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Added on: 16 February 2010. The vacancy, which occured when a single rider necessarily cancelled his place on the Corsica & Sardinia Tour because of work commitments, has already been taken up by another rider. There are now 15 people on 10 bikes signed up for this trip.
We will depart Cardiff on Saturday 29th May and stop overnight at Dover. We will catch an early mornin ..read more |
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Added on: 02 February 2010. Sunday 25th April:
Pack ride-out to the Historic Dockyard at Portsmouth to visit HMS Victory and the nearby Spinnaker Tower.
HMS Victory was launched in 1765 at Chatham Dockyard and was commissioned in 1778. She continued in active service for the next 34 years which included her most famous moment-the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. In 1812 the ..read more |
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Added on: 02 February 2010. Friday 2nd April to Monday 5th April (Good Friday to Easter Monday):
Join us for a Pack ride to the Devon/Cornwall border for a 3-night Easter break at The Coachouse Hotel & Restaurant, Tavistock. Hidden amongst rolling farmland on the edge of the tiny hamlet of Ottery, but only two miles from historic Tavistock, birthplace of Sir Francis Dra ..read more |
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Added on: 02 February 2010. Sunday 28th March:
Join us for a gentle Pack ride-out for lunch at The Aberceiros Inn at Llangammarch Wells. It's an attractive ride and good value Sunday lunch. ..read more |
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Added on: 02 February 2010. Sunday 14 th March:
Well, after what seems to be an awfully long spell of cold winter weather, the time has finally come to un-SORN the bike, get it out of the garage and join us for the season opening ride to The Chainbridge Inn at Kemys Commander, near Usk, for a pub lunch.
This is designed to be a low mileage, late-starting "get togeth ..read more |
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Added on: 27 November 2009. RAT Pack Ride to Bethlehem ~ 5th December 2009
Despite all the rain and cold weather we had been having throughout November and the start of December, there was an enthusiastic turn out for the last pack ride of the year to Bethlehem, to get our Christmas cards hand-franked at the sub-post office there. Six bikes and seven people left from Card ..read more |
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Added on: 30 October 2009. Bevan Motorcycles R.A.T. Pack ~ Activity Schedule for 2010. Version 1 dated 27 Oct 2009
In addition to the monthly Club Nights, which are held at the Lewis Arms in Pentyrch on the third Thursday evening of each month, the following activities are planned for 2010:
Thursday 21st January: Club Night at the Lewis Arms, Pentyrch.
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Added on: 30 October 2009. Sunday 29th November : Pack ride to the NEC for the International Motorcycle Show.
At just after 8 a.m. on Saturday 28th November, the 'phone rang in the RAT household - it was Bob Millard at Cardiff West Services, asking where everyone was! "It's tomorrow Bob, that's why there's nobody there!"
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Added on: 21 October 2009. As has become tradition, the Pack Christmas Dinner will again be held on the December Club Night (i.e. the 3rd Thursday in December) at the Lewis Arms, Pentyrch on Thursday evening 17th December. With the current financial climate in mind, the management of the Lewis Arms has reduced the price for the Christmas Party menu to 12.95 per person.
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Added on: 16 October 2009. Pack Ride-out to Cheddar Gorge and the Chew Valley ~ 18 October 2009
With only the ride to the NEC in November, plus the Christmas card ride to Bethlehem in December remaining, this was effectively the last scenic Pack ride of the year. With the autumn weather creeping up on us and the clocks due to go back one hour the following weekend, people ..read more |
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Added on: 15 October 2009. Five members of the Bevan Motorcycles RAT Pack completed a 3000-mile tour of western USA during September and October 2009 - some pictures from their tour can be found in the photo gallery.
RATs on tour in USA
What started as an idea for Mr & Mrs RAT to treat themselves to motorbike tour in the USA to celebrate their Silver Wedding, turned o ..read more |
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Added on: 09 September 2009. Pack Ride to the Severn Valley Railway ~ Sunday 20th September 2009.
