Comments on: Fleetwood Tram Sunday 19 July

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:16:44 +0000

I had a great day and enjoyed chatting with fellow riders from both Goldwing North West and Penine Wings.I picked up some good tips on riding and general care for the bike.

Due to being a bit late I missed out on the breakfast but made up for it through the day(Burgers Chips etc.)I try to keep on a balanced diet so I ate standing on one foot!!!!

Thanks to Jimmy Ryan who informed me about the colour of my bike meaning something in the States(I wont repeat it)and can’t work out if he was joking or meant it.

see you all soon

Ian and Lesley

By: dave and toni

dave and toni — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:35:22 +0000

Hi again – what a fab day out at Fleetwood on Sunday. Full of surprises and ups and downs. The weather for one – early morning very dark and gloomy but bright, thought we would try our new helmets and visors (they are chrome just like the stig on BBC top gear) The weather held off until on the M55 then it came – through my rainbow chrome visor it was multi coloured rain drops beating against the visor at about 85mph (cos I was in a little hurry) anyway we arrived and being myself drove passed the turning and went down a no entry sign to park up with the gathered gang. Also we were wearing our new jackets which had been embroidered in Southport that very week (the extra patches arrived Monday morning awaiting stitching on by wife!!!) Making our way to Fleetwood was a short hop from the River Wyre pub and we were duly assigned a car park space – by the toilets and seats!! (Writer well chuffed a park bench all great..) Anyway I digress as the rides and attractions were got up and running a brew and biscuit was taken. after a little while people began to appear and look at the assembled bikes/trike/sidecar – the PR job had begun in earnest answering questions about various subjects ( 2 many to list) Breakfast was taken by a few of the members who had been able to last out without food until mid morning. As we approached mid day the weather improved and the sun was beginning to shine, the organ to our left had been playing passable tunes which helped to create a sea-side atmosphere, in the background a jazz band was playing later on in the day. The big parade came next Toni took snaps as did I which will appear on the website later. There seemed a never ending line of folk wanting pictures of various members of family sat on or stood by bikes/trike/sidecar. the box began to rattle to the sound of money (I hope) which was great- we had a visit by 2 birds of prey, an eagle and owl – see website photo album
the handlers were great and again pictures were took, by the on looking public. Toni got a mini biggles teddy, it cost £5 from air ambulance stand – as the afternoon passed on more and more people came and the atmosphere was a typical British seaside town. Your writer did not venture too far away from the car park just to ensure the public did not harm our bikes and set off alarms. Around 4, 30 ish we began to get ready for the trip home – Toni surprised me by wanting to ride without her helmet (well we can cos ….I know u know we’ve got 3 wheels nuff said) and she did so ALL the way home having a spot of tea on the way home which rounded off a great day with the wings. BUT the morning after….. both of us have a mask, white around the eyes where our shades had been and a red face where the sun had caught will look at my brass keep sake with fond memories of a great sunny British seaside day out – many thanks to all at Fleetwood who made the day good. Hopefully going again next year??? – please. This short epistle to The Corinthians ends.

By: barry

barry — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:19:58 +0000

got the sunscreen packed, got the raincoats packed,Fred Talbot wasnt very sure what the weather will be like tomorrow,I think he covered it all! About to go out for the butty stuff now although there is a very good chippy in Fleetwood, yum yum!

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow

Barry and Lesley

By: Bob Summers

Bob Summers — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:16:19 +0000

Looks like passes for Tram Sunday have been issued as I received mine in the post today. Fear not if you don’t get one, nobody to date has been asked for one or turned away, especially as we arrive in a large group anyway.
See you all on Sunday.
Bob

By: Bob Summers

Bob Summers — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:44:49 +0000

Well you will certainly get to ride a tram. Fleetwood being the home to the oldest tram system in the world. As for the seaside, have you been to Fleetwood before?
Bob

By: dave and toni

dave and toni — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:40:04 +0000

we are coming 2 this cos i wanna ride a tram and have a nice day by the seaside