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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

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

Click on the image above for pictures.

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

Chester Scooter Club Guestbook

Dave's Pictures of Gingers'Easter Egg Run

Here are a selection of pictures that dave took on the day, click on the image and select slideshow.

Gingers Easter Egg Run 2007

Chester Scooter Club Countess Easter Egg Run

Following the club meeting last night, Pat, Tracy and Lyn got their heads together and it was decided to hold the easter egg run to the Countess Hospital on Easter Sunday 8th April, the ride will leave Clubbys (The Grosvenor) at 2 pm, then return back to the pub.

Tracy has already had a load of eggs donated from work colleagues, so we are off to a good start. I know it's usually a busy family day, but if everyone can make a supreme effort to give up an hour of their time to support the run and brighten up the day for the sick kids at the Countess, it will be greatly appreciated.

See you all there - don't forget to bring loads of easter eggs.

gingers egg run 2007

What cracking weather we had for our first club outing of 2007,with thirteen scooters leaving Clubbies for the ride to Lowton .No breakdowns, nobody lost enroute,we actually arrived with time to spare at the leisure center .This must be some kind of a record for Chester s.c. !! The ride from Lowton to the childrens hospital was the usual clutch hammering ,traffic dodging twelve miles that takes about an hour and a half but the mass of scooters at the end is worth seeing .Eric had a good idea after we dropped off the eggs ,a cafe 200yds up the road ,tables in the sun ,roll on global warming if every egg run will be this good !Erics second good idea of the day was to drop straight onto the East Lancs road and do the return journey in 20 mins back to Lowton . After a quick look round it was off home ,tea ,shower,and down to Saltney Social Club for " Dancin"Dave Buckleys cancer charity do .It was packed,even some of the regulars had difficulty getting tickets,as usual more people seem to dance to the disco than to the live band ,but the New Age Jam were good and at a fiver a ticket it was great value .Asusual in these places the que for the bar was awfull,most of us buying two at a time but that was avery small part of a really good night watching a live band ,you cant beat it .Well done Dave Buckley and helpers . more phots of the egg run will appear as soon as I learn how to navigate the blog site ! Thanks to Graham for putting the you tube stuff on.
This Sunday,April 1st ,is the massive Wirral egg run ,for anyone wanting to go give Barry Turner a ring as he will probably know where it starts from 0151 356 8384,is his number ,all the best Dave .

Youtube Scooter Videos

Here are some links to scooter related videos and some music videos on 'youtube' for your enjoyment, this list will grow over time and there will be a permanent link from the sidebar on the front page for members to access, just use your back button to come back to this page after viewing each video - enjoy.

SCOOTER SECTION

Rhyl Scooter Rally 2006

Rhyl Scooter Rally 2007

Isle of Man Scooter Rally 2007

Isle of Wight Rally 2006

Stuart Owen's 100mph Lambretta v Ferrari

Stuart Owen + Brummie Scooter TV Clip

Lambretta Scooter Sprinting

Scooters and Northern Soul

Crazy Pizza Delivery Rider (Trailer from Film Taxi)

Stunt Vespa Riding (don't try this at home)


MUSIC SECTION.

Soul shows on the radio -

Radio Stoke - Richard Serling's Northern Soul Show - Listen Again

The Jenny Wlkes Soul Show on BBC Radio WM Listen Again.

Radio Lancashire 103.9 - Sunday Night Soul Show with Keith Fletcher (Listen Again) Highly Recommended.
Click on the link above and select Listen Again


Selection of Music Videos (You may need to let the video stream first by pausing it and letting the red line get ahead of the cursor before it will play all the way through without stopping)

Ian Levine's Youtube Site - If you are a Northern Soul fan this site is for you

Sydney Barnes - Standing on Solid Ground

The Radiants - Babe You've Got It

Robert Knight - Love on a Mountainside

Marv Johnson - I'll Pick a Rose for my Rose

 Gill Scott Heron - The Bottle

The Specials - A Message to you Rudy

The Specials - Ghost Town

The Jam- Going Underground

Paul Weller - Broken Stones

Paul Weller - Changing Man

Frank Wilson - Do I Love You

Junior Walker + The All Stars - Shotgun

Edwin Starr - H-A-P-P-Y

Edwin Starr - Backstreet

Edwin Starr - 25 Miles

Dobie Gray - Out on The Floor

Dobie Gray - Drift Away

Ocean Colour Scene - Up on The Downside

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Aint No Mountain High Enough

