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10th August 2010 |
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A Classic Camping Trip
The Lincolnshire Wolds offer an array of interesting roads to ride and brews to imbibe. Paul the Destroyer joined a camping weekend of RC readers who aimed to explore both attractions... Seeing as the summer was upon us (and for a change it really was summer), Thumpersloper Pete decided to organise a weekend camp. I had naturally said I'd be there -- as what's a camp without a little destruction? I had the day off work on the Friday and set about packing the Honda 750. Pete had stipulated classic-only transport so as it is from 1978 I figured it would do. I plumbed the co-ordinates into the trusty sat nav and I was off. It was a really uneventful journey along mostly arrow straight roads like the A15 and A16 and only got interesting near to the final destination.
Paul the Destroyer's Honda CB750F1
Pete was waiting with the BSA three-wheeler and in true top gear fashion I was the first to arrive. So it was up with the Day-Glo canvas bubble and start a brew going. Whilst I was waiting for the kettle to boil I unveiled the first of my secret weapons. It took the form of a tyre pump compressor that ran off the 12V power supply I have on the bike. Trust me this is the easy way to blow your airbed up. It was around then that Notts Ian arrived on his Viper and was soon followed by Bryan (Abo) on his Enfield. Pete was hoping for a few more as he had around ten positive responses to his initial idea.
Notts Ian's Velocette Viper
The venue for the weekend's merriment was the Green Man pub in Scamblesby, just two miles from Cadwell Park race circuit in the heart of the Lincolnshire wolds. Run by Tim and Anne it's been a motorcyclist friendly pub for some years. The walls are decorated with photos and art all connected with bikes and riders. After a good meal of fish and chips we started on the important job of beer tasting. The ale was A Taste of Spring and jolly nice it was too. You must understand, dear reader, we do this research so that you don't have to! It was while we were still ensuring that taste was the same throughout the whole barrel that LJ appeared. We continued our research until closing time to ensure we all concurred with each other's opinion.
LJ's BSA
After a surprisingly cold night, morning broke upon us heralded by the sound of the primus stove fettling session. Now I'd quite like one of these primus things but the amount of effort that goes into getting them lit is a bit of a faff, so I'll stick with gas I think. As our thoughts turned to breakfast I unveiled my next secret weapon, a disposable barbeque. Once lit and at the right consistency it made the morning bacon and sausages taste just lovely. The road run was due to leave about 11am so we waited until about 11:30 in case anyone else showed up (they didn't) and then we set off.
Abo Bryan's Royal Enfield
Pete led the way in his three-wheeler with LJ behind followed by Bryan with me bringing up the rear. The Lincolnshire wolds really are a pretty place to ride with lots of great lanes and roads. We stopped for lunch in Wragby and we decided to deviate from the route planned and take to the really small lanes. At the lunch stop I passed my camera to Harry the van boy to get some action shots from the back of the three-wheeler. The roads for the last bit were fabulous. There was either deep gravel or grass growing up the middle. When we got back it was that strange bit of the weekend where it was too early to get in the pub and as we had lunch there wasn't too much else to do. I filled the few hours chilling out with a book, Greek coffee and a quiet snooze.
After a warmer night we awoke to find Sunday morning a little overcast and we all departed after breakfast to go our separate ways. LJ and Pete were off to Newark, Bryan was off home to Derbyshire and I was returning to Destruction Central.
The weekend was great, aided and abetted by the lovely weather. There was talk of maybe making it an annual thing so next year book your place and have great time just hanging out, relaxing telling lies and spinning yarns. Thanks go to Pete for organising it. |
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