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"Hot Off The Press" reports on recent runs. Eventually these details together with the associated article from 'Buzzing' will find their way into the Archives, following publication. That can be two months away so this page will provide a much quicker service. (Subject of course to the Webmaster getting the details from the organisers in a timely fashion).

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South West Lincolnshire Section, Sunday 18th July 2010.
The route was from the Royal Oak pub at Long Bennington to the Bubble car museum at Byards Leap near Cranwell RAF station. Unfortunately the Bubble car museum has relocated. Initially we were told it had gone to Scotland, but later this was amended to "near Boston" (the one in Lincolnshire it is assumed).

Dog looks on with interest and Alan bows his head	Line up

Man leaps off moped	Riders are getting younger

Vince rides out

DEVON SECTION POWDERHAM CLUB STAND & CHIP SHOP RUN. 10TH 11TH JULY 2010
Record entries for the club stand for many years with 17 members and families booked in, including some coming down from Wales for the weekend, also for years "lots of sunshine". We had 31 bikes booked in with 27 bikes on display with a good range of machines from a Sinclair Zeta to an Excelsior Consort. It all started Thursday evening with our team of grass cutters and us arriving just as they were finishing the hard work, not that I was going to do anything anyway (down to one crutch now and just starting to walk again). Not sure that John Glanvill and Steve should be racing lawnmowers though, thank you to Steve, John Rowe & (son) Justin, John Glanvill, Theresa and James for all the help. This in itself was a good evening with our now security team lighting there barbeque later that night with me & Theresa staying late into the evening eating their food. Friday saw us arriving late again as normal lately with many people waiting for us as we had all the club props etc for the stand; they soon had the van cleared and happily setting things up (me pointing with my crutch to where things were to go). I did leave the roof of our gazebo home though, leaving some to go back again to look for it. Time soon arrived for our chip shop run on the bikes with John G, John R, Steve, James and me with Justin on his push bike joining us for part of the ride. I was sort of able to ride my Novio by now, with help in the initial starting of the bike but not sure how I would get on especially on the dirt track out of the showground. John R now with his Trotter running well but not previously getting past the 4mile marker, done well in completing the route after the work put into the bike. We normally have some of our riders that go there own way and this ride proved the norm with John G & Steve taking the return route on the way out, meeting up at Dawlish for the photo call. With the chip shop coming into view at Starcross we parked up and piled into the chip shop for our now famous fish and chip supper. We had not much problems with bikes but John G was having a lot of trouble with starting his Runabout, but after starting it again there and us shooting off he had stalled and couldn't restart the bike. Sadly John was unknowingly left behind and pedalled his bike back, sorry about this John it shouldn't have happened, next year we will see if anyone will do a back up trailer. Saturday and Sunday the display was put on and again many offered there help in sorting out the displays for the weekend, sun still shining. The show needed this good weather we were having after previous years of poor weather, the stand was busy a good deal of the time and some new members were signed up with one renewing his after rejoining last year. Good to have so many members entered with many old faces coming back to meet up again and good to be able to talk to people about our bikes offering help & advice when possible. This is also a social event for us and proved to be good fun once again, with John R, Justin & Steve looking after the bikes again over the weekend. Sunday night was soon hear and the stand was soon completely down, I think there was more people there helping than bikes on display at times. Too many to thank for the organizing and helping with the weekend so thankyou to you all once again. Justin though needs a special mention for his enthusiasm to offer help when needed without being asked and when I needed help at times, he loves his ride out with us on his bicycle and how he keeps up and eats so much I will never know. Well done.

