lessons learned from AR08 - :D

[Stu]

My Lesson learned*
Be at the start point in plenty of time.
2 ARs for me now and I haven't heard one briefing yet - Did I do it right?



*Please remind me of this before the next one

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

1) Do not, under any circumstances camp next to/in the same field as Mr BlueFlame


6) Bring a torch, phone lights are just not good enough

Grant( Blueflame) was heard next door but 2.....even then we were blamed by Rictus for snoring.....I have a sneaky suspicion that it was him....he was sooooo damn loud

Always a wind up torch, as it has some odd satisfaction winding it up infront of people, perhaps it winds them up hearing it

[rictus01]

Lessons from this year...

1. I am as old as I feel,
2. cripples can put up and take down their own tents (quite proud of that),
3. you can never have to many torches (gave away four)
4. even meeting people you've only seen at last years makes them feel like old friends,
5. not a chance of meeting all those I'd have liked to,
6. Jo ( Mrs Ape) was an angel and kept me in tea and bacon butties,
7. SV1000's make great gazbo anchors,
8. no one is awake after 3am
9. painful knees an camping aren't the best bedfellows

Cheers Mark.

1. Its bloody loud when its raining in the tent.
2. Attempting to cover DD's car in mud isn't a good idea.
3. The gsxr performed well in all conditions despite running on abuse and neglect. (lives a pampered life really)
4. You can never have enough cups of tea, never.
5. Must make more time to see everyone.
6. Everyone was jolly nice and it was great to be around everyone and soak up the great atmosphere. It really was an excellent weekend and was glad to meet everyone and hope to see everyone soon.

Still warm Dorset Apple and Ginger cake is the BEST cake ever.

Westons is just overpriced alcoholic slush puppie

Seeing nothing but bikes in front of me, then looking in my mirror and seeing nothing but bikes as far as the eye can see behind as well really is a sight to behold

Hovis. Legend of the org, legend in the flesh. His Blade at max chat was a noise to behold, and he muttered something incoherent to me on Sunday morning on his way back to his tent...

Never, ever get your switch card out in the pub....

Originally Posted by kitten

oohhhh what happened there then??? dare I ask?!

This is what I know...

I was marking a junction and moved up so I didn't block it, Messie pulled up and was a bit distressed. She explained to me that some bloke in a 4x4 tried to run her off the road when she overtook him. I noticed the 4x4 drive up the junction and asked Messie if it was the one, Messie was not to happy to see it.

He pulled up looking miffed and blocked the junction, and I walked over. He got out and went to have a go at Messie, but I blocked his path and in a calm fashion told him he wasn't going to shout at her.

He announced to me that he was a DAS instructor and that she had carved him up, to which I said I didn't know or see what had happened, but shouting at people would not help and I wasn't going to let him over there to have a go at her. He was still getting ars?y and going on about stuff and I just said as a DAS instructor he should know better than to shout at people as it doesn't help and he was distressing her.

At this point I decided to take my helmet off as I might seem a little faceless with it on, and it would not help. Suddenly the conversation seemed to fizzle off, which I didn't think about till later but I imagine that my hair made me seem a bit of a nutter!

He asked who we were and I told him we were from sv650.org and he went back to his car going on about getting 'representation' (Idiot). I told him my name and he just said he didn't care about that.

Then he went...

Now I don't feel like a hero, just someone who did the right thing, so thanks for your kind words Messie and I would do the same for all of you. Even though when truth be told, I was a little scared to face someone up, but I kept my cool and at no point tried to give him any provocation.

I think that explains it all and that its all clear before it all gets mixed up and turns into strange Chinese whispers. Or you can believe that I splayed his ars? kung-fu panda style.

Originally Posted by Jamaxx

Westons is just overpriced alcoholic slush puppie
So true and it made me forget how I got back to my tent

Never, ever get your switch card out in the pub....

Dan caught on to this idea as well!! FOOL

[Messie]

1. Don't annoy stroppy people in 4 x 4's
2. Take Grinch with me everywhere I go when I might annoy people in 4 x 4's
3. You can get at least 10 people in a 4 man tent
4. Don't allow 10 people into your tent until you've tidied up, specially the knickers
5. Red wine is best consumed in smaller quantities
6. Take my own torch
7. Take my own pump
8. Put the bung in after pumping up airbed
9. Take my own waterproofs
10. Don't annoy stroppy people in 4 x 4's
12. If no-one has a shower for 3 days no-one smells
11. .orgers are the best friends in the world to ride with and sleep in a muddy field with

xx

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by mrs24_7

+1, well done you to the mean old man who shouts at woman

Oi, this mean old man wasn't even there. I was too busy shouting at a woman or two up here.

(And being beaten up by one at stupid O'Clock)

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

If she'd have told us a couple of weeks before that she had changed her mind we could have sorted something else out.

I wasn't worried. I had no intention of using them anyway. Camping is an excuse to be a minger And it makes the bath when you get home all the more nicer.

Lessons learnt

When you have the DVD and fridge on, run the engine more frequently.

When you know your bike has starting issues, sort them before you leave and don't stall at junctions