RoadHOG January 2013

H.O.G Chapter 6655

January 2013 Official Newsletter of the Great Western Chapter INSIDE

Features

11 - GWC 2012 Xmas Party 14 - Bridgwater Xmas Bash 17 - Xmas Ride 21 - Orchard Trust

Regulars

2 - Director’s Cut

3 - Between the Covers

3 - Cangen Cymraeg

4 - Secretary’s Update &

2012 AGM Report

9 - Ladies of Harley

10 - From the Front

15 - Cockers Bits

15 - Charity Coordinator

16 - 10th Anniversary

Events

18 - From the Dealer

19 - Pete & Duncan’s

Pump Stop

20 - Member’s Adverts

23 - At a Glance

H.O.G.® Chapter 6655

Director’s Cut By Barry “Bazzzzer” Aggett

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Hi All,

Happy New Year to

everyone. I hope

you had a great

Christmas and

linked hands for

“Old Lang Syne” to bring in the New Year.

Funny, after all these years I cannot remember

any more than the first verse, I blame it on the

drink, hic, hic!

If you had nice new shiny bits for Christmas I

hope you’ve got them fitted and proud of your

new additions. If you got socks and pants, oh

well, better luck this year.

Quickly recapping on last year, the Xmas party

at St Mary’s was another resounding success.

Congratulations to Philo & Sonja for winning

the fancy dress competition with their home-

made Super Mario outfits. The AGM went well,

Andy Ball really enjoyed being showered with

gifts and passing on his problems to me. I

soon realised there would be no honeymoon

period when the Cross Hands Hotel an-

nounced they will be completely shut in Janu-

ary and February for a major refurbishment. At

time of writing, alternative options for these

months are being explored!

Congratulations to Mark Chinnick for winning

the rideout challenge and Graham Roach for

highest mileage, 15,580 wow!

Back to this year: our 10th Anniversary is now

upon us with the first event at Riders of Bristol

on the 25th January, so come along and let’s

get the party started. The remaining events

are gradually being firmed up, so keep a close

eye on the dedicated page within RoadHOG

and plan out which you think will suit you.

There must be something to tickle your fancy?

January will be the first month for Mark Cock-

well as our new Editor, so please give him

some feedback, good or bad, and remember

the mag is not just for articles from the Com-

mittee or Road Captains and Marshals after

rideouts, it’s for ALL members to submit some-

thing they feel will be of interest or amusement

to our readers.

I will be attending the Directors’ meeting on

the 19th January at Stratford-upon-Avon which

will be a good opportunity to meet the other

Directors to see what’s happening or

“occurring” for our Welsh readers! and of

course to promote the best rally on the circuit!

The early part of the year will see my Fatboy

off the road for awhile, as I renew the main

drive belt and sprockets, timing chains and

tensioners, have the dustbin lid wheels coated

in powder paint and tidy up the paintwork on

the fenders. No doubt it will be the driest, hot-

test couple of months on record!

Finally for any new members I hope your New

Year’s resolution was to get more involved in

the Chapter. You’ll love it and never look back.

Take care and ride safe.

Barry “Bazzzzer” Aggett

Director

Email: [email protected]

Home: 01291 620371

Mobile: 07907351650

mailto:[email protected]

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Between the Covers

Hi All and welcome to

my first RoadHOG as

Editor.

I hope you enjoy it.

First off I’d like to

thank Ian Furey-King,

our previous Editor,

for the sterling work

he’s done throughout 2012 in putting together the

RoadHOG magazine. I only hope I can continue to

the same high standard.

Well Christmas and the New Year are now behind

us and the 2013 riding season is on the horizon.

This gives plenty of opportunities to put pen to pa-

per, or more accurately fingers to keyboard, to write

articles for your RoadHOG magazine.

If you’re unsure as how to submit an article it’s

easy: just produce it as an MS Word document and

submit it to me at the email address below. Guide-

lines that submitters should follow to ease the edito-

rial process are currently being reviewed and

should appear in next month’s RoadHOG. In the

meantime I can provide anyone interested with a

template document that only requires the addition of

text and photos. Again use the email address below

to request one of these.

I look forward to receiving your articles and remem-

ber, the next cut-off date for submission of articles,

to appear in the February issue, is 20th January.

Mark

Editor

Email: [email protected] Mobile: 07900 496711 (Note: Views expressed in the articles are not nec-

essarily the views of the Editor)

Cangen Cymraeg By Greg Payne

Well by the time you

read this Xmas is

over and I hope you

all had a good one so

it’s Happy New Year

to all my readers.

This being my first

article as Cangen

Rep I would like to

start off by mentioning the Chapter Xmas Party.

Well what a night, with most of us turning up in

fancy dress. There were several Cruella de Vils,

several Al Capones, several Pirates and the odd

Biggles, Ming the Merciless, Super Mario broth-

ers, a couple of Zorros to mention just a few. I

thought the catering was excellent and the wine

even better (well it was half price). The party

went well except for Capt. Kay “cut throat” Mead

who, while trying to do a passable passe doble

on the dance floor, slipped and had to sail to

hospital the next day to get plastered again.

I attended the AGM which was well attended and

listened to Committee members give accounts of

what occurred in 2012.

I must mention the forthcoming riding season.

As you are aware no Welsh rideouts are listed

for 2013 but let me assure you myself, Simon

Griffiths, Ian Mead and Tony Cole, Cangen Road

Marshals, are working on trying to resolve this

and I am sure the status quo will be reached.

Paul Bromhead, the remaining Road Captain,

has also indicated he will assist for a limited time

frame.

Special mention of Bill MacDonald for raising

several hundred pounds by auctioning off items

donated by Riders.

Lastly, may I thank Graham Roach for his un-

stinting enthusiasm in all matters Great Western,

he will be a hard act to follow.

Well that’s it folks see you at the next meeting or

rideout.

Greg

Cangen Cymraeg Rep.


Secretary’s Update, By Yvonne Roberts

Including the Report on our 2012 AGM

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A very Happy New

Year to you all!

2013 promises to be a

year to remember with

its being the 10th Anni-

versary of our Chapter.

We seem to have been

planning it for ages, but

now it is upon us! We hope you all like your 10th

Anniversary pins. Peter and I will be 6,000 miles

away on January 25th when the rest of you are par-

tying at Riders, so we’ll miss the first of our 10 key

events which will kick-start the celebrations. We

look forward to hearing all about it!

Looking back on December 2012, a good time was

had by all who went to our Christmas Party, and

there were plenty of heroes and villains around! The

California (Domino) Tour members were awarded

the Turkey Baster!

