Brian collected the van on Saturday afternoon so we could load up the night before.
Gerry and Bob had come over from Wales for the weekend so we had plenty of help with loading the van. Judy had been staying the weekend before so she could come to our reunion as well as Brighton Burn-up so it lovely to have help with all the food. Steve arrived very early Sunday morning. We set off in the van with Judy, Gerry and Rob following us behind on their bikes. We had a very smooth ride down and arrived about 7:30am only to find we had not been allocated our usual place there was not enough room for the gazebo, van and the bikes. After a bit of a wobbly and one hour later we were allocated a bit more space after one of the stand had not turned up. So all was well in the end.
This year with Gerry and Rob we had a lot more help with getting the gazebo up and setting out the tables and chairs. It was not long before the food was set out and the kettle boiled as we waited for the members to arrive.
Vinnie arrived with San and Johnny and out came the frying pan. Vinnie started to fry the samosas which he had brought himself. With a little wait all the members started tucking into freshly cooked samosas. They proved to very popular. By lunch more members and friends started to drop in. Laurie, Ian, Gordon, Berry, Max, Dave, Roger, Sue and many others. Steve was kept busy boiling water for teas and coffees. The whole place was buzzing like a bee hive as many bikes roared past our stand.
As it was fast approaching 5pm we stared to pack-up everything into the van before heading towards a local café for dinner. After well-earned dinner we set off back home and arrived quite late. A wonderful day to meet up with so many of our members and just taking in this great atmosphere of the day.
A very tiring and enjoyable day and all well worth it.
