Seaways.. Sunday 25th April 2010

First topic message reminder :

Some of you may remember Nick (Yorkshire thundercat) organised a meet at Seaways last year - Fi and I have decided to meet there again this year (weather permitting) on the same weekend to remember Nick (and have a bacon butty no doubt ).
We'll be there about 1pm if anyone else fancies meeting up there for a cuppa and a chinwag (and a photo opportunity! see how many thundercats we can get there this year).

Suzie

I'm no Rossi either... Might get a bit wet tomorrow by the look of the forecast? Typical, Sunday comes and Sunday wet!

Not a happy little bunny

The joys of having a duty mobile all weekend i suppose Got woke up about an hour ago to come into work

So i'm not gonna be able to make today, hope you all have a good one though

Ride safe

andyb wrote:Not a happy little bunny

The joys of having a duty mobile

Ride safe

Oh bugger . . . . Hmmm I remember those days too.

Sorry to hear you got called out and can't make it.

There was no need to hide the tho

Ah well . . . . . All weather textiles it is then.

Its a bit dull here but dry. Just checked the latest weather & it says sunny spells this morning & light rain midday so fingers crossed. Anyway ride safe all & will see you soon.

yamahamad wrote:See you all tomorrow. Fi will look out for you as i am no rossi.

Paul i imagine your idea of no Rossi and ours are quite different. I'm squeezed into my waterproofs and doing a haka across the living room now in an attempt to be able to bend my knees to actually get on the bike! See you soon

Hope you guys have a fab day and the weather holds!

Lins

Just got back, went to squires with Paul (yamahamad) and the lads with gixxers. Got a bit wet but it was always going to happen! Nice to catch up again with faces old and new, feel for you Fi with that big long ride back!

Got 100 yards from Seaways and got pulled by the cops sitting there, had a red headlight cover that I thought was nicked at Sherburn last year but found in my garage. Apparently it's not legal to have anything other than clear??? Decent copper though and he let me off with a warning and told me not to put it back on when round the corner.. Sensible policing, he could teach a few others a thing or two about how to manage the public! And Pauls matt black thundercat looks trick in the flesh!

Hope you all got home safe and catch up soon.

Martin

Checking in too,

Got home an hour ago. Didn't get wet till Doncaster . . . . bugger thought I was gonna get away with it

As Martin said, . . . Good to catch up with all those that could manage to get there , new faces and familliar.

Sorry to hear of yer tug mevs, but I got done for a blue headlight cover on me blade a couple of years back. Apparently it's either clear or amber you can have. £30 fine that cost me. Wasn't as lucky with the tit in blue as you were, but that's Derbyshire constab for you !

Paul that 'stealth' cover jobby really does look cool in the flesh and it's gotta be said that Rich's Black and Silver cat looks well too.

Hope you got home without getting to wet Fi. Massive respect for the distance you traveled for a butty and a chin wag.

The "Fashionably" . . . errrr 'Delayed' arrival of the ride out organiser should also be mentioned . What was the excuse now . . . ah yes , 20p at the Humber Bridge

Had a good ride up and back, albeit alone (billy no mates :( ) . . . all in all a great day. Thank you all.

Cheers
Tel

PS: Roll on The Eifel trip in three weeks

MevsyD wrote: Sensible policing, he could teach a few others a thing or two about how to manage the public! And Pauls matt black thundercat looks trick in the flesh!

There are a few sensible ones about and yes it does

Got back about 45 mins ago having had about half hour torrential downpour on the m180 (must've been the one that went over us at seaways) and a few mutterings under my lid at neil for taking me down a steep hill with running water and loose gravel down it too then blow me if just north of bloody Lincoln we got another heavy downpour with bloody big hard hailstones! sunny into Lincoln then more rain going down Lindum Hill before blue skies at sleaford ...... a might damp tho - bath and Rich's gin methinks.

Nice to see you all again (and to meet you paul - bit gutted no chocs tho! ) thanks for the gin Rich - glad you could make it ... Tel let Bea know we were disappointed she didn't put a word in for us weatherwise! Hope you're not too late home Fi - those 2 girlies looked mega hacked off in their convertible when you sat in front of them at that roundabout haha

0ldcat wrote:

The "Fashionably" . . . errrr 'Delayed' arrival of the ride out organiser should also be mentioned . What was the excuse now . . . ah yes , 20p at the Humber Bridge

........ 20p and the dropped glove!!!

Hi boys & girls for some reason i did not have a stable internet connection when i got home but seems okay now. Was great to meet people at last & enjoyed riding with martin just hope i was not too slow for him. Got a bit wet on way home & the stealth cat is filthy but have not cleaned her but will tomorrow lunch at work. I did bring chocolate but completely forgot about it wot a numpty. Paul.

yamahamad wrote: I did bring chocolate but completely forgot about it wot a numpty. Paul.

Ooooooh you are SOOOO in trouble

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did I hear a numpty point nom anywhere ?

Wild-Kat-Wolf wrote:I'm hooooome.... with just a smidge over 450 miles on the clock for today.....

That is impressive, well done

yeah we still love you ... so long as you bring it next time

Hi, Just thought I'd check in and let you all know that I arrived home S&S after the decent time I had a Seaways. Glad to meet you all, (Suze & Neil again) and look forward to seeing you again later this year.

Thanks for the comments on the bike and fairing, Pauls plasticote cat does look extremely good and listening to the races noises I'm thinking I might need something a little bigger myself soon!

Apart from the drive down to Wetwang, the road was a brown stream in places, everywhere else was dry!

Plus when I got home Les had coped so before tea I began to was the bike. The rain then came and saved me from having to rinse it!

I'm glad the alcohol went to two needy causes and made up for the wettings you to received. And thanks for Terry for carrying the Acoms gear all the way up for me. I spent most of last night messing with it!

TTFN and look after yourselves.

yamahamad wrote:Hi boys & girls for some reason i did not have a stable internet connection when i got home but seems okay now. Was great to meet people at last & enjoyed riding with martin just hope i was not too slow for him. Got a bit wet on way home & the stealth cat is filthy but have not cleaned her but will tomorrow lunch at work. I did bring chocolate but completely forgot about it wot a numpty. Paul.

Enjoyed the ride too Paul, and no problem with the pace at all. The other two can be a bit 'brisk' sometimes!

If I knew the way to the girls hearts was chocolate I would have stocked up too! Now I know though it can be arranged.....

glad you had a good day AND all well when you got home Rich thanks again for the booze ... owe you one

MevsyD wrote:

If I knew the way to the girls hearts was chocolate I would have stocked up too! Now I know though it can be arranged.....

thanks Mevsy ...... i'm assuming that means you'll be bringing us some too now ..... dropped yourself right in it now

where is seaways?

thanks,too far from me for 1 day trip :(

fatbloke wrote:thanks,too far from me for 1 day trip :(

Wild Kat Wolf made it from Scotland

I'm sure you could make a trip like that too . . . . . . . bit of effort young man