The long-awaited Indian summer appeared to have arrived and several people heeded the Pack Leaders call to make the most of the dry weather before the colder autumn days begin to close in. As a result, 8 people on 6 bikes left Cardiff at 8 a.m. and headed east along the M4 unde ..read more |
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Added on: 09 August 2009. Saturday and Sunday 5th & 6th September 2009.
This away-weekend was very popular last year and that proved to be the case again this year. All seven rooms at The Plume of Feathers pub were booked months ago for this event and even when one couple needed to cancel at short notice, their room was quickly snapped-up by another couple. Indeed, we we ..read more |
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Added on: 09 February 2009. Pack Iron Butt ride to Ace Cafe & Brighton Reunion ~ Sunday 13th September 2009:
What can you say about the Ace Cafe and the annual Brighton Reunion? Its a phenomenon. What else would make sane people get out of bed at 5.30 a.m. on a Sunday morning and complete a ride of more than 400 miles just to see motorcycles parked on a seafront? But its ..read more |
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Added on: 08 December 2009. Outline Information on Proposed Sardinia Tour 2010
The Bevan Motorcycles R.A.T. Pack, Cardiff, has organised successful 2-week Pack summer tours for the last 4 years. These have included south-west Ireland, the west coast of Scotland, northern Spain and most recently, a 2-week tour over the French Alps to Nice and return via the Route Napoleon a ..read more |
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Added on: 08 April 2009. Saturday 22nd/Sunday 23rd August 2009: Photos are posted on the Gallery page of this website.
The Triumph Bonneville is now 50 years old. This design icon of British engineering and the Triumph marque is worthy of celebration, having first rolled off the production line on 5th September 1958; accordingly, the Bonneville Celebrations were organi ..read more |
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Added on: 08 April 2009. Sunday 16 August:
Pack Ride to Carew Castle & Lawrenny Quay
The 2009 Schedule of Pack Events listed the ride on Sunday 16 August as a ride-out to West Wales for lunch at The Old Point House Inn, right on the beach at Angle. Dee and I recconnoitred this route beforehand and found that whilst it would be a good ride, the final half-mile appr ..read more |
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Added on: 07 July 2009. Pack 2-week Tour of France (14th to 27th June 2009 The Highs and the Lows.
The 2-week summer tour has become the highlight of the Bevan R.A.T. Pack's annual schedule of events. These tours started in 2006 with a tour of south-west Ireland, followed in 2007 with a tour up the west coast of Scotland and then last year we headed into mainland Eu ..read more |
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Added on: 06 September 2009. Ride-out to Rykas Cafe ~ 26th July 2009
Rykas Cafe at Boxhill, near Dorking in Surrey, has been a meeting place for bikers since the 1920s and is still one of the top bikers cafes in the U.K. On a sunny Sunday, there can be 500 bikes or more visiting the cafe. However, the day we went to Rykas, was not a sunny Sunday! The forecast for the Sunda ..read more |
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Added on: 06 September 2009. Following all the beautiful weather that we had experienced during Wimbledon, people would have been hoping, if not expecting, good weather for Bill & Sarahs barbecue at their smallholding in the Brecon Beacons. Unfortunately, that was not to be the case. Instead, the forecast of persistent rain for most of Saturday and Saturday night proved to be ..read more |
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Added on: 12 May 2009. Pack Ride to the Heddington & Stockley Steam Rally and Country Fair 5th July 2009
After the rigours of the 2-week, 2,500-mile ride over the French Alps to the Mediterranean and back, the first Pack ride-out on the following Sunday was designed to be a more relaxed affair. With a civilized 10 a.m. departure, 9 people turned up at the departure p ..read more |
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Added on: 12 May 2009. Pack Ride-out to Harlech ~ 18th & 19th July 2009.
