AR 10 - Your memories ?

[Supervox]

Among the memories that I take away from AR10 are :-

Girth and his horse - just fantastic !!

Bear - I'm tempted to say for every single thing he said & did throughout the weekend; but, his managing to 'pull' one of the local Valley Boys within 20 seconds of entering the nightclub was just awesome to behold :cool:

'The Hairpin' - 45 minutes in to Leg 1 of the rideout and I'm just starting to relax & enjoy the ride with my unfamiliar (but beautiful) pillion & what am I faced with ? A wet, greasy, close-as-damn-it replica of The Ramsey Hairpin - thanks Stretchie !!! To anyone who was behind me I apologise as the sight of me all but 'paddling' my way round, upright at about 15 mph must almost have been funny enough to cause an accident !

[maviczap]

'The Hairpin' - 45 minutes in to Leg 1 of the rideout and I'm just starting to relax & enjoy the ride with my unfamiliar (but beautiful) pillion passenger & what am I faced with ? A wet, greasy, close-as-damn-it replica of The Ramsey Hairpin - thanks Stretchie !!! To anyone who was behind me I apologise as the sight of me all but 'paddling' my way round, upright at about 15 mph must almost have been funny enough to cause an accident !

Think this is where Quiff nearly went straight on just after passing me :p

Seeing the bikes snaking up the mountain road ahead of me on stage 3 or 4

Losing my tent,mat & pillow when the bungee cord went ping :confused:

Dicky Tickers snoring :rolleyes:

[Stig]

It was a blur, I can't remember a thing. :wink:

[Specialone]

I remember everything up to the point of the tent pole knocking me to the floor ;)

Friday night sitting outside the hotel entrance, wideboy getting slapped on the forehead by a few people and a random bloke telling DMC to fook off :)
Stacey looking scared to death when sat by wideboy ;)

It was a good weekend and one i'll not forget in a long time.

[Viper]

Just one word

MANKINI !!!!! OMG :eek: :smt046

[darkdreamsgal]

Hm... quite a lot seeing as this was one of my first proper introductions to the AR folk en masse, but Bear pulling the local wildlife is definitely among the top 10!

Jo

[DMC]

Without a doubt, seeing Specialone getting knocked out by a tent pole :p

The rest is just a nice warm blur :confused:

[Scoobs]

Bear's Bacon Boots - Weird

[hongman]

Hmm...memories...

Dropping the bike on the way to the AR at Little Chef
Dropping the bike a few hours later outside a pub and nearly hitting KeithD's bike
Awesome, confidence inspiring roads, best has to be 1000 sheep road, on the way back. Fookin loved it.
Meeting and getting to know a lot of people I didnt expect to, and now being able to put name/personaility to a username

Did some seriously intense riding (for me), esp on the way home. Learnt more in 3 days than I would have a month or more riding by my myself! Confidence sky rocketed, then taken doen a peg or two on the way home, which helped me not get too cocky!

Scotland next year! Woo

[Mr Speirs]

Summed up the best thing about the org Hongman.

Riding with some really good riders, learning from them and learning to ride your bike to your potential.
The more riding you do with better riders you will soon be riding to the bikes potential too.

Really wish I could've gone...wedding stuff has got in the way :(

[hongman]

Aye. I cant believe how friendly EVERYONE was. I shook so many hands I still dont know who I said hello to and who I didnt!

I'm on a high right now. Instead of dreading going out on the bike, but making myself becuase otherwise my license and bike are going to waste, I'm now already looking forward to getting out on it next!

[NickWilde123]

best moment was watching lol omg wtf turn his gas lantern into a fireball right in his face, lit up the field at about 11.30 last night if any one else saw it :D

[diamond]

Bear's Bacon Boots - Weird

+1 very strange.:D

[Binky]

Really wish I could've gone...wedding stuff has got in the way :(

Yours?

I thought you were gay?

:confused:

[robh539]

DMC KO'ing a Binkys half built tent.

Wideboy!!

many more things

[tinpants]

Blimey!! Where do I start?

Meeting up with some old friends and making some new ones. Getting to chat to people in person rather than via the forum ( Shelly & Kwak, Quiff and Mand, Messie, Svstorm and Electro to name but a few)Playing with Liz's and GG's pups (oo-er!!) the free tea and coffee, a completely fantastic rideout. The company was fantastic, as was the event. More of it I say. Bring it on.

[Electro]

Spiderman getting nerf`d out of the way by the guy in a car at the lunch stop petrol station, and his polite response to the incident and restrained way with how he chose to speak wih the gentleman haha.

