Only 2 days to go, then we are off to Stranraer on Saturday, ferry to Larne on Sunday then the fabulous countryside of N Ireland. NW200, Guiness and a rented cottage 500 yards from Bushmills distillery. Please God give us some nice weather!
Anyone else going?
Quote from: ChrisB on May 09, 2012, 09:14:44 PM
Only 2 days to go, then we are off to Stranraer on Saturday, ferry to Larne on Sunday then the fabulous countryside of N Ireland. NW200, Guiness and a rented cottage 500 yards from Bushmills distillery. Please God give us some nice weather!
Anyone else going?
I wish !!!!you will love it!!!! ENJOY Weather is set to be good. :clap:
Quote from: ChrisB on May 09, 2012, 09:14:44 PM
Only 2 days to go, then we are off to Stranraer on Saturday, ferry to Larne on Sunday then the fabulous countryside of N Ireland. NW200, Guiness and a rented cottage 500 yards from Bushmills distillery. Please God give us some nice weather!
Anyone else going?
Have a great one.
Chris I hope that you have a great time with good weather
This year is the first one that we are missing for some years, and I have been going since the early 90s
The racing is outstanding with hospitality to match...I'm very, very envious of you...ride safe, enjoy and tell us all the Craic on your return
Enjoy every moment Chris .. the weather is looking good for you. Fingers crossed. :cool:
Thank you all for the good wishes. Will post some pics when I get back. off to pack the bags now(inner bags from HG), and load the bike. Left pannier for her stuff, right pannier for my stuff.
Obviously you'll have problems then with your left handers :mfr_lol: :mfr_lol:
Nah, the bike will drop into left handers. Right handers will require some effort though. :rolleyes:
Have fun Chris. Looks like dry tomorrow and raining on Sunday for N.Ireland. Typical NW200 weekend then. :mfr_lol:
I saw quite a few bikes heading North on the M6 yesterday, maybe going for the N.I ferry in Scotland, lucky buggers
live stream
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/northern-ireland/18006142
Watched ever race utterly fantastic, well done and thank you the BBC. :clap:
It was brilliant. First few days were wet or overcast, Thursday and Friday dry, Saturday was glorious sunshine. Brilliant weeks holiday and the roads over there are superb. Friendly people, even the landlord of the pub near where we stayed insisted on buying us a round. Great time, hope to go back next year.
Quote from: ChrisB on May 22, 2012, 09:24:29 PM
It was brilliant. First few days were wet or overcast, Thursday and Friday dry, Saturday was glorious sunshine. Brilliant weeks holiday and the roads over there are superb. Friendly people, even the landlord of the pub near where we stayed insisted on buying us a round. Great time, hope to go back next year.
I think I hate you Chris :mfr_lol:
BTW pics are a requirement if your gonna gloat :yes:
OK here's a few photos on Photobucket.
I am happy to say I managed to upload them.
I now realise the limitations of a £50 digital camera compared to my son's Digital SLR. (My birthday next month, hint).
I did take some pics of racing bikes, but not one turned out, but I did get a couple of half front wheels.
The boat Scooby Doo appeared last week on a trailer in someone else's pics.
http://s1157.photobucket.com/albums/p588/ChrisB1955/NW200%202012/
Hope the link works :ohplease:
The link works well ... looks like it was a cracking time ... great memorials to the Dunlops ... what a lovely land ... never been there but hope to get over one day ...
Nice photos, again I have never been over there. Oh, and that rope bridge looked interesting. :shocked:
Excellent Chris, thanks for the pics now I know what I REALLY missed this year...maybe we'll go again next year, we could meet up ?
I'm glad that you had such a good time...I just love N.I :yes: