The Safely Home Thread

[Luckypants]

Thought I'd start a thread so everyone can report in.

I got home about 2:15, had a bath and am now human again.

It threw it down on the M6 / M56, but I'm still dry. Baby grows rock! :smt038

[Tim in Belgium]

Got home fine, only about 30 secs of rain, no need for baby grows :)

[Richie]

got back at 12:30, with a hangover that would kill 3 students...
2nd glass of Andrews Salts....

[dizzyblonde]

i can't have a bath. me dad took it away. just waiting for it to be put back in.....nice to be home though. We had a bit of a detour due to a flood on the way and saw the madest charity fun run ever..through one of the local villages

[stewie]

Got home a little while ago I think, had shower, now on me 3rd Bud, happy days.

[BILLY]

Got home about 2.50, despite the ****ed battery, sheep **** everywhere and the odd shower.

HANDS UP WHO'S HAPPY!!!

[stewie]

Me, had a truly great weekend, cheers guys :)

[on yer bike]

Alive and dry-ish

[Mousetrapper]

Back safe and sound, no rain either!!

[Quiff Wichard]

home !!

showered and all that jazz and now nicely rested and feeling clean all over again..


rode home with El saxo (he bobbed off at junct 27 M6 and we waved him goodbye ) Viper, Stretch and Squirrel Hunter... I left them at Sandbach junct 17 and gave them a wee wave as they passed beneath me !!..
so now I am thinking of them on the m6 and wish them a safe journey..


We saw Krazy Kim at the services - she said she was pooped and suggested she park up and get an hours kip.. ahe said that is what she was gonna do.. as it happenned we had to filter for about 5 miles just after that due to almost standing traffic.. ..


hope she's ok.. (anyone able to txt her for progress report?_)

oh yea we met a hen party at the services too.. hee he- was funny-- oh yea and it rained all the way on the motorway- ride with te guys to the M6 was ace- I really enjoyed it..


Thanks to everyone- once again brilliant- what a laugh.. I enoyed meeting new folk and arguing with folk who didnt speak to me last year.. ,,

i am sure there will be another thread for gossip.. I shall save all mine for then ........... just loading me pics and videos(if i dont fall aseep).

oh yea- the south guys-- Dan? (black speed triple..?) had a puncture at the little chef near the site- so sid mended it.. and hopefully all will be fine.. but it may mean a slower ride home than they calculated....

[yorkie_chris]

Home safe.

Cheers guys, great weekend :D

[El Saxo]

I got home ok, only just got round to posting though, trust Quiff to beat me to it - and he had a lot further to go! :lol:

I got all the way to within half a mile of my house with no incidents at all and then some pillock in a Beemer nearly takes me out by pulling out of a side street! :roll: Much panic braking ensued but I kept it upright - phew!

Knackered now & watching the BSB on the telly, had a great weekend :D

[BILLY]

GMS has asked me to let you all know he is home saftly!

[yorkie_chris]

Melodys got back to her place ok

[Skip]

Just got back - 220 miles with about 30% of them in torrential showers! Great! :roll:

Great weekend though, really good to meet so many of you after two years of not meeting hardly any! :lol:

[slark01]

Back home safe and sound, had a kip and now feeling kinda human!

[Baph]

Just walked in the door to a flood of PMs from different folk - I'll get back to those asking questions in a bit, haven't even taken my bike gear off yet!!

My route over back through Slaidburn, Glasshouses etc was excellent, just what the tyres were asking for. From there I picked up the A59 & got onto the M6.

Setting off downhill towards Slaidburn I turned to Plowsie, "Looks like a black cloud, but we're riding towards the wind, so shouldn't be much of a problem." Neither of us were wearing waterprrofs at this point, and the heavens decided to open!! Stopped in Slaidburn under the trees (the place we stopped for cakes on the way up - with the cars that drive slower than an OAP with a zimmer frame!!) to put waterproofs on. Then stopped again on the A59 in a nice pub a couple of miles off the M6 for lunch (and a little F1 & BSB).