Curtiss Mayfield - Keep On Keeping On

Jimmy James and The Vagabonds - Now

Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Fall

New Age Jam in Saltney , March 24th

Club member Dave Buckley has been in touch to let us know that he is promoting a night at The Saltney Sports and Social Club . He has booked the Jam tribute band "New Age Jam "and got our mate Mark to do the decks . Its all in aid of charity for Cancer ,so lets hope as many of us as possible can make it .Saturday 24th of March is the date , it coincides with Gingers Egg Run so it will be a good end to a hard days ride ! Dave will call in to our club night on Tuesday with some tickets . He tells me 150 out of 200 have already sold . Good Luck to him and we hope its a success

Thanks to Graham for the update info on the blog site and also for making the blogsite adress laminated cards that we handed out at the meeting on Tuesday night . Great turnout of 13 members and with 2 on scooters it was good for a cold February night . We were all surprised because we half expected to be the only one to turn up ! Next rideout will be Gingers egg run on March 24 th ,saturday ,meeting at the Grosvenor Arms at 10 oclock . Hope to see you before that at the Tuesday meets .All the best Dave.

Mike Phoenix With The Targa Twin

Scooter Meet @ Durham Heifer

Ade and Lisa are proposing to hold a "scooter do " at their pub with a provisional date of July 22nd ( Sunday) ,keep it free and spread the word to other clubs as the more the better . Lets have some ideas and feedback as to what members would like to have on the day .

Southport Scooter Weekender 2007

Here is the flier information for The Southport Rally to be held from Friday 8th June to Sunday 10th June.

Just click on the image below to view the flier.

Southport Scooter Rally

Isle of Man Scooter Rally - Booking Details.

I called in to Barry Turners yesterday to pick up some scooter spares, while I was there I also picked up the information fliers for the Isle of Man rally in July, so I am posting it on here for everyone's information.

The only change as far as I know is that The Castle Mona Hotel has now gone into receivership so you will therefore not be able to book rooms there and the evening entertainment will not be held there now, but Barry is sorting out a new venue for this.

Click on the image below to view the list of Hotels and the event flyer.

Isle of Man Scooter Rally 2007

Northern Aces - Chester Rally

Just found out about this one, The Northern Aces S.C. will be holding a scooter rally at Chester Rugby Club, over the week-end of the 27th to 29th of July, which is the same week-end as the North Wales Scooter-Fest, the following is an announcement from The Welsh Scooter-Scene Forum. It appears that there is now some friction between North Wales scooterists and the Scooter- Fest event organisers, with many scooterists now threatening to boycott the event. So maybe a Saturday run out to Boddelwyyden and a local Sunday ride in Chester might now be on the cards, when I find out more information I will post it on here.

'We are holding a Rally At Chester Rugby Club 27-29 Jul 2007.£10 entry including:- Camping ,showers, a couple of bands, custom show, late (if not all)night food stalls. It's gonna be a pretty basic affair , but by holding it in Chester it means B&B,s are abundant for the softies. The all day drinkers get a city centre to pub crawl & the tourists get to see lots of roman stuff.Yes I know it's in england, we are a border club and have a dozen members that cross over into gods country to wear our colours with pride. So out of respect for them I totally supported the venue choice(much to they're surprise) simply because of the amenities we can offer to people.Does this mean we are no longer supporting scooterfest? too right!Most of the events at scooterfest are on sunday afternoon, which is about as much use as a square wheel to most scooterists.There is a list of things, but i'm not looking to list them here as it's a public forum.Suffice to say this is an event run by scooterists for scooterists with no members of the NASC making personal financial gain. As soon as I get a flier I'll post it on the site.Ride safeDaz'

Here is the official flier for the event - click on the image below.

Northern Aces Chester Rally

New Brighton Run 2006 - Photos

New Brighton Run

Just wondered if everyone had seen these New Brighton pictures from last May, showing some of our lads arriving at The Fort. It seems a long time ago now, roll on the 2007 scooter season.

As with the other web albums pictures, click on the image and then select slideshow.

Christmas Toy Run - Graham's Photos

Christmas Toy Run 2006

These are my selection of photos from Sunday's Toy run to The Countess, click on the photo above and then select slideshow - enjoy,
Graham.

