Ripley 2008
 

Yup... sure was a good one. It goes far too fast though !!

Some brilliant meetings and it was great to meet up with people id met on the road in South America..

Problem is, now i've got a seed planted for a Liverpool to Capetown trip in 2 years...

It starts again...................... :thumbup1:

Yeah, thanks all!!!

A great weekend, friday weather was superb - went on the off road outing (if anyone has any pics, PM me) which was great.

Thanks to all the organisers, presenters and trip leaders.

Best wishes to the rider who got hit.

jim (and almost certainly jasper as well)

Got back safe! Great to meet everyone.

Thank you to all who made it a great weekend

Julie and Ruth

Me to. This was my first HUM but I'm back next year. I loved the atmosphere of the meet, the laid back but efficient organisation, the presentations, people and the location. Many many thanks to all who contributed to the weekend.

I had a scary time getting of the camping field (wet grass and road tyres don't get on to well) but managed OK, then endured rain all the way back to Northumberland where the sun was shining :)

Once again, many thanks to all involved for a fantastic weekend.

Regards,

Glenn

I would like to agree with all the comments, this was my first HU meeting and I was very impressed with the organisation

A big thanks to all the people that made this a great weekend, and cheers to the new friends that made the event so enjoyable.

I have unpacked and put my dirty stuff, in the wash, and have started getting clean stuff together for my next weekend in Kelso

Some day soon I will be going a little further :-)

Seconded!
 

Definitely - a top-notch weekend!

T'was my first HU meeting and the ever-present urge to plan the next big trip was seriously encouraged by your stories and photos. Thanks to all the presenters, HUBBers, and above all Grant and Susan for making this a weekend to remember. Oh - Austin and Jasper - haven't laughed that hard in ages, thank you.

:cool4:

Mup.

Bionic Adventure Biker
 

Howdy,

I'm the Jim from jaspers presentation (Martin Scorsese to his Marlon Brando, if you like :).

Anyway, I've stitched the videos together with a few slides from his actual presentation and bunged them on youtube - 18 mins in total.

Part 1 - YouTube - Building the Bionic Adventure Biker - Part 1
Part 2 - YouTube - Building the Bionic Adventure Biker - Part 2

Enjoy,

jim (and probably jasper as well)

Thanks for posting that, sorry I missed the real thing:thumbup1:

Ripley 2008
 

Hiya Everyone!

GRRRRRRRREAT!!!! Weekend :thumbup: and to meet up with fellow travellers, especialy "REGGIE" and his "SEROW" (i think thats spelt right) what a character, more people were interested in that guys bike than the meet :lol2:, he could of sold a 100 of them, nice to meet you Ted aswell, Thanks to Lois for the signed book Bronwen says thanks Oh! Reg your "DESPARADO'S are on order let me know a barrel or bottles, hope you all made it home safe and the guy who got hit near the chippie on sunday morning is ok, sun burn is calming down and i finally have dried out after the thunder :stormy: back ere in Manc, thanks to all the organisers for a job well done. :clap::clap:

Roi n Bron.

Great weekend, and my 30 year old tent is still waterproof:rain:

Met lots of new friends and caught up with some I met last year.

The presentations were great, with some amazing photos and tales of adventure, even if the "Road Kill" got a bit too real for some:eek3:
http://www.toofastforyou.com/images/...oad_kill_1.jpg

:D

Just wanted to add my thanks to Grant & Susan for masterminding the meet, Glynn for organising it and Sam for working me like a slave... ..er.. I mean organising the volunteers so well.

A big thanks also to Dennis and to Bill for offering their laptops at the 11th hour so that presenters could do their thing. We've already put steps in place for next year to make this easier for everyone.

Apologies to all those who I started conversations with and didn't get to finish them as the radio called me away.

I'd also like to say a special thanks to Johan and Charmaine for taking the time out of their trip to come and talk to us and inspire us as well as providing us with what must have been a very stressful 'masterclass' in 1150 GS final drive bearing replacement. :)

Glad you managed to get back on the road and I hope you found some good waterproofs before visiting Scotland.

Fil

Ripley
 

Thanks to all for a great weekend this was my first HU meet and it exeeded all my expectations, good people advice and inspiration.And all in a small green field.Get well soon the fellow who took a tumble and my best wishes to you all.......mel

Mornin' Chaps & Chapesses,

great meeting, fabulous people, interesting bikes, awesome booze and a real insight into the mindset of adventure riders.

Roy, Baz & the crew
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...691small-2.jpg

made for great food,

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...01271small.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...971small-1.jpg

fabulous dress sense,

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...361small-1.jpg

awesome booze,

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...341small-1.jpg

no need for yoga techniques when you relax so naturally,

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...181small-1.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...141small-3.jpg

a fine line up of Serows,

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...231small-1.jpg

Others provided interesting paint schemes

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...821small-3.jpg

gentle opening techniques for crayfish eh Angela!

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...21small-11.jpg

Great old bikes

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...001small-3.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...771small-3.jpg

and new ones as well
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...091small-3.jpg

So thanks to everyone who made the event a real success and a special thanks to Lois for just being herself and to Austin for being a true individual!

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...01951small.jpg

Finally Roy, take a guess who was stopped by the Police whilst riding home? Yep me! And the reason, well the WPC wanted to know what the cute little bike was that I was riding! See you don't need to have the looks of Brad Pitt, just get yourself a Serow!

Top do again!
 

Thanks to Glynn, Grant and Susan for organising it all.

Jasper

I can only echo the sentiments mentioned above. A great weekend and as a first timer I'll be back again no doubt. Many thanks everyone.

