3 Sleeps to go.........

The weather in London held out today at 27C but the forecast for Mon, Tues is about 20C. Well, we can't complain about that either, it beats 13C. (I might have to rearrange my bag, only one hair dryer instead of two)
Most of us were lucky to finish up our work today and start winding down with a few cool ones.

4 Sleeps to go..........

Great news from London today. Well for the aussies anyway. It seems the weather is preparing for us. Temperatures reached 30C today!!!! Hopefully it will stay that way til we get there.
The Indians will be sitting there waiting for us, just warming up..... about to come out of hibernation.
And while on the subject of the weather etc., here is something to ponder...........
When told the reason for daylight saving time, an old Indian said........"Only a white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket and sew it to the bottom of the blanket and have a longer blanket!!!!!

Countdown.........has begun........5 sleeps to go...

Well everyone, the countdown has begun and most of the groundwork is completed.
The container has arrived in London and all is well as you can see from the pics.
The first two people are on their way and should be landing safely by the time you read this. You could say they are the first "War Party".
The rest of the Injuns start to follow during the week, 25 & 26 Tuesday from Sydney.
The majority of us leave on 5 different flights on Sunday and Monday(5&6) next week, all coming together at our hotel in Slough on Monday and Tuesday. The first big do will be our welcome dinner on Tuesday evening.

Only 35 sleeps to go............

Frank & Meredith Spykers Phil White & Peter Birthisel Petes 1924 Chief, first run (Pres) drawing the raffle

Mick Cheg, Rod Barker,
Conor Murphy.........
On Sunday 24th May some of the UK crew enjoyed the last club ride before departing overseas. The Flowerdale Recovery Ride was organised by the IMCA and Phil White to aid the bushfire stricken town of Flowerdale to rebuild. Over 25o motorcycles turned out and $6,500 raised. The weather was great and a good day for all.

The Farewell Committee

Frank says its all about Fun... Fun... Fun...

A sigh of relief from the committee

The motorcycles were tied to a steel base and frame which was covered by a box. They were loaded into the container with the forklift and piled two high.

The Journey Begins.........

The 20 motorcycles were crated and dispatched in a container on May 4th ahead of the touring party which departs by 6th July. It was a bit of an arduous task of packing. As you can see some of the bags, bike gear, tools, camping gear had to go with them. Check out the truck squeezing into the laneway to drop and pick up the container after being packed. Then the happy committee sendoff.