I left Plowsie on the M6 & I headed down the M56. That didn't last long until I found some twisty roads :D

[BLACKFIRE]

I got home Age's ago .... took me about 20 minutes !!!!!
I know I only live round the corner but I am really glad I decided to camp, I had a great weekend. Thanks to all involved :thumright:

[mac99]

Got back to here a while back, via a really good 80 mile run across the dales, including a reprise of the ride out route from the start to Leyburn. Only this time in the dry with less traffic. Thanks again to Tim In Belgium for leading me. Unfortunately I've got the trip down from Teesside to Bristol to do tomorrow, but at least I'll have nights sleep first. Nice to see everybody.

[Tim in Belgium]

No worries Mac.

[Jar]

2mths and I have both arrived safe!

[melody]

Hello everyone

I got home a few hours ago, realised Sky still hadn't sorted out my broadband connection, so got a couple of hours sleep, jumped back on the bike and rode to Leeds to a friend with internet access.

I feel very emotional about the whole week end. I had such a FANTASTIC time. Its been a while since I've met such a wonderful bunch of people. Everyone was so friendly and helpful, and I feel so proud to be a part of such a great team!

A massive thank you to the organisers and the participants. To everyone that I didn't actually get to chat with, I wanted to, but that shyness thing gets in the way:oops:


Melody

PS Thank you all for appreciating my baps;)

[Baph]

PS Thank you all for appreciating my baps;)

You never did say if they were wet or moist!?!


(This is going to start up conversations about Stretchie now isn't it? :lol:)

[timwilky]

Got home about 12. Just before the heavens opened. Nice hot bath for my aching back.

Thanks everyone for the great weekend and excellent company

[dizzyblonde]

top bird for saving the day with the baps.. I got a call off melody 5 mins after In walked in the door. Must have teleported down the m62 and it was peezing it down. She really was buzzing. I knew she couldn't resist getting the bike out again. .and she did. what a super lass. I thought I'd put her off after that deer leg threw itself behind me.. I think she did brilliant all weekend

[Baph]

top bird for saving the day with the baps.. I got a call off melody 5 mins after In walked in the door. Must have teleported down the m62 and it was peezing it down. She really was buzzing. I knew she couldn't resist getting the bike out again. .and she did. what a super lass. I thought I'd put her off after that deer leg threw itself behind me.. I think she did brilliant all weekend

Great news!! I'm really glad that she's getting more confidence. From what I saw of her riding this weekend (only a little bit then ;)) confidence was the only thing that was lacking. Everything else was fine.

Far far far better to ride slow & be cautious rather than hoon around & not know what you're doing.

One day Melody you'll make a VERY quick rider. As Sid Squid has said before himself, "If you can't ride slowly, you haven't got a hope of being fast." (See Ian, I do listen to - and remember what you say :) ) Concentrate more on being smooth than on being fast, and everything will slot into place quickly.

[yorkie_chris]

As for the deer leg, She did have grandstand view of the splurge, wobble and the cloud of guts; but from where I was she didn't look at all bothered!

Well done for keeping your cool, I don't know what I'd have done, just shows you were worried about confidence and you've ridden perfectly all weekend, so shush with the worrying and I hope you enjoyed yourself :)

Chris

[Blue Flame]

Hi folks.

Got back at 5:30. Wet but happy. Thanks for a great weekend. Was good to see both old and new faces.

Northwind stopped at Gretna for a break cos he was feeing a bit under the weather :puker: but I am sure he will be on soon.

Great organising and great fun. :smt038. Now where are we going next year :-)

[Gordon B]

Home also.

Hung tent out to dry, put my shoes in the washing machine, bathed and feeling human again!

Thanks to Billy and GMS for the company home.

Just as well for Billy as we had to bump him out of the layby when we said our goodbyes!

Its currently brilliant sunshine AND teeming down outside. Go figure....

Will wash the Lanacashire mud off tomorrow....

