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We happy few, band of brothers or whatever else billy shakepeare said .We are off to the lakes for the weekend .Does anyone want to come and play out ? Meet at Shoulder of Mutton in the centre of Hebden Bridge at 9am Sat Drinks in the King George at Ulpha at night where ever .

---------gadzooks sire, and have at thee !! OR, try this "extract"}-------------This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that starts his Enfield with me
Shall be my brother; be he Diesel OR Petrol,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.-----------(with apologies to Will for my slight "modernisation.")------------- Alan of Salopia.

See Alan bloody told you you should have come

the latest entrant to the camping trip is little stuart and he,s still riding his efi at 92 years old oh and he,s tenting!! atb paul still smoking!!

--------Dear Kinsmen of the Enfield persuation }------Yea, verily be I not a footpad..........nor yet forked of tongue.........for genuinely do I maketh haste.........to visit fair Portsmouth town.... However, I returneth upon the Tuesday eve............ and photographic evidence, of a new bike----shalt thou perceive !!!!! (Ahhhh---here cometh the Medicus, bearing all manner of recuperative potions. Good advice is thus.....yet to continue with consumption o'er the tablets, my son. !!)......GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !!!

god save the queen we mean it man (rotten johnny 1977)all packed up dieseled bring it on ,if it rains we can sail noel,s canoeon lake coniston was that donald campbell that bluebird toffee is sticky

well to all those who couldn,t make it the lakes were great the Q.C WAS FINE the rock and roll guitar man in the pub was great noel and me rolled out of the pub at 2am the lightweights were tucked up in bed by 10,hard knot pass was superb although insainley dangerous we must be mental? devils bridge for some dinner then home well over 200 miles uesed just over a gallon ov diesel loose chippings all over the A65 ROLL ON OUR NEXT CAMPING WEEKEND SEPTEMBER POSS

When some nosey beggar asks where you were on st Crispins day or at least this weekend you should be able to say I wasnt polishing things be they parts of my anatomy or even my bike but I was on the Lakes camping trip coping with not only the terrain (awsome)but the best of company and good music.Hold your manhoods cheap all who did not come coz we found little blue pills on two wheels.Johny Moulton the die is cast for your wales trip . Next time be there or face ridicule from the Kings of the mountains. He he saw crankie at an angle of close on 45 degrees in a passing place and am still trying to understand how Paul stalled a diesel down a 1 in 3 slope and wished I could have seen him bump starting it on gravel(still a little inebriated I suspect)

THE STALL WAS A LACK OF TICK OVER THE BUMPING IN THIRD GEAR COULD ONLY HAVE BEEN DONE BY A MAN OF MY CALIBRE!!! LOL 1 hell of a road cranki,s bike at that angle not good i thought he would tip,anyway that job sorts the men from the boys

Glad you had a great time, but with 2 weddings, a trip to Ireland, 2 race meetings with the F350 sidecars and the Manx, I'm a little pressed for time for the next month or so! How do we fancy the bwlch y groes, which was the test route used by most of the british manufacturers? We could probably combine it with the Ponderosa cafe at the horseshoe pass if that appeals. I'm looking at a Sunday in September. It would be an early start and a late(ish) finish. What do we think?