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.

Countess Hospital Easter Egg Run

Well a super sunny Easter Egg Run was had by all with approximately 30 scooters in attendance. A big thank you to everyone who turned up for the run, and thanks to Simon Carswell for getting so many of the Northern Aces lads to come along for the afternoon, also a big thank you to all the North Wales lads for coming, including some who had travelled from as far away as Llandudno.

Also like to thank all those who donated Easter Eggs for the sick children at The Countess, including many eggs from the staff at Brown of Chester Ltd. A final big thank you to Pat, the proprieter of The Grosvenor pub (Clubbies) for putting on all the sandwiches for the lads following the run.

Dave Baker took quite a number of photographs on the day and the album will be loaded up in the next few days, but here is a quick shot from today, with Bernie and Tracy leading the scoots back through the centre of Chester.

Chester S.C. Egg Run .

What a fantastic day all round ,weather could not have been better,over 40 scooters met at the Grosvenor Armsto transfer a shed load of chocolate eggs to the Countess of Chester Hospital for the childrens wards . As always Tracey comes up with a mountain of eggs from friends and collegues at Browns .Pats regulars in Clubbies also always donate to all the good causes that Pat champions ,so lots more eggs arrived . A press photographer was on hand to record the event ,so watch the local press.Our thanks must go to all the scooter boys who came from the North Wales clubs ,Nomads, Northern Aces and independents who came with them from as far as llandudno . Iwould also like to thank our own members and the lads from Ellesmere Port who turned up at short notice .I hope you can find yourself on the photos ,appologies to anyone Ive missed .Last thank you to our super landlady Pat whos idea it all was in the first placeand for the supper free food we had on our return .

Dont forget next Saturday night at the Civic Hall Connahs quay is Soul night and Sunday 22nd is the Nomads rideout in the Vale of Conway to Betwys y Coed ......pray for dry weather !

Dave

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