The month gone has seen us with some of the best weather for many a full
moon, even Scotland has had the odd hour of sunshine. The good weather has
brought the bikes out of hibernation, and in some cases people. Last week
2mtr Pete turned up out of the blue, welcome back, your humour and warmth
was missed. Len is another member who retired up North and has a 360 mile
round trip when he drops by to see us, its much appreciated. It would be
nice if some of our other members dropped by to say hello, even if was only
to say "hi this is me", at least we could put a face to the name, and you
may even like it.
We have been out and about a fair bit this month, the list of things we
have done are, "but not exclusively" South London TOMCC Barbecue where
Amanda won a raffle prize of a bottle of wine, which I'm sure slipped over
nicely on another evening, the Busy Bee bike show, Berkshire TOMCC Barbecue
where its always nice to see Doug an ex Middlesex member who defected when
he relocated to Berkshire. Roger and a few of his friends did a bit of
Europe visiting seven countries and 2000miles over ten days.
Finally there was Cassington night, where as a club we had our best turn
out with 7 members attending. As a group we met at the services on the M40
junction 2, Mick the Chairman drifting in ten minutes or so late "again".
We set of with Amanda driving "point", the Sat nav difficult to see in the
evening sunshine, this was a blessing as she veered of the motorway at
Junction 5 taking us down picturesque lanes set deep in the rolling
Chiltern Hills, where roads meander along the edges of fields following the
paths of streams which have carved their paths through the hills over the
centuries. We travelled through Ibstone, Turville (famed for the location
of the Vicar of Dibley), Christmas Common, Wattlington, rejoining the M40
three miles on at Junction 6 and an hour later (but superb roads). Using my
keen sense of direction and tracking skills I took over the "point"
position and we finally arrived at Cassington. The village was dripping
with people, bikes, burger stalls and more bikes, a real nice location with
atmosphere. The event was managed by a handful of police for about 3000
people (would you see this at a football match, I think not!) The only
downside to the night was Steve's bonnie breaking down on the way home, and
by the time he was recovered and tucked up in bed, it was gone 3am.
Coming up is the Berkshire TOMCC bike show, followed a week later by the
West London Harley bike show, both good events. As a club we were going to
have a stand at the Uxbridge Auto show but due to circumstances, this has
not been possible this year.
If you are wondering what is going on in the area, check out our "Bike
Events" page which covers the months ahead, if you are aware of an event
that you want to share or publicise then let either Amanda or myself know.

Bill