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Thames
Valley Group of the NACC
(A SECTION OF THE NATIONAL AUTOCYCLE AND CYCLEMOTOR CLUB LTD)
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THE TVG NEWS
LATEST NEWS HERE
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| Check out
recent runs for Odiham report |
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| 2008
BBQ - no sickie bags requested this year |
Welcome one and all to the news page of the
Thames Valley Group of the NACC.
We
have existed as a group now for over 11 years (and it don't seem a day toooo
long), with a steadfast set of bodies who turn up for meetings and events, and
some people who just drop by occasionally when they fancy it, which, we feel,
is a sign of a healthy group.
There is no leadership or
hierarchy system, all members being equal, and no type of funding arrangements,
so no problems along those lines. "Thames Valley" really means anyone who
fancies a trip out to Reading once a month - we have members coming from about
a 30 mile radius. We meet on the last Thursday of every month (December can be
a bit iffy, as Christmas can interrupt our otherwiswe happy times! - bah
humbug), gathering somewhere around 8 pm in the The Swan . Three Mile Cross .
Off the A33 near Reading. As with all true wimps, many of us arrive on four
wheels, although a few stalwarts regularly get a bike of some description out
to impress the rest of us. It is at this point that I'd like to stress that you
don't need to actually own a cyclemotor or autocycle to join us - just an
interest in the subject is all you need, an an ability to exaggerate all the
old glory days of what you've been up to with interesting machines - as in "the
older I get, the faster I went" mode. We're all experts at it.
Generally
speaking, as a group we put on two main runs during the year, the first being
the Odiham run in June, and the other being the Silchester Saunter in either
September or October. Both are around 20 or so miles long, the Saunter having a
much-loved tea stop halfway round to enable riders to re-group and chat AND
EAT.
We welcome all sorts of oldish, low-powered machines,
although a hardcore (steady boys) of us are rather besotted with the true
cyclemotors genre. But we'll talk to anybody. We also get up to other things -
we often, although not always, have a BBQ gathering in the summer, a time when
most of the ladies attached to cyclemorists can get together and chat about
things other than biking, and without the fear of abject boredom for several
hours.
We also occasionally attend other local gatherings, like the
Barnardos charity bike show, more major country shows, the bigger events like
the Festival of a 1000 Bikes, etc, etc. It really is a case of if you fancy
going to an event, then go, and promote our cyclemotoring hobby while you're at
it, please. Many of us are also VMCC members, and attend a lot of cyclemotor
events put on by them ("them" including several of the Black Boy attendees).
Advance notice, in the latter respect, is that I have two dates set for 2009 -
a revival of the Box Hill run to be held on May 17th, and our Cyclemotor Sussex
run is at the the usual pre-Pioneer run time of March 8th.
COLIN
Please feel free to join us at
the Black Boy - we'll try to make you feel very welcome.
If you need to phone about anything, please use 07703
623613. Lorraine.
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| Friends of
the Thames Valley Group, Eva & Ken Evaals the renown Power Pak stunt couple
. They are seen with the remains of one of their machines that heralded an
early retirement ,Eva having missed the take off plank. With them is cousin
Walter Evaals |
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| 4 TVG bods recieving the
Best Club Stand award at the 2007 Barnardos show - oh happy days. |
Smiling faces at the
Black Boy in June - must have been raining, or we'd have been
outside. |
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At our Silchester Saunter we do ride interesting machines
around quiet lanes, eat and drink at decent pubs but a big attraction are the
cakes at the Half Way Cafe.
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WAITER "
Have a slice of Lemon Sponge. "
WAITRESS " Not until he puts that away.
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THE CAKE
EATERS |
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| DEREK HAS
JUST MANAGED TO GET RID OF THE LAST TWO ARALDITE DELIGHTS. |
Bobs Cake
Trick " NO BOB! NOT THE TRICK WITH THE PLATE AND SLICE OF FRUIT CAKE "
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| BOB
TRYING TO FLOG ONE OF HIS BENT WIRE FAIRY CAKE DISTRIBUTION DEVICES . HE
RECKONS THAT THEY ARE EASY TO OPERATE BUT WE ARE NOT SO SURE . |
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| PEWSEY
ARMADA. 7th MARCH . KENNET & AVON CANAL .. |
| A crisp and sunny Monday with MINN KOTA Electric Canoe ,
2stroke SEAGULL Dinghy , 4 stroke HONDA Dinghy . good company ,decent pub lunch
and wonderful landscape that was passed through at speeds even slower than our
beloved Cyclemotors |
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| DRY
BISCUITS, LIME JUICE , SEXTANT , TELESCOPE, CREW |
WHERE ARE
WE GOING ? |
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| A QUICK
WAVE |
.....AND
THEY WERE GONE |
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