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

Severnside S.C.,Shrewsbury ,Fun Day

 
 
 
 
A Great Day Out ! click on pics to see full size
Fourteen Scooters left Chester@ 10.15 ,including Tony and mates from Cloud 9 and Don from Wigan for an easy,sunny ride to the Raven truck stop Cafe at Whitchurch for breakfast .We met up with a group from Crewe and set off for Shrewsbury at about 11.45 .Detour off the A49 due to an accident ,then a bit of a detour into Shrewsbury town trying to find the venue (sorry lads ! )The Red Barn pub is a good venue for a scooter do (if you can find it !)with ample car parks for the stalls ,bouncy castles ,BBQ and lots of scooter parking ,although this year the parking was also on the road and pavements ,with many more scooters attending . Highlight of the afternoon was Gavin winning £30 as third prize in the raffle only to be upstaged moments later by Billy winning second prize of £50, after I pulled his ticket out !(we wont be invited back ! )
We decided on a different route back via Ellesmere ,leaving the Red Barn about 4pm and stopping at the lake side cafe at Ellesmere for coffee and a seat in the sun by the waters edge . John from Deeside,a mate of Ians joined us for the ride home .Graham mysteriously dissapeared on the route home (we think he just wanted to give the scoot a good thrashing ! )and joined up again at the lake . Once we got to Wrexham we split up for N.Wales and Chester with Don still facing a long solo ride back to Wigan . Thanks to all who rode with us and special thanks to all the Severnside members for putting on such a good day for scooterists. Dave .

Shrewsbury severnside lions SC fun day 2010

We will be meeting at Clubbies (Grosvenor Arms, Handbridge) at 10.00am with a view to leaving at 10.15am. We will more than likely be stopping at the Raven Cafe for bacon butties along the way. We hope to arrive in Shrewsbury for 12pm. There will be all day music, BBQ, stalls, custom scooter show, raffle. We did this very well organised charity event last year & it proved to be an excellent day out. As always any other scooter club or solo riders are more than welcome to join us.

Isle of Man Scooter Rally 2010

 
 
 
 
Just a few pics of last weekends trip to the Isle of Man for the Rally. 11 members from Chester went over on seven scoots.The meet @ Little Chef went according to plan ,the boat left on time for a calm crossing to Douglas in about 4hrs. We all booked in to the hotels then had a ride over to Peel as the sun was great to have evening meal in the Creek Inn .Back in time for a few pints before the night do in the Hilton .Barry Turner re-negotiated the price of the beer down to £2.50 pint from the normal Hilton price £3.50 ,good old Barry ! Saturday was another bright sunny day and everyone met at the TT grandstand for the ride round the TT course to the Sulby Glen Hotel who were really geared up for us with three Tables doing the full range of bacon /burgers /tea etc . Chester club decided to back track to Ramsey ,on to Maughold Head and Lighthouse, via an interesting track ,then on to Laxey to have alook at the famous wheel . A booze break was in order and the Shore Inn @ Old Laxey was only just down the road ,as they brew there own ale it would have been rude not to have called in ! Evening meal was in the Queens Head and all eleven of us sat down together for this one which was great after riding all day together . Rumours started to circulate that the boats on Sunday were being cancelled due to a coming storm ,some of us asked about staying over if necessary . Sunday dawned grey and windy and the scooters were left in the garage whilst we wandered round Douglas killing time and pestering the ferry staff to seeif we were actually going .About 2pm the wind dropped,sun came out and we were loaded on by 3.30 .All our lot made damm sure there scoots were lashed tight to the rails .The first hour out was rough,the boat tacking a good pounding,things in the galley falling over and car alarms going off all over the place ,some of our lot enjoyed it more than others but we were all glad to get into Liverpool and check the scoots were all ok . The ride home was uneventful and in the sunshine . Cracking weekend ,many thanks to Barry Turner and Debbie (soon to be Mrs T !)for organising it ,lets hope it made a load of dough for the charities . I've only put four photos on here ,Itook over thirty,if anyone wants to see the rest,email me and I will send them by Email. Dave

Club Ride to Llangollen

a few more pictures from last sunday.