[mattSV]

Quiff getting beaten on the pool table.






Twice.









By a girl..:smt003

[hongman]

RH's awesome plane flying!

[NickWilde123]

that little spitfire was epic

[SVStorm]

Would not know where to start. Seeing some of my best freinds, meeting some of the nicest new friends in a short space of time.

The rideout was brilliant. The banter was great.

Surving numerous 'Bear' attacks (althought those are probably memories I dont want to remember)

Getting lots of hugs from lots of people the whole weekend.

I could go on for ages.

[maviczap]

For the next AR :p

http://www.wikihow.com/Escape-from-a-Bear

[Shellywoozle]

Snogging Dangerous Dave whilst Ralph gave me a backie with DMC holding on for dear life !!!

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[-Ralph-]

Snogging Dangerous Dave whilst Ralph gave me a backie with DMC holding on for dear life !!!

:smt046 I didn't realise how precarious DMC was on the back, Shell screamed and grabbed on when I gunned it across the field, DMC must have been close to dropping off the back. When Shell was trying to get Dangerous Dave to snog me and I couldn't see where we were going that was the interesting bit.

[Specialone]

:smt046 I didn't realise how precarious DMC was on the back, Shell screamed and grabbed on when I gunned it across the field, DMC must have been close to dropping off the back. When Shell was trying to get Dangerous Dave to snog me and I couldn't see where we were going that was the interesting bit.

I bet your luggage rack was comfortable for DMC :)

[Von Teese]

Having TSM tell me he knew how to dress me so that I didnt have to take my long sleeved top off in the middle of the start up line and then end up in some sort of black straight jacket!

Seeing old friends and meeting new ones

The amazing scenery and rideout

The banter and laughs with everyone

Seeing Bear so blotto'd on Sunday morning that he turned down 3 pairs of boobs to grope to go back to bed!

Confooozing everyone by swapping bikes on the way back with Mr VT so everyone thought I was overtaking them hehehe!

[Dicky Ticker]

Bear checking Kilted Gingers Scottish credentials and declaring them salty-----not so much the act but the looks on peoples faces:)

[Bear]

Hmm, I remember talking about bacon boots, but not why...

Trying to chat Stacy up, then after about half an hour calling her Clare and undoing all my hard work.

Being the dancing queen, young and sweet only 17... And a bit...

Boobs, lots and lots of lovely boobs

Balls, lots and lots of lovely balls...

Kim chatting to "heath ledger" and me with my customary tact going over and saying "you're both really fit, you should definitely f***"

The tent invasion: you b'stards!!!

The ride: frickin' amazing, wanna go back on a bike what all the gears work on

Meeting, and meating, all y'all. For those of you I missed, there's always next year.

[Littlepeahead]

Sending a text to my surgeon to say 'I'm in Wales, I've been riding my bike, my elbow is fine, thanks for fixing it' because a few weeks ago I still didn't think I'd be at the AR on my own bike.

Waterproofs - off - on - off - on - off - on... next year, textile suit

Dancing on stage with everyone to the Spice Girls - and arguing with Furry Ginger one over who got to be Ginger Spice

Surviving a combination of Chris's superb riding with me on the back and the suicidal sheep

Being asked to take photos of Cazza's bottom as she played pool (did anyone mention she beat Quiff) - photos to follow (unless Cazza reads this first) :)

Watching Darren try over and over again to get his pop up tent folded up and back in the bag - video to follow... :)

Getting my boobs groped by Bear - of course

[N8te rider]

Meeting loads of nice people, the egg and sausage buns, and maybe most of all letting Roxy loose on that awesome rideout!!!!

[-Ralph-]

I bet your luggage rack was comfortable for DMC :)

Kind of makes a bit of a joke of the weight limits for these luggage racks doesn't it! It is the OEM Yamaha one though and bolts directly into the frame (there is no separate rear subframe, it's all one fabricated piece of steel tubing, head, engine cradle, side spars and tail), it's not an aftermarket one from Renntec or the like.

[iffy]

Meeting up with lots of familiar faces, and meeting some new ones.

My one-man ride up the Neath road.

Riding back over the 1,000 Sheep Road on my own. The sheep wander about a lot more when there are not 100 bikes bearing down on them!

The ever friendly BBC!!

Hope to see you all again next year.

Iffy

[Littlepeahead]

Not sure if this link will work. Darren demonstrates how to pack up your tent...

