F2 2nd MAD HATTERS RALLY 2002

Middleton Cheney Oxfordshire

 Following on from the very succesful rally of last year, F2 motorcycles arranged a rally over the Jubilee Bank holiday......for those who wanted to escape the Jubilee Bank Holiday celebrations ( and the futbol)........

Dr Guffers flatulence master class, hence no side panels on the Pagoda.... to reduce blast damage.......( He's really not that bad.....no, really)

 

After setting up their tent, Kev and Sue are horrified by Tim Berry's tale of how big it was and why it frightened him so much......An, it was huge an' had teeth an' three tentacles an' smelled like........

As the rally field filled up, with more diverse and esoteric characters ( and that was before the Red Mullet turned up...) people wandered around getting their bearings.....

Has anyone seen my porta-potti...?

...and spokes or clutch cables....

Bill Northcote, the man, the myth, the 'can't park on three wheels problem...'.

Bill Northcote and his partner show what happens to your tongue after too much Cinzano & Orange.......(and You buy a Dnepr Wasp outfit......???)

Sunday's run out to a quaint ( allegedly ) canal museum provided a diversion from all the Russian iron, twenty or so bikes raced off faster than my power-winder could capture them...... ( all right-so I ran out of film)

'A rare shot of Mr ( No pictures )Angel........after the last one I saw I would not want another.....

 ...Red Dnepr's they were very popular over the week-end, don't know why, but they looked like they were having fun.....

Wave, it's the last chance you'll get......

After a quick tour of the Baltic, time to relax at a rally, I see the Ural Riders Association stickers did not stay on long...

And I tried 'Liquid Nails' as well.....

Monday saw a quick run to support the local animal rescue home, a tiny terrace house with more chicken wire and sheds than I have ever seen ( outside of Thirsk) Though a frantic last minute search ensued as to who was supposed to bring the cat food..... .

No, I was bringing the cat litter, YOU were supposed to bring the Chinchilia lava dust...

On-site meals were provided by the local farmer and the consensus was that they were very good and reasonably priced ( so he couldn't of been a REAL farmer then, could he?) Local pubs ( three of them, not theme pubs either....sob.) were within walking distance of the rally field with a good selection of ales but alas with a somber atmosphere....so we just took Amber along, which changed all THAT.......

Though the attendance was not as high as last year, every one seemed to have plenty to do and to talk about, camp fires were surrounded by laughter ( especially when Chris proved how hard it was to sit on a chair.....?) and even the weather stayed good.....get back there next year, you'll only wish you did.

BY Chris ( It's got ears, ball-bearings and a battery, but it's not off a Ural ) Rayner-Rix.