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 .

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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

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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