Our 2012 AGM was held on December 11th at the

“Cross Hands”. We had around 60 members attend,

despite the cold and foggy weather. Greg and An-

drea even spent the night in their camper-van in the

car park!

Andy Ball, our out-going Director, started off the

proceedings, and invited the Primary Officers to

give reports for 2012.

Peter Roberts, one of our Assistant Directors and

Treasurer, presented the audited Chapter finances

for 2012. Copies of the balance sheet were provid-

ed for members at the meeting. Overall the Chap-

ter’s financial position is robust, and will enable us

to carry out all our planned activities during 2013.

Chris Harding, our other Assistant Director, Web-

master, and “On The Road Again” Coordinator, re-

ported on the OTRA activities for 2012, including:

the Brum Bash, the European Rally, the Somme

Tour, SOFER, Cornish Cream, and the California

Tour. As Webmaster, he gave a brief report about

the GWC website, reminding members to check the

“What’s On” section, send in photos for the Picture

Gallery, and use the Blog more often.

I presented the Secretary’s Report for 2012. Total

membership for the year was 303, which is made

up of 212 Full members, 15 Associate members,

and 76 Guest members. I was pleased to point out

that we still have 11 of our original 50 Charter mem-

bers. Although, for various reasons, 80 of our mem-

bers from 2011 did not re-join for 2012, we were

pleased to welcome 63 enthusiastic new members.

Our membership continues to be widespread, as far

west as Boston MA, and east to Essex!

Andy invited the other Officers to give a brief review

of 2012. Al Stokes, Head Road Captain, reported

that 2012 had been a good riding year overall; how-

ever, 4 rides had been cancelled due to bad weath-

er. The rides had been varied, covering 24 destina-

tions, over 16 counties. 149 GWC members had

participated in rideouts, which had also been linked

to activities such as Blenheim Palace, and the Pres-

cott Bike Festival. Al thanked the 5 riding teams for

their tremendous work and personal expense. Al

also informed the meeting that a number of Road

Captains and Marshals were standing down at the

end of the year for various reasons, and this will

have an impact on the organisation of rideouts in

2013. Looking ahead to 2013, other issues to tackle

will be planning effective strategies to ensure that

everyone follows the group riding rules, to minimise

the resulting frustration in instances when the rules

are not followed.

Jane Scott, Ladies of Harley Rep, reported that

2012 had seen many of our lady members bonding

really well together, through becoming involved in

LOH activities. The “Dress in Pink” theme and

cakes at our Rally had raised £75 in donations for

the Breast Cancer Support Unit. Looking ahead to

2013, Jane hoped to provide further opportunities

for lady members to get together, maybe a coffee

and natter morning at Riders, and she appealed for

ladies to support the Gurzels by joining in the fun.

Tony Yendle, our Historian and Photographer, drew

members’ attention to the 2012 Year Book which

was being circulated at the meeting. He asked

members to send him any photographs of rideouts

they had taken this year, as he had several gaps in

his archive. He also informed the members that the

GWC archive was now based in Martin’s office at

Riders.

Andy Kendall, Safety Officer, reported that thankful-

ly there had been no major prangs this year, apart

from the California “Domino” Tour! He advised all

members to read the GWC Riding Guidelines, and


Including the Report on our 2012 AGM (Continued)

also to think about the various safety and refresher

courses which were available for bikers.

Bazzer Aggett, Activities Officer, reported that 2012

had been a busy and successful year with a variety

of activities, such as the Birthday and Christmas

Parties, the Bristol Bike Show, the OTRA pro-

gramme, the monthly rideouts, and the “Hoggin’ the

Bridge” curry event. He thanked Anita Cockwell and

Lynne Avery for their support and fantastic job they

do in collecting money for events, and also Steve

Day for stepping in to help occasionally.

Bill MacDonald, Charity Officer, drew attention to

the display provided by the Orchard Trust as a

“Thank you” for our support. He reported that the

Chapter had given the Trust a substantial amount of

money this year to purchase things that they would

not otherwise be able to afford. This had been

raised mainly through our monthly raffles, our Rally,

and the Bristol Bike Show. Some of the money has

enabled them to construct a path which will provide

wheelchair access to various areas of the site.

Kathryn, our contact at the Orchard Trust, is writing

regular articles to update us on the difference our

support is making. 2013 will be our third and last

year supporting the Orchard Trust. Bill presented

Andy with a book which the Orchard Trust had

made for him.

Andy announced that the winner of the 2012 GWC

Rideout Challenge was Mark Chinnick, (again)!

Andy presented Mark with an engraved hip flask for

him to keep, but the shield will be returned to the

display cabinet in Riders.

Andy announced that the winner of the GWC Mile-

age Challenge was Graham Roach, with over

15,000 miles clocked up between May and the end

of October, and Baz made the presentation to Gra-

ham at the Cangen meeting.

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Andy thanked everyone for making his 3 years as

GWC Director an enjoyable experience. He never

expected to end up as Director when he joined the

Chapter in 2004! He thanked the Committee for

nominating him and Martin for appointing him, and

wished everyone a Merry Christmas, before hand-

ing over the Chapter to Martin.

Martin thanked Andy for undertaking a difficult, and

at times, lonely job as Director, always with a smile.

He also thanked the whole Committee for their time

and commitment, which he sees first-hand when he

attends the monthly Committee meetings, and pre-

sented Andy with his Past Director Patch, a JD hip

flask, and drinks dispenser, before handing the

Chapter over to Bazzer Aggett, our new Director.

Bazzer thanked Andy for being a great Director,

and his first task as our new Director was to present

Andy with an engraved tankard from the Chapter.

(Something he’d always wanted!)

Bazzer emphasised that his message to our mem-

bership was continue having fun, get involved, and

with Cangen Cymraeg continuing as before. He

was looking forward to 2013 being a year to re-

member. He announced some changes to the 2013

Committee: thanking Chris Harding who is stepping

down as Assistant Director and OTRA Coordinator,

but continuing as Webmaster, Graham Roach, who

is stepping down as Cangen Cymraeg Rep, and Ian

Furey-King who is stepping down as Editor. He pre-

sented Past Officer Patches to Chris, and Ian, and

presented Graham’s at the Cangen Cymraeg meet-

ing.

P.S. For the latest information on our GWC Merchandise, please look at the Merchandise page on our

Chapter website, where you will find the details of prices and how to order our range of t-shirts, sweat-

shirts, and fleeces, which all have our GWC logo embroidered on the front, as well as all of our patches

and pins.



Bazzer commented that it was always good to have

fresh faces, which will bring with them new ideas,

as well as retaining previous Officers. He intro-

duced Anita Cockwell as Activities Officer in her

absence, Mark Cockwell as Editor, Greg Payne as

Cangen Cymraeg Rep, and Al Stokes as one of our

Assistant Directors.

