Adventure Bike Rider

MR X wrote:



How many SHECKLES TO THE POUND nower days

I will be posting something along similar lines in a week or three !!!!

Phil

PHILinFRANCE wrote:
30 of us in the Balkans off roading using waypoints for a route Phil. We all had Garmins, of which was the 60csx, 62s or the expensive Montana. Hope this helps.

PHILinFRANCE wrote:


General Labourer, will work for beer and food, I am 6' 3" and 20 Stone, second thoughts that will break the bank

Phil....

email sent

We will have a weekend or ten B4 then Phil will show you how the witch craft works

But if you were to spend some on a gps It would only be a Garmin lol

But once you have gone down the GPS route there will be none of this sticking your wet finger in the air shit lol

@ Harty , yep they look the way to go only prob for me is the screen size !!!! old eyes , you know what i mean

@ Big Daddy ...........wine and Pork are dirt cheap out here , you not jewish are you

@ Tramp , i'll take a look in a mo.

@ Mr X .....that wet finger has ALWAYS got me out of trouble

If my mate ever manages to move over then we will have a bolt hole in Swiss Normandy as a stop off. Phill, he is a builder with his own digger if thats of any use and is moving and renting from August. I'm up for a recce at some point too.

MrX..phil cant use a bloody computer let alone a gps too many options..and what if the wind changed direction while he was out ..

I'm definitely interested in a northern france trip - a long weekend or mon-fri is ideal. Something suitable for little bikes too please

I'm in, providing a few more of the "Bad boys" of HISS are too ?

James (Jacqueslemac) should be along soon. He's got a nice big gaff in Cormolain !

Looks fantastic

A couple of things -

The numbers - it would need to be open to many ABR members - min 100.

If you are looking to hold a limited number (min 100) then advanced payment booking will need to sorted out.

1 No commercial links, sponsors or stands what so ever.

2 No paid for talks, bands or any other distractions. Camp fires, beer and ice cream vans (selling beer) are fine.

3 You agree to organise road and green lane ride outs to show rally goers the best of your patch. The ride outs would need to be open to novice level also.

4 Provide a single page welcome sheet for all Rally goers with details of the local facilities (garage/shop/pub etc) and the ride outs (starting time/who's leading/mileage/difficulty etc)

5 All official ABR Rally events need to be authorised to save double booking clashes. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

6 For 2013 we will be printing up ABR Rally stickers, t-shirts, beanies and a few other ABR items so anyone who organises a rally will be expected to look after the sale and admin of the gear – it'll not cost organisers anything as we'll supply the stuff based on the expected numbers.

There might be a couple more basics to add to the above as we live and learn about what makes for a great ABR Rally but the whole ethos is going to be to keep it as informal and non commercial as possible. We'll make our own fun and entertainment, just like we've done in 2011 and 2012.

It would be held in 2013 - The dates I would have to look at what other ABR events are going on through the year.

Who to go to?

Gog007 is the Rally section MOD for sticky threads etc

James691 is the Events Manager (RagHand).

Both are contactable via the forum and James691 also by email.

Thanks James
I'll need all the help i can get if this comes off !!! Sorting stuff down is no prob at all but i'll no doubt be looking for advice in the future months !!

I MUST REITERATE "WE'RE MOVING HOUSE AND THINGS WILL BE ON HOLD FOR A MONTH OR 3"

All advice and tip gratefully accepted , Tram (Russ) has already been in touch , cheers mate

Phil

That's my job mate

give me an email and my reply will also have my mobile contact number on it - I can take you step by step into the sorting of a rally event my friend.

It is not as complicated as you may think and there are some simple things to ensure that all enjoy the rally and feel warmly welcome.

Hey Phil if you need any labourer for you house let me know I may have a few days off to lend a hand I'm skill in woodwork and so I can do a bit of door hanging and so on
Cheers
Miquel

If anyone's interested in Northern France then how about Brittany? I only moved back from there two years ago so still have plenty of contacts with local bike clubs who I know would be happy to help with rideouts for a bit of entente cordiale, the roads are quiet, the coastline ruggedly beautiful, the inland full of great off roading, in fact the village I lived in even has it's own purpose-built off-road arena which would challenge some of the more serious among us (and frankly scare the pants off me) run by the local 4x4 and trials bike club (club president is a former French national trials champion). And Brittany is doable in a long weekend (just)

Downsides? The weather is as unpredictable as the UK, and unless you're willing to do a long slog across the top of France then Brittany Ferries have got you by the balls as there's no competition west of Let Havre. Mind you I know they do good group booking discounts.