, which was something different and in lovely condition.

Anyway here are a series of photographs of the day taken by Dave, you can click on the slideshow for larger images if you want.

Wrexham rideout photo to use as a desktop photo

Had a play with the line up photo at the Cafe and have used it as my computer desktop photo. (lots of white space too put your desktop icons)

Feel free to do the same.

P.S. sorry to Brian, Sid and his son Joe who loitered in the shot and had to be removed 'digitally'.

Email me for a decent sized picture if it doesn't appear as such on this site... peter.morrissey@virgin.net

See you all Sunday.. every weather forecast has different views... time for Pint half full philosophy.

Regards, Pete, and thanks Dave for sorting out the invite to be able to post on our website.

Storm The Fort - New Brighton Run Sunday 17th June

It was decided last night at the club that we would leave at 11 - O Clock from The Grosvenor in Handbridge. We will be going along the Chester high road and calling in at the Yacht pub, so if you want to meet there, get there by 11-20 am. We will then carry on up the high road through Neston, Heswall, West Kirby and then on to New Brighton, to arrive around 12 to 12-30.

Wrexham Ride - Out Daves Pictures

This is Dave's selection of photo's from the Wrexham ride out, It looks like Blogger have altered the way photo's are displayed again, so now you get an instant slideshow without clicking on the image, but you can click on the image to go straight to the web album for larger images if you want, anyway hope you enjoy them -Graham.

Wrexham Ride Out Photo Album

The Magnificant Eleven !!!

Llangollen Ride ,Wrexham S.C.

Thanks to Gray for the previous update and photo on last Sundays rideout .The weather forecast was once again very pessimistic .When I arrived at Clubbies as was surprised to find so many already there . Lots of new faces,in the shape of the newly formed Ellesmere Port Scooter Club and very welcome they were to ! Haggis (Nomads + Cloud 9 )also joined up with us for the ride to Wrexham .23 scooters left Clubbies for Wrexham arriving in the usual disarray at the Walnut Tree pub ,a good venue but the rideout has massively out grown it . Blast off was at 1pm and it was said 300 left this year,it did look more this year . The Marshalling was up to the usual high standard that Wxm S.C. always provideso even Chester lads cant get lost !Good photo opportunity at the Ponderosa on the Horseshoe Pass,ten lammies and something else on the end !Sorry Bernie couldnt resist it !! The new legshield banners made a good showand Big Jimmy from cloud 9 said he didnt knowuntil he saw the banners that we were up and running again ,so they do work .(only 2 spare ones now ,all the rest are spoken for ) . We all made it back to the Walnut tree o.k. unlike the couple from Shrop[shire who came off.Thankfully not badly hurt .Ive read of scooters seizing as they run out of fuel but never really believed the engine would keep turning long enough to exhaust the lubrication already on the piston before it conked out ! After an hour or so back in Wxm we starte to work our way home ,the group heading towards Chester made it back in the dry ,but the ones heading north ran headlong into a cloudburst that had been threatening all afternoon . The main road through Buckley was flooded ,so I did about 100 yards on the pavementto avoid the deep water ,evetually arriving home soaked and frozen but after a grand day out !!Many thanks to our mates in Wrexham Scooter Club for once again organising a spectacular ride . Dave

Wrexham Ride-Out Ponderosa Cafe Photo

Thanks and apologies for nicking Peter's copyright, but this was a photo that Pete posted on the Lambretta Club site, (events section) which I thought was well worth putting up on here, allbeit a small scale image. Spot the odd one out competition, (Bernie you really must ride your Lambrettas more !!!)

By the way the story about the accident that we all saw on the Wrexham by-pass was that the scooter rider involved needed to reach down to turn his fuel to reserve, whilst doing this the engine had a slight nip up and he sadly lost control of his scoot, spilling himself and his girlfriend down the road. However there were no serious injuries sustained, but very nasty all the same.

Hopefully either me or Dave will be able to post up more pictures of the day at a later date.

Leg Shield Banners

The leg shield banners have arrived .R+R Graphics have made them for us with " Chester Scooter Club " , "On Tour " and a couple of target roundalls they look strong enough with Four brass eyelets that wont scratch your scooter . They have cost us £8.50 each so thats the price . Eight went at the meeting last night so ring me soon if you want one weve got eleven left,but some are already spoken for . I'll bring some with me on Sunday for the Wrexham rideout . Dave

Wrexham Scooter Club Ride Out This Sunday 3rd June

If it ever stops raining this ride out should be the usual very well supported event, which seems to get bigger every year. We will be leaving The Grosvenor pub at 12 noon this Sunday 3rd June, to meet up for the mass ride out from Wrexham which starts at 1 pm.

