Bishops Castle 3, 18th June 2011

First topic message reminder :

BC3 is scheduled this year for Sat 18th June, As usual the weekend will start on Fri (17th) with a few light refreshments & I will be making arrangements in the near future for the meals on both nights for those who wish to join us. Anyone wanting to do just the ride on the Sat will be welcome too

The ride will once again be centred on Wales with a new route heading further North this time into the beautiful Snowdonia mountains.

Everyone is most welcome & accomodation is readily available with a quick google search among Bishops Castles many B&B's

Radar & I will be finalising details over a pint in the next few weeks
Many thanks for your attendance on the previous BC rides which have had a fantastic atmosphere due to the superb members on here.
Any questions please feel free to ask

Nick & Ellie

Have a good time guys and girls - fingers crossed the weathers good - watch out for plod and idiots and make sure you all come back safe and sound

Thanks Suzie, all foreseeable eventualities covered we hope. Sensible fun is the name of the game & the forecast is improving slowly

Have a great time everybody i hope the weater is kind.
Ride safe,have fun & enjoy. Wish i was coming along.
Paul.

.......plus clean leathers, beer tokens and a fully packed bike!


Ready to rock & roll......BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!

lucky you lot, cant put the pack on my bike till the morning, cos my poor old girl lives outside .

Mine too (for now - getting a garage SOON!) but the bags are packed and sat by the front door

Just setting off and its dry and sunny atm in Chesterfield!!


See y'all soon peeps


Ellie xx

We'll be packing the camping stuff into the car shortly and will probably set off about 11.30. Really looking forward to seeing everyone there.

Linz and Rob

Have fun everyone and keep safe! I've got all fingers, toes and eyes crossed that the weather plays nice for you. If it doesn't, just think about that pub and food waiting for you at the end of it all!

Take it easy

Dry in BC at the moment, fingers crossed for tomorrow.

Have a great time everyone , I hope this shitty weather clears up.

Stay safe you lot! Oh, and have a good time.

Hope the weather stays good for you all. Be safe and don't forget your cameras!

BC was fantastic! Weather was a bit temperamental but we saw many nice dry roads!! (Think I almost got a tan at one point whilst sleeping outside the cafe) Absolutely beautiful scenery, great group of people to be riding with.

Was my first big ride out on the cat (on a 600!) couldn't have asked for a better bunch of people to be riding with... Very well lead by Nick and a very patient tail end charlie Steve and Tel. So thanks guys for making the ride out safe and enjoyable.

I would love to join in on more of these (family permitting). I will never make the mistake of carrying a backpack next time as had a painful ride up to Wales and home (400miles) will invest in a tail pack I think!

Most of all I learnt about myself as a rider! What can I say I love my brakes! s*** myself on some the dropping twisties, went in a bit hot at 60+ and came out about 20 and shaking!! Tried to play ball with the Ducatis on the straight but I think they were just toying with me! Those riders are nuts! but very skillful I have to say.

Once again thanks to everyone for making the trip worthwhile and making an effort with me socially as the newbie! A very warm and welcoming group. Hope to see you all again!

(Look forward to the pics)

Back safe from a superb weekend in good company, review and pics to follow

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who organised the ride out and everyone involved in the day.

I had a great time, everyone was friendly and made us feel very welcome. The Ride out itself was very well organised with a GREAT route and catered for everyone's riding style and enjoyment.

I personally had some great fun on the higher speed twisty's even with a flat front tyre (wondered why she was wallowing a bit) and really appreciate even more what a great bike the cat is.

Sorry we had to dive off before the return to BC, Dave had promised to cook for his missus (a sweetener for letting him come along so soon after returning from the TT) but we had a fun ride home too

I will definitely be coming on more of these.

Bryan

I'm home!

Will do a proper post when I've had a decent night's sleep and my arse isn't quite so square, but massive thanks to everyone for some great riding, and to the organisers for putting on a cracking weekend

Chris

we are back home safe & sound got back at 1,30 pm pick up mutt etc had a great time & what about that harley mmm
oh i mean the ducatti hardly out in the rain
pete & fred

Just checking in . . . .Home again, home again Safe and sound.

Excellently organised and run weekend. Thanks to Nick, Ellie and Tony for all the time put in setting this years BC up.

Great to see famillar and new faces alike, gad to see the comments that you had a good time and will be returning for more.
Also fantastic to see the numbers rising to the majority bike at the meeting again.

Cheers
Tel

hmm, im sure i just posted on here lol, im guessing i didnt hit send lol, thats how knackered i am.
it went somthing like this, thanks to the organisers for doing a brilliant job, big thanks to everyone there for making me feel welcome and safe on my first big rideout.
and a special thnx to Tel and Pete for 'inspiring' me to do my first ton on the way home
ooh and thnx to Rosco for the lightbulb, chris for the lend of screwrivers, and and all the guys there this morning for the help with the you know what lol( what we aint gonna mention lol)

Home safe & sound via Stafford/Uttoxeter/Ashbourne & an ice cream in Matlock!!

Thanks so much everybody for a superb weekend that I enjoyed thoroughly. Thanks DBD for the blast on the Ducati! Want one

Checking in. Got home about 20 mins ago. Will post back later.

Hi All,

Thanks for another fantastic weekend as usual. Unfortunately Rob couldn't enjoy it as much as hoped but I would like to thank Rosco for putting up with me as his pillion all day.

It really was another fabulous weekend and was nice to see some regulars and meet some new people from the site and we're already looking forward to Big Mac (on the bike hopefully if Rob's back permits it).

Our guests/visitors for the weekend were superb and hope the camping was OK for them too.

Hope everyone is home safe and sound and thanks again to everyone who organised the weekend.

Linz and Rob

Ps. We got home at 1.30 and for some reason we were both in need of a 2 hour sleep

Quick check in from me too (back home 90 mins ago)
GREAT weekend. GREAT people, GREAT roads, eventful weather.

Big Thanks to Nick, Tony & Ellie for organising, Steve and Terry for backmarking and everyone else for making it an enjoyable and memorable weekend.
Big Thanks to Rob & Linz for looking after DBD and me at the campsite. (oh and Linz for being a great Pillion/videographer)

Hope to see y'all on another one soon
ps.(at least TWO spaces currently on Big Mac if anyone is interested)

Cheers
Rosco

Rosco wrote:
ps.(at least TWO spaces currently on Big Mac if anyone is interested)
Rosco

Gutted - just checked the dates and I know I wouldn't get the time off work. Sucks!

Next year for sure,
Chris

right, fed, watered and just opened a bottle of red....soooo ill get the thank you's out of the way first!
Thank you Nick,Ellie and Tony for a perfectly organised weekend.
Thank you Rob and Linz for putting up with Rosco and me over the weekend, perfect hosts and obviously professional campers. The bacon rolls were superb too!!
Thank you Greencat for entrusting me with a go on your stunning new Bike.
Was great to see some old friends and to make some new ones.
Nick , ill swear your thundercat has a thunderace/r1 block behind those farings, the little blat at the end was a perfect end to a perfect day!(apart from the mysterious vanishing bike).
Well done to those who joined us with very little or no previous group riding experience, some of the weather we had at times was making the roads very slippy and very daunting.
Great to see you back on the bike Tel, hope you and Robcat are both on the bikes for Big Mac in a few weeks.
And lastly well done to Mechy for taking the Ducati pincer movment and overtake in good humour
Think thats about it, looking forward to the pics and will def be making every effort to do BC4..
Tel.....this is for you-------->
And Ellie........Go on get it bought!