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(Please be advised, this video contains strong language and scenes of frustration)

[kellyjo]

Finally getting to meet, say hi, and thank all the great guys n gals on here who have helped and encouraged me since I joined just over a year ago.... you're all FANTASTIC :smt055

The great roads and views, never to be forgotten - in particular the very close encounter the yellow bandit in front had when the sheep decided to wander out in front of it (sorry, didnt know who you and your pillion were, just glad you braked in time), made my butt clench!!!

On the third section, back along 1000 sheep road and the following 30 miles, I finally found myself in 'the zone' on my new bike, proper mental and a real thrill, i'm still buzzing :p

Still wish i'd got more involved in the social antics, will just have to come again for AR11 ;)

A great weekend, thanks. I rode out this morning and really missed my 100 playmates :riding:

[Drew Carey]

I have one memory which over arches all the others from the weekend......You Guys.

Without the peeps of the org the roads etc would not be worth it.

However, if I had to pick 1 moment......simple.....

Me and Dyzio sat on the left hand bend going up from Llandovery, we suddenly hear the thunder of 100 bikes climbing the mountain. Then suddenly, all these bikes were coming past with their left knee about 5 inches from Dyzio's head.

I hope that those piccies will be amazing. Was a buzz to sit there seeing all the smiles on everyone's faces behind the visors.

[keith_d]

The slow group from Soho had been stuck in a bit of traffic (some numpty had trashed his car) and were running a bit behind schedule. So we stopped for an overdue break at a Little Chef. Five minutes later the fast group, who set out before us, turn up in the same Little Chef.

[maviczap]

Another classic, Sunday morning in the Dorm

I get up, Ed says, "Good morning, what time is it?"

Me: "errr ten to nine"

Ed: " Oh, I was hoping you'd said ten to seven" Ed hides back under the covers :p

[Messie]

The slow group from Soho had been stuck in a bit of traffic (some numpty had trashed his car) and were running a bit behind schedule. So we stopped for an overdue break at a Little Chef. Five minutes later the fast group, who set out before us, turn up in the same Little Chef.

yeah and ....
it was at least 10 minutes and we'd got stuck behind a traction engine and we stopped for fule and and and...

we wanted to meet with you anyway!
Funny thing was, it was the same Little Chef where AR05 (I think) started!

[fizzwheel]

Squirrel Hunter saying to me on Saturday night that he wasnt able to overtake me on 1000 sheep road :cool:

[kwak zzr]

Memories of the AR?


hummm



ALL OF IT!!! IT WAS BRILL!!!

[tinpants]

Squirrel Hunter saying to me on Saturday night that he wasnt able to overtake me on 1000 sheep road :cool:

Holy 5hit Batman!! You must have been caning it if Squirrel Hooner couldn't catch you!!!!:shock::shock::shock:

Someone needs to tell that boy that you're not supposed to be able to get your knee down on a Blackbird!!!!!





Oh, BTW SH, when can you sort out my sliders for me? :smt046

[lily]

Meeting loads of new people (again! ;-))

Marking a junction with Drew and while sitting there thinking these have got to be the last bikes and even more just keep coming. :-D

The last section of the rideout, when we all knew Strechie had thought duck this pace and we all just went! I was out my leathers and changed before all the bikes where back! lol

Edit: congratulations Fizz!

[Messie]

Oh and Mrs 24/7 - looking so so nervous before the ride started then catching her at lunchtime with a HUGE grin on her face!!

[fizzwheel]

Oh and Mrs 24/7 - looking so so nervous before the ride started then catching her at lunchtime with a HUGE grin on her face!!

Ditto on that one. Was nice to see Kate get more confident as the ride went on. I noticed a real different in her riding between the start and end of the ride, at the end she looked much much more relaxed and confident. Was great to see.

[tinpants]

Ditto on that one. Was nice to see Kate get more confident as the ride went on. I noticed a real different in her riding between the start and end of the ride, at the end she looked much much more relaxed and confident. Was great to see.

+1 on that. I reckon a few more miles and she'd have been kicking Phil's ar5e:smt046

[Littlepeahead]

The way the Soho Massive spent weeks working out routes, and deciding who was going in which group and where we'd stop for lunch, fuel, a fag, and who was leading and disagreeing over what time we should leave and who could take what in whose car etc.

Then on Sunday morning I innocently asked a lot of the hungover Soho Massive if there was a plan to get home, a departure time, lunch stop etc and got a resounding 'no'.

But of course Bear came up with a fab route, and we did a very unsuccessful pub crawl and ended up lunching at 4.30pm after finally finding somewhere that would serve us, and I totally missed the petrol stop because the marker was flashing her boobage at me and this clearly only works on the boys as a beacon, and then having said he'd lead us onto the A41 Mr LPH promptly drove on to the M40 - sorry Messie!

