The big Thank you Thread

[Viney]

A massive thanks to

Just a massive thanks to Jonathan, Clare and Sally for sorting all this out and for a great day.

Never underestimate the work that goes into arranging an AR no matter how big or small.

And a massive thanks to all those that attended and made it what it was.

Until next year...

[FG1]

Yep, a big pat on the back to the organisers. And also a big pat on the back to all who attended, despite the forecast.

[Fallout]

Yep. Awesome weekend. Very well organised. Massive thank you from me, to organisers, markers and attendees too. :)

[Devil Biccy]

thanks added from me as well to Clare, Jonathan, Sally and all the marshalls and pre rideout people etc... And big man at the top for keeping the rains away! It's never an AR unless people from all over the UK make the effort to attend regardless of the weather forecast. Thank you to everyone making the effort to attend and making it a great event.

[Filipe M.]

(...)It's never an AR unless people from all over the UK make the effort to attend regardless of the weather forecast. Thank you to everyone making the effort to attend and making it a great event.

Not just the UK this time, you actually had someone flying in on purpose for this one! ;) :D

[Devil Biccy]

Not just the UK this time, you actually had someone flying in on purpose for this one! ;) :D

Doh!!! of course "special" people from far away places who bought plenty of hugs! great to see you Anna

[keith_d]

Yep, a huge thank you to everyone involved in organising the AR this year. Sally, Jonathan, Claire and all the markers.

It was great to see some old faces and a few people I've not met before. I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did.

Keith.

[BBadger]

Big thanks to everyone for a brilliant weekend, good to see the old lot and all the new faces that made it down.
Now bring on next year.

[jambo]

Thank you so much to:

Jonathan - For leading, planning an executing a fantastic ride out
Clare - For organising everything that wasn't the ride out
Sid Squid - For letting me sleep in his tent, taking the token mechanical issue for the team, for being T.E.C and for being Sid Squid
Anna - For turning up all the way from Portugal, and being my dedicated waver
Dave Preston - For making the AR loud and entertaining as ever
Paul the 6th - For being a top bloke through the whole weekend including standing perilously close to the fire in what I suspect was quite a flammable crayola costume on Saturday night
Zig & Verna - For taking some of my stuff back at short notice!

Everyone - For not letting Dave Preston have a megaphone, for having a laugh, and for riding brilliantly. I didn't hear a single complaint about anyone's riding, which for the combined mileage covered was very cool.

The Weather - For exceeding all expectations

Roll on next year!

Jambo

[Criggers]

Yeah same here, thank you so much organisers! Can't wait to see the photo's :)

[Mike_84_650S'99]

I'd like to add my thanks to organizers and attendees as well. Brilliant roads and a quality company.
Special thanks to:
Cazza for leading me there
Sid for blessing me with TEC bib for a moment
Supervox for planning the AR route and then to Southend

and all the ones wearing yellow bibs for making this all special.

Oh and a big thank you to the person that brought free booze. Sadly I dont know your name.

[Littlepeahead]

Hey everyone, thanks for coming. It was great to see you all and Jon did a great job of showing off the Essex roads, which may be flat but are never boring.

Pookie brought the free booze mostly, and I threw in a case of beer. Save Preston contributed something pink, sticky and odd smelling.

James in the pub will welcome us back as we are a well behaved bunch really. And Andy the catering man said he'd had fun looking after us.


Thanks from me go to everyone who helped me put up tents, clear up rubbish, build a fire, carry my change, car keys, bat phone etc as I had no pockets, count up the campers and work out the money when I kept getting confused.


Thanks to Chrissywissy8886 who as always sacrificed a bit of his fun to give me lifts pillion on Friday and today.


And also to Paul 6th for doing brilliant t-shirts, some after deadline, in a flattering fit. Then turning up looking like a drunk carrot on steroids.

[Bluefish]

Thanks for a brilliant ar once again, i'm too knackered to write more, so laters.

[Paul the 6th]

God dam fëck my life! Van is refusing to start again after stopping for coffee @ Newport pagnel services! 2.5 hours from home if I can get it to start again. Bloody hell.

But what a great weekend, haven't laughed like that for a while :) good to see the old gang & some new friends/bromances going on. Sv mad (Chris) has the nicest eyes ever & is really sweet for someone who's in the forces lol, fallout you dirty dog she probably wasn't even 18 (is that really her mobile number in pm?) and Craig criggers you funny guy lol "I'm a pick axe! Tent!"... Super cool weekend.

Thanks to JonARthon & clARe & Messie who was at the helm when planning started, AND all the other people who contributed to bring it all together.. Epic weekend XL deluxe edition :) gonna be stuck here waiting for the RAC for a little while now, arrrse!! If anyone is local and wants to bring after sun for my neck, I'm on the northbound side in the carpark looking pished off

[Paul the 6th]

And also to Paul 6th for doing brilliant t-shirts, some after deadline, in a flattering fit. Then turning up looking like a drunk carrot on steroids.

no worries @ tshirts, it's a soul destroying job to produce them but someone's gotta do it :) drunk carrot on steroids? Whaaaaaat? Am I that bad? Lol..

Oh & say hi to your sister :razz: x p.s. bikini crayola time was epic.

[The Idle Biker]

Big thanks from me to everyone that helped put the AR together.

