GoldWings North West

Lesley Halley Book of Condolence

It is with great sadness that we inform you of the very early passing of Lesley Halley on Friday morning 29th January. Lesley and Barry joined the club just over 12 months ago and immediately Lesley made an impression, getting involved with all the events and making the effort to attend and generally be in the thick of things. Her fiery character and soft unmistakable laughter were a joy to behold. She was certainly a rising star within our continues………

Bring your camera

Well it was a great night and many of you did indeed bring your cameras. There are now 300 pictures from the dinner dance and around a dozen from the AGM uploaded to the 2010 gallery pages. If you have any pictures you want adding to the gallery please e mail them across but remember to crop them and reduce them in size first. continues………

Home is where the bike is

As you do your always on the look out for Goldwing news and comments regarding our beloved bikes, Google being the main source. Well I came across this interesting article from down under, if only the weather here was good enough. I can see quite a few Goldwings North West members opting for this.

Web site changes

You will find that future events are no longer visible on the main home page and are now only listed under the “Future Events” category. This change allows you to see a comprehensive list of events in date order and also  maintains interesting articles on the home page for a longer period. Hope you find it beneficial.  

Forces request mags

I am currently running a camp in Helmand Province in Afghanistan and I would like to get as many people as possible to send my blokes (many are very keen bikers) your read bike mags. I apologise for the direct approach but due to having to cater for everyone’s tastes bike mags are not delivered as part of our Operational welfare package. The continues………

Charity to benefit!

We’ve had a couple of good ideas for a collection at the dinner dance in aid of Goldwings North West nominated charity. Firstly John & Maureen have donated a giant teddy bear, which would make a great pillion for someone, as a raffle prize. If members would also like to donate any unsuitable Christmas gifts or bottles on the night we could have a very successful raffle. Lesley Halley also has a great idea that would benefit our charity, she continues………

Welcome pack added

Secretary Ian Duxbury has included the welcome pack, issued to new members on joining the club, to the members section of the website. You still need the password, but as a member you will already know that. The pack details all the information that usually takes new members several months to pick up, along with all the regular meeting points for run outs. Ian has also managed to include a couple of articles regarding discipline continues………

And please don’t forget………..

Those collecting boxes which may still be lurking, asleep and undisturbed in the cosy corner of a dark  pannier (saddlebag?).

If you can bring them to either the AGM or February meeting, then we can count the cash and hopefully get someone along from the Air Ambulance to accept a nice cheque!

Cheers!

Welsh visit in force!

Dave Turvey, Chairman of Goldwings North Wales confirms that 10 of their members have booked for the anniversary dinner dance and  overnight accommodation. Thats absolutely brilliant news, well done North Wales. We look forward to welcoming you all to the celebration, especially Derek who promised to wear his kilt and Alan and Rodney who may be in officers No1 Dress, should be quite a spectacle. On behalf of North West continues………

Bike Show Postponed

RTTW raises £29,000

Latest news from RTTW 2 – Thanks to your participation we managed to raise over £29,000.00 at RTTW2. This information was added first to the website in early December 2009. The cheque presentation will take place at 14:00 hrs on 11th January 2010 at the National Memorial Arboretum in the presence of our founder ,Mr Martin P Dickinson, our Patron, Major General R Lamont Kirkland CBE, as well as the Chairman of the continues………

Light Parade website updated

The Blackpool Illuminations Goldwing Light Parade website has been totally revamped. The web master Nigel Mackintosh has updated the site to include new features and allow easier access to pages and information. The usual photo gallery feature is still available with an image rotator on the front page. Its a fantastic new site, have a good look around. It can be found here or by clicking on continues………