Ho Ho Ho!

It's that time of year again to get the big red suit, the fake white beard and fat belly out of the loft.

If you don't know what I'm talking about then check out the link.

http://www.santasonabike.org.uk/

If you look carefully you may recognise a few faces.....and I don't mean Santa!

A very worthwhile cause that will remind you what Christmas is all about.

Come on Folks, get the boot polish out and blacken up those boots!

Ho Ho Ho

Hi

I will be there on this one with Primal fear on the back also

Regards Strongbow

I hope to be there.

Les.

Don't forget it's Santas on a Bike this weekend. Lets hope the weather picks up for it.

Les.

Well that's it....I've been beaten. Jack Frost and Frostie the Snowman has beaten me.

Won't be doing Santa on a Bike.

I think the fact that the road in front of my house is an Ice Rink for about a mile sort of put me off.

Shame...as it was good fun last year too.

Hey ho, there's always next year.

Hi

Well im still going for it and RF too . We must be mad

Allthough its rainin as I type this so should wash all the snow away me hopes


Regards Strongbow

Wish we could be with you guys.
Have a great day and a safe ride
See you soon xx

Hi

Thanks BlondyX

If anyone else is up for this event we are meeting at bunny roundabout at 9:45am and leaving at 10am.

Regards Strongbow

Well I chickened out on this. Looked out of my window this moring at the roads and thought woo hoo! I went down to the garage and found that it was still icy and the rain had made it slippy. I even bought a new santa suit for today. So not a happy bunny. I thought that if it was still this bad at home, then some of the roads and car parks could also be bad too. So chose not to attend. Don't want to drop my new bike.

Les.

Well, that was a decent day out for the HARDCORE amongst us!

RF to the rescue to help Rob get the bird out of the street.... not exercised like that for a while On to the bunny where we met Dick Dastardly and then to the Little Chef for the area meet. There wasn't the numbers I was expecting but considering the weather I guess a low turnout was to be expected. We met Strongy's pillion for the day, Di there as well as Chris and we all set off to Good ole Brizzle town.

Thanks to some last minute shopping at the new Go Outdoors store last night, the cold only got to my pinkies and toes but it was nowhere near as bad as I thought it was going to be.

We got to Almondsbury before the heavens opened and gave everybody a scare. I thought that's it, we are going to get soaked then it's going to freeze - Great! Thankfully, it only lasted a few minutes so panic over and we made our way to the meet point in the dry.

That meet point was Bristol Downs which was bleak this morning. I guess over a hundred hardy souls were there and I met up with a couple of mates from the XJR Owners Club for a quick chat before we departed for a trip around Brizzle City centre and then on to the Childrens Hospice Southwest.

The hospice is set in some stunning scenery (allegedly as by the time we arrived in had started to rain again). However, a couple of mince pies and a cup of coffee soon made me feel better.

With the ceremony over we departed in the pouring rain with the idea of riding up the M5 home. However, I couldn't see a thing due to the visor repeatedly misting up and the rain pouring down. We joined the M5 Northbound and the spray limited vision further so I left everyone else and rode home on the A38. With the lower speeds and no spray on the A38 I felt much more comfortable.

I called into the local car wash / bike wash on the Bristol Road in Gloucester and got the salt off but it was a useless attempt really as by the time I had ridden the two (?) miles home it was all mucky again.

I can categorically say that my leathers are NOT waterproof as my nether region, feet and legs were soaked.

Happy days! I guess it's a must do again but next time it will be warmer and without rain forecast!

Perhaps time to invest in the heated grips!

Les.

Fair play to you RF. All of you that went deserve a good pat on the back.
I'm proud to be a friend of you all!!
WELL DONE!!!

Thanks go to Strongbow for a pillion ride today. What a great day it was even though it ended up raining just a bit!!!!!!!
My feet were the only things that got cold and a bit damp but it was wet.
As my glasses had steamed up again when we came off the motorway I couldnt see which way we were going and we went round the wrong roundabouts!!!! Ian was waiting paitiently for us in a layby for us to return and we found my car.
Thanks again to Strongbow for a ride, it was a brilliant day out and its days like this (and weather) that makes me realise how good it is to be on a bike and amongst bikers.
Primalfear
Have the photos been put on yet? Worth a look!

Are you Hardcore because you were frozen to the core!!

Well done Folks

I think you are confusing frozen to the core with hardcore.

Hi

Well cant really add any more to this post Rf has said EVERYTHING . Great day though thanks to RF for helpin gettin me bike out and Di for coming along. Glad you enjoyed it.

Me and Ian tried out our new headsets and they were brill. Really good turn out considering the weather thanks everyone

Regards Strongbow