Reports
of
Section Runs and Meetings for 2024
Reports are listed in reverse order i.e. newest first. At the start of
a New Year they
will be removed to the page called the 'previous year' on the
Lounge drop down button above.
the
photos use a slide show type of presentation, just click any photo to
start there.
14th
July - 3 Castles Run
Organised
by Andy - those turning out were Bryn T, John H, Andy W, Wayne B and
Vince C. All went well I'm told, apart from Vince's Comet which decided
to
play up - so he headed home early.
16th
June - Banbury Run
As
usual, I was voluteered to sort out the concours awards for the
Banbury. It was a super but tiring day, I must say. Luckily there were
only around 350 machines that needed judging. One of the judges did not
turn up, but I had the job done by just after noon. Richard Williams,
who was our area rep, attended the trophy presentation and did not feel
too well so called the paramedics and was soon on his way to hospital -
he came out the following day with a pace-maker fitted and is now
recovering
well at home.
10th
June - Bring a bike night
Not a great turn out but we had a very worthy winner in a 1935 Nimbus,
ably restored by Robin Davies.
19th
May - Black Mountain event
Rob
and myself had entered this event and I managed to convince Howard that
he should come with me as navigator. Basically, we had a good day out
with a superb run around some of the lanes in the Black Mountain area.
14th
April - Spring run
Bob, Bryn, Rob and Howard met up at
Llanharry Workman's Club for the Spring Run. It was a bright
morning as the Norton Commando, Triumph Bonneville, Velo MAC and Honda
400/4 headed through Pencoed and then west along the A48. We joined the
M4 for one junction before heading up the valley towards Afon Argoed
and Cymmer. We stopped at the Bwlch for a cup of tea as the weather had
turned chilly. From here Bob and Bryn headed to Maesteg and home while
Rob and Howard journeyed through the Rhondda to Aberdare and another
tea stop before they reached home.
6/7th
April - Cheddar weekend
Howard
and Carol, Rob Jones, Bruce and Di, plus Jean and myself all entered
the Cheddar weekend. Rob managed to win his class, whilst the rest of
us all disappeared without trace on the results sheet. Jean was unable
to ride with me, so Rob opted to navigate on the Saturday and we had a
good day out, despite getting my Lomax sideways on one rather mucky
lane. It rained at one point and Rob and I were mesmerised by the
windscreen wiper on the Lomax, which actually worked and was doing a
good job. So much so that we missed the next instruction on the route
sheet, however, all turning out ok in the end.
27th
March
This day was the bus trip to Sammy Millers Museum. Things got off to a
start at 8am, with a near full bus. The trip was slowed by a few
traffic queues on the way, but the visit was good, including a personal
tour of the workshop by Sammy himself. The trip back home was nice and
straight forward with a good day having been had by all.
22nd
January
This
evening was to be our presentation dinner at the Llanharry club, but we
cancelled it as there was poor support. We did give out the few
trophies that we could though.