Christmas Toy Run to The Countess

Just to add to what Dave has already said, it was a rather wet but very enjoyable day and grateful thanks must be given to all the generous scooterists for the many Christmas gifts which were donated today to the sick children at The Countess Hospital, Chester.

In particular we would like to thank the various companies and businesses who went to a great deal of trouble and expense to gather together litterally sacks full of Christmas gifts for the children, in particular many thanks to -

• Browns of Chester.
  
• Allans Skip Hire.
  
• Royal House Chemist.
  
• The Grosvenor Arms.
  
• Select Tyres, Gwersyllt.
  
• Supertune Ltd, Chester.
• Muir Homes.
  

It truly was a fantastic turnout of scooters on a rather changeable day, I know Dave has mentioned 27 scooters, but I think at one point there were as many as 35, with some having travelled a considerable distance to join us, thank you all for coming.

Christmas toy run

chester scooter club Christmas Toy Run 2006

click on the image here to see photos, click on slideshow for good results.

dave baker

Scooter Video

Thought some of you might like to see this atmospheric video, which really catches the feeling of scootering in the 50's + 60's in Italy, also some good old and new Vespa factory shots. You need your sound on.

By the way Corradino D'Ascanio (the guy drawing on the board) was the main design engineer firstly for Lambretta and then for Piaggio.

Chester Scooter Club

Hi scooter fans !
just a reminder theres a do in the grosvenor arms this Saturday night the 16th ,Pat has laid on music with Timmy on the decks so should be good .Sunday morning is our toy run to the Countess Hospital meeting at the Grosvenor Arms @12 am to leave @12.30 ,so lets hope we get a dry day and a good turnout of scooters ,see you soon , Dave.

Just a quick edit on your post Dave, I have checked the weather forecast for Sunday's Toy Run and it says "Sunny Periods, Breezy, and Cool at 7 Degrees Celsius", so fingers crossed that the rain will keep off.

Graham.

Scooter Club Links

I thought it might be interesting for everyone to know the main links to other local scooter clubs, so that we all know what's going on in the North West / North Wales areas. Just click on the web-link and it will take you to the web-site.

I have added a few more links which might be of general interest.

The Grosvenor Arms Pub

Local Scooter Clubs.

• North Wales and Borders Alliance - Facebook Page

Vespa and Lambretta

• Lambretta Club of Great Britain



• VFM Scooter Events.



• Vespa Club of Great Britain.



• Vespa.Org.



• Vespa Official Website



• Scooter Trader



• British Lambretta Archive.

• General Interest and Scooter Shop Websites




• Scooter Products



• VE-UK



• Adaptor Clothing



• Goggles and Glasses



• Beedspeed



• Buzzsolomoto



• LTH Germany



• MB Developments Website



• Cambridge Lambretta Online Shop



• AF Rayspeed Website



• Andy Francis Scooters



• Mike Phoenix Scooters



• Scooter Restorations



• Readspeed Scooters



• Rimini Lambretta - Best Quality Italian Parts



• PM Tuning



• Allstyles Scooters



• Scooter Emporium Includes Nigel Cox's Old Shop Parts



• Scooter Crazy Shop

Chester Scooter Club

Well folks what a superb toy run to the childrens hospital today ,allcredit to simon (carsi ) and his fellow organisers for a good rideout with the bikers,it was great to see a bit of good humoured banter in the Gardeners Arms afterwards . It was a shame that afew more local scooterists didnt turn up,when lads came from St Helens and Birkenhead and Wrexham ,but the turnout must have been close on 200 and Mike Wilford has filmed some of it .Lets hope we get a good attendance for the mod/soul night @ Grosvenor Arms on Sat. 16th and our own club toy run on Sunday 17th

Help and links section.

Hi,

Just a post to point out that there is now a help article in the links section on the right hand side of the front page. Also worth noting that links to contact and other useful information is also in that area in case you may have missed it.

Instructions On How To Post.

Many thanks to Andy for posting detailed instructions of how to post comments, posts and pictures. For any first time user these are great easy to follow instructions, just click on the help on posting and commenting link at the right hand side of the page.

Graham.

Scooters and Parts For Sale

Countess Hospital Easter Egg Run 2006

Thought I would post this photo of the assembled club members and Pat from The Grosvenor just before we set off to The Countess last Easter. It seemed a nice smiley picture to remember the day and most of the regular members were present.