Was the best spur of the moment decision for a long time. pity i had to work on saturday and missed the fun and games but was great to see you all again and hopefully will do more often
Spur of the moment decision for me too Anneka and lovely to see you. I'm sooooo glad I turned up eventually cos I a fab fab fab time and it was great to see familiar faces and meet so many new peeps. Best damn time for ages....Can even laugh about walking back from Barmouth along the railway track in the wee small hours...it's great to be a born again teenager!
Errrr dunno how long, but was longer for some than for others...and I was definitely tail-end charlie. Thanks to Bill for finding a hole underneath the 8 foot chain link fence so I wasn't forced to attempt climbing it
Also thanks for dragging me along the track and for not abandoning me when I begged to be allowed to die
Could'n leave you on the tracks Min. it wood of cost me a £1000 fine, and thanks to the people with the taxi who never came back for us, but at least we were not the last back and were does that Batlady get all here energy from great day at Portmeirion today and yes we did mange to escape allthough someone tryed to knock the bridge wall down with there car , but seriously folks thanks to every one who turned up it was a brillant weekend and for them that havenot been to one get yourself there you dont know what your missing, lol and can't wait for the next one, thank for all the effort you put into it Jackie we love you.
Ho yes what about the dam chickens that kept following me around, they pinched my bread and cheese and salad but i did get them back when my shoe fell of lol
I saw that...'fell off'?? Yeah?? Direct hit more like
and just a little word of warning to anyone ever tempted to pilfer Bill's cheese...he really bears a grudge
I broke off a bit of donut to be nice to one of the chickens and while I offered it with my right hand the b*stard thing nicked the donut out of my left and ran off!
What an absolutely brilliant weekend!!!
Beautiful place, brilliant company and bikes!! what more could you ask for? :o)
The farmer and his wife Linda were spot on, lovely people, as were their friends and the other campers. I checked on a couple of occasions to mek sure we werent mekking too much noise... and we weren't ... Must try harder next time!!! ...lol kidding! ... so tuff luck to all the other sites that wouldn't alow us to camp on their sites...and are now begging for us .......... their loss!!
The waterfall campsite was beautiful too.. and you can have real fires there, approx £6-£7 pp pn, might be worth looking at for the odd night.....ohhhh and it probably WOULD be odd with us lot there!!lol
The swim in the water at the end of the falls, was just what the doctor ordered... then a lovely meal in a pub garden while we dried out .. awesome!
Shaz ( Bat ) .. I'm impressed with your level of fitness getting to the top of those steps in Barmouth and actually beating a certain fit lad...you go girl!!! ;o)
I have done a fair bit of 'yomping' this weekend.. must've done at least 10 -15 miles along the beach on Saturday...then Sunday night walking back from Barmouth..... i should have thighs like Arnie.... hang on.. I HAVE !! lol.
Think we was the last ones back, at about 1am?!? you lot must have been trapping, cos we dint catch you up, certainly was an experience.. walking along the beach, at that time.. really windy and cold, think ive got pneumonia now.. even tho a certain fit lad gave me his tshirt... lol Then the same as you, Minnie, we were climbing over fences and yomping thro the dunes.. before finally getting back 'home' ... Was brilliant.. just like a bunch of kids!! :o))
Jackie and Yamma thank you for doing the breakfasts, was great. and much appreciated!
Di.... the cake was scrummy as ever..and 'egg free' for the albino dwarf buddy, you're a star!
Mark.. thanks for bringing me a breakfast back from the cafe, slight bit of miscommunication going on..typical fella!! ;o) pmsl
Vanessa.. JP looked a little toooooo comfortable in that dress.. i dread to think what he had on underneath?!?!?
Bill.... yours were the only stockings/long socks I saw.. and I must say how very dashing you looked in them!! :o) lol
Those of us that stayed Sunday night.. we had a brilliant morning over at Portmerion .. even tho some F***ing *&?>$$" on the toll bridge wouldnt move and my poor car thought the bridge would bend and move as i tried to squeeze past......... Nope! a nicely scraped front bumper!!! ahh well.. adds to all the other knocks and scrapes! And .. even more reason to get my bike test done!