Breakfast photo call	Chips won’t be long

Don’t miss this next year	Chip shop ride

Gazebo plan study	Go, false start

Grass cutting crew	I want a green buggy

John shows Trotter to John	Justin looks for the throttle

Lympstone over the Exe	Now how does it work

Rob had one when a boy, got one again now	Some of the crew at work

DEVON SECTION BUZZING TO BICKLEIGH 6th JUNE 2010
My first club ride of the year not on my bike but in the front passenger seat of the camper and back up trailer, Des at the helm, Irene & Theresa in the comfy seats to the rear. No problem with the bike apart from not being able to ride it with two crutches, with breaking my leg on April fools day it was just not going to be. Thankyou to Des, Irene & everyone else for not letting me do anything "could get use to it though" also the currant bun for looking down on us for the day. The day started off with some risk assessment in my drive and thinking some riders may not wish to fall the four foot to the path below. John Rowe arrived with his VeloSolex after a disappointing time trying to sort out his Moto Guzzi Trotter with Steve & son-in-law Peter with both Steve's Quicklys. Mike coming from Dorset with his Honda and David Benn coming from Salisbury with his Norman which was a fair way to come to meet up with us and of coarse James on his Mobylette. John & Margaret were unable to come early and would meet us at Bickleigh for the ride home. The ride started with the obligatory photo call with me trying to take photos on me crutches on the opposite side of the roads not realizing the batteries had fallen out in the drive beforehand. James took the lead with no idea where he was going apart from some pointing of fingers from the camper to the general direction of the route. Things went well for some miles with us at the rear and hoping James was going the right way and he did for a while, good job David was able to go and catch him going the wrong way again (seems to becoming one of his habits). Sadly John Rowe had problems with the Velosolex and was recovered to the trailer, joining Irene & Theresa in the rear of the camper. At Bickleigh it was good to catch up with Matthew at the Devon Railway Centre where we used to display a load of our bikes; he also mentioned we were welcome anytime in the future. After a meal at the Fisherman's Cot, with some enjoying their packed lunch and the ladies shopping at Bickleigh Mill James took the lead Home. John & Margaret had caught up with us when we arrived there and took up the rear, we new James would be alright as when he goes wandering it's always in the direction of home. I think everything must have gone well on the way home as we only caught up with everyone near the end of the ride. Most were able to stay for some time in the garden with many a bike story told, thankyou to Margaret & Theresa for sorting out the refreshments and food. Roy

Hope the ropes ok	James David John Roy Peter Steve Des

What’s that under the helmet	View from the camper 1

View from the camper 2	Velosolex must be heavy

End of Johns ride	Natter at railway centre

Fisherman’s Cot	High teas

July 11th 2010 East Coast Pedalers Display and Road Run at Ufford Bygones Rally
A blistering hot day at Ufford for our return to this event after a two year gap. Brian Barley had organised everything at very short notice after we were let down by the organisers of our original event on this date. The majority of the East Coast Pedalers rode in to the event on their machines, and their machines were added to the few that were either vanned or trailered to the venue. Tony Chapman had brought his superb Yamaha SS50 - the forerunner to the FS1-E - all the way up from Essex for us to oogle at, he must have been impressed by the East Coast Pedaler set up as he soon filled in his membership form and handed over his money to join the many other like minded eccentrics that make up the NACC Ltd.. As there was so much to see and do at the Rally, an executive decision was made to forego the planned road run - it was too hot anyway ! We were going to see if we could get Dave's Berini running, but despite the fact that the new Gazebo is far bigger than our previous one, the desire to get out from under the sun meant it was constantly full of bodies so we couldn't get a bike under there ! There was a Mobylette for sale on one of the stalls, but at £300 it was still there at the end of the day, Guy got the bargain of the day though - a Propane Gas Blowtorch complete with full gas bottle for £5 !! Once again everyone had a great time, our next event will be Terry's Summer Evening Run on July 21st, then we have a couple of weks break before we tackle our "Side to Side" run from Ness Point to St.David's Head.

The 2010 Uttoxeter Show Couple of pictures of the club stand at this years Uttoxeter show.