Jane presented Jackie Aggett with a crown for be-

ing the woman behind the Director! That concluded

the 2012 GWC AGM.

We continued with the usual Club night notices:

Martin reminded members of the GWC Party at Rid-

ers on January 25th, and requested that anyone

requiring free transport between the Premier Inn,

Hengrove and Riders should contact him, so he has

an idea of numbers. Bazzer gave a brief update on

the 10 events planned to mark our 10th Anniversary.

The Night Ride will cover 10 counties, ending at

Riders for breakfast. The date will be flexible, de-

pending on the weather. Jane gave details of the

LOH trip to London on November 23rd

, the cost is

£145, with a £12 supplement for single occupancy

of a hotel room. She needs a deposit of £30 by the

end of January. Jane also announced that the first

Gurzels meeting will be in January. I reminded

members to renew their membership for 2013.

The winners of the 100 Club quarterly draw were:

Joanna Daggar, 1st prize of £60, and Teresa Cutts,

2nd

prize of £30.

The £200 voucher which the Chapter had received

from H.O.G.®

for being compliant with their require-

ments was put into a draw and divided into 3 prizes.

The numbers of all GWC members were put in a

hat, and Grant Howell was the first name for a £100

voucher, with Chris Harding and Dave Stirling each

having a £50 voucher.

The lucky winner of the free meal for 2 at the “Cross

Hands” was Laura Jones.

We welcomed 2 new members to Club night,

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Andy Jeary

And Allen Mcilvar

Other new members we are welcoming are: Ian and

Victoria Troughton from Cwmbran, Michael and

Lesley Grail from Chepstow, Trudy Guy from New-

port, Ann Jones from Bargoed, and Nicola Dodd

from Tetbury.

The Cangen Cymraeg Club night was held on

12.12.12 at St Mary’s in the middle of a wedding!

Bazzer did a good job at introducing himself, al-

ready wearing his Director’s Patch which he had

sewn on himself, whilst Andy sat back and watched!

Bazzer thanked Andy again for leading our Chapter

for 3 years, noting how relaxed he looked! Bazzer

reflected on 2012 being a busy year, with many var-

ied activities for our members. He went on to look

forward to 2013 promising to be a memorable year

for our Chapter. We have lots of great people, and

a dedicated Committee who are there to help and

communicate with members, and he urged people

to get involved. Referring to the speculation about

the possibility of a Welsh Chapter, he commented

that, whatever happens, Cangen Cymraeg carries

on, and announced that Graham Roach was step-

ping down and that Greg Payne was taking over as

the new Cangen Cymraeg Rep. He thanked Gra-

ham for his huge commitment in travelling such

long distances, and presented him with his Past

Officer Patch. He announced the names of the oth-

er Officers who were stepping down, and the

names of the new Officers who were replacing

them. He then presented Graham with the GWC

Mileage Challenge Cup for being the 2012 winner

with over 15,000 miles; Sean Gully was 2nd and Ian

Mead was 3rd.

Bazzer also announced that several members of

the Welsh riding team were stepping down, thanked

them for both their time and personal expense, and

outlined the implications for 2013. This led to a

short discussion where several members expressed

an interest in becoming Road Captains and Mar-

shals.

Peter Roberts gave a brief summary of the Chapter

finances, and Yvonne Roberts gave a summary of

the membership for 2012.

Both meetings ended with members wishing one

another a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New

Year.

I will next be available at the February Club nights,

and you can also contact me by phone on: 01225

751017 or by e-mail: [email protected]

Yvonne


Ladies of Harley By Jane Scott

Hi and a Happy New Year.

I do hope you have all had a lovely time over Christmas. At the mo-ment it’s quite hard writ-ing this as Christmas is not upon us and I’m sure like everyone else I have worried way too much, have stressed-

out way too much and worked way too much. So, now it’s all over let’s look forward to 2013 and the start of our 10th year Anniversary events.

What’s happening this month? Well, we have our first Gurzels meeting on the 12th January at 1pm in Riders (back room). Of course, if you are new to the Chapter, then you may be asking what on earth is the Gurzels. Well, a couple of years ago the ladies of the Chapter decided to put on a performance for our rally. So, those interested attended a meeting again in the back room, the song was chosen, we re-arranged the words to suit our dance routine and we took it from there. Of course, it takes a lot of time and sometimes a lot of pa-tience but, as they say, “its alright on the night” which means doing the routine in front of those attending our rally. For the 1st year we used the Combine Harvester song and last year we used “In the Navy”. Both events were very successful and, by popular de-mand, we are going to perform again this year, so please come along, Then, after the meeting you can decide if it’s for you.

Now I do hope the LOH Show/Dine and Shop (23rd November 2013) 10th Year event week-end is something you are interested in doing. Of course it’s not too late as you have until the 30th of THIS MONTH to get your cheque to Anita or Lynne. We need the money to se-cure the shows and you also need to let me know your choice of shows in orders 1st to 4th from the list. As I’ve said, it’s going to be a good chance to get to know other ladies and we can have a good time too.

List of shows for reference are: - Billy Elliot / Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / Viva For-ever / Top Hat / Lion King / One man 2 Guvnors.

Can I say Thank You to those who have al-ready expressed their interest.

Of course 25th of January is our Anniversary Party at Riders, the Kick-Off Party starts at 7pm and there will be food, music and drinks and a chance to win some prizes in the quiz, plus Riders are running a free shuttle bus to

and from the Premier Inn in Hengrove, so this promis-es to be a good night.

This month also brings our team’s rideout. It’s a short ride through the Forest of Dean where we plan to stop for coffee within the Forest, with a lunch stop and fare-well at the Ferry Inn where we hold our natter night … we just have to hope for good weather conditions.

Well that’s it for this month, I do hope these events are of interest to you, plus if you have any thoughts on what you would like to do within the Chapter then con-tact me with your ideas.

Take Care All.

Jane x

Ladies of Harley


Mobile: 07894 086626

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Hi Everyone,

Well, here’s wishing you all a “Happy New Year”. I hope Santa brought you all you wished for, and those Harleys are full of new chrome. I’m sure there will also be a parade of new apparel at club

night’s lol. Anyway, here we are again, the year stretching out in front of us, new dreams, new ambi-tions. Just so much anticipation of great events to come in 2013. Being our 10th Anniversary year the programme of activities promises to have something for everyone. I would urge you to ensure you join in and have some fun. That’s what it’s all about.