It takes a lot of work before, during and after to put something like that together.

Marvellous! Cheers again.

[BillyC]

Echo the sentiments - big thanks to Jonathan and Clare, without their reminders (and Cazza's too), I would never have made it and had such a great day. Of course, to everyone else involved as well.

Fantastic to see everyone after what has been quite a while off the scene, it really reminds me what I've been missing!

[Lucas]

Thanks all for a awesome AR!

Good to catch up and meet everyone new and old :D

[Paul the 6th]

a small selection of pics up already: http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=179778

[BernardBikerchick]

awwww you guys rock you really do ! Absolutely fantastic epic weekend really was... loved every min - shame we missed the ride out but by about 9pm, half hour after arriving, it felt like we'd been there all day :) :) massive thank you to organisers top top job. the venue was amazing and I am now in love with Jim the owner !! Fantastic bloke and top pub and he even dug up some of his lemon balm plant for me to take a cutting home !!! Bless him

Paul6th YOU were just the frigging highlight of the weekend with that crayola outfit !! i'm honoured I got to wear it whilst doing a hand stand .... Cue Martianskippy to load pics from this morning hehehehe utterly awesome you are dude !!! Keep ya pecker up fnarr fnarr and get ya backside down to us this weekend !!!

LPH top bikini I deffo fancy you now ;)

Saeed - still chuckling about us cracking up at Spidey's tent stuffing skills hahah

Preston !!! - I have never had such a wARm welcome before in my life !!!! thank you for that and great to see you two

Caz your poor poor converse PMSL that funny I nearly wet myself hilarious squelch squelch :) :)

Voxs simply a pleasure to see you guys as always and your boys i just want to adopt !!

Jambo just for being you and our pleasure to take ya stuff home we still have your crutch from two years ago in our shed hehehehe :) :)

mARtin - loved the 'car boot bar' situation you had arranged there :) :) yummy apple pies and thank you for saving my hand after my handstand bee sting incident !!!

Sally for having great jugs :)

Dicky Ticker is was great chatting to you too

Treacle - just hilarious off ya face : ):) :)

All of you lot rock - hope to see you all very soon - xxxxxxxxxxxxx:smt040:smt040:smt040:smt040:smt040

[Cazza]

Thanks all for a brilliant weekend!

Sally & Clare for all of the organising - and Jonathon, those roads were absolutely brilliant. And to Mark for being the AR photographer, as ever.

Paul the 6th - loved your outfit. Especially seeing you squished into the front seat of a car. Thanks for the last-minute (nicely fitting) t-shirt too.

Thank you to Matt & Anna for their superb tent erecting skills - and to Z&V for their superb taking-a-load-of-my-stuff-home-in-their-car skills.

Saeed's caravan (and hospitality) rocks, as always.

So lovely to see old faces, and to meet some new ones - and great to have Anna with us again.

Looking forward to AR13.

[NTECUK]

Thanks for a good old time.
All the organisers.
The markers who i think enjoyed weaving past the gravel in the link roads as we hoged the tarmac.
Every one who took part for just being part of the fun.

[Quiff Wichard]

Awwww did I miss something ???

Glad you all had fun and everyone safe .

[Littlepeahead]

Awwww did I miss something ???

Glad you all had fun and everyone safe .

You did, but I thought of you as I used the sleeping bags you left in Wem this weekend. Christopher had one of them and Chris8886 used the other as extra insulation against the cold. So thanks for that donation.

[hongman]

What everyone else said - huge thanks to each and everyone who made the AR what it was.


Anna - For turning up all the way from Portugal, and being my dedicated waver


Everytime you came past me I had a little chuckle when Anna waved, it looked like she'd just farted :D I could picture her saying "Phwoar that stinks" ;)

[Treacle]

Fantastic weekend folks, thanks to every one who was involved and everyone who was there just for the crack. Its weekends like that that make it all worth while. Much love to you all!!!

[anna]

Just got home after an eventful journey home.

I think everyone else has covered the thanks, really though Clare and Jonathan did an amazing job at organising us all. :smt023

Doh!!! of course "special" people from far away places who bought plenty of hugs! great to see you Anna

Always great to get hugs for the hug bank.


Thank you to Matt & Anna for their superb tent erecting skills

Well after seeing what a terrible job of putting up his own tent I thought I ought to help out to make sure you had somewhere to stay ;)



Anna - For turning up all the way from Portugal, and being my dedicated waver


Everytime you came past me I had a little chuckle when Anna waved, it looked like she'd just farted :D I could picture her saying "Phwoar that stinks" ;)

:winner:

[anna]

Can I just add (now I have had some kip and feel a bit more normal!) an enormous thank you to Essex Dave for picking me up and letting me borrow a sleeping bag, you are indeed a top man.

Soulkiss for the use of his tent, I hope that I packed it away relatively ok, it looked very neat when I opened it to put it up and I dont think it looked anything like that when I packed it up!

Idle Biker for allowing me the use of his airbed, all be it an unexpected loan.

Thanks guys!

[Stupoohead]

Yeah nice one guys had a real good rideout. Gutted I missed the shindig afterwards, Clare said it was a right laugh. I had my bday bash to attend back in Chelmsford so I had to hit the gates early.

See ya soon,

Stu