Club Ride to Llangollen

 
 
 
 
Great ride, perfect weather conditions ,pub in Llangollen was good ,pity we all rushed home to watch Englands defeat at the hands of the Germans !Never mind it will all happen again in four years ! Lots more rides to look forward to !

Isle of Man Rally ,July 2nd/3rd/4th

For anyone going on this the meeting point is the Little Chef on the Birkenhead side of the roundabout at the junction of the M53 wirral motorway and the A41 Chester to Birkenhead road ,in the area of Hooton . We will meet here at 9.30 on Frday morning .The boat goes 11.30 and they want us on the dock an hour before . Dont forget the ferry tickets !Anyone from other clubs or solo riders are welcome to ride up with us . Dave .
P.S. Just read the sailing instructions again and the check in for the 11.30 sailing CLOSES at 10.30. We had better try to leave the Little Chef at 9.30 to allow plenty of time for the unforseen !

Club Rideout, Sunday 27th, PLAN B !

It has been decided rather than "waste" such good scooter riding weather whilst waiting for the 3 o'clock kick off on Sunday ,that we can have a ride on a shorter distance route. Llangollen via the Horseshoe Pass is the plan .Lots of us were up on the pass with the Wrexham rideout a couple of weeks ago but conditions were not good and we didnt go into Llangollen ,so we thought we could do it again. Meet at Clubbies 10.30 to leave at 10.45. We will aim to leave Llangollen to be back in Chester in plenty of time for the 3pm kick off .See you Sunday , Dave .

Sundays Rideout ,June 27th

A few members expressed interest in a club rideout this Sunday ,to somewhere like Bala or Aberdovey .This idea has now gone on "hold" because of the clash with the World Cup Football ,England vs Germany game with a kick off of 3pm .We will try to get another Sunday soon for a club ride . Dave .

Birkenhead Cloud 9

We will be meeting this Sunday 20th June at 10.30am at Clubbies (Grosvenor Arms, Handbridge), with the view of leaving no later than 11am. As always any other scooter clubs or solo riders are welcome to join us.

A few up coming events

Wrexham S.C. Llangollen Rideout 2010

 
 
 
 
A mixed forecast still saw a good turnout of local scooters at clubbies for the late start of 11.45 .Liverpool S.C. and cloud 9 turned up in strength to join us for the run on the old Wrexham road to the Walnut Tree pub for the start .We were a great dissapointment to one copper in Lavister on his radar trap ,thanks mainly to all the cars coming out of the village flashing us ! Ride out started off well at 1pm but as we climbed away from Wrexham towards the hills we caught the bad weather everyone arriving at the Ponderosa in the wet .Some turned back for home after a brief stop ,including Billy after having to replace a broken clutch cable with the help of a mate and Gavin ,not pleasant in the rain !More rain on the way down the pass saw Bernie switching to reserve and a tense few miles finally getting fuel on the Wrexham by-pass.All the small filling stations have now closed on the Llangollen road .Back at Wrexham the roads were dry and the do was in full swing back at the Walnut Tree with our very own Gary Clarke winning "Best Lambretta "at the do ,well done Gaz !It was all over by 4.30,a good day out had by most of us despite the weather ! Thanks to lads and lasses of Wrexham scooter club for their efforts in putting on the 10th Llangollen rideout

Wrexham Scooter Club,Llangollen Rideout 10

We will be meeting at Clubbies (Grosvenor Arms, Handbridge) this Sunday (6th June) at 11.00am with the view of leaving no later than 11.30am. Arriving at the Walnut Tree pub Wrexham about 12.00pm. There will be a BBQ, Dealer stalls, Raffle and Custom show. The rideout to Llangollen leaves at 1.00pm. As always, any scooter club or solo riders are more than welcome to join us!