First time at this sort of meet for me and must say I thoroughly enjoyed it..
I think I also had the 'honour' of being about the smallest bike there, and the only one on L-plates!!

Talks were interesting and informative, not just extended sales pitches, which was nice to see.. and the evening slots with Simon, Nick & Charlie, were also good fun..Charlie & co. great about signing books, photos etc..

Only criticism was that they ended quite late and the place just seemed to die quite quickly after..but hey, it was a tad chilly, so I guess a lot of people were in the pubs by then!

Loads of bling to check out (albeit mostly BMW), but v.little for us small bikes.. granted some of the 'universal' stuff could probably be adapted, but very little specific stuff for smaller bikes.. (Alex, maybe market opportunity here!!).. still no sign of any pannier rack for my bike..

Food & beer easy, both on-site and from supermarket/village shops etc.. camp area was a bit rough, but generally level, so not a big problem..

In all, definitely worth the trip to get there, but what a trip, 190miles each way, on a fully loaded up Derbi Terra 125, trying to keep with a experienced rider on a 1200GS !! Suffice to say, I was a tad battered on returning Sunday night!

Soem photies to follow...

The little Derbi ready to go...

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The evening 'talkshow'

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Some of the enduro/moto-x demos

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The campground..
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Nic Plumb's Dakar bike (+ a mate!)
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Your bike? Pretty bike.

Cheers.. bought originally as 'stopgap' for a bit of experience before I get a bigger bike in 2009, but must say I'm lovin it and already know I'm gonna think long and hard before parting with it!

got your PM re:the rack/panniers, haven't been able to repsond yet, as not enough posts.. but will do now!

Gah, sorry mate, I didn't even look at how many posts you'd made before I fired off the PM. Hope to hear soon then.

I know what you mean about the Terra, a got mine with the same kind of idea in mind, and now I'm really not certain I'll bother to go up in size. Well unless Derbi do of course, in which case I might follow them up the CC ladder.

I made it for a couple of hours and I thought the whole set up was very good and well put together.

It was almost a day out just to look at the bikes on show, I have never seen so many adventure bikes in one place.

I will try to make the full weekend next year, camping n'all..