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Hi Glynn

You will see us there, us meaning my wife and I on our 1150GS with the ZA numberplate.

Hope the weather is great, never been to UK, but heard so many bad stories about weather and rain etc.

I see Chris Bright will be there too. He might not remember me, but on his first RTW travels down in South Africa he stayed over at my place in a town called Paarl, 50km from Cape Town, I think it was back in 2000. You can almost say that he was my insparation to travel the world as well. It will be good to meet him again and shake hands with the man who 'intriduced' me to this superb way of life.

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Chris Bright here
Hi Johan
It'll be great to meet up again after all these years. Really looking forward to it.
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Cool Good weather coming!
Hi Johan,

Looking forward to meeting you both.
We have had several South Africans attend the meeting over the years so you'll be in good company, but not sure if we've had any S.A. registered bikes attend, yours may be the first.
All the stories you have heard about the UK weather are true, particularly this week, but heat and sun are guaranteed for July.....

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but heat and sun are guaranteed for July.....
The definition of "heat" and "sun" ..... ? )

Not what a SA nor OZie would call heat and sun ... it was a triffle damp in 2007.

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On sessions that over run .. try breaking them up into segments .. eg the GPS ;-
One on how the GPS system works .. would not take 15 minutes to cover the basics of that.
Then one on Garmins mapsource program
Then one on the garmin/garmin compatable maps ?
Then one on POI
One on tracks/routes.. ?

Just a thought - what does Tim think?
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snip... it was a triffle damp in 2007.
Wow that is what you could call understatement worthy of a Pom



.. :s tormy:

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Wow that is what you could call understatement worthy of a Pom



.. :s tormy:

is more accurate!

Yeah,Frank was too long in the UK ... Actually I nearly drowned. After leaving the HU meeting I headed for Wales. That was even worse



@Johan-
a real pity, but such is life. I won't be attending the meeting in Ripley this year, because I'll visit the first ever HU meeting in Germany.

Ag nee man, miskien kan ons 'n drink so in twee jaar in SA?
Enjoy your trip!

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Yeah,Frank was too long in the UK ...
I've been before .. once in February too (on a bike). So I know what to expect. No that long in 2007, could have been a week or two longer. And I've had a lot worse in past trips. Think 2 days of constant rain ... and cool to boot.

From the 2007 trip - got back to Sydney and the Quarantine guy wants to see my boots .. they commented "they are clean!" my thoughts were - what do you expect? Washed by British weather they will be clean.
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Hi Glynn

You will see us there, us meaning my wife and I on our 1150GS with the ZA numberplate.

Hope the weather is great, never been to UK, but heard so many bad stories about weather and rain etc.

Johan & Charmaine

Charmaine, Johan,

if you're travelling on your bike all the way from Dubai to he UK, you're bound to pass Munich on your trip.

You're welcom to stay here overnight, en ons gaan lekker gesels. Orright?

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Hi Hans

We do not plan to go through Germany. We've been there last year (car) and will go back in the future, it realy is a beautifull country with friendly people.

Our route will take us through Iran, Turkey, Italy and France. After the HUMM we will go to Scotland and must be back in London by the 14th (July)to freight the bike to USA, where our real adventure will start, driving all the way south to Argintina. Sould be done in 2010, depends on the money (as always)

If you know where I can get a BMW box/crate, please forward the contact to me, so that I can get it delivered in time at my freight company in Windsor. (Walker Freight)

Chris, then I will see you in UK at the HUMM.

Look out for the 1150Gs Adv with the South African number, that'll be me.

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If you know where I can get a BMW box/crate, please forward the contact to me, so that I can get it delivered in time at my freight company in Windsor. (Walker Freight)

Johan


Sorry, forgot... Try to get a crate from a BMW dealer in the UK. They usually give them away for free since the crates for the new bikes are only meant for one-way use.
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Were nearly full up !
Worked a draft timetable out today and we have over 50 people who have volunteered this year to put on a show or demonstration. Thank you very much !

The timetable will be posted on the meetings page in the next month or so.

Unless any presenters drop out,we are not looking for any more folk to present this year.
You can still apply using the form but you will be put on a reserve list at the moment. If you were thinking of applying to do a presentation why not do it in Germany at this years first Horizons German meeting.

If you have registered and still not paid send the money off now please! This years meeting WILL sell out in a week or two and its the first 500 who have PAID and REGISTERED.

Sam is still looking for a few more volunteers for various tasks - hours to suit you. Contact Grant through the website if you want to know more.

Just having a look through the topics we have shows on this year and South America is very popular... a few years back it was Australia/Africa... think in the next few years there will be a lot of shows from the East... Fashion Huh!

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