Chester Scooter Club Xmas Run Video

I thought you all might like to see a little video of the scooters leaving Clubbies, I tried to upload direct to Blogger but it didn't work so I found a way to do it through Youtube - enjoy.

Dave's pictures are loaded in the post below.

Ho Ho Ho - Dave's Xmas Run Pictures

More Pictures and write up below

Christmas Toy Run 2010 Pictures and Write Up

This year's turnout was little low due to the freezing weather conditions, the temperature was minus 8C at 9am and it didn't get above freezing all day, however the sun was shining which was a bonus. So this year there were plenty of wimps who came in the car (including me) and 14 brave scooterists who flew the flag to keep the scooter run going to The Countess Hospital, so respect and well done to all of you for turning up and donating presents for the kids in hospital.

Big thanks must go out to Pat and Andy of The Grosvenor for hosting the event and providing the bacon butties and sarnies, all well received as usual. Also a big thankyou to Tracey for organising the event and collecting the Chrissie presents and a big thankyou to Helen for selling the raffle tickets.

By the way if anyone was wondering if Billy was on fire, he wasn't, it was his fag smoke as he bent down to pump his tyre up.

Chester Scooter Club Toy Run 2010

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More Information on the Post Below

CHESTER S/C CHRISTMAS TOY RUN

Just to let you all know that our Christmas toy run to the countess hospital will be on the 19th of December, meeting at Grosvenor arms Handbridge CH 4 7JE (Clubbies) from 11 am to leave at 12 pm PROMPT, there will be a DJ playing some top tunes we will also be doing a raffle with some fantastic prizes on offer...... all other clubs and solo riders more than welcome to come and join us please bring a small toy or something to leave for the kiddies that have to stay in hospital over Christmas and mark it whether its for a girl or a boy and what age group we hope to see you all there until then ride safe ......
update on the toy run :- Our Lovely Landlady ,Pat, informs us that the pub will be open for tea,coffee and bacon butties from 10.30 am .After the ride there will be Christmas nibbles back at the pub .

Four Dogs Rideout to Wrexham S.C. Sunday 17th October

Tomorrows ride is as Gary has already posted over to Wrexham Scooter Clubs new home at the Four Dogs pub .Its on the old Chester road into Wrexham,so handy for us to visit .Meet at Clubbies as usual at 11am we will leave 11.30 latest .

into the valley

Mod Night. Saturday Oct 23rd CANCELLED

Dave "weller " Buckley is doing his bit for the Cancer Charity again .He's putting on a MOD NIGHT at CLUB GLOBE (canal side off City Road ,by Harkers pub) on Saturday night 23rd October .Featuring the excellent band MOSES .£4 gets you in and drinks are cheap .Try to come if you can to help support a worthwhile cause and have a great night with our type of sounds . If you need more info click on the poster or phone on 07833738405

EVENT CANCELLED EVENT CANCELLED

This Saturday Night ,Motown +Northern Soul in Whitchuch

Saturday 16th October at Whitchuch Civic Centre is Motown + Northern Soul night .Featuring Russ Winstanley (Wigan Casino ),Plus Motown tribute female trio "The Copamo's ,plus D.J. Brad .Tickets £10 Tel 01691 671823

RIDE OUT NEXT SUNDAY

Tony Lee from Wrexham phoned me Friday and asked me to let you all know that he is trying to get as many scooter riders as possible to turn out on Sunday to the Four Dogs on Chester road Wrexham for Twelve o clock...... as the Walnut tree pub is now closed the Dogs will be there new meeting place so all are welcome .... Ride safe, Gary

Southport Ride Out - Sunday 10th October

As Gary had put up a new post, I thought it would be easier to re-use the original Southport post.

Great rideout today with 18 scooters leaving Clubbies, picking up Wilf on route, had a trouble free run through the tunnel and up through Liverpool to meet up at The Bull and Dog pub in Burscough just as the mass rideout was about to start. Lovely ride into Southport across the marshes and round into Lord Street and finishing up outside Leo's Bar. There must have been 300 scooters at least parked up outside Leo's, with some lovely bikes on show. Big thanks to Soutport Scooter clubs for organising the ride which was very well marshalled and a big thankyou for the free hotpot for all the scooterists. Some left before us, but we left at about 3-45 riding back along the coast through Formby and coming down into Bootle, we had a fag break stop just the otherside of the tunnel while we waited for 'Crombie Man' Elvis to catch up, who had lost his spare wheel on the way, somehow I managed to come home with Tommo's new shoes and tee shirts, so thanks for those Tom !!!

