Abergavenny

Return trip to Abergavenny 4th August 2002

This was Joker Too’s idea to revisit the Abergavenny bike meet, because its the main holiday
time in the Midland and also it clashed with the UK rally I expected the numbers to be low
however we were pleasantly surprised, read on....

The decision to actually go on the run wasn’t made until Sunday morning because of the weather
forecast, 70% chance of showers also meant 30% of it stopping dry. I left home at around
10.00a.am with a view to Meeting Joker and Tina for 11 in Worcester. I arrived 10.50 no
sign of JT on the car park, looked around and spotted him coming across the to see me I had
completely missed him on the other car park, Bluemax Geoff also arrived a short time
afterwards sporting a new (you guessed it) blue fly screen.

Left Worcester via the old bridge heading on the Hereford Road, first order of the day Bluemax
needed fuelling, 14, Yes, 14 miles later we finally found an open filling station. On through Hereford
and onto the A4xxx, which is, a great road sweeping down to Abergavenny, treat yourself one day its fantastic.

As we pulled in I noticed Steve Taylor standing by the coffee shop, we pulled around and parked our
Max’s then I spotted it the biggest **** off wheel I have ever seen fitted to a Max, some of Steve’s
own handiwork naturally, it was of course the star attraction on the car park even though the numbers
were well down compared to our last visit.

Introductions were made and we settled down for a chat, until the air was shattered by Max T’s exhaust,
the note of which second only to that legend, in his own lunch box, Lucky Carwyns, for the ability to produce
an outrageous noise. Tmax’s T’s Yellow Woody Woodpecker max now sporting the Tiger stripes, which at
some angles look uncannily like the Batman logo that appears in the sky over Gotham City.

Soon dismounted and at full verbosity Max T joined us, tempted I could see by THE WHEEL. The car park
again reverberated to the roar of the mighty Max this time through Cobra Slash cuts and a very pleasant
surprise seeing Dave F and Karen pulling in on their fine specimen. Away without the children for
a dirty weekend, although due more to the mud in the campsite Dave assured me.

Time does fly when you are having fun and soon it was time to say our goodbyes, one final shot of all the max’s
together, is there never a time without some pedestrian or the other looking at them.

Bluemax Geoff did his usual splendid job of leading us back through the Monmouthshire and Herefordshire
and Worcestershire countryside and we wound our way home I arrived at 5.15 another thoroughly enjoyable
day out. Incidentally in all of the 200 and odd mile round trip we never rode through rain, only wet roads so
the 30% chance it was going to be dry paid off and was with us all the way.

Next up, mine and GTB’s adventure to Belgium then Blackpool and the lakes,

‘Be there or be square’.