South West Rally No 1

[GUYZED]

Great first S W Rally Ralph & CB you must have been so pleased it went so well,apart from the weather.
Got back home after three & half hours least it wasn't raining.
Ralph can you say a big thank you to Sandi & Nigel for getting me a bed for the night (i turned up no tent/sleeping bag or a tooth brush):)
You were robbed at pool you should have least have won one game

[CB]

Great weekend, good company, food, beer and zyder, some spectacular hangovers . Managed not to rain after everyone had arrived

Contrary to what Mr Pigford had to say there were 20 Zeds and a stray FJ1200

See you all again soon

[grumpuszed1]

brilliant do ralph! hope the hangover didnt last too long? nice to put faces to names at last. roll on next year!

[Ed Z1-R]

Glad to hear the Rally went well.
Good Show

[RALPHARAMA]

Thanks to all who came and supported our first South West Rally

Despite inaccurate earlier reporting we had 20 Zeds as well as various other makes that came and went.

Sandi and Nigel were absolute top hole hosts not only providing free camping, but also a plastic palace for those too pissed to erect their own tents and even gave us the use of the skittle alley for which various uses were found, not least of which was a dormitory

Most arrived with bikes laden down with gear for the weekend, but special mention for the classiest entrance must go to Guy who arrived wearing only leathers ! I asked where he'd some from with sooo little encumbrances, expecting him to say the next village ... just outside Reading he retorted ... I enquired if he had booked a B&B as he clearly had not brought his temporary home on his back and was informed he had intended to ride home I explained that this was against the rules as we in the South West do not tolerate drink driving, nor sobriety; so Sandi sorted him with a dossing station and he worked hard on drinking for Reading

Sadly the Royal Mail let down Tricky Mikey so he had to ride down on his Eff Jay, but he didn't let that ruin his weekend

Piglet cheated openly at pool by contravening the SWZ1OC rules for playing pool at rallies, which clearly states that all players of the game shall have imbibed at least 60% of their known maximum alcohol tolerance before wielding a cue.

I am sorry I was unable to say good bye to one and all this morning, but I was very unwell and even now am pretty light headed Sorry that the standard of my photography is so poor in many shots but I was taken tired and emotional and found even my pocket camera too complex























Tricky Mikey AKA Mickymatoe

Those that went early missed out on one of the best roast lunches I have eaten in a long time, which set me up for the ride home despite my fragile condition.

Roll call of those that attended in no particular order showing real name, forum handle, bike ridden to the rally and distance travelled:
Jeff & Maggie Cooke
Marion (CB)
Chris Poll (Tailliftchris) on Z1000a1 - Won Best Standard Zed -178
Guy Martin (Guyzed) on Modified Z1000a2 - Won Best Modified Zed 132
Paul McEleney on Z900A4 - 172.8
M Doble on Z1000ST - 88
Ady Larkin on Z1000a2 - 90
Nick Brock (Nick) on Z1000ST - 132 won award for heaviest drinker
Graham (Grumpuszed1) on Z900 A4 - 85
Chris Payne (Z1000chris) on Z1000 - 158
Mikey (Mikey) on Z1000a2 - 40ish
Mick Atack (Tricky Micky) on FJ1200 - 75ish?
Kev (Spunky) on Z1000a1 - 50
Terry Morrison (Terry Morrison) on Z1000a1 - 136
Chris (Chris U) on modified Z1R - 170
Nic on Z900A4 - 171
Mark Ponsford (Pigford) on modified Z1000R2 ELR - 20?
Paul Butterfield (BunnyZ) on Z1A - 150
Ralph Ferrand (vduk) on Z1000a1 - 47
Noel McGuinness (Noel McGuinness) on Z900A4 - 100
Simon Gilling (Simon Gilling) - 1972 Z1 - 144
Ed & Ali Warden (Buckle) on Z550 - 55
Tim Farrington on Z1000Ltd - 45ish?

Thanx to all who braved the weather and a big shout to Sandi, Nigel and Anne-Marie who bent over backwards day and night to make us comfortable, full of food and drunk. Thanx also to EdZ1R who supplied the trophies.

[Pigford]

Great photo's Ralphy...... Must admit you were well tucking into the BEER when I left (before 10pm)........
Glad you led by example though
GREAT RALLY - I'M GLAD I DIDN'T TAKE THE AREA REP ROLE, COZ THERE WOULD BE NO WAY I COULD COME CLOSE TO THE EFFORT YOU PUT IN MATE

[tlc]

I ve only just stopped shaking from the amount of alcohol I consumed. A cooked dinner and a little sleep works wonders.

After I left the pub Sat evening about 11.30 and got into the taxi I found a couple of local girlies on their way out for the evening.

They questioned my reason for going back to my room at that time on a Saturday and since I could offer no reasonable explanation I had to go into Taunton with them. (Would have been rude not to)

Anyway a big thank you to Natalie and Gail who looked after me in a strange town and made sure I got back to my B&B safely. At 3.30

It`s good to know that the young people of Taunton are just as capable of rolling around in the gutter as they are in any other town at 3 a.m.

[Pigford]

Chris, glad you had a good time with... Natalie and Gail.... who....

when they are not out on the RAZZZ on a Saturday night, usually go buy the names of Norman & Gerald, infamous bricklayers from Weston-Super-Mare



Sorry Chris, just jealous, you dirty old goat

[tlc]

Ha ha.

Piggy, let me tell you that as far as my dancing is concerned there is nothing to be jealous about. NOTHING AT ALL

[Hobbo]

VDUK / CB

Well done ralph on what looks to have been a great success on your first rally i for one know what pressure it puts on you and am sorry i had to miss it even more with family trouble today ( will tell you later ) . Once again well done and thanks to all that supported you

well done lads

PHIL

[simon gilling]

Ralphy,

superb rally, Thanks for arranging sunshine when I arrived, sorry my Zed was so dirty, really...

I had to dash back to the midlands on Sunday morning, I had a hospital appointment, not such good news, I will be having back surgery later in the year.

Your photos are great for capturing the spirit of everyone having fun. Really nice crowd of new friends.

Thanks again, and I hope you recover well enough to plan next years S W rally.

Oh. and I so nearly dropped it on an oily roundabout, one of those sideways slides shouting f*** f*** f*** as the curb comes nearer and the front just slides. not nice, but I survived.

All the best to you and everyone else who made it so much fun.

Simon

[GUYZED]

You think my eyes were red in pic of me playing pool you should have seen them in the morning after going to bed at 2 o'clock

[tlc]

I had to come home from work early today as I am just so exhausted.

Not sure if it was the 170 mile ride home or flailing around the dancefloor to the Prodigy

[tlc]

Some of my photos from the Rally.

Apologies for the quality, they are from a mobile phone





And finally for the non Rally related picture...........this is Natalie

[noelmcguinnessz900]

it was a great weekend well done ralph and marrion