Northern Soul + Motown Night Sat 2nd October

Elvis has asked that this event is advertised for next weekend, please try and attend this Northern Soul and Motown night at Saltney Social Club Saturday 2nd October, 8pm to 1 am. This should be a great event with some top DJ's playing the best sounds.

Sunday River Dee Rideout Pics

Very nice relaxing rideout down to the Groves at the River Dee in Chester, thanks for all the lads and lasses who made the effort to come down and bask in the autumn sunshine, the line up of scooters (and bikes) looked really impressive.

GOLDEN ME - ALEXANDERS

Wilf has asked me to post details of a band on at Alexanders tomorrow evening (Friday 24th Sept).
They're called Golden Me & play 60's up to present day including The Who, The Kinks, The Jam, The Stone Roses. It's £5.00 on the door starts at 9pm.

This Sunday 26th Nomads in Chester

The North Wales Nomads are riding into Chester this Sunday for their big end of season ride out .They are leaving Abergele at 11am to arrive at the river in Chester at 12noon .They have invited us to meet up with them .Meet at clubbies at 11.45 then we can go to the river as a club for noon .Dave .

New Chester Scooter Club polo shirt

Here's a pic of the new Chester Scooter Club polo shirt.
For those who are interested in supporting the club & purchasing a club shirt, they are available to order at Clubbies for £14 (£1.50 of which will go towards the club to help fund future events).

Rhyl Rideout Sep 2010 Wet Wet Wet

Why do weather forecasts always go wrong ? It was supposed to be dry for most of the day with a chance of the odd shower - WRONG. However 4 scooters left Chester (sorry Bernie + Tracey nearly went without you) giving Tommo a wave as we passed his shop in Saltney, then meeting up with the North Wales lads at Deeside Leisure Centre which made a total of 11 scoooters in total for the run up the coast road. Didn't catch the owners name but there was a newly finished GP in yellow ochre with plenty of mirrors on it's first run out after being built. We had a stop at the Petrol Heads cafe at Bagillt, which is a handy little place it's just a pity it's not a bit further on.
By the time we eventually pulled into the Robin Hood Camp the scooters were getting ready for the rideout, which most of us didn't do this year. Big thanks to Peter and family and Dave Sheehan for inviting us back to their caravan for a nice warming brew which was very welcome. The trade stands at Rhyl have progressively got more and more over the last few years and this year there must have been 10 or 11 stands, filling the field completely so plenty to have a look at. Unfortunately the rain returned heavier than ever which pushed the scooterists into the bar to keep dry !!! As the rain didn't want to stop, we decided to make a run for home about 3pm making a very wet and unpleasant run back, but you can't win them all.

New Chester Scooter Club badges and patch

Following last night's club meet, we now have some new Chester Scooter Club badges and patches thanks to Elvis! They look great! The price is £4 and that gets you a badge and a patch. Elvis might have some with him on Saturday (for the rideout to Rhyl), or at clubbies next Tuesday. It has also been decided that sky blue is to be the colour for the new club polo shirt. We are hoping to have a sample of the shirt at clubbies next Tuesday as well. Comments are welcome, if you would like a particular size, let us know.

Rhyl Scooter Weekender Rideout - Sat 18th Sep

It's Rhyl Scooter Weekender this weekend the 17th to 19th September at The Lyons Robin Hood Holiday Camp as usual. Change of plans due to Nico having to work until 10-30, so we have agreed to meet at The Grosvenor Arms (Clubbies) at 11am on Saturday 18th and leave shortly afterwards. We will still ride past the Deeside Leisure Centre at about 11-30, so if you want to wait there we will pull in there to meet you. There's usually a rideout from the Holiday Camp up to Abergele at 1pm and plenty of trade stands to get you to part with your money, so don't forget to bring some cash.

As usual any local clubs and solo riders are welcome to ride with us.