Mr LPH has said it's about time he joined the Org. but he's refusing to sign up as Mr LPH so he needs a Pea related name - any suggestions?

[hongman]

... because the marker was flashing her boobage at me and this clearly only works on the boys as a beacon...

Christ, I knew I went home with the wrong group!

Jo needs to compensate I think. :bom:

[darkdreamsgal]

Christ, I knew I went home with the wrong group!

Jo needs to compensate I think. :bom:
LOL I think I may have already compensated enough at the AR! :-P Especially when forgetting how loose my top was on the day I arrived and how much it would drop when riding my bike from the gravel park back up to the hotel! :oops:

[darkdreamsgal]

Mr LPH has said it's about time he joined the Org. but he's refusing to sign up as Mr LPH so he needs a Pea related name - any suggestions?

Ooo ooo!!

Mushy peas
Peas on earth
Not so LPH
Bigger Pea Head?

:-D

[hongman]

It's ok, I dont think anyone minded. :):rolleyes:

But that is a fantastic ideas for a marker system for next year's AR - just have all the female riders flashng at each junction, guaranteed noone misses them!

[hongman]

Bigger Pea Head?

:-D

:winner:

[Bri w]

Ooo ooo!!

Mushy peas
Peas on earth
Not so LPH
Bigger Pea Head?

:-D

Pea'd orf

[darkdreamsgal]

Ella Minnow Pea (one of my fav books)
Peapea-not-weewee
Fergie (as in Black Eyed Peas)
Mr Big (a variety of pea, I kid you not!)
alternatively, Little Marvel (another variety)
豆 (pea in Chinese)

I am giving this waaaay too much thought than is healthy!

[hongman]

How about this for Chinese?

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[darkdreamsgal]

lol imagine typo-ing that!

[hongman]

Like to see the swear filtertry block that ;)

[Electro]

Marrowfat Man

[Messie]

Oh and another one - the horses.

Far from being startled by us, I think they loved all the bikes. Did you see them all come up to the fence and watch as we all set off in the morning?
Someone (can't remembe who, sorry) said that he was sure that when he nodded at them they nodded back!

[mattSV]

Watching the other markers in front of me, thinking damn, they look like they are going damn fast and leaning over a hell of a lot - then realising I was doing exactly the same, two up on a 'sports tourer' :cool:

[fizzwheel]

I've just remembered another one.

Approaching a junction, looking for the marker, to discover Bear dry humping the signpost :p

[Wideboy]

DMC KO'ing a Binkys half built tent.

Wideboy!!

many more things

i wasnt that bad was i?

I remember everything up to the point of the tent pole knocking me to the floor ;)

Friday night sitting outside the hotel entrance, wideboy getting slapped on the forehead by a few people and a random bloke telling DMC to fook off :)
Stacey looking scared to death when sat by wideboy ;)

It was a good weekend and one i'll not forget in a long time.

yeah i did say my apologies :oops:... not to DMC tho the ***** ;)

everyday was an awesome day and meeting lots of awesome people, made the mistake of drinking the post ride friday night (i seem to say that alot) but it was all brilliant and fun times. loots of cool people met ..... muhco fun times! :-P

[Lozzo]

My strongest memory - BBC pointing out just how nippy it was on Sunday morning.

[Stig]

My strongest memory - BBC pointing out just how nippy it was on Sunday morning.

She's like that EVERY AR. You need to attend more.

[MrsT]

Oh and Mrs 24/7 - looking so so nervous before the ride started then catching her at lunchtime with a HUGE grin on her face!!

Absolutely - she was fab - well done my lover - and thanks for such a great time - love ya.
Was great to meet new peeps and spend more time with the lovely friends we made last year too.
The ride was amazing - so much beautiful scenery - the best yet as pillion. I loved 1000 sheep road.
RichT pointing out that we were going xxx mph - what a buzz - then a few mins later when he pointed out we were going xxx +4 - I felt the smile growing on my face the faster we were going!!
Having a huge snuggle with squirrel last night - my new hot water bottle.
All the beautiful dogs that joined us.
Well done Cheryl and everyone who helped make this such an amazing weekend - It was FANTASTIC! ;)

[Stig]

Okay. For me it was the whole thing. From the never ending anticipation of the event itself. Thought it was never going to arrive and next thing I know its the evening before. Starting off with Foxy and watching how much she was shaking. I thought it was nerves but it was excitement. How awesome is that?

Meeting up with a few of the South West Surfers to ride up together. Thanks to Rich T for a wonderfully organized ride. Even if we did forget about Beenz and leave the services before he arrived.

