Thumper Club Forum
Club House => Events/Meetings/Rideouts => Topic started by: Steffan on December 05, 2010, 08:11:03 PM
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For all those hardcore attendees a message from our host who I advised of our intentions for this forthcoming year,
"Thats great - happy new year to you!"
Steffan
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Outstanding ;)
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Marvelous ! :D
Jethro
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At least I have now had time to resharpen my axe.
Richard
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At least I have now had time to resharpen my axe.
Richard
Didn't know you had one to grind :o ;)
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Cool.
What am I down for on the catering list? I trust it's black tie ;)
Andy
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Well Jules and I haven't really totally sorted that out yet.
We are thinking something of a mixed grill/bake to end all mixed grill bakes.
In short meat as only Northern European barbarians know how.
Bring beer, bring bread, bring yourself.
The only thing which concerns me is heavy rain and I think Jules has that one covered.
Steffan
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Cool.
What am I down for on the catering list? I trust it's black tie ;)
Andy
Nice change to black sausages!
I wish I hadn't already made other arrangements. :(
Mark
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I wish I hadn't already made other arrangements. :(
Mark
would be nice to have you along Mark
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I wish I hadn't already made other arrangements. :(
Mark
would be nice to have you along Mark
Yeah ! You miserable Bugger ! ;) :D ;D
Jethro
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I'll be at the Dragon just got prior things planned for the Friday night.
Probably see you at the Llanidloes Cafe on the way up if I don't see you before.
Mark
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The Germans have had their final instructions,
"the control will be situated about 1 mile past Llyn Gwynant on the A498"
apparently a new site and a free woolly hat!! ;D
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The Germans have had their final instructions,
"the control will be situated about 1 mile past Llyn Gwynant on the A498"
apparently a new site and a free woolly hat!! ;D
This sounds like a sketch off Dads Army.
There is also a limited amount of 50th anniversary mugs.
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"the control will be situated about 1 mile past Llyn Gwynant on the A498"
Interestingly at the entrance to Llyn Gwynant Campsite, nah can't be, can it?
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That could put the control at the viewing site towards the top - sounds like a possibility - bloody awful midges though and they will allow fires at that campsite.
Steff
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bloody awful midges though
Unless we have a particularly warm spell I suspect not.
Or did you mean minges?
(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSJiBh7c3fR3tiBeMHO2i_eCkBdJr3pYM09-3xK7z5pMtAIHO4p)
Boyd
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Boyd,where do you find this stuff ;D
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Under his bed.
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Boyd,where do you find this stuff ;D
Not by using any sort of fanny magnet that's for sure!
Boyd
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Interestingly at the entrance to Llyn Gwynant Campsite, nah can't be, can it?
It's a long walk to the pub from there.
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Who goes to the pub from the Dragon??????
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Who goes to the pub from the Dragon??????
We do some years just to get off site for a bit.I am a lazy git when it comes to cooking and I like to try and get something to eat that isn't a rallyburger.
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What? Have none of us ever wandered up to that pub near the Capel Curig site, nor taken a saunter to the bar in Solla at the Elephant Rally? What about that great cafe at the A5 services near Capel Curig? I seem to remember every Dragoneer I know sat in there sipping from their pint mugs of tea on rally day.
In fact if you peruse any of the old-timer stories on the various Dragon Rally sites you will see that pub outings have been a feature since the rally began.
To my mind it's the riding to the event and camping over that marks you as a true Dragoneer, not how you choose to spend your time in between. Where would you draw the line? would you contend that the marquee is out of bounds because it has a roof and walls? Were the cafes at Caernarvon airport and Ty Croes empty because real Dragoneers refused to accept the comfort of a soft seat out of the wind?
This is all imho, of course ;)
GC
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Steady on GC, I wasn't making any judgment regarding the authenticity of the experience or what might consitute "a true Dragoneer" what ever that might be. I was merely hazarding to suggest that there is plenty to occupy oneself without resort to the pub.
Steffan
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Sorry old chap, I'm probably just a bit tetchy following the drubbing we got for going to the pub last year.
GC
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It all depends on how far the Pub/Cafe is !
Dont see the point in trudging miles...but if it is realtively close then by all means.
I have been known to go for Tiffin and a swift Port and Lemon on the way back.
Jethro
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is it possible the dragon is at the site that was used a couple of years ago by the copper mine at bedgellert? as for going the pub,we go nearly every year for a couple of hours if only for a bit of a warm. would anybody have any objections if i could persuade the sunbeamers i will be traveling with to join in with the smoking jacket and cap theme
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would anybody have any objections if i could persuade the sunbeamers i will be traveling with to join in with the smoking jacket and cap theme
Crikey no! It was great fun last time and, as I said, it's a very easy theme to choose because the kit weighs little, takes up hardly space in your luggage and looks sooooo funny when donned.
You can buy smoking caps on Ebay, but anyone who can use a sewing machine can make one in no time. I used a florid scarf I bought in a charity shop as the basis for my cap. The tassle on top was originally a curtain tie-back.
GC