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Hog on the Humber 7th June 2008
On Saturday the 7th of June we woke to a rather overcast
day and on reaching HarleyWorld the rain came, but
wet’s on and after an attentive briefing, “except for
Sharon”, 22 bikes left the shop travelling at a nice easy
pace towards Worksop, through Blyth and other villages
to bypass the busy roundabout at Bawtry.
Big Tone bought some for Janet, (out of her housekeeping
of course), then set about sampling almost everyone else’s
chips.
Taking the scenic route as opposed to the busy roads
which made it a pleasurable ride out. Riding through the
village of Thorn Sharon was getting rather desperate and
finding all of the facilities closed took advantage of the
“behind the bush amenities”, forgetting that the Yorkshire
Television’s Helicopter was above filming the bikes.
As we entered the Little Chef car park at South Cave
more bikes and chapters were there with the same intention,
a bite to eat and a “t” stop. After being fed and watered
and making sure that Sharon had squeezed the last
drop we left for the bridge.
On our arrival we suddenly met up with loads of other
bikes, (439 at the official count) what a sight; it was a
good time to meet up with other chapter members who
we had not seen for a while. Once registered and after
waiting in line for a short time, the whistle blew and as
the bikes started, the noise had to be heard to be believed.
The weather by now was perfect and the atmosphere
unbelievable. The ride over the bridge was awesome
with people clapping, waving off the bridges and
from the roadside I felt proud to be there.
A couple of bikes left us at this point, having prior arrangements,
but as the weather had now changed and was
quite warm the rest of us moved on and rode round to
Hornsey Mere where we had a cuppa and made sure that
Sharon was ready for the journey homeward.
We headed back, again through Beverley, through a golf
course and onto a picturesque village called Walkington,
which has it’s own duck pond right in the middle, thinking
that it would be nice to stop and explore we then we realised
that “water” “Sharon” maybe not, so we carried on
and made our way onto the Little Chef on the other side of
the M62 where everyone would make his or her own way
home
The day had been enjoyable from start to finish with many
a good laugh having been had and hopefully next year we
can take more members and give support to the relevant
charity.
After the bridge we mustered back in the car park for a
ride onto the coast, passing through Beverley, past the
Minster and onto Hornsey where we found enough room
for us all to park and to enjoy the best fish & chips that I
have had for a long time, they were that tasty that even
Royce
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