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West Middlesex April 2008 Report

The mists of winter are slowly receding from the sleepy hollow that is Iver & Whitesocks now feels the urge to put fingers to key-board again not that there wasn’t any activity down at the Star on Wednesday nights,  far from it. There has even been a few Triumphs parked outside, more often then not Lens Tiger well done to him.
26/1 Our Burns night went with jollity, Bill addressed the Haggis as usual, still didn’t understand a word of it but the 30 or so in attendance clapped & swigged the “wee dram” in appreciation.
 5/3 AGM was attended by just 12 members this year down 5 from last year but never mind eh! Usual crew were voted in with only one exception, Roger has stepped down as Web Master & Amanda is now in control of our site. Many thanks to Roger for his work in the past & of course his Son Mark for the superb work in putting the site together in the first place.
Gary the treasurer let us know that we are still solvent & John has made sure our membership doesn’t go adrift as it did last year. It was decided that after last years turnout at the Uxbridge Show (our showcase) was to say the least pretty pitiful & the hard work 2 & half metre Peter put into our display far exceeded the members that attended with their bikes. Chairman Mick suggested that there will be a poll as to who will attend & if the numbers are too low we shall vote not to spend the money on a pitch.  Moan Over. 
16/3 Egg run to the Heathrow Special Needs Farm was cancelled. This was due to the farms new management deciding to close at weekends. Kirsty the farm manager was very upset about the decision & remembers us turning up each year with eggs & a very welcome cheque and the excitement amongst the youngsters leading up to our visit. Oh well did I say moan over, the only silver lining so to speak was the date 16 March it poured all day.
 Rides & rallies are now being put together, it has been decided that the Thunderbird is going to be attended this year & not before time says I.
Roger & I have tickets for the British Superbike at Brands in May & many suggestions of trips are being suggested. The Denmark rally is also on Mick’s list & will be extended for a week taking in biker’s sites in Denmark & Germany. Mick is busy putting the tour together as I write so it only needs you for the final ingredient.
16/4. 2 West London Harley Riders made us a visit & promptly one of them won our raffle. They are arranging a return night of pool & darts so get your best arm fettled folks.
 20/4 the London Motorcycle Museum held their St Georges Day Hog Roast. Steve & I attended & can say it was very tasty thanks to Philipa & crews endeavours. We also bumped into Dee & friends from the N London Branch nice to see them again.   

White socks.                                                                                                                      

West Middlesex December 2007 Report

I shall start this report by rectifying an omission in the last report that Bills Harley won (all together boys & girls) best non British in the Berkshire branch show. So both he & Amanda took home a goody. Not that Bill insisted that I mentioned this but I was very impressed that he could lift me off my feet by the throat with only one hand. The water logged summer had kept two wheeled things a bit lacking but there has been biking moments. The ride to the Danish Rally in August, Roger had a thrash around Europe on his new Tiger. & I managed to not go to the West Sussex Show due to mislaying my wallet & the weather that weekend was glorious. Doh!
Mick & Gerry joined the throng at the Ace & rode with Riders Connect to deliver a petition to Whitehall against the proposed congestion charge for motorcycles. Later that evening we met up at the Star to watch the Rugby & Gerry managed to hiss Mick off by still waving the St Georges Flag that she had taken on the ride as South African born Mick cheered on his side to victory in the semi finals. Mick also attended the Rocket Run with about 80 other R3’s riding from Hinckley to the Ace, a sight I would have loved to have seen. Our annual camping weekend didn’t happen this year but there is always next year.   The web-site has been updated & policed by Roger & reading Amanda’s account of our first trip to Denmark I found it as entertaining as the first time with the photo’s helping to tell the tale. Roger also added the account of my trip to Knysna with the Cape Town Triumph club, certainly the motorcycling highlight of 2007 for me. Sad news from Peter the pencil, his eldest daughter had a job change recently & was a bit evasive in telling him where she was working. Eventually she admitted that it was at Harley Davidson’s offices in Richmond well we all know his thoughts regarding the marque. His verbal reply of “I’d rather you had told me you were a prostitute” didn’t go down too well. Mrs P has banished him from the house & a bit further then the garage I gather. 
2008 will bring us to our Burns night dinner in January & the AGM possibly to be held the first Wednesday in March I hope by then you all will be brimming with ideas for the coming year. Mick has suggested a few activities for the winter; bowling for example just to keep the team spirit from flagging.

I now like wish us all a Merry Christmas & a happy biking or otherwise New Year.

Click here to see the report on the clubs summer trip to Spain & France, produced by our youngest associate member Petes daughter Inez, (you can also right click and save it by clicking "Save target as").

There is no October Report as Peter has no news, so he has given me his report covering the two Peters South African Knysna trip they completed back in February. Click here to view the report.

West Middlesex September Report 2007

For those paying attention you may have missed the August report the reason for this is there wasn’t one. The Berkshire show was well attended I’m told. I was at work though did manage an hour around five in the afternoon to find only Amanda sipping wine & chatting with Dee from NW London. Amanda’s R3 Outfit had picked up a prize for “Best Special.”  August has seen Giles & Amanda representing us at the MSL BBQ where Giles won Best Unit for his Hurricane & later in the month picking up “Best in Show” with the Hurricane at the Bezumph.Amanda rode over to Ireland for a week, can’t remember if she said it rained but it probably did. Amanda also represented us in Birmingham at Ryan's Ride 2007, it was a camping rally 3/5 Aug, in support of teenagers with cancer, the ride is to help inject a bit of fun into the victims lives. She was part of the team of bikes carrying friends and family of the deceased victim which the ride has been named after. Leading the Saturday ride from Birmingham, to Bourton on the Water, & shook some charity buckets at the public. The last she heard they’d raised close to £5000 and money is still coming in. There have been a few Wednesday runs but this damp & dire summer has kept things to a minimum. A big surprise was one Wednesday Pete turned up on a bike, not his Triumph but a rather nice Norton Commando. Still it was good to see it before his move up north. Bill has had the bad luck of having another accident. Travelling down a country lane, he met some young gents in a 4x4, no contact with the vehicle but his Harley appears to be an insurance write off after hitting the tarmac. The driver explained that 4x4’s are allowed to use the entire width of the road due to its size. Well that’s all right then, at least us on 2 wheels can apologise now for being in their way. This comment apparently was made in front of a Copper, he wasn’t impressed. Mick & girlfriend Gerry & I did the Denmark Rally, this time riding from the Hook of Holland, 500 miles in mostly torrential rain, every time we stopped for a fill up the rain clouds caught up with us & gave us some more, One strange moment, I guess the sun was behind us, all the vehicles spray turned into rainbows,   I was just into the second verse of Strawberry Fields when I was brought back to reality with a wall of STOP lights. Reaching the site we set camp & headed for the clubhouse & meet up with friends from the UK & other European places. A special thanks to Andy from N London who kindly mentioned that he read my monthly  reports, thanks Andy that makes at least 2 of us. The Danish crew laid on a superb weekend as usual, I really wish we could do likewise. Well done to you all. We will be back. Leaving Denmark we headed off to Germany staying the night in a biker’s hostel called Bikers Farm. If you are going to tour Europe we can recommend it. Mick & I are putting it on our list for next year’s tour. We hope you will join us.
The next day the rain persisted most of the way back to the Hook but at least the following mornings ride from Harwich was in the dry. A big welcome to new member Andy & his Speed Triple, I hope you enjoy our company. Lastly Roger asks yet again; send a picture of yourself with your bike,so he can  add them to the web-site

White socks.