East Coast Pedalers Waldingfield Report June 27th 2010
The hottest day of the year saw us gather at Great Waldingfield Village Hall for the first "Waldingfield Wander" road run. Geoff Daw, Alan & Maureen Bloys were there to welcome us with Tea, Coffee and home made refreshments, and despite the blistering hot weather, a minor football match going on somewhere in South Africa, a big local motorcycle show just down the road and a host of other things going on we still managed to get ten NACC members to brave the heat and take part in the superb run that our Sudbury hosts had organised. Some members had ridden their machines to the starting point including John Gates on his NSU Quickly and Brian Denver on his Honda 125 ( Puch Maxi waiting for parts ), who had rode in from Clacton, Trevor Seymour had ridden his Honda C70 in from Lavenham, Geoff had only a few hundred yards to ride, whilst the rest of us brought our machines in vans or on trailers. Geoff led us out on the run with Alan at the rear with Maureen and Daphne in the recovery vehicle there to pick up the casualities if required. A lovely ride through some very scenic roads followed although we did have a few hills to contend with ... there were plenty of nice views to enjoy and all too soon we were at the scheduled Lunch stop at Lamarsh lion, a tasty Lunch was enjoyed and we then made our way back to the village hall for yet more homemade cakes and very welcoming refreshing Elderflower cordial drinks. A great day and we thank Geoff, Alan and Mauren for all their hard work in getting this event established. Riders were: Val Dearsley - Yamaha QT50, Debbie Doy - Yamaha FS1-E, John Gates - NSU Quickly, Brian Denver - Honda CB125T, Geoff Daw - Garelli Bimatic, Alan Bloys - Moby AV76, Terry Keable - Honda PC50, Barry Lewis - Honda Camino, Trevor Seymour - Honda C70, Carl Squirrell - Honda PC50 + Sidecar.

THAMES VALLEY GROUP 12th ODIHAM RUN. JUNE 27 2010 Photographs by Robert Hummerstone .

AS IT WAS BUZZ. JUNE 26th 2010 at THE ROYAL OAK. VALE OF PEWSEY Photographs by Robert Hummerstone .

