Saturday the 28th January 2012 is the date, the event to be held at the Feathers Hotel, Leyland, offering an all-inclusive package of wining, dining and dancing for the bargain price of only £39.95 per person (held at 2011 price).

Once more, it looks like being a superb evening. The Feathers Hotel is a rather posh affair and the food and service is excellent. What with the all inclusive bar I will be on the lookout for volunteers for the mornings AGM meeting.

Accomodation is also available at a rate of £60 per room (no increase on last year), this including breakfast and use of the hotel’s many leisure facilities.

For those who haven’t been before, the package includes:

• Free – unlimited bucks fizz and canapés on arrival
• Top quality international Carvery dinner.
• Unlimited quality Red, White & Rose wine on the table. Drink as much as you like.
• Free bar through to Midnight.
• Free Fish & Chip Supper served at 11:00 pm
• Top Quality Disco
• Cash Bar after Midnight.
• Plus a free conference room for our AGM the following morning.

All inclusive price of £39.95 per person.

To simplify the whole process, members will need to book their meal and room directly with the hotel, 01772 422922, quoting reference GW280112.

To qualify for this deal we have to have a minimum of 80 bookings. If we all bring a guest couple with us we will meet the minimum number quite easily, and I’m sure our friends from Goldwings North Wales , Elite Wings, plus all our individual Federation members would be interested in coming along, plus we can invite any friends and family who may be interested. Shouldn’t be too difficult to sell this to all our friends.

So get the date in your diary and those bookings made and let’s look forwards to another great Anniversary event!

STOP PRESS: Book soon to avoid disappointment!

see last years pictures

Jeff Thornton and his team have finalised the details for the 2012 Goldwing Light Parade and announced it will be held inthe seaside resort of Southport.

The dates  are 21st -23rd September and the venue for the weekend is the Prince of Wales Hotel right in the middle of town on Lord Street. The accommodation package is an amazingly good deal with rooms costing £77.50 per person for Friday and Saturday nights (two nights) and include your breakfast and evening meals. Single rooms are also the same price. Wingers can extend the weekend break and add further nights to the package at £30.00 per person per night. How good is that. Ring Maria Broderick at the Hotel on 01704 536 688 and book your accommodation, quoting booking code GOPR2109.

The usual format of parade and best lit bike competition will take place along with a static display during the day. There are still a couple of locations to be finalised but the Police and Marshalling is already arranged with the full support of the Council. All we need now is the weather. Trust Jeff has got that sorted too.

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Just a reminder to everyone, I will be stepping down as web apprentice at the AGM and you will need a new volunteer to push the website forward. Its been an amazing and enjoyable few years building and developing the website, and the new skills I have learnt have even enabled me to create a completely new website for my masonic lodge, something of which I am very proud. Running the website is a rewarding role and you can be assured of lots of help. You will pick up some new skills and become more involved with the club and its members in the process, so go on, the ideal person is out there reading this now, let me know, you will have a lot of fun.

Believe it or not but the website is almost three years old, with the very first post going live in October 2008. Since then you have been on the receiving end of a personal learning curve to pick up the WordPress website package. The journey has been swift but immensely enjoyable, but now is the time for a new talent to emerge and take the editing of the club website into the future. This doesn’t mean that I wont be around any longer, the reason for looking at a replacement is that I want to spend more time on developing the Federation organisation and editing its website.

The ideal candidate will have a reasonable grasp of English and be able to write articles and reports on events. Anyone with WordPress experience would be ideal, but any other website based knowledge would be useful. The website takes time to produce and its not a 5 minute job every now and again. Anyone with Internet time on their hands and a willingness to learn WordPress would be ideal. There is a huge amount of advice and help on the www plus a WordPress based help center which you will find amazingly helpful. One of the important skills is to capture pictures at events and maintain and manage the image gallery on the website. Knowledge of resizing and cropping  pictures for websites is also necessary.

Nigel Mackintosh pretty much leaves the website to be managed by the web underling, unless specific help is required, which to be honest is usually offered very quickly and effectively. There is little he is unable to sort.

So there you have it, a great opportunity for a budding web apprentice to learn new skills and represent Goldwings North West to the global fraternity. Is that you?