The annual ride to Harlech for an overnight hotel stop and Pack dinner was again well subscribed this year. Thirteen people stayed at the hotel and sat down to evening dinner, and another 3 Pack members accompanied us to Harlech and stayed locally in B&B accommodation. In addition to that, anothe ..read more |
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Added on: 05 May 2009. Pack Ride to Stourhead Estate ~ 17th May 2009
The weather had been pretty poor, with heavy rain during the previous few days. When Sunday 17th May dawned, nothing had changed - it was still pouring! The Pack Leader suggested that Mrs RAT stayed in bed, forecasting that there would not be anyone at the start point and then set off himself for the ..read more |
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Added on: 29 April 2009. Nine bikes and 11 people met at the usual start point, but at the more leisurely time of 10.30 a.m. The weather forecast for the day was favourable and so we set off on Sunday 10th May on a Pack ride-out for lunch at the Thames Head Inn, Gloucestershire. This pub, situated on the A433 between the popular Gloucestershire towns of Tetbury (5.7 miles) ..read more |
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Added on: 27 April 2009. Pack Ride to the International Classic Motorcycle Show, Stafford - 26 April ‘09.
With a weather forecast that looked favourable for anyone heading northeast, eight Pack members on eight bikes met up at the start point, ready for the 8.30 a.m. start.
The initial part of the 150-mile ride involved a spirited dash up the A470, which was virtually ..read more |
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Added on: 14 April 2009. Wow, the fine Easter weather was just the tonic that Pack members needed to get their bikes out and spend a day on the roads. Indeed, 15 bikes and 17 people left Cardiff West Services to head for Great Witley, near Stourport-on-Severn. This number was swelled to 18 bikes and 22 people by the time we arrived at Great Witley (this does not account fo ..read more |
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Added on: 09 April 2009. Friday 5th – Monday 8th June: Pack long weekend ride from Whitby, North Yorks to Cockermouth in the Lake District.
Several of the Pack rides that we have ridden over the last two or three years have appeared in Collette Coleman’s latest book “Great Motorcycle Journeys of the World”. We have ridden through the northwest highlands of Scotland an ..read more |
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Added on: 06 April 2009. With less than a week to go to the Classic Bike Guide magazine sponsored “Big Breakfast” at the Midway Truckstop at Prees Heath near Whitchurch, Chris and Dee decided that they would take a weekend off from R.A.T. duties and have a private ride to this annual event, which attracts hundreds of motorcyclists. However, the Pack Leader decided to e-mai ..read more |
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Added on: 30 March 2009. This was the first Pack Ride of the 2009 season and was designed as a gentle opening ride to enable riders who had not ridden throughout the winter, to brush up on their ridding skills. Many of the stalwarts arrived at the start in beautiful sunshine and blue skies, together with new members Darren and Maurice who had pitched up to ride with us for ..read more |
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Added on: 24 December 2008. The first ride-out of 2009 to the Triumph factory at Hinckley will be on Wednesday 15th April. The factory tour, which takes 2 hours, starts at 14.00 hrs, so we will leave Bevan’s shop at 9 a.m. to enable us to take a leisurely ride through the Cotswold countryside and stop for a farm shop lunch on the way there. There is a charge of £12.50 per per ..read more |
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Added on: 09 December 2008. Saturday 6th December 2008 was the day for the Pack ride to Bethlehem to post Christmas cards and get that special Bethlehem postmark on the envelopes. Last year, there was torrential rain all day and only the Pack Leader braved the elements and rode to Bethlehem, albeit that Frank and Gloria supported the effort by car! This year, things were a li ..read more |
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Added on: 02 December 2008. Despite the very cold day, with thick frost overnight, four intrepid Pack members turned up at the start point for the 8 a.m. departure to the NEC. The plan was to pick up a 5th rider at the Junction 24 interchange.
When Roger pitched up at the start, he was already cold and borrowed additional inner gloves from someone in an attempt to keep wa ..read more |
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Added on: 31 October 2008. In addition to the monthly Club Nights, which are held at the Lewis Arms in Pentyrch on the third Thursday evening of each month, the following activities are planned for 2009:
Thursday 15th January: Club Night at the Lewis Arms, Pentyrch.
Sunday 15th February: Pack Ride-out to the Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show at the Bath & West Showgro ..read more |
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Added on: 28 October 2008.