Click on the flyer for more details.

Wrexham Rideout

Leek Jesters Photo Album

Leek Jesters Scooterfest 3

These are my selection of photos from the Leek Jesters day -
Click on the image above and select slideshow -enjoy

P.S. There are loads of other pictures of the day on the Jesters web site, reached via the links tab on the side-bar.

Leek Jesters Scooter Run

The good weather kept up on Sunday and 4 scooters left The Grosvenor, picking up Gavin at the rugby club making 5 in total. We all had a smooth trouble free run over to Leek, bumping into Carsy's Northern Aces in a 'fag break' lay-by. The Jester's put on a fantastic event which was very well supported by scooterists from all over the north west and the midlands, with lads from Wolverhampton, Walsall, Manchester and even some of the guys from Llandudno made the trip. The Hog Roast was delicious and there are so many pubs around the market square in Leek that you can't go wrong, the young lads in the band were very 'LOUD' but very good in a sort of Arctic Monkeys Stylee.

We all left around 3 pm for the ride back to Chester, going back the same way through Stoke and Nantwich, but both Bernie and me had minor breakdowns due to spark plug problems, but hey ho that's scooters for you.

The full set of pictures of the day will be loaded up soon.

Leek Jesters Scooter Fest 3

For Everyone who is Interested in going on this rally this Sunday 20th May, we will be leaving The Grosvenor pub at 10-30am for the 45 mile ride down through Nantwich and Stoke and up to Leek. The weather forecast is for a cloudy breezy day with maybe a shower, but no heavy rain is forecast at the moment !!!, so fingers crossed.

Liverpool Scooter Rally Photos

Liverpool Scooter Rally

These are a selection of photos taken by Dave on the day, I agree that the venue looked really good, pity it was spoiled by such a wet day.

Liverpool Scooter Club Rally

Six scooters left Clubbies just after 12 noon for agood dry ride to Liverpool Cricket Club Ground at Aigburth .The mass ride had already arrived when we got there at 1pm . It was agood turnout of probably 200 ? scooters wich was good considering the lousy forecast ,mostly from the Lancashire Alliance clubs ,but several welsh based clubs had made the effort . Within an hour of our arrival the weathermans predictions came to pass and a steady drizzle stayed with us for the rest of the afternoon . Liverpool scooter club had picked an excellent venue and laid on all the rally necessities including a really talented three piece local band "GRACE " who played excellent covers of rally favourites . We left after the raffle ,Mike missing out by one number,to a very unpleasant wet ride home ! Iam sure it was a dissapointment for the organisers the day was so poor ,but also so many scooterists panic and run for home at the first sign of rain .If you are already out when it starts ,what difference does it make .Well done to all the Chester members all of whom stayed on . More pictures to follow soon . Dave .

Ade + Lisa's Durham Heiffer Pub Do Full Colour Flyer

This is the full colour flyer that Ade has produced for his pub do in July, I understand that this flyer will be published in the next edition of Scootering.

Liverpool Rideout Sunday May 13th

This Sunday is the Liverpool Scooter clubs Rally .Any members wanting to go meet @the Grosvenor Arms ,handbridge at about 11..00 am .we will take our time going overto arrive @aigburth cricket ground at about 12.45 as the ride out comes in from the city center . See more details and poster on our events page on this site .See you Sunday ,Dave . If you need to get in touch my number is 07773 669330 .

Ade tells me he has booked the band MOSES for the Rally on JULY 22nd @the Durham Heiffer . A rough schedule will be : Meet @ Grosvenor Arms ,Chester at 10.30am Leave at 11.15 either via the city or Wrexham Rd.for the by pass ,then down A41 to arrive at the Durham Heiffer @ 12 noon for BBQ,Live band and stalls .Tell as many people as possible about the event ,cause if its a success Ade and Lisa will probably run it again .The location is spot on for clubs from all over the place to get to . More info on having a trade stall F.O.C. (scooter related gear only ) and any other questions contact Ade Jones ,the Durham Heiffer ,Nantwich Rd ,Broxton ,Chester CH39JH. 01829 782253 . Dave .