That was an incredible place too.. so eccentric.
Well I hope you all had a safe journey home. I got caught on the M60.. a lorry was on fire apparently, and we dint move for an hour or so.. was so frustrating as i only had 2 miles to go!!! grrrrrr eventually got home about 8pm.. a 6 hour journey.. got in .. med a cuppa.. and fell asleep while the kettle boiled!!! lol
Thanks again to everyone that organised it.. a special mention to Drobs.. so sorry you couldn't make it .. hope you are making a speedy recovery and I'm sure another Barmouth is on the cards very soon, we will make sure you get there hun!!!
The photos are brilliant.. I'm laughing again as I go thro them...absolutely top weekend!!
BM'ers Rock!!!!!!!!!! xxxxxxx
After much Googling I've come to the conclusion that you just don't get albino dwarf humans, or none that like to be filmed anyway. So we may have disproved Rule 34. You do get albino dwarf hamsters though, so Richard Gere should be happy.
kaz fanx for the special mention, as you can imagine i was gutted to have not made it, every1 Ihave spoke to enjoyed themselves, that is the main thing. There is gonna be a lot of biking stuff I will be missing out on this year all cos a stupid driver didnt look when she turned right!! (yes I'm very angry still).
Tracy ... big hugs mate... but just think when you get your gear.. and new bike.. you will be out and about and theres so much more to do yet! and im sure there will be pillys available as soon as you're up for it :o) xx
Any more pics of Barmouth? im sure theres some embarrassing ones hiding somewhere??? lol
I agree with <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City><st1:place>Gary</st1:place></st1:City>, after extensive research I have come up with NO evidence that albino dwarfs exist, never mind take part in ............ <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
<o:p></o:p>
I have uploaded a few pictures myself now, nothing great, just a few sunsets and the half a day at the waterfall <?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 stroked="f" filled="f" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" o:preferrelative="t" o:spt="75" coordsize="21600,21600"><v:stroke joinstyle="miter"></v:stroke><v:formulas><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"></v:f><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"></v:f><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"></v:f></v:formulas><v:path o:connecttype="rect" gradientshapeok="t" o:extrusionok="f"></v:path><o:lock aspectratio="t" v:ext="edit"></o:lock></v:shapetype><v:shape style="WIDTH: 17.25pt; HEIGHT: 12.75pt" id=_x0000_i1025 alt="Thumbs Up" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:href="http://www.bikermatch.co.uk/sites/bm/forum/rte/images/smiley20.gif" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\STUART~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image001.gif"></v:imagedata></v:shape><o:p></o:p>
<o:p></o:p>
Once again what a fantastic weekend :))<o:p></o:p>
<o:p></o:p>
Forgot to say thanks to all, especially Jackie for lumping my swag up there, yam for paying for my parking, and <st1:City><st1:place>Gary</st1:place></st1:City> for the ice cream, thinks I owe a few drinks now <v:shape style="WIDTH: 12.75pt; HEIGHT: 12.75pt" id=_x0000_i1026 alt="Smile" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:href="http://www.bikermatch.co.uk/sites/bm/forum/rte/images/smiley1.gif" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\STUART~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image002.gif"></v:imagedata></v:shape><o:p></o:p>
<o:p></o:p>
I will remember in future to go to a cash point first lol<o:p></o:p>
<o:p></o:p>
Only thing that ruined it was being disqualified from the duck racing, I think just like football, we need video replays ... I DIDNT knock the duck with my gun intentionally, I slipped..... Honest.. + Alex cheated first lol<o:p></o:p>
<o:p></o:p>
Definitely going to have to arrange another trip soon!!<o:p></o:p>
![a weekend away to the coast later in the year (60) - Forums [Biker Match]](/images/backgrounds/strips/8mobileLQ.jpg)
![a weekend away to the coast later in the year (60) - Forums [Biker Match]](/images/backgrounds/strips/8desktopLQ.jpg)