As normal, the ride teams will prepare and organise rides as part of the regular activities. My team has already outlined a number of routes for our ride dates. As usual the Chapter will be putting on a ride for our rally, so look out for details of that at a later date. It promises to be something different to the normal.

I still have an issue with laying on regular monthly Welsh rides but, as I write, the guys and gals are still working hard to minimise any impact. For example Ian Mead and Si Griffiths have stepped up and planned a ride for January. I hope you turn out to support the guys. As things continue to develop I will keep you all posted but at the moment it is an ex-tremely fluid situation.

Last month I did touch on a number of Road Cap-tains stepping down. I would just like to confirm that Paul (Flamesy) Bromhead was not one of those guys and is still an active Road Captain with the Chapter. He has committed to help out whenever he can.

……. and so to the forthcoming ride:

Sunday 13th January 2013 – Ian Mead & Si Grif-fiths

“ Visiting the Valleys”

This will be a short winter ride which could be sub-ject to change if the weather is not friendly. There is a plan ‘B’ for the day so there is no excuse not to get out and lay some rubber down.

The plan is to meet 10.00 a.m. at Pencoed Services M4/J35 and be fuelled up ready to depart for 10.30 a.m.

The ride will leave on the A473 to Pencoed and onto B4280 to Sarn. Then pick up the A4064 to Garw Val-ley and Pontycymmer. Then the A4061 Ogwr Valley, A4058 Rhondda Fawr onto A4233 Rhondda Fach Down to Porth Trebanog and the A4119 Talbot Green. The final destination point is TBC when the venue confirms.

This is a Level A ride.

Sunday 27th January 2013– Stu Scott & Team

“Frozen Nuts in the Forest”

This is a short ride in keeping with the time of year but it’s a great opportunity to blow out the cobwebs and get back in the saddle. Why not join us for a ride in the Forest of Dean and the surrounding area. It’s a good excuse to get out and compare notes from the festive period.

The plan is to meet for 10.00 a.m. at Severn View Services (Aust) M48. Be fuelled up ready to depart at 10.30 a.m. The ride will head over the old Severn Bridge towards Chepstow and the Wye Valley. Crossing over the River Wye at Biggs Weir Bridge, we will then take minor roads and head for Sling, Coleford and Parkend where there will be a comfort break. From here the ride will head towards Palmers Flat, Sling, Tutshall and onto the Old Ferry Inn at Beachley. The ride will end here but there is the op-portunity to go in for a bite to eat, a warming drink or even a beer.

This is a Level A ride of circa 40-45 miles.

For last minute updates please call the “Hotline” on 08444 994508 and please keep a check on the web-site for changes.

Please see below some guidance details of the rides:

Level A - Short and easy below 100 miles round trip.

Level B - Fine for average riders but may be a bit longer.

Level C - Can include some complex sections but mainly a longer duration.

Until the next time, have fun and ride hard.

Alan “Big Al” Stokes

Assistant Director & Head Road Captain

From The Front By Alan “Big Al” Stokes

A very belated Happy New Year to you all. I hope you

and yours enjoyed a relaxing and enjoyable Christ-

mas.

So Christmas and December have both been and

gone and we are now in 2013; where did 2012 go? I

know both Mark and I were going to do so much last

year, hey ho. Hopefully 2013 brings us some better

riding weather (I sent my letter to Father Christmas

for good weather in 2013 but he ignored me and sent

me a cooker instead) but let me give an overview of

the Chapter’s Xmas Party at St Mary’s, as I saw it, for

those who couldn’t attend.

It was a cold day but thankfully dry. Mark and I got to

the hotel about 5.30ish and on my way to put the

menu options on the tables I found some members

ensuring (for the greater good) that the bar was fully

functioning and all seemed very sedate and not a

sign of a fancy dress anywhere. Then back to the

room to get dressed in my fancy dress (very pleased

with my choice at this time). However walking across

Mark pointed out another lady in the same fancy

dress, that I thought was bad enough, only to find

another three more in the same outfit. So that made 5

Cruella de Vils!! (Is there a term for a grouping of Cru-

ella de Vils, a ‘gaggle’ perhaps??) So there had to be

a group photo.

So this year’s theme was “Heroes and Villains” and

what a fantastic turn out there was and a great deal of

effort made by all, well done guys! There was Peter

and Yvonne who made a very ‘arresting’ couple, the

Cangen Cymraeg Pirates, Medusa, Zorros, Robin

Hoods, Fu Man Chu, James Bonds and Bond Girls,

Bonnie and Clydes, Bat Woman such a variety but

mostly villains but then again baddies do have the

best outfits! To judge and present the prize for the

‘best fancy dress’ was the ‘Geography Teacher’ (aka

Andy Ball: was he a hero or villain??) The winners of

the title and a bottle were the Super Mario Brothers

(Sonja and Tony Beddow)- congratulations both!

As a Christmas party we expected Santa to make an

appearance but he must have got confused by the

fact that we were told to bring Secret Santa pressies

as he didn’t turn up! But fear not, Jenny (Roach) to

the rescue. Jenny handed out blue pressies and I

handed out pink ones. There were some raised eye-

brows once these pressies were opened so I think we

need to look at whether we continue with this idea at

the next Xmas party?? But thanks to all those who

went to the effort of buying and wrapping a present

and importantly remembering to bring it with them.

The actual meal seemed to meet with good reviews

by all, apart from the Xmas Pudding. I was warned

not to try and eat it but, being competitive, I shovelled

a large spoon in. Bad mistake. I don’t think I’ve ever

eaten anything that just defied being swallowed, it

was so glutinous and where was the fruit?? You

couldn’t even find one currant, I know there’s cut

backs but come on guys.

Dinner over and on to the dance floor. The ladies

strutted their stuff and showed off their dance moves.

Unfortunately for the Piratess Kay (Mead) her moves

turned into ‘break dancing’; not that this was her in-

tention, so we all wish you a speedy recovery Kay

and hope your wrist is now on the mend.

Andy Ball made one more award, The Toscar, to the

2012 California “Dominoes” Tour Group (I’m sure

that’s a Turkey Baster?) for the number of dropped

bikes and a group photo was taken for posterity.

12.00 midnight and the party comes to an end or

should I say officially came to an end as I’m sure

there was still some drinking going on. Oh no there

wasn’t ……oh yes there was….…

The morning after saw another communal meal and a

number of sore heads (mine included) but a cooked

breakfast helped and then we said our farewells.

I hope you all enjoyed yourselves and that you’ll cele-

brate Christmas 2013 with us. If you have any sug-

gestions or comments on how we can improve (if

that’s possible) on this year’s event then let me know

as soon as you can, but don’t wait till December.