G

[_Stretchie_]

Right home and dry, got rained on something rotten but waterproofs held out..

Cheers guy had a fantastic weekend, nice to meet old and new faces


(This is going to start up conversations about Stretchie now isn't it? :lol:)

OH NO!!!!

[squirrel_hunter]

Back home now about to jump in the shower, not that I need one as I got rained on enough on the way back!

As Quiff said it was a ride down the motorways for us, but getting on the M6 was a nice route which took in part of the rideout route in the opposite direction, so cheers Saxo.

Left Strechie and Viper on the M5 near Bristol in the pouring rain and then filtered up the M4 to home, so hopefully that rain didn't last to long for you guys.

[Viper]

Viper is home:cool:

Very wet on the way home but never the less a good ride. Thanks to all who organised the AR. It was a great weekend.
Nice to meet so many new friends.

Thanks to El Saxo for the room for the night and to Luckypants for a bloody good brekkie.

[Ping]

I'm CLEEEEEEEEEEEEEAN!!!!

:smt038
Was a great weekend, cheers everyone.:thumright:

[Quiff Wichard]

whos not checked in yet then?

[Raf]

I'm home, glad to see the sun shining when I got home.

[SoulKiss]

Soukjiss and Jambo checking in - just got to my place to drop off the tent.

Raf, Devil Biccy (Deeas) and Sudoxe last seen leaving the M40/A40 at various points.

[Quiff Wichard]

DEVIL BICCY

ace--

I followed deeaS a bit and it really does shout out at you now eh..




- oh maybe and explanation needed David.

[Benji]

What about Anna?

Tell Jambo his dinner is in the dog. He's late.






























:smt081

[iffy]

Got home about 4:45, so a shade under 6 hours for 312 hours, including a number of stops.

Thanks to everyone who helped organise the event. Once again, it was a great weekend.

Thanks

Ian

[stewie]

Hey Plowsie,( best said in Delia speak) where are you, come on ,where are you.... give us a shout mate

[Devil Biccy]

I got home safe and sound around 7:00pm.

Thanks to all for a great weekend:smt038

[iffy]

Grinch...hope you got home safely. Last seen peeling off the A32 to cut across Portsdown Hill.

Ian

[CB1ROCKET]

Hello....I'm back home.........got back at half 6 as predicted.

Set up the tent again in the conservatory to dry, as it flooded itself over night, got totally wet......hot happy!

Cheers to Jester for the LED camp light, that was great! Super brightness.

Sorry to letting peeps down as for not joining down for the M6, i was sweating in my waterproof trousers and boiling up in my jacket! Just didn't fancy any more rain...........guess what..... it **** down in torrential rain 4 times! Got 184 miles on the tank as I approcahed Birmingham for only 1 fuel stop. Hit the M25 and opened the throttle up and it was good dry blast. Lot of filtering was needed, as 2 accidents happen.

Thanks for a good weekend, friday night was good in the bar, sorry I didn't join on Saturday night (just after BBQ) as my hearing aid got totally wet and drowned out.

Cheers to Bear and Deeas for dismantling my tent, and thanks to KrazyKim for taking my wonky luggage that Jambo thought that was deemed not safe!

And thanks to all the organsiers!

Cheers

[Quiff Wichard]

glad you are home Greg -
was nice to meet you.

[Bear]

Me, Sid Squid and Treacle peeled off from the other Soho-ers on the M6, Dans repair was holding up fine. Managed to stop at a petrol station 15 mins from home for a loo break, walked in, realised I'd left my helmet on my bike and turned straight round to find that somewhere in that 8 foot space and 5 second time frame had lost my bike keys.

looked for them for 15 minutes, then had to call Emergency Girlfriend Rescue to bring me a spare...

So, it ****ed down all weekend, my alarm went crazy, i got a screw in my back tyre, I lost my keys on the way home, and I was interrupted in my attempt to make sweet love to Grinch.

Oh, and most of the org now know what i look like when I urinate...