Same thanks goes from me too - another HU newbie. I met two of the guys (another first timer) from the forum on the way down from Scotland and rode back with them. Had a great time and loved hearing everyone's stories. Thanks for those with the patience that a new biker required (when the conversations went straight into the technicalities I had to stop them!) and plenty of inspiration. It wasn't good for my head though as I'm not too long back from 12 months of non bike travel, and I was tempted to head south instead of north on the Sunday.......

Even the dogs were well behaved
 

Brilliant meeting, thanks to all and I managed to get back to Oxfordshire pretty much dry :-)

paul - on the Triumph Thruxton in the UK and a Honda VFR for the rest of the world

Ripley
 

Thanks to all those that made HU meet another successful meet nice to meet up with with friends again, and bat some ideas around for future trips.
Had some great laughs with the Brighton 2 Capetown lads.

Hi,

Many thanks to all, another great meeting. Enjoyed the company and the presentations were excellent again, I particularly enjoyed Dave Lomax's 'The Shorter Way Across, Spain' which even as a non wine drinker you can enjoy and Walter Colebatch's account of his trip across China in 'Tokyo to London Miles Ahead'. I particularly liked to accounts of the number plate issuing in China and the brake repairs made in China and Russia to the rear pads of the transalp, including a pad modified from a fighter jet!!.
Have posted some pictures below that I took during the weekend:-

Arrived safely at lumb farm fully loaded
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...8/DSCN0418.jpg

Camp site busy
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...8/DSCN0449.jpg


Found a spot

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...8/DSCN0454.jpg


You always see interesting bikes at the hubb meet, never knew Laverda made a trailie...... the Laverda Atlas 750!!

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...8/DSCN0425.jpg


ps did anyone get the url to the gps coordinate website that Dave Lomax mentioned in his presentation on the pyrenees?

Regards

Robin

The site mentioned was:

ROAD BOOK Moto Quad VTT 4X4 - road book

You have to chuck it through 'babelfish' if you cant read french too well (like me!)

Thanks for the kind words on the Pyrenees presentation, I'm afraid I was a bit jaded by then so I'm really glad you still enjoyed it.

I have to say that I was expecting some less complimentary comments after the Thursday and Saturday talks, 'Overweight is Under prepared'. I think they were a little contentious...

Apologies if people thought I was a little too much on Thursday. I'm not used to live film crews and had a little, 'Liquid Courage', to smooth things along a little......never a great plan for a lightweight like me!

Still, an excellent meeting. Thanks so much for everyone who came and chatted to us at the Adventure-Spec tent. Please bear with us for a few days if you are expecting an order. We've been snowed under over the last two days and are trying desperately to get ourselves back to our usual three day delivery turnaround.

Ride safe guys.

Dave

I never thought the presentation on Thursday was too much at all. Jeez if you though you appeared under the influence you better start drinking more ;->
Being new to biking and being used to the outdoors world, I was interested in the amount of comments I overheard from seasoned bikers that made it cleared you opened many people’s eyes to the world of lightweight – a very common theme in the mountaineering world.
I also liked seeing Alpkit being promoted in a non climbing/hiking environment – I’ve been watching them from the start and love their stuff.
You won’t remember but I was the guy with the Rab top and Alpkit tshirt :)

Dave

Regarding the talk I caught your Friday night presentation and I found it was engaging and humorous, from the sounds of it the thursday night one was even better. I only have to give training presentations at work very rarely and I find it very difficult so I appreciate how hard it is. Excellent job, particularly the wine selection tips which sound like they could be a life saver in basque region!!

Many thanks for the gps link.

Regards

Robin

Pictures...
 

Hello everyone...

Some pictures available from the meet.

If I didn't have to spend so much time fixing my bike (and drinking wine) there would have been more pix... :oops2:



If you want to use any of the pictures, please credit www,xtgirls.co.uk

Feeling serrowful
 

I to had a great time and am now converted to the benefits of a serrow.

Good photos Reggie.

J

Hmmm who is that devilishly good looking gaucho in the crocodile toothed cowboy hat ??? :innocent:


Great pictures people.....

As for Reggies Serrow, I have to hear about it all day and everyday in work, and now on the hub.. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

:Beach:

Hi Ted,

as if I ever go one about the virtues of the Serow!

Yup, great meet, my first but not the last. Hello to all I met, and hope to meet the ones I didn't.

Rain, pfft, what rain?
http://www.pzorb.com/albums/HUBB08UK...50_G.sized.jpg

www.pzorb.com :: Horizons Unlimited UK 2008

thanks for another great meet it was nice to ride up in the dry this time had a great time on the off road ride out although i think its taken its toll on the serows suspension its gone rather soft and i hope the fella who got knocked off is getting better

a few pics below
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...eet2008002.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...eet2008001.jpg
got a bit mucky on the off road ride out
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...eet2008013.jpg
got a puncture on the way home
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...eet2008014.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...eet2008015.jpg

Baz the pics are ere!!!!

Lois Pryce has an excellent write up of this years meet in the August edition of Trail Bike Magazine

Glynn

Seconded. Ditto her HUMM article.

Regards, Mick

a bit late!
 

a bit late but thanks to everyone for a great meeting which was the start of my trip to iceland (reason for a late thanks). it was great to meet people from here,talk, pick up ideas for bike and future trips. it was my first meet but not my last as it was great.
thanks to
grant and susan
all the organiser's and worker's
the barmaid's
various people for their talks.
nice to meet
tim,ted,dennis and loads of other's i cant remember the names of!
all in all a big

thank's to everyone!

Yes it was a good meet, and also good to meet you after various emails!

Hope Iceland was great - I bet it was!