PACK RIDE TO WESTONBIRT ARBORETUM – 26th October 2008
Planning rides to take place during the autumn and winter months is obviously a tricky job and of course that’s why the frequency of rides drops off sharply after September each year. However, for the small core of hardy riders, something was needed, so a trip to the National Arboretum at W ..read more |
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Added on: 30 September 2008. Pack Weekend at Much Wenlock - 27th/28th September 2008
This Pack ride to Shropshire for an overnight stop near Much Wenlock was limited to 10 people, purely because that was the maximum accommodation that remained at the Plume of Feathers Inn when the Pack Leader organised it! These weekend breaks are always popular and all of the places were q ..read more |
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Added on: 23 September 2008. The promise of fine weather, coupled with the approaching end of the riding season, prompted 17 riders to meet for the Pack ride over the Gospel Pass and Hay Bluff, then through Eardisley and Kington for a lunch stop at Erwood.
The large number of bikes and the proposed difficult route along a maze of minor roads, meant that the "second man drop ..read more |
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Added on: 16 September 2008. Sunday 14th September 2008
The Pack ride to the Ace Café, London, to take part in the massed Annual Brighton Reunion ride was advertised in our website as an “Iron Butt” ride because it involved a 450 mile Sunday ride-out. As such, I was apprehensive about how many people would be keen to take part. I need not have worried! In total, 11 bikes ma ..read more |
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Added on: 10 September 2008. Twelve Pack Members from Bevan's R.A.T. Pack signed up to attend the Wight RAT's Rally on the Isle of Wight on Suday 7th April 2008. Accommodation had been booked on the Island for us to enjoy a long weekend, with a leisurely journey home planned for Monday 8th September.
We waited apprehensively throughout the preceding week, as the rain hammered ..read more |
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Added on: 03 September 2008. Pack Ride to Tregaron and the Abergwesyn Pass – Sunday 31st August 2008
You will undoubtedly remember Saturday 30th August 2008, as it was the only day of Summer that we have had this year! However, despite the beautiful sunny day and clear, balmy evening, it did not last until the next day! At 8 a.m. it was raining fairly heavily, when I receiv ..read more |
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Added on: 19 August 2008. Saturday & Sunday 16th & 17th August: Pack camping weekend in Dorset and visit to Monkey World.
The Pack trip to Monkey World was planned several months ago, when it was decided to incorporate the day visit with two nights of camping at Luckford Wood Camping Park near Wareham, which is hidden-away, nestling between heathland to the north, woo ..read more |
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Added on: 12 August 2008. The long weekend breaks still appear to be popular with the leisure-seeking, motorcycle-loving members of the Bevan's R.A.T. Pack. Seven rooms were booked at the Buck Inn in Malham, so that 14 people could enjoy the craic of a motorcycling four-day weekend in the fabulous countryside of the Yorkshire Dales and enjoy the company of other like-minded ..read more |
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Added on: 04 August 2008. Pack Ride-out to Aberglasney Gardens – Sunday 3rd August 2008
With changeable weather prevailing for most of the preceding week, it was questionable whether people would be tempted to get their bikes out for a ride to Aberglasney Gardens, near Llandeilo. However, Sunday morning dawned overcast but dry and 10 Pack members on 8 bikes congregated ..read more |
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Added on: 29 July 2008. Pack Lunch at Usk Inn, Talybont on Usk - 27th July 2008
This short ride to Talybont-on-Usk for Sunday lunch was included in the calendar with the hope that we would get a decent sunny day to dine al fresco in a pleasant garden. Well, we certainly got that! The weather on Saturday had been perfect and, when Sunday dawned, it was equally fine and ..read more |
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Added on: 23 July 2008. The annual Pack trip tro Harlech for a gastronomic overnight stop just continues to get more and more popular. This year, on the fourth annual run, it was attended by 17 people on 14 bikes!