Arriving at the hotel and seeing the venue laid out in front of us. Wonderful.

Getting to meet all my old friends who I have not seen for far too long. Getting propositioned by Bear several times throughout the weekend. Drunk and sober. Meeting the people behind the forum names. Tim Wilky, Dicky Ticker and little pea head especially, really enjoyed your company and the conversation. I spoke to so many new people and can barely remember who all of them were. I wanted to make sure I met more people than I have in the past and I did that.

The fourth leg of the ride. Being at the front with Stretchie the pace was awesome and those bends at speed were amazing. Loved it.

But for me the best memory will be with the time I spent with Foxy. Our first AR together and it was amazing. We took a very long way home and stopped off in Ross-on-Wye for lunch.

The riding with a big group has done wonders for her riding confidence and the ride home was brilliant.

Thanks to everyone.

[missyburd]

Mr LPH has said it's about time he joined the Org. but he's refusing to sign up as Mr LPH so he needs a Pea related name - any suggestions?
Poddington :-D


Memories....hmmmm....

The ride, the people, the laughs

The dogs

The DAKAR :cool:

Returning Electro's wallet to him, definitely a good deed for the weekend

My inability to eat food on Saturday without getting it on some part of my clothing be it egg/mayonnaise/tea/chocolate, gah!

Iffy's snoring, definitely memorable....

Bear highlighting important points in Cheryl's speech on the saturday night..by groping Shelly doggystyle :P

Some bloke playing snooker who repeatedly poked me with his cue (definitely not in a good way), how rude!

And just the weekend in general, what a bunch of great people you all are, it's always a pleasure :)

[monkey]

The riding done it for me this year. The route was the dogs danglies and the way home was equally as good. Britain HAS got some good roads!

[FG1]

^ what he said.
I think my cornering skills have got better thanks to the weekend and the ride home....

[hongman]

+1, my cornering has definately improved!

[Cazza]

Quiff getting beaten on the pool table.


Twice.


By a girl..:smt003

Poor Quiff ;).

Thank you to you, mattSV, and the other 200 people who so kindly stepped in to put my tent up for me when I had no clue where to start.

Thanks to all those involved in sorting the ride - the route, the leading, the marking, the TECing. Plus a big thank you to GG for overseeing all of the organising and finding the venue etc.

I had a great time - amazing roads, lovely people and lots and lots of motorbikes. Oh, and a drink or two.

Roll on AR11.

[xXBADGERXx]

The tent invasion: you b'stards!!!


My finest work of the WHOLE weekend your honour :smt035

[xXBADGERXx]

Invading Bears Tent , I will reveal all later . That stupid crazy eyed mother ****er of a Sheep that charged right across me on 1000 sheep road , Being the "Last Man Standing" and going to bed last and staggering to my tent in daylight just as somebody emerged from their tent with a towel under their arm for an early morning shower , Drawing a really tiny todger on "Dangerous Dave" after Girth said "I`ve forgotten how to draw one!!!" .... giving too much away here really , I`ll do an epic write up :)

[monkey]

...Being the "Last Man Standing" and going to bed last...

Lies lies lies. Although you zipped me into my tent I purposely stood up for ten more minutes so I could claim that one.

[xXBADGERXx]

Lies lies lies. Although you zipped me into my tent I purposely stood up for ten more minutes so I could claim that one.

Nice try you Spicy Simian , I took my sweet time walking across that field :)

[Milky Bar Kid]

Christening Bellerophone "Bellend".

Genius....

[gruntygiggles]

Indeed it was Nic, indeed it was.

For me...where to start???

Being in the cabin and therefore able to meet and say hello to pretty much everyone that arrived before 9pm...after that I was in desperate need of a shower, so sorry, but if you arrived then you were in good hands :-)

Thirsday night, something happened at the end of the night that will make me laugh forever, that's all I'm saying and only a few others will ever share that...because they were there!

Seeing the look on Bills (banannamans) face when he was telling me how amazing he thought the roads and scenery were.

Driving into the field and almost wetting myself when I saw Dangerous Dave tied to a tent!

The ride, my first time in a big group and marking and it didn't feel any different to a normal ride, only more people to share the fun with...

Leading me on to trying desperately to catch up after marking on leg 2 and having Stig behind me as we did some rather ridiculous speeds up the brecon bypass and through the twisties. I actually think there was a point at which we rode for about 6-8 miles before meeting the next little group and passing. Felt like that anyway.

