5th RideSafe Rendezvous 2010
The 5th RideSafe BackSafe event took place on a glorious sunny day in a very different location to that previous. The organisers played a blinder and positioned the event away from the promenade right on the main town car park opposite Blackpool Football Club. It was situated right at the end of the motorway with lots of car park space for bikes and visitors. I think this new location kept quite a few of the tourist visitors, who would normally have stumbled across it, away from the event. This was not a bad thing because all those attending appeared to be bikers, if the sea of black and leather was to be believed, and I’m sure the traders appreciated the better quality of punter. Lancs & Lakes had already arrived and had a good number of wings on display before us. This was due to our meeting taking place in the morning and not being able to get to the site any sooner. It would have helped if our 
entire committeee had turned up at the well publicised meeting time of 10:00 am, but thats another story. Barry Halley was presented with the award that we had all agreed upon in respect of the enthusiasm and hard work that he and dear Lesley had committed to the club last year. Stuart also took the opportunity of returning the Goldwinger
of the Year award back to Lancs & Lakes, if you remember Stuart was awarded this shield in 2008, and this was his first chance of returning it back to its rightful owners. The weather was superb, the sun shone all day long, the band played, friends chatted, tea was drunk, and the stunt riders burnt rubber, which prompted everyone to have a good look around the trade stands and see what bargains could be secured. Most had had their fill by 4:00 pm and departed the event in search of fish and chips and ice cream. What a difference a bit of sunshine makes to a day on the bike. Photo’s from this event can be viewed in the Ridesafe Backsafe gallery
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The regular monthly meeting will take place at 10:00 am at the Norman Jepson Hotel, afterwhich we can ride over to Blackpool for the event.
RideSafe Rendezvous returns to Blackpool. – The Annual RideSafe Rendezvous is growing every year and returns to Blackpool on Sunday 25th April 2010 to offer more entertainment and advice to
motorcyclists from across the North West of England. This year’s stunt show will feature Craig Jones on two wheels (or less!) and Paul Swift on four wheels (. . . or less!!),
together with a proven and successful mix of dealerships, retailers, exhibitors and information about rider training and road safety.
FREE entry, FREE motorcycle parking and FREE advice from the RideSafe BackSafe team.
The 5th Annual RideSafe Rendezvous will be held at Central Beach Car Park in Blackpool on Sunday 25th April 2010 from 10am until 5pm.
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roger fogg | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
This was a good meeting with lots to see and do. Craig Jones was very good with his stunt riding, like to see him try it on a goldwing . Met some old friends from another club and had a good natter with some of them. Stuart’s suggestion of some tuition on slow riding with him sounded like a splended idea, mabee he can take some of the wobble out of my attempts
Roger
Ken | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
Hi Guys, A great day out at the Bikesafe Event with good friends and excellent weather as well. May I thank Jackie & Bob, Lynette & Ian for Sunday Lunch and a great and relaxed bike ride, cheers guys. Ken
Bob | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
Roger. It looks like your Gravatar image has changed then.
Bob | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
Ken. Glad you enjoyed the day, its amazing what a little sunshine and great fish and chips can achive.
Dave | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
Had a great day walking about seeing all the sights and sounds of a great day – better than sitting on my trike all day (that was last years and 11 stone on m.o.) Watching the little kids on the honda crossers was great. Got one up on the Boom trike stand as we left one of the Boom staff saw us and his/her mouth dropped a mile!!
roger fogg | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
Well not quite Bob. This is the image i changed to a head and shoulders picture which is now correct on stuarts blog in the comments section from Sandbach last week.( Very confusing )
Roger
Judy Goodman | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
The sun shone, the coffee was good, the hot dog I got captured on camera with was excellent. Good to see so many like minded people enjoying each others company.
Well done Barry on accepting ‘The Lesely Halley Award’ shield, it’s well deserved.
What did we all do on our weekends before we bought our wings? The weekends now are filled with fun and good company, we must have been so miserable, or maybe our gardens were very well kept! or our houses well decorated! or even our cars very shiney and polished like our wings are now. The mind boggles as to what we got up to.
Peter Rodgers | Apr 27, 2010 | Reply
Burnt me damn head again!!
I really must remember to wear my hat!!
Lynne (the sister) | Apr 27, 2010 | Reply
Oh Judy, I have to work at weekends. I’m so looking forward to the day when my fortune changes and I can tag on with Steven and join in the fun that you all have!!
barry | Apr 27, 2010 | Reply
You didnt burn your mouth on those chips pete they didnt last long enough..Mind you mine didnt either.
A good day all round and a tour on the prom on the way home.
Like judy said what did we do in the days pre wing.
And is there life after a wing i think not
Thanks to all for a good day.