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Once you,re back, stick a post up in here to let others know you,re safely home, Im back, its sat and I got home at 3.15 pm due to having to leave cos of a family crisis :( .

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Mm me and my bro got back a minute ago, absolutely drenched. Was going to camp but our waterproofs aren't very waterproof and i doubt it's going to stop raining anytime soon!

The rideout was brilliant though, although the rain started at about 4. Have some pics for your viewing pleasure.


Ride-out start point.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...e/P6290283.jpg

First stop.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...e/P6290286.jpg

Second stop.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...e/P6290292.jpg

Lunge, with a touch of Wiltshire arm swinging, or chest beating.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...e/P6290293.jpg

Lunch stop.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...e/P6290297.jpg

After that I didn't bother taking pictures as we only stopped at a petrol station in Shaftesbury, then it started raining.
I hope everyone enjoys the rain....

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looks awesome, bring on the Glencoe Massacre in August!

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Just made it back home :D Glad to report my waterproofs are exactly that, just need some waterproof bootz and gloves now :D

Saw Dan at a petrol station on the A303 and then again on the M3. Also passed Falc and his support vehicle on the A303.

Absolutely F***in brilliant weekend, rain last night and today dampened the ground, but not anyones spirits.

Ride was great, was brilliant seeing so many bikes, just when you thought everyone had arrived at a stop another 20 bikes would show up :D

Off for a warm shower now :D

Thanks to everyone who was involved in organising everything, it was brillian, thank you so much!!

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Been home about an hour or so.

Car unloaded, tent up in conservatory drying out, wet clothes in the wash and bedding on the radiators.

Superb weekend despite the weather, can't believe we were eating chips & ice cream on the beach in blazing sunshine yesterday.

:notworthy: :notworthy::notworthy: to all the organisers - cheers guys

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back home safe and sound and i think falc is cold and wet anyway great weekend thanks to everyone who organised it. Photos in the photo section soon

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Me and maria are home nice and safe :D

Great weekend, grea to meet everyone, great rideout









who's idea was it to make it rain :smt067

:smt003

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Oh yeah, the photo section...i wish i'd seen the AR08 thread there before posting these pictures :smt003

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lol no worries they are great photos

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All hame safe and sound,and was great to see that we all had a good time.I know a few people were nervous about there first time but well done for having the guts

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oh yeah im home, used my private runway strip to get home 8-[

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I just got back, waterproofs did a very good job on the last leg of the journey!

Big thumbs up to everyone who organised a great weekend.

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Been home for an hour or so, couldn't get pc to start at first - must have been lonely without me

Very soggy ride back, but the sun's just come out :flower:

Big Thanks to all those who helped make the weekend great fun :notworthy:

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Freakin' brilliant weekend!!

Home @ 14:30 slightly damp and tired but happy.

Thanks to Fizz, Viper et all who made it a well organised and fun weekend! :thumbsup:

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An awesome weekend, thanks to all involved in organising it, rideout was brilliant and meeting everyone and catching up with people was great and really made the AR what it is. Couldnt believe we got so much sun on the ride out day just a shame the rain came on the Saturday night and today but got back alright.

Saw Stu on the way home as well as James (Rigor), hope everyone else gets back well.

Pics soon.

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Back home safe and sound. What a great weekend :D my first AR and it was awesome. Thank you to everyone for making me feel welcome and at ease despite dropping my bike once :rolleyes: and a big thanks to those who helped me to catch it the second time, I really wasn't sure how much longer I could hold on to it 8-[. Loved every minute of the ride out and meeting everyone it was great.

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Heya all. Me and Lily home. She went by car and me and Girth had some fun on the twisties instead of the boring Mway.

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Yep back at Five to three, warm dry and nothing adventurous to report.

Cheers Mark.

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Home and running a bath! Thanks all!

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Just finished washing down Vix Gix, which was second only to washing down Vix herself ;)

Thanks to the organisers, and a special thanks to Soulkiss for being the BBQ chef (you get +16 on a D10 for cooking mate).

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Both home safe.

Big thanks to Fizz, Viper and the gang for a superb w/end.

Nice to meet new peeps, especially mattsv and Anita (once they stopped "faffing" around) :p :p

Must thank Gordon and helper (did'nt catch your name sorry)for a great BBQ

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just got in, left mogs at caerphilly,

big thanks to the organisers,

:notworthy:

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Home safe & sound ....

Thanks for a great weekend everyone ...

Special thanks to everyone who made it 'Happen'

Caz.