Having a clear road in front of me on the second run of 1000 sheep road with Treacle behind me. Two Kwaks flying down the road with gingernuts at the controls...awesome and made better by seeing the smile on his face at the next stop...I think he enjoyed that ;-)

The last leg when it was just a bunch of markers and Stretchie decided to have some fun. We all stuck pretty close and the noise was...IMMENSE! Also enjoyed perving at Baldyman in my mirrors ;-)

Bear telling everyone to be quiet in the bar, then doing unspeakable things to Shelly.

Thanking everyone, toasting absent friends as the Org has loved and lost a few over the years and seeing people make their way to say cheers to Hovis.

Seeing Girths skills on the pole, he's done that before!

Many many hugs of pretty much everyone all weekend. Many many hugs off my Stretchiemapoos as he's gorgeous and I love him.

So many people meeting MBK and now understanding just why me and Dan love her so very very much.

Bear telling any man he could find on Saturday night to have a grope of my breasts as he proclaimed them to be amazing.

Bear numming my breasts on Saturday night, then having a little nibble and moaning when I refused to remove my hoodie, t-shirt and bra!

Bear when he realised that on my way to the loos on Saturday morning that I had no bra on and wouldn't allow him to grope me ;-)

Anyone else spotting a theme here ;-)


Who am I kidding, it was all amazing and it was all down to you lot being there :-)

[tinpants]

Christening Bellerophon "Bellend".

Genius....

Oh, the wit...lol!!

Its only borrowed. I WILL have my revenge, in this life or the next.

[_Stretchie_]

Squirrel Hunter saying to me on Saturday night that he wasnt able to overtake me on 1000 sheep road :cool:

Well done mate, that's quite an achievment, one which I am looking forward to myself someday (hopefully)




The AMAZING banter ALL weekend (just a couple from the many)

Blue Curvey Jester - I love you man... Even if it does take you hours to tell us about surfing up the Severn in your flip flops to your MiniMoto GP championship at Strensham services.... Timothy Cocksnot solutes you :smt003
Mac99 - For explaining Wales national dish of 'Border Collie and Chips' which they sell just west of Crickhowell, they also do a kids meal, 'Jack Russell Nuggets and chips' or a supersized version which is 'Battered St Bernard and wedges'
MattSV - For feeding me ammo all weekend and taking it like the man he is, DUUUDE (and also for the constant abuse of the Quiff meister)
Squirrell_Hunter and BaP - The ongoing saga of problem erections

Leading - I was so nervous on Saturday morning, we had a markers meeting and I talked gibberish until all the markers took over and held the meeting while I stood there shaking like a 12 year old at a Westlife concert
The rozzer turning up at the first stop and being an absolute dude, especially after Spiderman came over pinched his bum and put his arms around him
The last two legs especially of the route - ESPECIALLY the home stretch eh Fizz ;)
Having a fantastic pillion
Monkeys face light up as he said "We just don't get to ride roads like this", come over anytime mate
My WONDERFUL missus getting all the thanks and praise she deserves and then crying about it... You silly sod, I LOVE YOU
And above all just seeing everyone in one field having a blast as we do every year

[blue curvy jester]

The AMAZING banter ALL weekend (just a couple from the many)



Blue Curvey Jester - I love you man... Even if it does take you hours to tell us about surfing up the Severn in your flip flops to your MiniMoto GP championship at Strensham services.... Timothy Cocksnot solutes you :smt003



Would have been so much quicker if jonathan knob-rot haden't kept making me laugh or that bottle of vodka had been smaller





Mac99 - For explaining Wales national dish of 'Border Collie and Chips' which they sell just west of Crickhowell, they also do a kids meal, 'Jack Russell Nuggets and chips' or a supersized version which is 'Battered St Bernard and wedges'



awesome miss read even though i did go past there to see if they had any left on my ride past the sign was missing and a burger king lorry was going the other way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[_Stretchie_]

I did go past there to see if they had any left on my ride past the sign was missing and a burger king lorry was going the other way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tard... But just to let you know, it was there yesterday (Monday) afternoon when we passed

[mac99]

So glad I made the effort to get there, even just for the Saturday evening. Great to catch up with everyone I haven't seen for ages, and meet a few new people as well.

And again, massive thanks to Cheryl for organizing it all and thanks to Stretchie for not getting in her way too much as she was doing it.

[BernardBikerchick]

Meeting up with lots of familiar faces, and meeting some new ones.

My one-man ride up the Neath road.

Riding back over the 1,000 Sheep Road on my own. The sheep wander about a lot more when there are not 100 bikes bearing down on them!

The ever friendly BBC!!