Best Biking weekend EVER!!!!!!!!!

Love you all!

The Bear

[Skip]

turned straight round to find that somewhere in that 8 foot space and 5 second time frame had lost my bike keys.

Seems to be a theme for the weekend then Bear! :lol: I still cant believe mine stayed put for about 2 1/2 days on your fence post! You couldnt make that up! :lol:

[BernardBikerchick]

i am back !!!! JUST !! sorry for starting new thread i didn't look below the stickys !! I am SOOOOO thick !!!! duuhhhhh !! vinyl will be about half hour behind me just dropped me off but stopped in cheshire to see my gorgeous nephews !!! thanks to you all of you for top top top weekend !!!! we're all cooooooooll dudes and i love ya all !!!!:smt038

[carlos]

I'm back too. Took a bit of a detour via Snake Pass but it was too wet for any real fun when loaded up with kit, but the rain gave way to beaming sunshine for the final 80 or so miles so the TL really did get a thrashing back through Buxton, Ashbourne, etc.

Had a fantastic weekend, thanks to all, can't wait until next year.


:smt038 :smt038 :smt038 :smt038 :smt038 :smt038

[dizzyblonde]

im indoors says glad you took up the recommendation. try it when its dry again it'll be a lot more fun..s'pose the fuzz were all asleep when you passed by, it'll have been a quiet day for them!!

[CB1ROCKET]

glad you are home Greg -
was nice to meet you.

Cheers Quiff, remember to bin those sweaty latex gloves and get a pair of heated gloves hehe :D

[BernardBikerchick]

i'm cleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaan !!! squeak squeak !!!!:) :) :)

[carlos]

im indoors says glad you took up the recommendation. try it when its dry again it'll be a lot more fun..s'pose the fuzz were all asleep when you passed by, it'll have been a quiet day for them!!

Not as glad as me, have made a promise to myself to do it again when it is dry (and maybe re-surfaced at points). But yeah, cheers for that guys, quality end to a quality weekend:thumright:

[plowsie]

split my waterproofs in the crotch so you can all imagine the consequences when i got home. Home safe no running over my feet this time so all is well lol

[Viney]

Got stuck on the M40, other than that, home safe n sound..n dry :)

[yorkie_chris]

Glad you managed it without doing the other one to match lol

Hows it feeling?

[plowsie]

Painfull after i got off in birmingham, off to physio tomorrow see what he says.

[21QUEST]

Got back about 9.45PM.

At one point I thought I might have to stay another night when the heavens really opened whilst I was trying to pack up. Finally got going about 3.45PM.

I almost ran out of petrol on the M40 :eek: . Petrol light went solid so dropped the speed down and it took 15.5L to fill the tank up.

An ACE weekend with a great bunch of folks. :thumright:

Looking forward to the next one.


Ben

[BILLY]

Got back about 9.45PM.

At one point I thought I might have to stay another night when the heavens really opened whilst I was trying to pack up. Finally got going about 3.45PM.

I almost ran out of petrol on the M40 :eek: . Petrol light went solid so dropped the speed down and it took 15.5L to fill the tank up.

An ACE weekend with a great bunch of folks. :thumright:

Looking forward to the next one.


Ben

Where you the last to leave then Ben? Your certainly not a mornig person are you! Did you manage to pack the tent up ok?:rolleyes:

[dizzyblonde]

was just thinking the same thing...or was he one of the hardcore drinkers that went to bed after the cows woke up!!!!!!!!!!!

[BILLY]

was just thinking the same thing...or was he one of the hardcore drinkers that went to bed after the cows woke up!!!!!!!!!!!

Well he stumbled back to his tent managed to trip over most of my guy ropes and crawled into his tent some how:D

[plowsie]

Where you the last to leave then Ben? Your certainly not a mornig person are you! Did you manage to pack the tent up ok?:rolleyes:
I was thinking he might've got up so late that no1 would be there and he'd think WTF lol

[Quiff Wichard]

not everyone has checked in yet.. including the car drivers and some southerners-
hope they just tired and gone bed.

