The meeting venue must have the capacity to hold the large number of bikes that are likely to turn up. Food must also be available as some may well be travelling some time/distance to get there. Make sure fuel is available locally; a basic rideout rule is that al bikes should refuel together so they all have similar range.
A Bank Holiday weekend is always good but then many people have domestic responsibilities at that time too. Making a weekend of it certainly seems like a good idea though, but some, like me, would prefer not to “camp”, so a B&B nearby would be useful.
So, a weekend with a get together on Saturday night and a ride on Sunday? Problem here would be that some wouldn’t recover in time and others may still be over the “blood alcohol limit” the following morning…. A Saturday ride with a do on the same evening may be a better idea, then a ride to somewhere for lunch on the Sunday maybe?
Who will:
Find a venue
Organise a route with stop offs
Organise food/bar for the evening
We then may have to get into the “Well it’s going to cost “X” for this and “Y” for that, and before you know it we are into having tickets….. It then all starts getting rather formal.
Maybe each of the local groups could take it in turns in organising a do each year, or maybe we find a central location for the meet which we use every year and just find a new route every year ?
Lots of ifs, buts and questions……..
But, it's your rideout people, so you decide.....
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