“Mrs Cockers”

The GWC 2012 Xmas Party By Anita Cockwell

“Heroes and Villains”

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The Bridgwater Xmas Bash By Mark Cockwell

This was the first time I‘d attended one of the famous

Bridgwater Chapter Xmas parties so was interested

to see what it was all about.

Unfortunately Anita, my better half, wasn’t very well

so I had to leave her on the sofa at home feeling sor-

ry for herself, “well there was an article to write and

nothing should get in the way of the story”. This did

mean I had to be on my best behaviour, otherwise

word would get back and I would be greeted with a

rolling pin on my return home.

The weather on the way to the Bridgwater Xmas

Bash, held this year at St Audries Bay Holiday Club

near Minehead, was pretty depressing. Looking at the

steep and muddy drive from the main road to the site

I was glad I’d pussed out and gone by car. In fact I

believe only one brave soul arrived by bike.

I finally arrived late afternoon, at which point I’d al-

ready missed the parts jumble sale from which Gra-

ham Roach had picked up a rather fetching steel

sporran that looked remarkably like an air filter to me,

but hey what do I know?

I met up with the rest of the Chapter in the bar for a

few drinks before dinner. The GWC turn out was light

with only 8 of us turning up, with a few no shows. For-

tunately our low numbers meant we could all fit onto a

single table which made for a convivial atmosphere.

As we sipped our aperitifs members from the Bridg-

water Chapter and Kernow Harley Riders started

turning up in various festive fancy dress with Santas,

elves and punks (???) in abundance.

St Audries was a good venue for this event with spa-

cious dining and a separate dance floor with bar. The

food was excellent and the staff were happy to bring

extra helpings for those of us with bigger appetites.

After dinner it was off to the dance floor for more

beer, dancing, a band and a raffle. The music was

provided by a three-piece band and Rob Paston who

unwisely decided that his fancy dress should be ec-

clesiastic with a twist, that is to say his arse was

hanging out. This led to a tussle on the dance floor

with an over excited female who wanted more.

Fortunately, the raffle gave Rob a chance to compose

himself and the Great Western members the chance

to win three of the prizes.

In all the evening was a great success.

The morning saw a number of bleary eyes at break-

fast and an improvement in the weather with sun-

shine for the journey home.

“Mr Cockers”

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Cockers Bits By Anita Cockwell

I’m hoping that you all

had the Christmas

and New Year that

you had hoped for

and Santa was good

to you and yours. If

not, forget it and look

forward to 2013 and all the GWC events on the

horizon.

January is a quiet month but even so we have two

rideouts planned and the first LOH Gurzels meet-

ing (organised by Jane), so a good way to dance

off all those mince pies ladies before summer

comes and the Riders 10th Anniversary evening.

As always there will be the club nights and natter

night, so not such a quiet month after all eh?

NB. Check out the At A Glance Calendar in the

RoadHOG regularly, as more 2013 events will be

added as and when dates are finalised.

I’m still getting to grips with the Activities role and

therefore hope to be able to give you more de-

tailed information of these and other activities that

will be arranged throughout the year via this mag-

azine and at Club nights.

Riders 10th Anniversary

You will have seen the flyer from Riders advertis-ing their own GWC 10th celebration party on the 25th January starting at 7.00pm so get on down to Riders even if it’s for an hour or so and get rid of those post Christmas blues. Food, drink and mu-sic will be provided, so get your glad rags on. Please don’t drink and ride/drive but get a room at the nearby Premier Inn, Hengrove, which is ap-proximately 2 miles away and remember Riders will be providing transport to and from the hotel.

To book go to http://www.premierinn.com and se-lect Bristol South, Hengrove Leisure Centre. If you book in advance (no refunds though) it costs £39 for a double room.

See you hopefully on the 25th if not before.

Cheers.

“Mrs Cockers”

Activities Officer


Mobile: 07702 073361

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Charity Coordinator By Bill McDonald

Hi All,

Happy New Year. Just

a few words from me to

thank you for your sup-

port last year with rais-

ing money for the Or-

chard trust. Our final

fund raising last year was at the Xmas party, where

we had a small auction and raised around £300.00

with a big thank you to Riders for the jackets they

donated.

I hope you have enjoyed the articles Kathryn has

been putting in from the Trust, keeping us all up to

date with what's been happening and how our fund

raising is helping the day-to-day life of all the service

users and staff. Well that's about it from me, looking

forward to this year and working with the Trust for

our final year, but before I go Mrs MacDonald and I

would just like to thank you all for making our special

day the best and one we will never forget.

See you all at club night.

Bill

Charity Coordinator


Mobile: 07989 987189

http://www.premierinn.com



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Our 10 Events in 2013

Event 1 – 10th Anniversary Celebration at Riders on Fri-

day January 25th

This will kick-start our 10th Anniversary celebrations, see

your invitation for the details. Remember that Riders are

arranging free transport between the Premier Inn, Hen-

grove, and Riders, should you decide to stay over. Just let

Martin know a.s.a.p.

Event 2 – Night Ride, (possibly in April)

Tony Yendle and Andy Kendall have devised a ride of ap-

proximately 300 miles, covering 10 counties: Glos, Wilts,

Oxon, Bucks, Greater London, Surrey, West Sussex, Hants,

Dorset, and Somerset, starting in Bristol around 8.30pm on

a Friday and ending at Riders for breakfast on a Saturday

morning. The date will be flexible, depending on the weather

– no fun night-riding in the pouring rain!

Event 3 – Boys Only Weekend Away, (Most likely to be

April)

Peter, Baz and Nige are putting together the details and

cost of this trip. We will update you in January.

Event 4 - 12th Benelux Rally, Silverlake Beach, Mol, Bel-

gium – Flemish Kempen H.O.G. Chapter, 20th Anniver-

sary, June 7- 9 http://beneluxrally2013.be/

Chris Harding is keeping a GWC list of people who intend

going to the Benelux Rally. Even if you are making your own

way there, he would still like you to contact him. He has

offered to act as a contact for anyone going on their own

who wants to share accommodation, and save money.

[email protected]

Just to remind you that Chris is planning to lead a GWC

ride, leaving Bristol on Thursday June 6th crossing to Calais

on the Eurotunnel Shuttle, and leaving Silverlake on Mon-

day morning, June 10th returning on the Eurotunnel Shuttle.

You will be most welcome to join him. See our 10th Anniver-

sary page on our Chapter website or contact Chris for full

details.

Event 5 – 10th Anniversary Rally at the Hayfields, June

21st – June 23rd

This will be our 6th Rally at Cleve Rugby Club, with loads of

great entertainment, and a special rideout encompassing

our bridges. See the special Rally page on our website.

