Dates are in from Colin King over at the Thames Valley Group for the section’s two big runs over the fourth weekend in June this year.
June 24th 2017 for the 8th ‘AS IT WAS BUZZ’. This is the Cyclemotor Only Run. There’s a 10.30am start from the Royal Oak pub, Pewsey, Wiltshire, SN9 5ES .
June 25th 2017 19th ‘ODIHAM RUN’. For this one, all small engined and wheezing oldies welcome! Again a 10.30am start, this time from The Four Horseshoes pub, Long Sutton, Hampshire, RG29 1TA.
Contact Colin for more info – e-mail: eieio@hotmail.co.uk.
Photo: Andrew’s Running Repairs to the Mobylette on Nick’s Birthday Run 2016
Have a good, warm run to all those heading out to Section Leader Nick Devonport’s Birthday Run which starts and finishes at Dover Transport Museum tomorrow.
As for Nick’s thoughts on this momentous occasion: “At the age of sixty, I have recently retired from what I laughingly call my career with Border Force and have handed back my handcuffs, much to Isabelle’s relief. It will be strange getting used to not getting up at silly o’clock for early shifts, not having to work nights and buying my own stationery but I hope to get to a few more runs in future and to see new areas of the country in the company of like-minded enthusiasts.”
Summer Camp 2017
Details for the section’s Summer Camp in July are yet to be finalised. We normally stay at the Kingsdown site which is beautifully situated and gives access to some great country lanes but I was hoping to show the faithful a different area this year. The Isle of Thanet, despite a reputation for kiss-me-quick hats and other less pleasant attributes, is pulling itself up by the bootstraps and there are some interesting places to visit. It is, however, impossible to get there from Kingsdown without encountering some pretty scary main roads and the local camp sites are a bit commercial and expensive. Watch this space!
Headcorn 2017
The Headcorn Aerodrome Rally will be 23-24 September 2017.
More details for both runs will be added to the club Events Calendar in Buzzing and on the website
For all of you applying for Event Permits for this year’s runs, there will be a slight delay getting them out to you due to a mishap with our Events Secretary, Liz Butler’s computer. Liz reckons it will need more than a rebore and new set of valves!
If you need to request a Permit, there is a .pdf version of the form to request an Event Permit on the club website. It can be found on at the bottom of the website’s Calendar page … but to save you looking, here’s the link: Event Permit Request Form
You can download it, print it, fill in the details of the run and post it to Liz at Rose Cottage, 5 Sandy Lane, Codsall, Wolverhampton, WV8 1EJ.
As soon as Liz is kitted out with a functioning computer, Event Permits will be issued. In the meantime, thanks to everyone for their patience.
Twelfth Night has come and gone, and Santa – caught on camera on the cover of our December issue! – has pootled and pedalled his way back to the North Pole leaving us to think about this year’s runs.
As is traditional, the Old Year ended with our South Hampshire Section’s ‘Twixmas Run’, and the New Year looks forward to Nick Devonport’s Birthday Run on January 22nd, starting at 10am from the Dover Transport Museum. It’s his 60th this year so those candles on the cake should be burning as bright as a beacon to guide you and your machine to the venue!
A note to all the Sections up and down the country to get dates for your planned runs and rallies to our website and magazine Editor so they can appear on the Club calendar – both on-line and in ‘Buzzing’. Appropriately, the Shropshire Buzzards have proved themselves the early birds in getting dates to us, with the Devon Autocyclists and The Thames Valley Group hot on their heels. It’s looking like 2017 will be a good one … Happy New Year Buzzers!!
Apologies to all you Buzzers out there as the October issue of ‘Buzzing’ is running a little late. It is, however, now with the printers and should be with you soon.
Take a look at the Club Sections on the website and you will find a new entry. The Leicestershire Enthusiasts have added info about what they get up to … so if you live in the Leicester area and that old cyclemotor or moped is languishing in the shed, get yourself along to one of their meetings at the The Queen Victoria Inn in Syston (7.30pm on the second Tuesday of the month) and you’ll soon be encouraged to be up and buzzing!!
This plea came too late for inclusion in August’s Buzzing – and it sounds like Vicky desperately needs a Knight on a Shining Moped to come to her rescue …
I spotted a Vicky 117 in a House Clearance Unit in poor condition minus engine but may contain some useful bits to a marque collector. The unit is in Caerphilly. I have 2 phone numbers as the guys are not there at all times: 07487 741640 or 07863 205640, or e-mail robs2riches@outlook.com. There is a Facebook page too – https://en-gb.facebook.com/Robs2Riches-reclaimed-household-goods-1386679171617771/. Also, there was a Lambretta which looked in very good shape but so hemmed in by furniture could not get too close and it not being ‘my bag’ as they say, didn’t push it. I will try to get a stay of execution as I think these guys only see it as scrap to be weighed in but some of our guys will see it as treasure.
The August edition of Buzzing is at the printers and should be with you in the next week or so. Usual array of reports from the East Coast Pedalers to the Shropshire Buzz’ards. There are also tales from July’s National Rally, the 25th Rando Cyclo at Sars Poteries and the first of the Wirral Wobblers’ installments from their Northern Ireland Challenge – complete with snow in May! Vintage 1920s’ Cykelaids and a very special ‘special’ also make it into the features. Oh, not forgetting the ads!
The September issue of Bike magazine (on sale now) contains a great two page article on this year’s NACC Coast to Coast Run written by Bike magazine journalist Nigel Grimshaw who entered and completed the event on his Puch Maxi moped on his first attempt. An informative article with some first class photos.
Our regular monthly meeting on the last Thursday of the month at The Corbet Arms, Uffington near Shrewsbury will be suspended until September. So NO meeting this Thursday (28th), nor on 25th August. But, it will be business as usual on 29th September.
Remember we will be at the Cleobury Mortimer Classic Bike Show on 10th-11th September – see our earlier posting. Look forward to seeing members there.
John Burgess – 01270 500469 or john@jburgess77.orangehome.co.uk
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