Tuesday Night Club Meeting

Following last Tuesday night at Clubbies, Tracy has asked me to post a notice, asking if we could try and get as many people involved in Chester Scooter Club, to come along to this Tuesday's meet and put forward ideas for ways to raise some money to fund the two events the club hold (Christmas toy run & Easter egg run)
We are also looking at doing some more polo shirts with the club name and logo on and metal enamel Chester Scooter Club Member badges. Any positive comments and feedback here would be welcome. Cheers!

Scooters For Sale In Chester Area

Dear all, I have been contacted by a guy called Dave Walters who is starting to import used scooters from Pakistan. Dave wanted to give local scooterists the first opportunity to buy running scooters and project scooters from him before he puts them on e-bay for the wider public. he has just received the first batch of 3 which are shown in the photograph above and he has a further 5 scooters which will be coming soon.

If anyone is interested please contact dave at dwalters2001@hotmail.com or on his mobile number 07894 600025 , he is happy for anyone to visit him to view the scooters.

I will post up any future adverts on the FOR SALE tab on the right hand side so as not to block ride out posts.

Cloud 9 BBQ,Sunday 12th Sept, At The Wirral Hundred

Cloud 9 are having a BBQ this sunday at the Wirral Hundred (ch43 9jf). 1 pm onwards all welcome inc kids.
We will be meeting at Clubbies(Grosvenor Arms,Handbridge) at 11.30 am, with the view of leaving at 12.00.
Any other scooter clubs or solo riders are welcome to join us.

Rideout to Llandudno, And North Wales Nomads BBQ Sat 4th Sept

After leaving clubbies then meeting up in Harwarden, we had 13 scooters. As the weather was good and we were in no hurry we stopped off at Petrolheads (cafe) in Flintshire for a cuppa before heading along the coast road all the way to Abergele. It was here we parked up the scoots for a much needed pint in the sunshine. Half of us stayed put while the other half set off for Llandudno for fish and chips. Unfortunatley the clutch cable on Coxy`s Lambretta snapped along Llandudno front (about 500 yards from the chippy!) and it was shortly discovered that, between us, we had every size of alan key apart from the one we needed! With a bit of tweaking & thanks to Bernie for having some spare cable it was sorted. By the time we finally did get the Lambretta going again it was too late for fish and chips & so we headed back to The Bull Hotel in Abergele for the Nomad's BBQ. Chicken kebabs, burgers & hotdogs all round. As the afternoon went on with a bit of a shower a few of us headed for home leaving myself & Helen, Bernie & Tracy, Elvis, Don, Danish & son relaxing to some top scooter tunes in great company. Thanks to Nige & Steph for showing us the nearest petrol station & the best route to the coast road & thanks to Elvis for accompanying us back to Chester in the rain.

Rideout tomorrow Sat 4th Sept

Just a quick reminder that we have a club rideout tomorrow, meeting at Clubbies 11.15am.
(Please scroll down to see more details on earlier post).
As always any other scooter clubs or solo riders are welcome to join us.

Northern Soul + Ska night Nantwich Sat .4th September

Got a txt from www.soulknights2003.com . "Northern soul and ska night at Nantwich civic centre on the 4th sept.20.00 til 01.30 £5pp .Down stairs northern soul and motown floor fillers ,DJ'S DAVE C,SMITHY,MIKE STOKE,TWANGY SPECIAL,guest BRIAN RAE.Upstairs ska trojan and mod sounds by local scooter boys "

More pics from I.O.W.

 
 
 
 

Isle of Wight Rally 2010

 
 
 
 