Event 6 - Rhayader Riding Weekend – July 11th to 14th

Baz will lead a ride to Rhayader on Thursday July 11th, and

there will be a planned ride for both Friday and Saturday, in

the spectacular scenery through the Elan Valley, as well as

evening entertainment centred round the many pubs in Rha-

yader. We advise you to book your accommodation a.s.a.p.,

if you plan to join us, as most hotels and B&Bs are quite

small. Details for camping can be found on our website on

our 10th Anniversary page. Please inform Yvonne Roberts if

you intend coming at [email protected] as we

need to know numbers for planning the rides and the enter-

tainment. Thank you to those of you who have already let

me know. The numbers are steadily growing!

Event 7 – Treasure Hunt, (sometime in the summer)

This will be a fun event, riding to venues around Bristol,

including lunch at a suitable watering hole. Inevitably there

will be a prize for the winners! More details to follow.

Event 8 – Boating event on the River Wye, (August)

We hope to have sponsored teams in canoes to raise mon-

ey for the Orchard Trust, and end up at the Trust for a bar-

becue. More details to follow in February.

Event 9 – UK Tour Go East, the Road Less Travelled,

September 5th – 8th

We will be riding approximately 100 miles per day, on coun-

try roads, spending the first night in Lincoln, via Melton

Mowbray and Grantham. Day 2 will take in the local H-D

dealership, the Lincolnshire Wolds, a lunch stop at the Pet-

wood Hotel, WW2 base of the Dambusters, and a visit to

the Battle of Britain Flight, spending the night in Skegness.

Day 3 we’ll head towards Rutland Water, and the Sycamore

H-D dealership, spending the night in Market Harborough,

before riding back home. Details to follow soon

Event 10 – GWC 10th Anniversary Dinner at the Hilton

Hotel, Aztec West, October 26th

We are hoping that people will dress up for this key event.

The cost of a ticket for dinner and disco will be £30 per per-

son, with hotel accommodation at £50 per room for B&B,

including use of all the hotel facilities. Afterwards, there is

an all night bar for residents. Rooms can be booked now by

calling Lucy Robinson on 01454 201144

Ladies-Only Weekend Away

Jane has arranged for a trip to London to see a show, stay

in a hotel, and do some Christmas shopping or see the

sights, leaving from Cardiff and Bristol on November 23rd,

the cost is £145. We will need 40 ladies to book this trip if

we are to have a coach to ourselves, and a deposit of £30

by Jan 31st.

Baz, Nige, Dave Norton, Chris Harding, Tony Yendle,

Peter and Yvonne Roberts, the Planning Group.

mailto:http://beneluxrally2013.be/



The December rideout is always a tricky one to plan.

Try to keep it as central as possible, half the English

side or the River Severn and half on the Welsh side.

If the weather has remained warm for the time of

year it seems too short. If the roads have had their

first salting, the turnout would be low.

So, a short ride with a B plan to extend and a later

than usual start time to allow the ice to melt seemed

to be the order of the day.

Well, we had the roads salted the week before and

ice was forecast great!

Now I have heated gloves and they are very good,

but, with all those wires and things, I only use them

as a last resort – stupidity is the only sane explana-

tion I know, I know.

I set off in normal gloves to gauge the cold and the

10 miles from home to Aust confirmed it was border-

ing on (read well within) heated glove territory.

I arrived to see 5 or 6 of our trusty, hardy Chapter

members already at Aust including Hard and Sharp

(always a good start).

By the time we had coffee’d we were up to the “12

bikes of Christmas” and I had decided to just check

the first leg of the journey out in normal gloves, just

to see……….

After a most professional briefing (well only a few

people there so who could deny it anyway) and a

quick photo shoot we set off for Thornbury.

The roads were wet and dirty and pretty slippy. I

have to confess my words in the briefing stating that

as I was leader I was entitled to slip off, but on no

account should anyone copy my actions, did come

back to haunt me with the back end stepping out a

couple of times – just checking the limits for the rest

of you - all heart me.

About half way between the start and McDonalds at

Quegley, my fingers started to complain about the

glove decision and then, following a lorry for about 5

miles, caused my Shades, well, to stop working real-

ly. They were covered in salt and the more I wiped

them the worse the visibility became.

In McDonalds I promised my fingers I would heat

them on the next stage of the journey and whilst

washing my shades and racoon looking face to re-

move the salt, gave them an excessively long, warm

soak.

After a coffee and listening for as long as I could to a

conversation about manicures, thankfully “Chick

Chat” but Mr Sharp was taking way too much inter-

est for my liking, so we resumed our ride, across

Gloucester and down the “Welsh” side of the river.

Reasoning that my fingers were warm from the wash

I chose the normal gloves, sorry fingers.

A beautiful run down the side of the river bathed in

weak winter sunshine to the “Welsh National Diving

Centre” just outside Chepstow.

I have driven by most weeks for years and never

been in, so now seemed the time. It is a quarry, I

think, with a newly built Café and pretty good views.

Most people ate and the feedback on the food

seemed fine. There were plenty of people diving and

Christmas Ride with Hard, Sharp ‘n’ Wide

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Christmas Ride with Hard, Sharp ‘n’ Wide (Continued)

initially I thought they must be insane but my fingers

assured me they are no madder than us!

With a large deck overlooking the water it would be

worth considering for a summer run.

The ride finished here so it would be mad to get

heated gloves out just for the ride home………….

Now, if ever I get stopped by the police for noise,

which has only happened a few times, honest, and

they ask me if I have any baffles, technically my re-

sponse that I do is perfectly true. Despite all you

doubters, I DO have baffles on my bike. They are in

my pannier right under the heated gloves and that

ladies and gents, despite my disapproving fingers

and ears is where they will probably stay!!

PS Fingers I’m sure you will have warmed up by the

time you have washed all that salt off the bike!!

Thanks to HARD ’n’ SHARP and all those that at-

tended.

The Wideboy

Hi All,

Duncan is currently on holiday and has left me to put

pen to paper....So, as I write this it's the week before

Christmas and the AGM has been and gone. Bazzer

is now at the controls and Andy Ball is taking a very

well earned rest (probably helped along with a drop

or two of JD!) after 3 years of sterling service. By

the time you get this, Christmas and New Year cele-

brations will a hazy memory and we'll all be looking

forward to the riding season and the promise of

warmer, sunnier days.

The Chapter is now 10 years old (it really has flown

by) and for this celebration year the Planning Group

and Committee have been working really hard to

make it special, with 10 events planned throughout

the year. The first is the kick-off party at the dealer-

ship on Friday 25th January. The key ingredients of

food, drink and music will be on the menu, along

with a Chapter-based quiz and of course some very

special Chapter-only “on the night” deals. We would

love to see you on the night - there will even be a

free shuttle to and from the Premier Inn (Hengrove)

for anyone wishing to stay over!

