PBF Rally 2012

Throw in your suggestions/preferences for a long weekend away here..
Time of year? June, July, August.
Destination?
Activities?

So far The Lake district and south west England have been mentioned..

Accommodation options.. Camping/B&B/Hostel?

Best roads to ride?

Sight seeing?

How's this for a possible base?
http://www.squires-cafe.co.uk/index.asp

What about THIS as a base camp? To far?

What time of year is this taking place?

Ace Cafe might be a bit far unless we stopped somewhere else on the way down..
It'll be mid summer hopefully. I would think July or August. If we do head south at least we'll have a better chance of good weather.

Aye heading south for the good weather seems logical! So do you have a basic plan or outline? Or is this the initial "feelers"?

This is the 'feelers' mate, I want everyone who would like to go to put in their twopence worth.

Ok my twopence worth....

I'm happy to head north, east, south or west, I'll do lots of riding, or a little, or a bit of both! I'll camp or stay in a hotel/B&B etc, I'll ride far away or stay close to home, I'll stay in the uk or hit mainland Europe?

Hope this clears what I'm willing to do....

G-Force has announced he will be getting his moobs out at the PBF Rally 2012! If that isn't a good enough reason to come, I don't know what is!

I'm still keen to hear everyones opinions on the PBF Rally next year. It is open to all members. Anything will be considered/discussed.
Please think about what you would want from a weekend away biking, and post suggestions.

We need to start thinking about it soon to plan travel arrangements/accommodation/time off work etc.

Thanks all.

Bump!

I could be interested, but I'll need to get my arse in gear and pass my tests first lol

Glad to hear it Stu. At least get your theory test out the way, then you're free to book your others anytime. I'd be glad to get out with you for some practice sometime.

Planning on booking the theory this month so I can get stuck into the rest in the new year.

I'll be taking you up on the offer of a ride out for some tips too

If you need any hints or tips about the theory or practical then let us know Stu, we're happy to help!

I'll def be taking you all up on the offer of practical stuff. Riding daily but know I'm making daft mistakes and can improve just about everything. To be fair, when I "forget" I'm riding and relax a bit, everything flows much better - need to learn to stop over thinking everything, but trying to focus on riding for the tests and not riding as I would everyday if that makes sense?

I think I'm OK on the theory, been driving for years and tried a good few of the online tests with no problems. Keep clicking too early on the hazard perception stuff though so need to remember to wait until the hazard develops rather than just assuming everyones out to kill me lol

I had a 125 before I sat the test, I found it was a really good way of learning how to ride on the road, I didn't really practice "test" riding, but learned how you ride on the road, in the real world!

Just keep riding your bike and getting used to riding, soon things will become second nature. All you need to do is seperate real world riding from the test type of riding, because, for some strange reason it's different!

This thread is veering off topic....

Yea totally agree... who's fault is it? Eh.......

Back to the topic at hand. Who want's to go away on a bike trip next year?

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As 2012 is here I tthought I would bring this thread alive again! Right! So post up your ideas and suggestions of what you want to do/ where you want to go etc etc etc....

Ps I think we should head south of the border this year, we,ve been up north, and the boys went to Ireland last year. So it kind of makes sense.... I'm not to sure where exactly down south we should go, if we head that way? It's open to suggestions!

I've been thinking about this too..
South does make sense as we've had a weekend way oop norf and another across the watter. Trouble is, the roads are much busier and foo ay the polis the further south you go..
How does this sound.. one night in cumbria/lancashire (lakes) then down to wales for another night. Maybe head back up via yorkshire for a third night?

Also remember the big Rallies such as The Farmyard party and Stormin the castle are in yorkshire...

I still also fancy heading up north again, Skye, Applecross or somewhere like that, maybe the Ardnamurchan Peninsula or even Mull... but that could just be a rough camping one nighter.
Thoughts?

I'm happy going with the majority, oop north or doon soof? Whatever! I'll do some t'internet research about north England/Wales riding. See what the score is then post up on here. What time of year are we going for?