Hope to see you all again next year.

Iffy




awww you too buddy !!| loved all the cuddles wooooo !!

memories ..... god where do i start ! josh josh and well josh !!! he he he he he !!!!

me and kim peeeeeeeeeeee'd before the soho lot arrived attempting to put up her tent ha ha ha
holding the tassles !!!:smt078 pmsl psml
saeed in our tent awwwwwwww
cazz's special baby wipe light !!!
buying girth his special condom pack !!!
picking lavenda in the garden
mr 24 7 trying to do bbq ha h ha
hunter gatherers searching for wood on sunday night !!

[BernardBikerchick]

She's like that EVERY AR. You need to attend more.



only coz you're there si !! he hee you gorgeous hot fishnet top wearing hoooligan !!!!!

[Milky Bar Kid]

hunter gatherers searching for wood on sunday night !!

and returning with half a fooking tree!!!#-o

[BernardBikerchick]

strethchie and grunty i love you guys sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo mcuh !!!

[BernardBikerchick]

how could i forget !! seeing woody !!! and his underpants !!!!! woooooooooooooooo love u woody !!!! chompy !

[rictus01]

Where to begin...... a few things that stand out for me.

waiting for the sun to rise Friday morning.

engaging the "no traffic" option for a truly awesome ride to Taunton for breakfast.

A great blat across exmoor...twice.

Putting up my tent in the dry.

going for a packet of fags, and coming back after 70 miles....:)

seeing the Soho lot pass me in Hereford, setting off back 5 minutes later and still getting back before them....

seeing old friends and making new ones

fixing a puncture or three.

screaming a speed 4 on a 10 mile circuit in 10 minutes......:0

finding out Kate rode an SV, didn't she do well ( I love the fact over time, you get to see partners progress like this, well done to all those in that position).

on the second to last section, allowing Squirrel Hunter to pass to catch the rest of the markers, and him giving it some beans, me thinking :smt102 why not and being the same distance away when he throttled back.....:)

a clear road ahead on the last section for a few miles, enjoyed that :)

just after crossing the bridge at Glasbury, shooting passed everyone to get a shot of everyone entering the camp site.

a half hour chat about bikes with our catering man.

A young lady making my bike even prettier on the trip back.

remembering said young lady was there when going into fish hill at a rate.

A long but interesting route home and Jamie's rather quiet briefing.

taking my boots off at the end of the day..

regrets..... a few people I ,ment to talk to but didn't.

the knee limiting me to getting round, but that was to be expected I suppose.

the sensible, if boring choice of crashing early Saturday night, so as to be "on the ball" the following day for the ride home.

But all in all a cracking weekend, be it rain or shine, hundreds or just tens (yes I remeber that far back), the folks from the .Org always make it a brilliant time.

Cheers Mark.

[Bear]

The slow group from Soho had been stuck in a bit of traffic (some numpty had trashed his car) and were running a bit behind schedule. So we stopped for an overdue break at a Little Chef. Five minutes later the fast group, who set out before us, turn up in the same Little Chef.

You know the point of the "fast" group (and I prefer the less relaxed group by the way) wasn't to get there quicker but to avoid the motorways don't you? Job done!!! :smt003

[Kate Moss]

so many memories...

The amazing feeling I had having reached the first stop in one piece!

My excitement at finally overtaking someone, Quiff and Mandy are my witnesses!

Spending an afternoon in bed with Mrs Biscuit (again!) and laughing so much i was crying!

Being rammed in the bottom by stretchie!

Finally being able to approach GG's dogs and spend time with Tess and Jake, Sampson and Belle

So many happy memories!

[El Saxo]

A few of my favourite bits:

Arriving at the site to massive hugs from everyone, having almost not been able to come to the AR at all - really cheered me up!

Catching up with everyone who I haven't seen since the last AR (and yet they still greet you like a mate they see all the time and you just start taking the p*** out of each other! :lol:)

Watching all the newbies being 'greeted' by Bear :lol:

Seeing all the bikes lined up & taking off on Saturday morning - it took a full 5 mins for the pack to leave. The noise was awesome!

BaP taking down S_H's tent on Sunday morning - funny as hell with a hangover!

Girth's various antics, from Dangerous Dave's appearance to the horse suit and then blowing up a glow-in-the-dark condom on his head on Saturday night. You're a legend mate!

[dyzio]

All the knees flying past my head when taking the corner shots :D

The NOISE the bikes made flying past, and the roar me and Drew heard even before we could see anyone.

