15-06-05, 06:24 AM | #71 |
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Having failed to make 04/05 my two penneth worth.
I personally have a problem with alcohol and bikes. I can't get enough of both and they do not go well together. Therefore any serious socialising needs to be done after a rideout with sufficient recovery time for return journeys. Additionally as an old foogie I am partial to my creature comforts, so camping in not an option for me. The thought has occured to me about a two stage rideout where north meets south. However this would probably be twice as much trouble and require a support vehicle probably transit sized for each group whereby luggage is carried from start to end. though pre defined meet points. So North rideout from Carlisle area down to middle England and south rideout from somewhere down there again to middle England. (SV Ecosse can have their meet somewhere and start earlier) That way peeps can get rides in once we meet up as well, and/or socialise. or if boring just return home having completed their section of the ride. Probably a cr@p idea, but I am trying to be constructive.
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Doing this confirms what I've always known............... the centre of the UK is near as damn it Manchester Mind you, the population centre is south east of Manchester, nearer to Birmingham. And the reinforce what's been said on here many times, and said by Mogs earlier, it's only the North Wales Police area that's biker unfriendly. The Dyfed-Powys and South Wales Police areas are just fine and the Gwent Police only a little bit less so. |
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Bearing in mind that those who actually took on the responsibility for the organising - which is to the benefit of all who attended - live further south, and as such are able easily to get the area concerned such that arrangemets could practically be made. Further, I believe that for this issue the geographical centre of the country is irrelevant, what's important is that the meeting be made practically available to the greatest amount of potential attendees, which is presumably what we want; as large an attendance as is possible, and as such, considering that the greatest concentration of SVers is probably further south than the geographical centre, (if I'm wrong - I usually am - then somebody will surely correct this), then it's only realistic to site the area somewhere tending further south. This clearly cannot suit everybody, but that's the way geography crumbles. I think this year's run had an excellent and diverse attendance from an encouraging selection of the regional sections, but if the annual meeting is placed somewhere which is in reality likely to attract a smaller attendance, and one which is likely to be only representing less areas of the country could it be considered to be an all-of-SV650.org-meet? Scotland would be just fine with me - particularly with a bit of notice, I'd make the trip a bit longer than there and back - but I have a feeling I'd be on the way north with a very small number of others, this doesn't please me at all, but I do believe it would prove to be true.
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17-06-05, 09:50 PM | #74 |
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...so it all points to Shropshire then
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20-06-05, 04:20 PM | #76 |
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I'm not sure if Mogs needs thanking or having the **** taken for sitting down and doing all that!
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20-06-05, 04:36 PM | #77 |
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Excellent work Mogs! However, how did you find out the location of those that are strangely too shy to put it in their Profile? I mean it could be a concentrated group on the Isle of White .
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Enough chit chat lets get planning. Where's it going to be?
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