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me and the vinester are home !!!! soggy but home !! :):)

absolutely fantastically dickaliciously groping weekend !!!!:cool::cool::cool::cool:

many many thanks to all and everyone for making it so special truly was amazing weekend i would love to see the pics from those who were clicking away!!

we STILL had too many baps even without sending melody out to get them !!:smt003:smt003

take care all thanks again really enjoyed it:p:p

very happy and smelly BBC ! but not for long and bath and back scrub awaits............. spidy i'll be over later for some naughty stuff ;);););)

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Can I just say a big thank you to everyone that organised the weekend, sorry I couldnt be there for the whole thing, roll on 2009.

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Erh we live 4 miles away and alot of you got back before us :D

4 car loads of stuff, most of it wet, 21Quest was still at the campsite when we left, after waking up after his afternoon nap and finding the place empty :D

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Back home!! A bit knackered But what a weekend:cool: Ben told me he was having a couple of hours before he set off:rolleyes: I bet he's still trying to get his tent packed away;)

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I'm back safely, after riding through a thunderstorm complete with lighting and hail. I have bruised forearms from it, it was the worst weather I have ever had to ride through.

I had a truly brilliant time at the AR, it was very sad to say bye to everyone. I met loads of really nice people and I notice some went that I didn't even see so sorry about that! Huge thanks to Fizz and Viper and the team for the excellent rideout route (what was the name of that villiage with the castle we went through?), perfect facilities, and top notch organisation. Also thanks to Si and Jo for their amazing hospitality and to Mark for his whisky. Hope to see you all again really soon, lets have another trip soon!

Oh yeah and thanks to Gordon and David for the food, those burgers were lovely!

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Corfe Mullen iirc - if you are ever down that neck of the woods again, you can get a steam train down to Swanage (where we stopped for lunch)

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Ben has just given me a call he is just setting off now!! Last there last to leave:cool:

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Made it back to London in a bit over three hours - and didn't really get wet, which was good :)
We had a really fantastic time - thank to everyone who obviously spent so much time planning and putting this on; and hi to everyone who talked to us, it was a great weekend.
Nantwo (Terri) was so chuffed to see a photo of her with her pink leather jacket she has printed it out already to stick up in work.
Thanks again for a great weekend.

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made it home a while ago, just been having a shower and relaxing a bit after also seeing torrential rain and the worst conditions i have ever ridden in i think.

massive thanks to all those who organised the event and made it a superb weekend. brilliant rideout route, great location and great company. great to meet those i did and sorry to those i didn't say hello to (i'm just not very good at meeting new people!!).

really enjoyed myself, shame about the weather and here's to all meeting up again for another quality AR next year or sooner!! :D

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Back home safe. Was sunny & dry for Josh & Me after Yeovil all the way home.
Thanks for a great rideout & everything laid on at the campsite. The weather all in all was pretty fantastic too!

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I'm home. Unfortunately Jo & the little apes are not. The mini bus broke down. :sad: Throttle cable snapped. She's expected home within the hour now though.

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Me, Im Indoors YC and Miss YC settling in to a nice cuppa, got home at 4.30...Mel waved bye on our junction. Nasty standing water and torrential rain in places on the way home, but hey its AR weather!!!

HAd a super weekend, thanks Fizz, and all who organised it.
The BBQ was superb, got some nice piccies for later. Nice to meet up with old friends and new, and we all had such a good time, dunno about the rideout, but our chilled out day at the site with Rictus and 21Quest, Mrs Ape etc was really nice and relaxing....bunch of plane spotters too.

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Back home safe and sound, not too damp either.

Great weekend, a bit of rain can't spoil it.

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Sid Squid and me back in London... got drenched after leaving the camp site on the A303. My bike didn't like that... it got over it though :D

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Home. Everything except my boots are outside drying out. The boots were the only bit of clothing that kept the rain out.
Great ride Saturday, heartfelt thanks to ALL those who put so much into the organisation of the 2008AR. Have a drink on me :-)

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\\:D/\\:D/\\:D/

I'm home and clean now. How I love running \\:D/hot water.

A truly fantastic week end - thanks to all the organisers and indeed everyone who turned up, either in person or spirit, to make it one of the best Annual Rideouts I've been to.



Messie AKA Sally:flower:


PS I'm actually really shy, but I managed to overcome it a bit for the week end ;)

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good to hear, did you go the right way round the m25? i thought you would follow me past heathrow way? or quicker another way?