Six of us set off from Dob's Hill on friday morning @ 8am.Judy and me ,Bernie and Tracey and Nige and Steph from Rhyl Elite s.c. in dry cool conditions .Easy run down with a tail wind all the way .On the Andover by-pass the Gremlin in the tv200 decided to act up causing it to die a couple of times before settling .Soon after Bernie was missing with a wire having come off the CDI unit .This was soon sorted with a nip up by his teeth !We were on the 4.30 boat in the sunshine .Friday night was in Ryde to see The Birds and Small Fakers in the Balcony bar ,excellent night.Saturday saw us going to the parts fair at Smallbrook Stadium,then on to Ryde for Custom show . Sat night into Ryde again on very crowded buses Bern +Trace to hip shakers ,others to Ice Arena to see the Lambrettas and Basket Case .The bus back to Shanklin at 2am was something else !Sunday was the big Rideout,the high point of the Rally.Bern+Trace elected to do it and the rest of us elected to sit outside the Wishing Well pub and watch everyone go past .Fantastic turnout ,it took 50mins for all the scooters to pass the pub ! A good night in Shanklin was had by all of us later ,after eating an excellent carvery @the Hollies Hotel ,on Bernies recommendation.
Monday saw us meeting up at 9.30 for the 10.30 boat E.Cowes to Southampton .Nige ditched all his luggage with a mate with a van and we left the docks at noon.Niges scooter ran rough ,traced to choke sticking on,Bernies stand spring broke coming in to Romsey and we finally stopped after120 miles at the Trumpet Inn,near Ledbury,for munchies .Final fuel stop at Shrewsbury and all scooters flying along.Judy and me made 400 yards away from the fuel stop when we skidded off the A5 in a Big cloud of burning rubber smoke ,rear suspension strut snapped off,trapping the rear tyre on the mudguard .It was Bye,Bye to the Vespa jockeys and a short wait for Mr Grumpy from Carole Nash recovery .So the last 50 miles were done on the breakdown truck,thanks to Hagon suspension units !Fantastic Rally ,no wonder they come from all over the world to do it .All ready booked for next year ,see you there ! Dave .

Rideout to Llandudno, And North Wales Nomads BBQ Sat 4th Sept

Brian came up with a good idea for this Saturday 4th September.
A rideout to Llandudno and a stop off at Abergele on the way back for their annual BBQ(The Bull hotel), which starts at 3pm until 11.30pm with plenty of good food and lots of great scooter tunes!

We will be meeting at clubbies (Grosvenor Arms, Handbridge) Saturday 4th at 11.15am with the view of leaving at 11.30am. Any other Scooter clubs or solo riders are always welcome to join us.

LOOKS LIKE WERE GETTING VISITORS

sorry for the short notice but myself, elvis, and andy roberts went to the kings hall in stoke on saturday night to a norhtern soul all nighter and met emmo,twangy and a few others from the as deep as you like it scooter club and they said there were going to call in on us at clubbies on tuesday night weather permitting that is so i just thought id let you know i should have put it on here yesterday but steve and lynne were leaving the walnut tree pub and me ane the wife,daughter and daughters boyfreind spent the afternoon there and when i got home i was in no fit state to write anything..... ride safe, gary ps someones going to have to tell big george not to eat all the butties and save some for the visitors if he,s not been locked up in spain ha ha

Liverpool Fun Day Photos

A very good day was had by all at the Liverpool S.C. fun day with about 12 scooters leaving Clubbies , meeting up with Gavin and Billy at Mostyn grage. A big thanks to Simo + daughter, Ernie and all the the people who made the day go so well, you always make everyone feel so welcome. The sun was cracking the flags all afternoon which made the venue of Sefton Park cricket ground all the nicer, the turn out of scooters was amazing with some wonderful machines on display, the band were playing some good sounds and it was also a nice touch to introduce 'special' prizes as well as the custom show prizes, a special cup in memory of Jimmy which was presented by his widow and a well deserved special silver salver for Barry Turner for organising countless Isle of Man rallies. Well done Liverpool S.C. for organising a great scooter day out.

Wilf was made up to test ride Nico's PX round the field, the caption for the picture above should read look at the skid mark I left with this Vespa.

Liverpool Scooter Club`s Open Day 22/08/10

We will be meeting at clubbies (Grosvenor Arms, Handbridge) on Sunday at 10.45am with the view of leaving at 11.00am. As always any other Scooter Clubs or solo riders are welcome to ride with us.

Rideout this Sunday 15th August to Rhyl

As there are no organised rideouts in our area this weekend Tony and Elvis proposed a ride up the coast to Rhyl and on a bit further if the weather is good . Anyone wanting to go should be at Clubbies for 11.30 at the latest on Sunday morming . Clubs and Solo Riders welcome as usual . Dave .

