The best photos will be featured in the magazine and will also appear on here for the delight of the regular RC audience.

At the end of the riding season there will be prizes for those riders who bag the most Nortons, discover previously un-explored Nortons, make an outstanding effort on really old motorcycles, or come up with the worst jokes imaginable on the Norton Challenge theme. Plus the Norton Owners' Club are threatening to join in the fun this summer, with the promise of a special prize for Norton riders.

So here's a few Nortons to get you started…

Roy Plowman says; 'In the spirit of creative interpretation of the rules (You can ride anything you like; you can go anywhere you like -- and I had a good time doing it), can I submit this for this year's challenge? Nortons are just sooo last year, don't you think?

Tiger Arts, according to Google, is or was a showroom for local artists, with a cafe in the back... having trundled over to Malvern, I had to swallow my pride when it turned out to have become a twee florists! Now then Frank, how about a trip to Tigerton?'

Ian Woolley seems top be having a little trouble with clarity of communication: 'Picture the scene: a peripatetic drug dealer working in a strange shop is asked what he does in his spare time. To make conversation he mentions the Norton Challenge. A confused look drifts across the faces of the staff: the pharmacy staff of North Yorkshire are plainly not au fait with the ways of motorcyclists. Then one member of staff suddenly has an idea. Their visage changes from bafflement to a beaming grin.

"If thas after Nortons thas wants to go yon side of Kirkby. You'll find un there".

'So I did: I went to the far side of Kirkby Moorside and found Nawton.

'Luckily I wasn't on a Norton so I didn't go to Norton and I wasn't on a Norton.'

Meanwhile, Richard Holt wasn't on a Norton twice, but he did find two very different Nortons. And one of them is right next to 'Victim Support'. Hmm…

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Over in the USA, Tom Nordmeyer on his Sunbeam S8 and Chris Smith on her RE outfit discovered Norton Park; while several thousands of miles away and in an entirely separate excursion (but on the same continent so we grouped 'em together with that charming lack of geographical grip for which we are renowned) Roger Slater also bounced into action, proving that Nortons have superior stoppers…

And finally, PaulG80 demonstrates that it doesn't really matter where you go or what you ride. It's the going and the riding that matter. And who said he was a bit of a rogue anyway?

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