Leyburn - Friday 23rd Sept 2016

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Hi all, Just been up to the Golden Lion to put names to rooms:-
Terry&Bea 2 nights room 4
Ross&DBD 2 nights room 5
Bob&Pete 2 nights room1
Christian&Tim 1 night room 9
Billy&Paul 2 nights room 1
If anyone wishes to contact them the No. is 01969622161 ask for Maxine or Debbie. The normal room rate is £45pp per night including full English breakfast, but have managed to get it down to £40. Anyone else wishing to come please contact the hotel direct, and either mention my name or S&T. Thanks.

Another attendee, John Armitage is joining us. He lives in Cheltenham and is staying with us for the 2 nights, I'm sure quite a few of you know him, he has been on quite a few of our runs. He used to run a couple of BMs but currently runs a Kwak and a Triumph explorer. Chicken Tim has suggested that seeing as quite a few attendees are coming a fair distance it would be a good idea to have a run out on the Friday afternoon, perhaps to Whitby and or Scarborough or similar. Agreements or other suggestions please post up. Is Cheltenham not too far from you Tel, might be a plan to ride up together, just a thought. Tim and Christian have now decided to stay for the 2 nights, I think they were worried about missing out on a piss up. Sept. seems a long way away but will soon come round. Any more for anymore, there is still room at the Golden Lion. Come on the more the merrier.

terry lees wrote:
. Is Cheltenham not too far from you Tel,

Do you mean me

Sorry to be a bit vague, but yes.

Tes,
Do we or did we pay deposits for the rooms??
I canny remember.

No deposits paid yet, will let you know as and when.

0ldcat wrote:

terry lees wrote:
. Is Cheltenham not too far from you Tel,

Do you mean me  

terry lees wrote:Sorry to be a bit vague, but yes.

'T'is about 120 miles south of me Tez, and depends on his route of choice heading up whether he would want to hook up for the journey north. But yeah, I'd appreciate the company on the ride in

On an off topic . . . How goes yer Herr/Frau Beamer ? How are you getting along with it ? . . .
Had a wee problem with mine just recently
They loaned me an R1200R courtesy bike for the weekend. Same engine as ours, geared slightly differently, has "normal" front forks and is of course completely naked. Great fun in the backwoods, bloody horrible on motorways and over long distances

Sorry to hear of your BM problems, there was a recall on mine for a revised clutch master cylinder, but other than that its been trouble free. Must say I'm really enjoying it, done 7,500 miles on it so far. its as economical as the CBR returning almost 60mpg. Back to S&T John was of the opinion that to make such a long journey worthwhile he would want 2 days rideouts, which is why we are considering riding out to the east coast on the Friday afternoon. If you or anyone else fancy this (it would obviously mean leaving fairly early) please post up, and I'll give you Johns tel. no. and arrangements. Chicken Tim, Christian, Bob & Pete, and myself are up for it
Cheers the noo Terry

Ah I see.

I'll run the concept passed the grown-up trouser wearer. This will necessitate an amendment to the leave application form and quite possibly a pocket-money augmentation

Slight alterations to master list:-

Terry & Bea 2 nights room 4
Ross & DBD 2 nights room5
Bob & Pete 2 nights room 1
Chris & Tim 2 nights room 9
Billy & Paul 2 nights room 14
John A 2 nights single room
Anyone else is more than welcome, when I checked on Wed. there were still rooms available, ,for others who may wish to camp there is a site a mile away behind a pub directly opposite where I live, just post up for more info.

Alright Terry, that's me booked in from the Thursday so I will be looking for a rideout on the Friday, looking forward to it my mileage is pretty poor this year..

Davie...

That's brilliant Davie, haven't seen you since last year. Nearer the time let me know your eta, and as long as its not too late I'll come up and have a pint with you. Presume you booked a single, if any more put their name forward would you mind sharing if it became necessary?

Doesn't look like I can get the Friday off work so I will be riding across Friday evening after wok but if things change I may be up for Friday ride too.

Paul

OK Paul no problem, let me know nearer the time. Thanks

Terry, I've booked a room Thursday-Sun. It's single occupancy double, so if there is a shortage of accommodation we can look at sharing.

Friday morning I'll probably pootle up to Richmond and pop into Alt-Berg, be free in the afternoon for the ride-out

Aye booked a single Terry, I don't mind sharing if it helps the acommodation situation

Sounds like a good plan Steve, as I was also planing a new set of boots...

Davie...

I'm not going there for boots Davie, I'll be walking in wearing a pair of theirs. More an excuse visit, might get a tin of Leidergris boot polish and some laces and chancing my luck that they may buff mine up, last of the big spenders but when in Yorkshire If nothing else having a glimpse of the factory through the window is worth it.

I'd suggest you have a look on their website for the range they have as chances are very few boots will be on display - they are made to order, usually a 6 week lead time. Even if you wanted to walk out with boots I very much doubt you'd be able to.

I could email them and ask for a fitting appointment, say 10:30 so you'd know exactly what to order if you do at a later date - I'll also ask if they'd do some magic on mine.

Brilliant Steve, numbers creeping up nicely.

Steve, Davie, they usually have a load of the 'Roadrunner' boots available off the shelf. These aren't made to measure but are a great boot.

For the other boots, they will normally do a fitting if you just walk in and wait.

Cheers,

Chris

Thanks Steve/Chris I will have a look at the site, and see what I think

Davie...

PS: Terry, Yeh I will be up for a pint on the Thursday evening

Another one, Ray has decided to join us. Not everyone will know Ray, he's one of the blue rinse brigade from the Blackpool area, just been on the Big Mac with us, just like me he's a kindly old gent, and rides a bike pretty good. I think that's about 14 of us now, so come on get your names down, there's still room at the inn. A nice round figure of 20 would be ideal.

When are deposits due to be paid for rooms Tez ?
Cheers
Tel

Out of interest, I called the hotel today as we thought we might pop down but turns out there's no longer any room at the inn


PS Terry, Debbie is looking for you. Could you pop in or give her a call some time. Ta.

Hi Jill, Thanks for the heads up, spoke to the landlord yesterday, seems there is a little confusion, hope to sort it Monday, if you fancy coming there's plenty other accom. available nearby, you can sort it yourself, or I can do it, just let me know, would be great to have you two in my neck o the woods.

Thanks Terry - I've booked in somewhere else, so we'll be there (assuming holidays are approved...).

Regards Ian

Brilliant, well done, been really busy the last few days, and haven't had chance to speak to the G/Lion, There might be slight issues there, hope to speak to them tomorrow.