Into the valley with the Nomads

Into The Valleys Ride Out

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The rotten weather forecast kept most of the club off this rideout ,so when Judy and I arrived at Macdonalds on the a55we were pleased to see Andy,Joe and Brian waiting for us .The sky was brighter to the west and by the time we turned off at St Asaph the drizzle stopped ,by Betwys yn Rhos we had sunshinearriving at the meeting point outside Conwy by 11.45 . Most of the Nomads were already there and Trevor and mates from Northwich .The Chosen Few turned upand Wrexham S.C.,lots of others then the big surprise Cloud 9 with Big Jimmy and all Birkenhead lads. By the time we left on the rideout up via llanwrst to Betws y Coed we must have got over 60 scooters together ,not bad for a first time event .Good place to stop with everything a scooterist needs ..petrol,beer ,fish and chips,coffee and great scenery all on our doorstep..The run back took us down the west bank of the Conwy valley via Dolgarrog and into Conway town with a short hop over the bridge into Llandudno Junction to our destination pub .The last 20 minutes of a football match on the widescreen t. v. seemed important to many ? ! but most hung out in the carpark ,comparing experiences/faults /scooters and how to find your way home from here ,without using the a55 !! Barry Turner had decided to go back via Rhyl and the old coast road as he had too many close passes on the way down . It was good to see him out on the scooter again instead of on his stall . All thanks must go to the Nomads for agood ,well marshalled rideoutwith an excellent halfway stop venue . I must add that the "Man of the Match " for me has to be "Dangerous " Dave Williams of the Chosen Few who turned up for this rideout,even though next day he was setting off with his thirteen year old son to ride alone to the Island of Elba off the Italian coast. Its a round trip of 3000 miles and to make it even harder he is going on a Vespa !! Good luck Dave +son make sure you come back in one piece ! Sorry for the miserable "only four photos? "but my batteries gave out !

Dave

Salop Scooters Ride Out Photos.

Salop Scooter Ride Out

Here are the selection of photos that Dave took on the day, it's nice to see Ade and Lisa back on the scooters and Tina's J series is coming on. Just click on the image above

Rideout to Salop Scooters

Another fantastic April day forecast led to a rush to arrange a rideout at short notice and my appologies to anyone who didnt have time to check out the website in time . B.T. managed to disconnect my phone line enough for the computer not to get on the broad band from Tuesday until Friday ,hence the late posting . We met @ Clubbies and four scooters set off for the truck stop ,biker cafe at the Raven @ Prees Heath to meet up with Pete and Tina and Frank (Wxm S.C. ) .















We drew a few hard stares from some of the bikers when we parked our hair dryers amongst the assorted Harleys, Plastic Rockets and well restored old machines including a Triumph Bonneville on a " c " reg ...1965 a bad machine to see in your scooters mirrors at that time !! Still it was Petes idea to meet there and with coffee @ .50p and breakfast @ under 3 quid it was a good place to go . Six scoots left the greasers cafe and we took the scenic route via Hodnet village to Salop Scooters .
Tinas J125 Starstream is being rebuilt by this outfit ,and of what we have seen so far they are making a good job of it . There is always a friendly welcome ,even though they must need to press on with the workload . While we were there an unmarked Police car turned into the yard ,turned out the cop is a fellow scooterist ...you cant tell the cowboys from the indians these days !
We made our way back via the Durham Heiffer where Ade and Lisa treated us to sandwiches in the beer garden behind the pub ,and with Real Ale ,sunshine and superb view of the Peckforton hills it was very difficult to leave and make our way back to Chester . Thanks to all who made it such a cracking day out . I will ask Graham to post the photos .
Hope the weather is good for next Sundays rideout with the Nomads to Glan Conwy .
Dave

Scarborough Scooter Rally Picture Album

Scarborough 2007

Here is a great selection of photos that Pete and Tina Chadwick took over the Scarborough scooter rally weekend. Just click on the image above and either select slideshow to automatically view all pictures, or select individual photos from the album - enjoy.

Countess Easter Egg Run Picture Album

Countess Easter Egg Run 2007

Please click on the image above to see the full selection of pictures taken by Dave during the Easter Egg run, it just makes you remember what a great sunny spring day out we all enjoyed.