I'd like to thank you all for your support during 2012

and wish you a happy, sunny and safe 2013 - I'm

sure we must be due some good weather for the

10th Anniversary year!

Stay warm, safe and salt free!

Martin

From The Dealer By Martin Rich

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As I’m writing this, it’s still a week to go to Christ-

mas, despite the street decorations having been up

for weeks and Tesco chock full of seasonal nick-

nacks since Halloween. Ah well, the cream eggs will

soon be on display! By the time you are reading this,

in January, we’ll be miles and miles away in Califor-

nia, home-from-home in our Palm Springs Golf &

Country Club Condo (no, we are not golfers, but

there is a pool, restaurants, bar and the rental deal

was good). So, rather than freezing/getting wet/

looking at grey skies/ not riding and getting misera-

ble, we’ll be out riding in the warmth (70 degrees F

today) and sunshine on the desert highways, for a

whole month. As with our previous stays, we’ll be

blogging (http://pjroberts2010.wordpress.com/) with

pictures of our rides, plus pithy observations on the

American way of life. Hopefully, there’ll be no run-ins

with border patrols this year!

As Yvonne has mentioned in her Secretary’s report,

we will sadly miss the first big 10th Anniversary

event of 2013, the Chapter Birthday Party at Riders.

Martin is handling all the details and it is sure to be a

great way to kick off the year of fantastic and varied

activities. We will also miss the January meeting of

the GWC Committee on the 12th (for the first time

ever). I was thinking how cool it would be to do a

FaceTime link up, until I realised that it would be

2.30 a.m. in California when Bazzer called order for

his first meeting in the Director’s executive chair!

We’ll look forward to coming back to February’s

meeting, and the undoubtedly new dynamics with

Anita, Mark and Greg joining us old-hands!

Last month, we did a repeat of last year’s pre-

Christmas jaunt to visit all our relatives “up north”,

stopping off at the NEC to mean-

der around the Motorcycle Live

exhibition. If you’ve never been,

it is well worth doing, as all the

major bike manufacturers are

displaying their wares. Also, if

you want any riding gear, leather

-wear etc., or a new helmet

(several hundred all on display),

this is the place. Or, you can talk

to guys selling books of their lat-

est solo biking exploits, such as

a 500 mile-a-day ride from Alas-

ka to southern Chile. We stopped

by for a coffee (no cookies or

Danish pastries on offer this year) at the Harley-

Davidson stand, but were first asked if we were

H.O.G.® members! The usual girlies with their iPads

were in evidence, but like mist they wafted away as

soon as you said that you have a 2012 model Glide.

The bikes – especially the CVO Breakout, and their

custom exhibits, provided by Warrs and the like,

sure looked pretty, but then there isn’t much new in

the 2013 range.

As usual, sitting on the stock bikes for a photo op-

portunity was popular (including with Yvonne, taking

over a Wide Glide), but the gleaming Breakout just

sat there in the spotlights behind its protective rails.

And yes, the miniscule number of these bikes, that

will head towards Europe, are already all sold.

Doesn’t seem quite logical, does it? All a bit reminis-

cent of the great British sports car boom after the

war – like the lovely MG-T that was in hot demand

State-side, but in very short supply. Of course there

was a good excuse: WWII! What’s Harley Da-

vidson’s rationale for all the hype and almost zero

availability?

Peter & Duncan’s Pump Stop

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Peter & Duncan’s Pump Stop (Continued)

After Birmingham, we started a bit of a recci for the

“Go East” tour next September, heading to Market

Harborough (great little town) in the area that we

know least well. It wasn’t the greatest of ideas as we

hit thick freezing fog as soon as we crossed the M1.

A re-run is called for early next year, on the bike and

with sunshine (assuming 2013 brings some of that!).

That just leaves me to wish you all a very Happy and healthy 2013 and give way to Duncan and his first “Tip of the Month” for the New Year:

Now the festive season is over and I’m a few pounds heavier around the waist and a few pounds lighter in the wallet, it’s time to fit all those gadgets and chrome bits we got for Christmas.

You’re sat in the garage and looking at those shiny

bits of metal and pondering on how you are going to

make them fit. Even though your tool box consists of

just a mallet and a screwdriver, it still looks a good

idea to undo things, fiddle and slowly but surely get

yourself into a position where the bike no longer

starts, nothing fits back on and you’ve lost half the

screws!

At this point you wish you had never started the job

in the first place and it’s now going to cost you to

recover the bike and get it sorted. Sometimes it’s

best to say no at the start or make a phone call to

ask how easy it is to fit things or, in some cases,

how cheap it is - it may surprise you. Give Haydn a

call and he will give you plenty of helpful advice on

whether or not to attempt to fit things to avoid those

sometimes expensive mistakes.

On a separate note, we have a birthday coming up

so I expect to see you all to celebrate 10 years of

the Chapter on the 25th of January. Some of us

have even been part of the team for that long; see if

you can work out who has been here at Riders for

10 years. I myself am only 21, so haven’t been at

work long enough, but guess who else has?

A very Happy New Year to you all.

Safe riding.

Peter & Duncan@riders

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Hi Everyone,

Hope you all had a great Christmas! Well, Christ-

mas will all be packed away at Orchard Trust by the

time you read this RoadHOG. However, it started

here at the beginning of December with our Carol

Service, attended by over 100 service users,

friends, family members and staff. Having Lydbrook

band play made it all the more special and, as ex-

pected, everyone joined in with Jingle Bells, with an

assortment of percussion instruments too!

Our very first Santa’s Grotto was a great success.

Lots of local children went home very happy after

meeting Father Christmas and some of our service

users also visited and enjoyed the festivities. The

Lodge and training office were transformed and

looked magical. We had two elves on hand to help

children write their Christmas lists and take part in

other festive fun. Whilst children opened their gift

from Santa, families enjoyed refreshments and

browsed art and craft stalls with lovely handmade

items for last minute presents and we raised over

£300 during the weekend.

There have been several Christmas parties –

Hilltop had theirs first, at Drybrook Rugby Club, with

lovely food, a raffle and music supplied by a DJ. All

of their service users have been busy with trips out

to do their Christmas shopping and also helping

with decorating Hilltop for Christmas. They enjoyed

attending the carol service and also were made

very welcome at the Christingle at Ruardean Hill

Baptist Chapel.

Service users from Sevenoaks have joined in with

Christmas parties across Orchard Trust and some

individuals have been to parties with other organi-

sations that they have links with. The home is plan-

ning a party after Christmas for their service users

and their families.