North Wales Nomads BBQ 04/09/10

North Wales Nomads are hosting there annual BBQ at the Bull Hotel,Abergele on saturday 4th september,3pm til late.There will be quality food and quality sounds all day.There`s a camp site up the road and a few rooms in the Hotel.

Dabbers rideout 8th Aug.2010

 
 
 
 
Thanks to the Dabbers as a club and Ainsley and family in particular for another good ride and fun day at Nantwich .No serious breakdowns though Brian had managed to get his hands and head covered in oil before the rideout even started ,due to a loose exhaust ! thats him on the photo fixing it !Bad day this time on the Lambretta breakdowns though, as Tomos G.P. was so put out at the thought of coming out that the gear selector packed up and my T.V conked out so many times in the first five miles that I had to take it home ! All quiet on the Vespa front ??? Watch this space !

Rideout to Nantwich ,this S unday ,8th August

There are so many events on this weekend ,Run to the Hills ,Blackpool Lambretta Club ,(both weekenders ) , Lancashire Alliance rideout to Blackpool, and Dabbers s.c. " smell the two stroke " at Nantwich . Hard to choose but Dabbers always support us and its the closest ,so thats where we're going ! meet at Clubbies 11.15 to leave 11.30 .Goes without saying any others welcome to ride with us . Meeting point for Dabbers is the car park by the Broxton roundabout . Dave .

Rideout to Telford this Sunday ,August 1st

Telford Tigers S.C. have got a "Fun Day " organised for this Sunday,1st August .Its being held at the Rose and Crown ,Stirchley,Telford ,TF31DY,starting at 12 noon .
Anyone who fancies doing this ride should meet at Clubbies at 10am for a 10.15 departure .We will plan on a coffee stop at the Raven Cafe on the A41 on the way down .Any none members are welcome as per usual . Fingers crossed for the weather ! See you Sunday . Dave .

Dabbers Scooter Club-Smell The Two Stroke 8/8/10

Congratulations !

Congratulations are in order for Andy (Nico ) for passing module one of his scooter test today ! Well done Andy !

Tal y Llyn rideout

 
 
 
 
The forecast of a dry day helped to give us a good turnout of nine scooters at Clubbies at 10.15. Club members Bernie ,Tracey,Wilf ,Andy ,Ian,Eugene,Dave and Judy were joined by Steve,John,steve and Ann for the seventy mile ride to Tal y Llyn . At the coffee stop at Rhug on the A5 Nige joined us from Rhyl . We stopped for fuel in Bala and again just outside Dolgellau . All ten scooters ran fine up over the pass and down to our lunch stop at the Tal y Bont Hotel on the shore of the lake .After an hours stop and munchies it was decided to head back rather than to go on to Aberdyfi as the time was getting on . We had one stop at Llandegla where Steve and Ann discovered they were very low on fuel and Wilfs scooter, which had been giving trouble idling , refused to go on the kick start but went o.k. with a bump ! Everyone started to peel off in different directions to take the shortest route back home .A great ride ,good company and no breakdowns on a 150 mile route in dry conditions through some of the most spectacular scenery in the country ,we couldnt ask for better ! Thanks to Eugene for the photos .

Bala Rideout this Sunday July 25th

As last Sunday was a lost cause, due to the weather, we thought a ride over to Bala lake and on to Tal y Llyn lake this week might be good .We've done this one before and had a pub lunch at Tal y Llyn at a pub at the far end of the lake . Obviously it is all dependant on the forecast for Sunday ,its o.k. at present ,but could vary by Sunday ! Anyone who fancies it should meet at Clubbies for 10am on Sunday for a 10.15 departure .See you there ,Dave .

"Wellers" charity club night this Saturday .24th July

Dave"Weller" Buckley has found a new venue for his charity fund raising nights .The Club Globe is on the canal side off City Road in Chester (next to Harpers pub ).Dave has got two D.J's on playing the righttype of sounds to suit the scooter scene .Combined with Cheap beer and a 2am bar it should be a great night out for a worthy cause .Good luck Dave with the new venue !

Severnside SC,Shrewsbury Fun Day

Some more photos of a grand day out! (And we finally found a scooter small enough for Helen!!)

Big thanks to Don from Wigan and Wilf for stopping after my scooter had a heat seizure on the A483