East Coast Pedalers East Coast Pedalers Breck Farm Report June 5th / 6th 2010
The second Breck Farm Camping Weekend held at Breck Farm Camp Site was very well attended and we had several members who travelled a long way to see what us East Coast Pedalers get up to. The drama started on Friday night when we had a phone call to say that John Dainty who had come down from Durham had broken the drivebelt on his Ariel 3 and could we find a replacement ? A few phone calls and we had one organised for delivery the following day - mind you as events turned out some of us wished that we hadn't been able to find one ! When the locals arrived on Saturday morning there were already many people there with their machines on display. Including our long distance travellers John, Harvey and Gill Spencer, Chris Saunders & Luke Booth who had camped Friday night along with Norfolk members Dave Arnott and Barrie and Janet Brasted. Our routemaster Keith Ashby arrived mid afternoon, unfortunately his normally reliable New Hudson had expired a few days earlier so he had booked the "Track Spare" Novio for the weekend, after a few minutes tution on the intricities of Japanese machinery he felt confident enough to lead us out on the Saturday "Slowped " run, as expected some weird and wonderful machines lined up for the off including: Luke's Bernadi Buzz, Dave Watson's Cyclemate ( a Cyclemaster engine in a Norman frame), Dave Arnott's Moby AV32, Mark Gibb on the Breck Farm Honda Express which was donated to us last year, John on the Ariel 3 with replacement belt fitted, and myself on "Le Mobchop" along with some more conventional machines such as Ray Gibb's Motobecane, Chris's James Autocycle, Barries Puch X50, Harvey' Raleigh RM8 Runabout, Gill's PC50. Keith led us out and we succesfully crossed the busy road just outside the campsite, and then the problems began ! Dave's Cyclemate played up and he disappeared down a downhill sideroad in an effort to get it started and was never seen again ! Next John's Ariel 3 stopped and took some persuading to get running again so a few of us got left behind, undaunted after a few minutes changing plugs and cleaning carburettor jets we got underway hoping to catch up the leading pack before the scheduled first stop at a very nice moated castle, we found our way there ok and had a good look around and were just about to leave when Keith and the others drew in ! apparently we had taken a shorter route hence our early arrival ! Eventually we again left as one group - minus Dave Watson of course - but again the Ariel 3 played up and I was summoned to get on it and make it go, John jumped onto the Mobchop and after much pedalling I persuaded the Ariel to get going, Mark also had problems with the Express which was smoking a lot but going nowhere fast, a large screwdriver was poked up its rear orifice and suddenly the Japanese horsepower was unleashed, Barrie had a few problems with the Puch but eventually that joined in the fun too, at the first opportunity I jumped off the Ariel 3 and John reluctantly took over the controls, but it played up throughout the run and I spent most of the run hanging the rear end of the tempermental 3 wheeler out on every corner as it only seemed to want to run flat out despite Dave's best efforts at keeping the jets clear, anyway John enjoyed himself riding the Mobchop despite it's lack of rear suspension. Eventually we made it back to the campsite to be greeted by Dave Watson who had returned there to get on his other machine - a New Hudson Autocycle - but that too played up so eventually he just gave up.... 15 miles in 3 hours ..... must be a record !!! Quote of the weekend from Mark Gibb "That was how NACC runs used to be " We just looked at him and walked off !!! Dave Arnott had organised a superb campfire and barbecue and thankfully we were able to enjoy better weather this year and a good time was had by everyone and we all laughed at what had happened on the first slowped run and hoped that with a bit more planning we can do it again next year. A large group of Harley riders pitched up next to us and we were expecting scenes reminiscent of the 60s Mods and Rockers riots on Brighton Beach in the 70s and half expected our bikes to end up on their campfire, but they were very friendly and mosy of them were asleep in their tents by 10.00pm !!!! Sunday dawned bright and Sunny and other members started to arrive, Brian Hastings with his lovely Bown Autocycle was an early arrival, closely followed by Barry and Val on their Honda Camino and Yamaha QT50, day member Gary Garett joined us on a Suzuki B100P. A plan was formed to ensure that we wouldn't get split up and once again Keith led us out, some machine swapping had been arranged as this was going to be a 30mile run, John wisely decided against using the Ariel 3 and blagged another outing on the Mobchop, Dave Watson rode Mark's Honda PC50, Dave Arnott was on his more modern Mobylette, Luke was on a Bantam engined BSA Beadle (A BSA Bagel ?), Mark was on a Mobylette, Ray on his NSU Quickly, whilst I had already arranged to use Roly's (Who couldn't make the event) PC50. Keith had devised a superb route taking in Blickling Hall ( we visited both the front and rear entrances) and other places of interest, Lunch was taken at Aldborough and then purely by chance we were invited to view a private collection of machines owned by the inventor of the Sidewinder leaning sidecar, we only encountered a brief shower and thankfully there were no machine problems, we did lose Barrie and Gary after they decided to head back early but we all returned safely back to the campsite. All in all a superb weekend, our visitors all enjoyed the weekend and we hope to se them at future events. Our thanks to Dave and Keith for organising everything for us all, and to everyone that turned up to support the event. Spare a thought for Mick "Soapy" Sudds though; he turned up at the campsite ten minutes after we had set off, spent a couple hours looking for us on the coastal roads (which we used last year ) and then gave up and rode hope and got drenched in the pouring rain !!!!!

AV32 first club run	Chris and Dave keeping warm

Dave's Norman cyclemate	Familiar view of Ariel carb

fettling mobchop	Honda Express

Luke clutch adjusting	Old Norfolk ruin

Spencers Raleigh RM8

The 2010 Coast To Coast Run Absolutely biting wind and rain. Seventy riders signed, 61 bikes.on the road. Large number of Cyclemasters and rather a lot of PC50s. Group of Fizzys, autocycles, two blokes from France, in fact lots and lots of bikes of every conceivable type travelling at various speeds strung out over many miles. Grumpy sighted at various points with his bike in bits - who would have thought you could hear a mad Yorkshireman by the side of the road swearing from the inside of a Honda Civic going past at 60 mph with the windows closed and the radio on! By the first stop the the wind had dropped and the sun was nearly visible - looks to be the biggest C to C yet - what a joy.

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