After that I don't have that many memories, I blame Davepreston :D

[gruntygiggles]

Verna - we love you too....even if you did only realise me and Dan were a couple on the Saturday. Seriously chick.....where have you been this last two and a half years...lol ;-)

Oh, and I was fine until you and Zig started saying nice things to me...it's not good form to make a girl cry you know...lol.

[tinpants]

All the knees flying past my head when taking the corner shots :D

The NOISE the bikes made flying past, and the road me and Drew heard even before we could see anyone.

After that I don't have that many memories, I blame Davepreston :D
Have you posted the pics yet? Have ya? Have ya?

Verna - we love you too....even if you did only realise me and Dan were a couple on the Saturday. Seriously chick.....where have you been this last two and a half years...lol ;-)

Oh, and I was fine until you and Zig started saying nice things to me...it's not good form to make a girl cry you know...lol.
Can't believe you cried - you big, um, girl. lol

[missyburd]

Verna - we love you too....even if you did only realise me and Dan were a couple on the Saturday. Seriously chick.....where have you been this last two and a half years...lol ;-)

That's nothing, she thought Chris and me were the Alpinestarheros :smt003

[dyzio]

Have you posted the pics yet? Have ya? Have ya?


There's some of them in the photo thread and a link to the full album, if you want a full size pic prop me a PM.

[gruntygiggles]

That's nothing, she thought Chris and me were the Alpinestarheros :smt003

:smt046 - awesome!

[Milky Bar Kid]

This is going to take me ages but here goes:

Wed night: Cheryl trying to refill an ink cartridge after copious amounts of alcohol and squirting it all over her fingers. Getting to bed at 4am....

Thurs: Getting woken about 10 am, feeling slightly fragile and mega tired, before having to help pack everthing up in the car and finally setting off about 3pm. Then, after the alcohol run, drinking a huge amount of beer and almost a whole bottle of vodka (almost completely to myself), stealing a candle and stools and running out to the middle of the field with Wideboy and Girth to stop GG from shouting at us for being noisey. Also vaguely remember sitting on Shellywoozles knee with some tongue antics going on....

Friday: Sitting in the cabin, hungover, meeting everyone for the first time. And Squirrell Hunters "briefing" was amazing, he had it down to a fine art! In the evening, getting attacked by Bear for the first time. BaP, Girth and I attacking Stretchie, with BaP injuring poor Stretchies nipples, and me trying to tie BaP's hair up with a scrunchie.

Sat: Me being the leader with Stretchie being my slave. Lying on the ground in the carpark at lunch with Lily, on the warm tarmac with the smell of all the bikes. Stretchie giving it some beans on the last leg, muchos fun! Coming back along the driveway shouting "YEAH!!! YEAH!!" with Stretch, all the way to the field! Getting sunburnt through my visor, drinking lots of water on return to the sight and discovering Lily has a fetish for me rugby tackling her! Stealing "Bellend's" hoodie, stealing Girths hat and glasses to shout "MILKY BARS ARE ON ME", me and Lily taking GG from the front and back at the same time, jumping on Girth in the bar and then having to do an action replay for SVStorm to take pics, telling YC about opening my legs for Stretchie...and realising that no matter what I said, YC was going to find some sort of sexual innuendo. Giggling as MissYC got a pic of Girth sucking his own bottle. Going back to the field and sitting on a camping chair, on Wideboys knee, without alcohol because WB had thrown it over MissYC, when Bellend decided to sit on us, followed by Girth and others, resulting in the chair collapsing, and one of us kicking over the gas lamp.

Sunday: Not being hungover, sitting outside all day, getting bady burnt, going for a blast on the back with S_H, accompanied by Phil24_7, WB and Rich T and seeing the views at Elan Valley. Coming back to the campsite, cuddling up with GG and Lily and watching the clouds and then eventually the stars.

Amazing weekend. So much more happened, not all of it can be posted...teehee... but I loved it all!

[lily]

discovering Lily has a fetish for me rugby tackling her!

no just a fetish for you ;)

My boss has asked me what's happened to me as all the Bruises’ on my legs today at work, maybe a skirt wasn't a good idea #-o

[Milky Bar Kid]

Oh, the wit...lol!!

Its only borrowed. I WILL have my revenge, in this life or the next.

You love it!

[Littlepeahead]

My boss has asked me what's happened to me as all the Bruises’ on my legs today at work, maybe a skirt wasn't a good idea #-o

I have bruises on my legs too but I thought that was from banging my top box into my shins going up to my room - maybe I have amnesia. :smt103

And my shoulder still aches but I thought that was down to Chris Numbers' "evasive action" on 1000 sheep road.