The weather was cloudy but rain was not forecast. I was riding my 1957 Triumph Trophy 650 TR6 and I made my way to Denham meeting point. On arrival Dave on a Triumph Bonny Scrambler, and Ian on a Sinnis 250 were already there waiting. Then Bill and Ray turned up on their Tritons, then Maxy on a Norton Atlas 750, then Roger on his Norton 750 Commando. Brian and Pat arrived on their Hinkley Bonneville.
I suggested that I ride behind Brian who was leading, as I did not have the braking power of the other bikes to ride at the back of the pack, at the back you get the sling shot effect of constantly speeding up then heavy braking. We set off and had a great ride through Slough and Windsor, which made a classic sight and sound with these mostly old British bikes, just like the old days! Most of us were dressed in old kit as well, with open helmets, goggles, and leather jackets, jeans and boots. We got to the Black Horse pub in Slough and were the first to arrive, so we parked our bikes at the front and Brian, Pat and I decided to walk down to Costas for a large coffee, when we came back the place was full of lovely old British machinery and a few foreign bikes, Eric Patterson even turned up on a Matchless. There was food available at the pub or you could pop over to Tescos which was opposite.
About 20 Mods turned up on their classic old 1960s Scooters, Lambrettas and Vespas decked in lights and mirrors, they were very welcome at the pub and the whole scene was very cool. After a lot of bike talk our group of Busy Bee decided to ride down to the Cellar Coffee Bar in Windsor. It was a great feeling to be re-living history riding these old classic bikes around the corner to the Cellar, as we arrived some Scooters were just leaving which made a great sight for on-lookers who must have thought it was the 60s again! The night club above the Cellar was owned by Diana Dors, I wonder if she ever popped down for a coffee and to put a record on the Jukebox! The whole place is now a kind of hotel.
When we decided to leave, Rogers Norton would not start, and after loads of attempts by us to fix the problem which was electrical he decided to call the breakdown people. The bike did eventually start as it was an intermittent fault.
