Here are some photos from yesterday

Horizons Unlimted 2010 - a set on Flickr



















Video to follow depending on quality and the fact I have to ride from Cheshire to Austria as of tonight so it might take a few days.

Just the one picture from one of the Off-Road rideouts.

Big thanks to Adrian and Alex from the TRF for a great day out. Sara is happily showing off her bent Adventure Spec crash bars and multi-coloured ankle

It was a fantastic Weekend - huge thanks to all the organisers, speakers etc.

It was tough today, heading home.

All I wanted to do was go for the mainland ferry - and just keep traveling...



There's a few pics of mine here:- Flickr: david_nimrod's Photostream

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As usual, a fantastic meet- minus the rain! Great people,presentations and fun. Just one thing- to those people who felt the neet to ride like twats through the camping field and start their bikes outside peoples tents at six a.m., don't come next year!
P.S. Standing on the pegs whilst riding through a dry field in Derbyshire is not really necessary- you know who you are!

Thanks Grant/Susan/Glyn etc,had a great time,my first HU meet & I really enjoyed it,lots of nice people some great talks/shows & I learnt quite a bit,hope to be back next year.
Andy

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Andy L

From the midnight sun to the silk & rhubarb roads, 2014
I am not an adventure rider, just a biker that has adventures.

Just wanted to add my thanks to absolutely everyone involved in organising the weekend, making the presentations and to all those who I met for a chat and/or .

This was my first time at Ripley and it is now a guaranteed annual event in my diary unless I have already acted upon the huge dose of inspiration and have disappeared off over the horizon on my VStrom.

Am now sitting at work and can echo Austin's words on Saturday night that there is just no point trying to explain to people what I did at the weekend, they just wont get it. Cant help telling them how to cook a Squirrel though!

Adrian

Had a good weekend popping my meeting cherry too. Spent much of the three days indoors listening to various presentations, my personal favourite being Paddy Tyson. A funny man - can't wait to read the book.

Thanks to all those I chatted to, especially Metal Mule who seemed a little sad to see one of his babies in such a state when I took my battered (but still working) case for him to see - I've now adjusted / repaired them as advised!

Sue and Grant continue to inspire, and the biker doctor was great.

Good luck to the CB500 guys and their cage panniers!

do I begin.Having booked last year and feeling wacked from having been to the TT ( I know, I know, hardly around the world is it, just put it down to an age thing ) and so did not go I was determined to get there this year.And so friday morning up early bike packed literally about to set off and the phone rings. Unbelievably one of my mates needed to speak to me about a relationship problem he had with his partner of 35 years and asked whether he caould pop around. Well what are you going to say !.So he comes around and we chat for a couple of hours and because him and his partner were going off to Devon for a week and she did now want to go I volunteer for us to have a boys week end instead in Devon.He of cause knew nothing about this trip but I just saw it giving him an opportunity to ease his pain over the week end. Well thankfully he left me feeling a bit happier and about an hour later I received a phone call thanking me for my help and also telling me that they were off to Devon and would talk through their problems. So with a big sigh I put the phone down and having thought I would not make it again I set off for Ripley.

M1 the quickest route was diabolical but after a little detour and a stop to ask directions I arrived.

My first impression was good because those on reception were both informative and friendly and I found my spot and set up my tent.

What a disaster that was because the elastics that hold the frame together were broken and I would get one side up and the other side would crumble. Thankfully a couple of fellas passing by gave me some assistance and although not very elegant I had shelter for the night.Some other lads having a drink and a laugh who I met just before I come away said they did not like to offer to help because they thought I might think they were taking the mickey so it seems at least I gave them a laugh.

I made friends with a really nicely spoken fella Tim in the tent next to me and during the week end it was great to have a bit of banter with him.If you met Tim like me you would have assumed he was part of the aristocracy because of the way he speaks but what a great down to earth guy and his life experiences were not of someone born to a priviliged back ground. Great bloke. I could go on and on and on about there presentations but all I will say is that everyone I went to were interesting and inspirational.The most hiarious for me was of cause Austin and Lois last one.What a great couple and I am really looking forward to reading both of their books.

Being a chatty fella I was really at the right place for once because everyone I met were only too willing to stand and chat.I hope the couple that I met that own a gardening company achieve all that they want to when it comes to travelling because they were a great couple to meet.I could mention many other peole but I won't but all I will say is that I hope we all meet up again next year.

To sum up it was a brilliant week end and it did not matter whether you was riding a GS or a Blackbird because just being a biker was enough.

I finally just want to say thank you to Grant and Susan and all of the helpers for giving me a great week end for a more than reasonable cost.
Will I be there next year you bet I will but I would also like to travel to one of their other meets in another country some time as well.

Oh yes and can someone tell me the name of the lady that was from Tasmania and who is travelling around the world because I would like to read her blog and I have lost the card that she gave to me.

See you all next year and I am already counting the days till the next one.

Thanks to all involved with this meet, it was the first HU meet I went to and it was awesome! Just booked for 2011...

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Pikipiki Safari - UK to South Africa, Argentina to Colombia 2011/2012

Aaah, but they've seen E&C do it, so it must be right

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I echo all the good comments about the meet. Fantastic organization to make sure we all had a great weekend. It's my second and it was the same weather back in 2006.
Good to meet you Leigh and D. It's always a bonus to have pleasant neighbours when camping. Hope to see you again next year when hopefully I won't be on my own.
Paul

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If you think you are too small to make a difference you have never spent the night with a mosquito.

Many thanks to everyone who organised a wonderful weekend in Ripley. Brilliant,

You saw it here first - Walter Colebatch trying out a new candidate for his Siberia trips!
Spread the word - WR250R!

Watch this space for 2011!

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Find out details of my 2011 trip to Siberia on a lightweight dirtbike:
www.brighton2expeditions.co.uk

Which model of Nomad tent is that????????????

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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.

It would be interesting but I think not.

RTW X-Challenge Adventurization - Page 47 - ADVrider

He is prepping the X-challenge again but my gut feeling says it won't be Siberia. Personally I suspect Mexico or South America. Just a hunch.