Offa’s Dyke and the Orchards all enjoyed them-

selves at their Christmas party and have been wel-

coming some new service users who are moving

into the recently completed second part of the re-

build at Offa’s Dyke.

We had another tenant move into Morelands a cou-

ple of weeks ago, who is settling in well. Individuals

from Morelands and Kimberley Drive really enjoyed

an outing to Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury recently

to see the pantomime ‘Aladdin’. They have en-

joyed attending several Christmas parties and have

also been busy doing their Christmas shopping.

Both homes are decorated for Christmas and at

Kimberley Drive, they’ve been trying to stop their

cat, Pepper, playing with the decorations on the

tree!

Students at the Learning Centre have worked ex-

tremely hard this term, practising their performance

and spending several weeks making props and

costumes ready to perform an outdoor nativity for

Orchard Trust By Kathryn

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Orchard Trust (Continued) By Kathryn

us. The inn and stable were set up on the Learning

Centre patio and we even had one of the ponies

looking over the fence next to the stable! It was a

beautiful sunny morning and the cast looked amaz-

ing in their costumes. The audience thoroughly

enjoyed the performance and showed their appreci-

ation with a loud round of applause!

Students were invited to decorate a Christmas tree

for the Christmas Tree Festival at Lydbrook

Church. After making and decorating lots of stars

and writing personal messages onto gift tags, a

group went along to beautify the tree with the lovely

hand made items. Everyone had great fun hanging

the decorations onto the tree and naming the tree

‘Starry Starry Night’.

The new blue trampoline bed that you bought for

the Swim Gym is in regular use and has made an

enormous difference for the staff when they are

doing rebound activities with the service users, as it

is purpose built for that activity, and has much more

spring and ‘give’ in it. This makes it easier to cre-

ate movement that the service users really enjoy

and this is combined with physiotherapy exercises

to keep muscles supple and joints freely mov-

ing. The Co-operblanket that you bought is in regu-

lar use too and has been used for drama work by

students in the Learning Centre. It is also a great

tool for controlling the more energetic service users

who love to bounce high but don’t like to be held or

touched. The staff who were trained this autumn

(who found the training great fun!) are now regular-

ly involved in rebound sessions here at the

Trust. Our Orchard Trust Rebound Trainer said

”The trampoline gets used on a daily basis, by our

service users and other people with learning disa-

bilities in the wider community. We were able to

host a staff training course for people from outside

Orchard Trust, that now enables them to hire our

facility safely, so your wonderful contribution is be-

ing felt and appreciated by both us and others more

broadly across our area”.

Lastly, but most certainly not least, there was much

excitement here when ‘the builders’ (Andy Ball &

Co.) arrived to dig out and lay the path to the wild-

life area on the smallholding, fortunately, while we

had a spell of dry weather. The path is now laid

and fenced and is complete with a ‘lay-by’ as a

passing place, where we plan to add a simple rustic

bench so that it can also be a place for students

and other visitors to the smallholding to stop for a

rest and chat. The path passes by the animal pad-

docks, so wheelchair users can now get much clos-

er to the animals than they could before. We have

wanted to have a path here for quite some time

now – so we are very grateful that your generous

support from GWC has made this possible and

hope that Andy enjoyed getting a little glimpse into

the day to day activities on the Smallholding/in the

Learning Centre.

Everyone here sends their very best wishes to you

all for a very Happy New Year and GWC 10th Anni-

versary.

Thank you for your continued support for us here at

The Orchard Trust

Kathryn

The Orchard Trust

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At a Glance - 2013 GWC Activities Calendar Contact Anita Cockwell if you have any other event you would like to see listed.

Tel: 01761 471385 or mobile: 07702 073361 or e-mail: [email protected]

For further details on any event listed visit “What’s On” on the GWC website.

Committee Contacts Sponsoring Dealer:

Duncan White 0117

9588777

Director:

Barry Aggett 07970 271151

Asst Director/Treasurer:

Peter Roberts 07540 164157

Asst Director/ Head Road

Captain:

Alan Stokes 07766 237242

Secretary:

Yvonne Roberts 01225

751017

Webmaster:

Chris Harding 07801 562011

Activities Officer:

Anita Cockwell 01761

471385

Safety Officer:

Andy Kendall 07905 397474

Editor: Mark Cockwell

07900 496711

Photographer/Historian:

Tony Yendle 07787 551612

Ladies of Harley:

Jane Scott 07894 086626

Charity Co-ordinator:

Bill MacDonald 07989

987189

Cangen Cymraeg Rep:

Greg Payne 07976 410016

Rally Co-ordinator:

Tony James 07940 895921

Road Captains Barry Aggett, Paul

Bromhead, Nigel Garnett,

Paul Groom, Chris Harding,

Martin James, Ian Johnson,

Andy Kendall, Andy

Kendall, (RKK), Dave

Pocock, Stephanie Pocock.

Dave Roberts, Darren

Sharp, Jane & Stuart Scott,

Alan Stokes, Tony Yendle.

Road Marshals Mike Brake, Tony Cole,

Steve Crook, Simon

Griffiths, Ian Mead, Greg

Payne, Mike Sage.

RoadHOG is printed

by the Woodside Press

All details on GWC web site

www.greatwesternhog.co.uk

Date Chapter Events Organiser Details January

8th Club Night Barry Aggett To be Announced

9th Club Night Barry Aggett St Mary’s Hotel, Pencoed

12th LOH Jane Scott Gurzels Rehearsal Meet @ Riders

13th Ride Out Ian Mead/Si Griffiths Visiting the Valleys

22nd Natter Night Barry Aggett Ferry Inn, Beachley

25th 10th Anniversary Martin Rich GWC 10th Anniversary Party @ Riders

27th Ride Out Stu Scott Frozen Nuts in the Forest

February

12th Club Night Barry Aggett To be Announced


March

12th Club Night Barry Aggett Cross Hands Hotel, Old Sodbury


April



May



June

7/8/9th 10th Anniversary Chris Harding 12th Benelux Rally, Belgium



21/22/23rd 10th Anniversary Tony James Hogs in the Hayfields 6, Cleve RFC

July



11/12/13/14th 10th Anniversary Yvonne Roberts Rhayader Riding Weekend

August



September

5/6/7/8th 10th Anniversary Peter Roberts Go East Tour



October



26th 10th Anniversary Dave Norton Dinner Hilton Hotel Aztec West

TBC Hoggin’ the Bridge/Ride to the Wall

November



23rd/24th 10th Anniversary Jane Scott LOH trip to London

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RoadHOG January 2013

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