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Well the club I think has just had one of its best club nights for new members - 3 in just one evening. I will write a bit more about our new members when I have done a bit more research. Tagging orders, oustanding convictions etc.
A great week and great company, we had spills, thrills and many pints! plus we ended up at the Northwest 200 for the races. More details to follow. I will add over the next few days Note that there is a very good write up on the route on the Forum, well done Michael.
Day 1 - Sat, Johnstone to Stranraer (in the rain..), ferry to Belfast, down the motorways, paying tolls and arriving at a camp site in small coastal town of Rush just north of Dublin. It was here that we realised just how dear the booze was in Ireland!.. 20 Euros for 2 pints and 2 pints of coke - yee gods!..
Day 2 - Sun, The sun is shining! From Rush north of Dublin, through Dublin (not planned..) out through Wicklow and then turned inland and over the mountains towards Bennetsbridge near Kilkenny for the next nights camping.
Day 3 - Mon, The sun is really shining and we set off from Bennetsbridge heading for Bantry Bay, this was a long haul. We stopped off a few times plus we had a light meal in Mitchelstown and a visit to a cash machine to replenish my dwindling stocks of Euro's. Macroom had a lot of history and a big castle! Arrived at campsite at Glengarrick, went for a meal of Irish Stew (great!..) and followed up at the campsite bar with many pints and games of pool.
Day 4 - Tue, so some slight hangovers and the cooked breakfast was not the usual quality affair that we were used to. So off we set later than usual and Martin broke his clutch lever about 10 miles up the road. While Martin and Andy went to find a bike shop, we manged to use a bit of road sign as a clutch lever instead. I think we were all suffering from heatstroke and lack off drink and food! So it was short run to the next campsite on the outskirts of Killarney.
Day 5 - Wed, we had a good meal last night in a Chinese but we were not in best of moods in the morning as we had a cold sandwiich breakfast and some milk. But we did fix up Martins clutch lever and he wasnt as sore after his spill. So off we set and headed towards Galway, we stopped for a coffee and some soup in Tarbert I think, but we were all grumpy plus it was not great weather and we called time at Galway and booked into a Hotel to recover. Price was good 59 Euros for a 99 Euro room and even better for the remaining sods who got theirs for 29 Euros including a great breakfast after complaining about some noise - aye right!.. Bastards..
Day 6 - Thur, Well we all had a good night and recovered a bit, however it just pissed down and decided to make a run for a camp site at Strandhill near Sligo, but it wasnt great so we ended up in Sligo while Michael got us a good rate for Sligo City Hotel. So another night in comfort. Martin and Michael shared a bed and we have some terrible stories and pictures, however its all behind me said Martin. We tried a few boozers at night and I arranged for an early morning call for room 105 for 8:00am which was great, its just a pity that room 105 was actually the room I stayed in while I was in Galway - I was tired.. Anyway it got the sod in room 105 up nice and early..
Day 7 - Fri Well we got away from Sligo in the rain and headed for NI to meet up with Jim, the weather was mixed but we made good time and got to the campsite in early afternoon.
Good to see Rab Campbell back out for a visit. Plus there was a reasonable turn out of members, I hear Hugh had a "Michael Squires" moment outside the when parking his bike.
Good turmout with six bikes outside, including Iain Mortons 1300 Hyabussa or whatever it is. Plus there was a surprise appearance of Davie McGinnagal, times look a bit hard for old fella as the "Pot Black" Grecian 2000 was fading a bit.
Note that the Regalia page has been updated with stocks, colours and sizes of these exiting new additions to our "urban streetware range". You will not find items like these in the Hein Gericke catalogue..
Now our good friend Andy has "managed", to get a whole host of workshop manuals in electronic format for all manner of bikes - so you dont need to buy an expensive manual! All you need to do is to buy Stephen a pint on a Monday night (I am Andy's front man), let me know what manual you want and leave it to me..
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Its probably not one of the best known rider awareness parts of the new CBT test . But at least this young lady seems to have worn some sensible shoes.. 
Day 1 Sat, Meeting up with Billy in Newry. Billy and family joined us for lunch on the way to Dublin.
Day - 1 Sat, The boys forcing down another drink. It had been a long and tiring days riding..
Day - 2 Sun, after Mass we all headed to a vilage boozer for breakfast / lunch. This I think is Carnew on route from Wicklow towards Kilkenny
Day 2 Sun, Tents up and ready to head off into Bennetsbridge for a cool drink, some grub for breakfast and a few cans for the evening!..
Day 3 Mon, pretty sure this is Clonmel. It was great weather and we were trying I think to find a camping shop for Michael as his air bed just farted all night..
Day 3 Mon, this was at Macroom, the place had lots of character, we had stopped at a car park for a break as we had clocked up a lot of miles in the sun and we were dying to have a paddle in the water!
Day 4 Tue, this was a bad start as we spent a lot of time trying to cook breakfast on a stove while the wind was blowing.. worse was to follow with Martins clutch lever..
Day 4 - Tue, on route to Killarney from Kenmare - this was classed as the N71.. Really twisty and no chance of passing anything, but nice scenery and it was still sunny!
Day 5 - Wed Killarney Camp site, the weather had changed and the mist was coming down followed by rain 
Day 5 - Wed this is the worst tent I have ever slept in. I did remember its room number 105 the next day, wrong Hotel right enough.. 
Day 6 - Thur spot the wet weather gear and Martin looking dazed.. Well he had had a long hard night with Michael. As for Andy. I think we are in a pub in Tuam for some soup and coffee - but I could be wrong!
Day 6 - Thur well we ave arrived in Sligo and about to try this pub and see if it meets our exacting standards - it didnt!..
Day 7 - Fri Andy gets a stiffy over the bike he always wanted.. We had stopped for petrol we thought.. It turns out it was for Mr. Coffee - aka Michael. 
Day 7 - Fri At long last we met up with Jim at the campsite in Bushmills. Jim had travelled over early on Friday morning 
Good picture of Graham on the run. Other members that took part were Andy and Jim
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