[CB1ROCKET]

Anna, Krazykim, thought of two i havent heard on the forum yet

[Filipe M.]

I was thinking the same, namely Anna, Rictus, Grinch...

[21QUEST]

Where you the last to leave then Ben? Your certainly not a mornig person are you! Did you manage to pack the tent up ok?:rolleyes:

I was indeed. Nope, not a morning person "the morning after..." ;)

Managed to pack the tent up. Well.... actually the couple(with the dog) on the other side packed it up for me :rolleyes: . Really nice of them eh.... :) .

LOL @ dizzyblonde. I was the last one standing(ok...just) hehe.


Ben

[21QUEST]

I was thinking he might've got up so late that no1 would be there and he'd think WTF lol

Haha, not far wrong there. After I "half" got up, Ping was the only one there and about to leave and I did think "feck" looked around at the mess in the tent and a double "feck" :-s :)


Ben

Edit: Regards those who haven't check in yet, it's more than likely as you said, they are just tired etc.

[northwind]

I was... unwell :rolleyes: Should've done a 21Quest! But I had a kip in a service station and a nice dawdle home after that. Another great AR!

[anna]

hiya guys and girlies... this is anna clocking in just got home with tsm and rictus.. they only have 10 miles to go to be home safe shouldnt imagine for a second they will stay up late to post on here.

Will post more tomorrow hope everyone had as much fun as i did and for all of you who didnt get one have a :grouphug:

... anna over and out

[TSM]

Im back in now, bike has died too.

[rictus01]

I'm back, killer weekend (in more ways than one ;) ),

just taken the brace off and the bath is running, got 216 mile of that tank of juice and still not on reserve, Long old trip but we took our time.

Cheers Mark (am I the last back ?)

[Jester666]

No, I'm not home yet, but then I did stay at my folks place overnight!

Top weekend with a great bunch of people!

Shame about the weather but I guess that just adds to the stories!

Where we going for AE08?

[Sudoxe]

Got back last night. Not too sure what time, but it wasnt too late.

Tyre repair held up well (Thanks again Ian). Although Ian and Treacle diagnosing my bike with a death rattle at the services worried me slightly, but I cant seem to hear it :S

Anyway.

Should really do some work now.

Dan

[_Stretchie_]

was just thinking the same thing...or was he one of the hardcore drinkers that went to bed after the cows woke up!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh them people.. Terrible.. :-s

[Grinch]

Grinch...hope you got home safely. Last seen peeling off the A32 to cut across Portsdown Hill.

Ian

All fine thanks... see you next year if you don't get down to Alton Cafe.

I was interrupted in my attempt to make sweet love to Grinch.

Hi there lover boy.

I was thinking the same, namely Anna, Rictus, Grinch...

Hellooo....

I was playin with the lttle man and then had a bath and monged out, at work now. :(

Managed 793.5 miles this weekend.

[Skip]

Managed 793.5 miles this weekend.
Almost identical to me! My trip was on 830 miles when I got home last night :)

[Swiss]

Got home at about 10.30 last night. I stopped off at mu folks place for a well needed 2 hour Kip and the Full Monty Sunday Roast Dinner.

I was sooooooooo hungover yesterday morning!!!!!!!!
A really great weekend, made so by the great folk that are the org.

Thanks to all the organizers, you guys and Gals did a great jobs.

Incidentally, someone mentioned it rained, I can't say I noticed!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Treacle]

Well what a top top weekend. Thanks to everyone who turned up to make it what it was. Its always great to see new faces and some old ones.
Got back last night feeling very dirty and tired but on top of the world.

Many thanks again people!:smt038

[Jester666]

Finally home........................















After a lovely meal and shower and comfy bed at my parents!! :smt038

[melody]

You never did say if they were wet or moist!?!


(This is going to start up conversations about Stretchie now isn't it? :lol:)


Neither.

Warm, well formed and plenty to go round:D

Melody