Sunday 3 March 2019

When South is in the Midlands

We are both on Motorbike Women a Facebook group that has attracted a large number of women bikers from across the globe in 2018 the admin team held its inaugural rally for women only. Originally there was a South and North which finalised in just the rally in 'South' which was near Worcester which I have to say to us maids from Cornwall was fairly North.
Debbie, Mel and I met at our favourite starting point The Chequered Flag Cafe had our bikes checked over by Rob and tucked into a light breakfast to fuel the journey.

The first few miles were fairly event free until Launceston when the road was inexplicably grid locked - this is where two wheels comes into its own as were able to weave our way through the static caravans and cars. At one point it felt like we were magnets as we were seemingly drawing vehicles to pincer close on us. Its one of those strange phenomenons whereby some drivers wish that they had chosen to ride a motorbike and would like to keep gazing at our beautiful physiques from their wing mirrors. The weaving journey kept us on our toes requiring us to pull off  the motorway at Exeter for a left hand break, and an optimistic idea that things might improve. It didn't!
We reached Gloucester services about 16.00hours and had a very late lunch before switching on Google maps to find the rally site.

The campsite was located by the river, sunshine, scenic, peaceful and a pub just what we needed for a great weekend. The temptation of the bar did encourage two of us to get the tents pitched quick smart. The first night party with live music allowed all the ladies to shake any muscle aches from the journey loose. The MW South organising team ensured that no-one was left out and no wallflowers were allowed. I was able to observe some awesome persuasion techniques put into force at 2am when the disco bar had closed and the barman was considering closing the hotel/pub bar.

Waking to warm sunshine was most pleasant, Debs returned reporting that the showers were awesome and that I should save my wet wipes for another day. Ha well she could hardly contain her mirth when I returned with blue fingers and toes having found the water went cold once the shampoo was on.

The Rally held a combination of ride outs and competitions which allowed us to take in the elegance of some ladies rides and complement those with the skill to make their own mark on their RAT.
The day continued with significant amounts of eating and a pleasant nap to sleep off the hangover that had been lurking all morning. Are you getting the picture of what a pair of party animals we are?

This trip did confirm that we were getting to grips with some good ideas for keeping warm and dry in our ever changing British weather.  All in one waterproofs were pretty effective in keeping both then wind and rain out.  The Revit brand from Lidl comes with an  elasticated waistband and lots of velcro closure taps to keep the fit snug.

T-Shirt collection addition number 2.








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