Bishops Castle 5 2013 - Enter the Dragon

**ellie** Fri Jan 04 2013, 20:44

First topic message reminder :

To allow time for you guys & gals to save beer tokens & build up enough Brownie points etc a date of Saturday 8th June has been decided for BC5.

As usual the ride will be centered around Shropshire & Wales & peeps are welcome to join for just the rideout or to B&B/camp for both the Friday & Saturday nights with food in the local hostelries which will be announced in due course.

B&B's are aplenty & most will take a booking in advance without requiring payment untill the weekend in question so its always a good idea to book early as last year it got very busy with a local wedding taking up some of the B&B's we normally use.

Below is a link to the main places to stay all within easy walking distance & please just ask if we can offer any help or advice, The Claremont also have as well as B&B a property which can be shared by a number of peeps who may wish to reduce costs by sharing & if I remember correctly a garage they have allowed us to use for the bikes in the past.

The Foxholes Camp site have a Bunk house, Static Caravan & Camping available.

Thanks Nick & Ellie

http://www.bishopscastle.co.uk/tourism/accommodation_bc.htm

http://foxholes-castle.co.uk/index.html

**bobh** Sun Jun 09 2013, 22:57

I'm a bit late checking in - but why break the habit of a lifetime?

I think everything's already been said by others, but anyway, a perfect weekend. Huge thanks to Nick, Ellie and everyone else who did so much to make it such a success. And to Greencat for (and I'm struggling here to avoid saying anything that might be taken the wrong way) being the perfect room-mate.

It was great to meet up with so many of you and finally put some faces to the names, after all the time I've been on the forum. Mustn't wait so long until next time!

**ellie** Mon Jun 10 2013, 07:19

Some fantastic pics Steve!

**littlecat** Mon Jun 10 2013, 07:55

checked in on fb last night and forgot to do so on here.
got home late afternoon after a detour to spend the afternoon chilling in the sun at cmc and mooching round the shop.
great weekend, was lovely to see everyone, and enjoy riding some fabulous roads, really great route.
roll on bc6 Smile

**ellie** Mon Jun 10 2013, 20:58

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**mrfrance** Mon Jun 10 2013, 21:58

Once again a magical weekend! A huge thanks to Nick and Ellie and the tail end charlies for making the ride out smooth and full of thrills. Met some great new people and enjoyed the company of the same old one ones. Thanks to the cabin the crew for making the mornings/nights eventful especially Stevecat for being hospitable and generous as ever.

Just watched some of Steve's video, really want to get back out there again soon what a place Wales is when the sun comes out! Feeling a bit down now it's over, really miss the company, banter and actually being able to chat about bikes all day long. Roll on the next one, hopefully see many of you at TOL.

Cheers

Paul

**prime** Mon Jun 10 2013, 22:33

**prime** Mon Jun 10 2013, 22:38

brilliant weekend, again thanks to everyone who made it so great. excellent organisation, great crowd, brilliant roads and wonderful chefs doing breakfast. I wish id had a camera on bike cos I can hardly remember a bloody thing about the places we went through. roll on next trip whenever I can make it, ill be there.