Well done guys,

glad you're back safe & sound (if not a little chilled)!

Reggie

Hi Reggie

First trip ever with a heated jacket - still it was only 30 years of being unnecesarily cold ! it sometimes takes me a while to work thins out !

Bruce

Croptontreffen
 

Hi all
We're back safely. Roads weren't too bad. Riding conditions a bit dodgy at times though.

Thanks to Paul for leading the ride (or should that be slide?) out. I'll try and post some pics taken along with way.

Good to see you all and hope everyone had a good weekend!

Thanks to Jake for doing all the groundwork for this mini treffen.

Debz

P.S. I lost my navy Craghoppers fleece last night. Took it off in pub and put it with some other jackets and it was gone at the end of the night. If you empty your kit and come across an unfamiliar fleece it's probably mine. I'm hoping someone has picked it up by mistake. Cheers.

Hi Chizz,

heated kit's amazing isn't it!

Hi Debs,

loosing clothing already! How many pints had you had then?

Regards

Reggie

Hi Reggie - That's Debz not Debs. I know it is confusing. Don't know how many pints Debz had. I only had a couple. :smartass: then I went on to the whisky:blushing:

Debs.

Glad you got back safely, Debz.

Hi Debs,

that OK then!

I'm alive! 7 hours, average of 40mph, but got here eventually. I lost the snow around Nottingham, only to find the million or so people heading home after half term, and miles and miles and miles of roadworks. Now bathed and with a glass of wine, looking forward to a 5am start and lots of hard work tomorrow.

Thanks to just about everyone there, but especially to Ian for picking me up (again and again and again) and providing an excellent tyre-changing demonstration, Paul for patching my tube and getting me safely to York, Steve for getting the TA down The Hill, and Alex for helping me sort my heated grips before the trip, I would not have survived without them!

Sold my old GPZ via fleabay on Sat, whatever the money goes towards will include knobbly tyres!!!

Laura

Croptontreffen
 

That's really good to know Laura, we need the rest to report safely in. At least most of the snow on the roads had turned to slush before we set off and the major roads were quite clear. Can't wait to see the pics myself.:funmeteryes:

Glad to hear everyone's back safely so far. Was really good to see everyone again and hope to see you all again soon.

Cheers,

Paul

A few pics, started liike this
http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/a...c/DSCF0080.jpg
On the trail

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/a...c/DSCF0083.jpg

http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/a...c/DSCF0084.jpg

In the pub
http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/a...c/DSCF0088.jpg

Fixing Laura's tyre
http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/a...c/DSCF0095.jpg

By the time we left it was like this
http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/a...c/DSCF0096.jpg

A good time was had by all
Too busy on the trail trying to keep the bike upright to get more pics, I'm sure someone will be along to fill in the details

Hi all,
Thanks for a excellent weekend,
All back safe and WARM.

Great intro for a first timer and the ride out polished the ‘how not too’ for the dodgy ride home, :funmeteryes:

Great meeting you all, can’t wait till the next time.

Iain

Also thanks to Jake for the brilliant tent, :biggrin3:
although packing did not go to plan with the added couple of buckets of snow wrapped up with it. Its now getting some tlc.

Thanks again Jake

Iain

Morning Guys n Gals,

so how many stayed under canvas then?

Regards

Reggie AKA The Cameraman

Hi all,thanks for a great time was good to meet you all.Would loved to have done the off road ride but off to Affrica next month,wanted to keep bike intact,pitty i didnt do the same for Bruces bike!:oops2:sorry again ma-ha.hope to see you all again,maybee up here sometime?cheers Angus

What a great time, good to ride, chat, eat and drink my way through the weekend in such fine company:cool4:

A big thank you to Ian, Debz and Jake for organising and to Paul for leading the ride.