We set off from Cardiff in damp conditions, to head up over the Eppynt Ranges, Beulah and Newbridge-on-Wye to our first coffee stop at the Halt Cafe, just so ..read more |
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Added on: 21 July 2008. Despite the wet and windy weather in the weeks preceding this planned event, the weather stayed dry all day (and night) for the Pack's overnight camping and BBQ at Bill & Sarah's smallholding in the Brecon Beacons on Saturday night 12th July. This was followed by a ride-out the next day (Sunday 13th July) around back roads to Rhyader and the Elan ..read more |
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Added on: 11 July 2008. After several months of planning, the day eventually arrived for nine members of the Bevan's R.A.T. Pack to depart from Cardiff and head for the Plymouth Ferry Port to catch the 4 p.m. Brittany ferry for the 18-hour crossing to Santander. At the ferry port, we met up with five more R.A.T. members from the Warrington area and two more from the Swi ..read more |
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Added on: 19 May 2008. The weather for this run on Sunday 18th May 2008 was dry and bright, but with a brisk, cool, breeze blowing. With only a week remaining before the Pack departure for the 10-day tour of northern Spain, the Pack leader decided to experiment with his ventilated riding gear with tee –shirts and a new micro-light EDZ windproof liner for the jacket. This ..read more |
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Added on: 16 April 2008. Wouldn't you just know it? We had a fine sunny day on Saturday and another on Monday, but on Sunday it was wet roads with low cloud and drizzle! However, Bevan's RATs are made of stern stuff and 10 bikes turned up at the start, with 12 people on board.
Because of the weather, we amended the route to keep us off the nadgery lanes and mountain roa ..read more |
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Added on: 01 April 2008. Thankfully, the early morning rain on Sunday 13th April abated in time for the 10. 00 a.m. start for the beautiful cross-country ride to the National Motorcycle Museum. Six bikes left Cardiff West Services in dry but darkening weather and set off on a route that was almost all 'A' and 'B' roads, with the exception of the initial few miles of M4 to ..read more |
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Added on: 13 February 2008. With the Chinese New Year recently publicised as the Year of the RAT, it was timely for the Pack to hold its opening ride of the season on Sunday 10th February 2008.
Fine, dry, sunny weather had been forecast for the entire weekend and the forecast had been correct! Eleven bikes and fourteen people assembled in the carpark at Cardiff West Serv ..read more |
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Added on: 02 January 2008. Notwithstanding the forecast of snow across virtually all of the UK for the Easter period, 8 intrepid RAT Pack members on 4 Triumphs, departed from Cardiff on Good Friday morning for the ride to the hamlet of Tinhay, on the border between Devon and Cornwall.
Despite a fearsome wind, the ride down the M5 was uneventful and surprisingly free of t ..read more |
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Added on: 05 December 2007. On Saturday 29th September, six Pack members on five Triumphs left the Cardiff West Services to head for a weekend break in the Cotswolds. The weather was fine and bright for the ride, which took us down the M4 to junction 18, but we then headed north-east on ‘B’ roads through beautiful Cotswold countryside and villages, including Acton Turville, S ..read more |
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Added on: 21 November 2007. I guess most of you can remember what the weather was like for the planned Saturday ride to Bethlehem on 8th December - it was bowing a gale and pouring with rain. Why then, was I expecting to see any motorcyclists at the agreed start point at 9 o' clock in the morning?
I did however see 4 other members of the R.A.T. Pack at the start, but they ha ..read more |
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Added on: 15 November 2007. Bevan Motorcycles R.A.T. Pack Activities for 2008
In addition to the monthly Club Nights, which are held at the Lewis Arms in Pentyrch on the third Thursday evening of each month, the following activities are planned for 2008:
Thursday 17th January: Club Night at the Lewis Arms, Pentyrch.
Sunday 10th February: We will head out through Cae ..read more |
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Added on: 12 October 2007. R.A.T. Pack Ride to Machynlleth - 21st October 2007
Okay, so it was getting towards the end of October and there had just been a couple of frosty nights and early mornings. I’ve no doubt that a number of you thought that a Sunday at home in the warm was preferable to a 9 a.m. start for the 250-mile round-trip to Machynlleth; however, the reality ..read more |
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Added on: 12 October 2007. Seven bikes and 8 Pack members assembled at Cardiff West services on Sunday morning, 25th November, ready for the 8 a.m. departure for the N.E.C. Despite being a bit nippy at that time of the morning, the weather was nevertheless clear and bright. Running in the new demonstrator Tiger 1050 meant that Warp 1 speeds had to be avoided, but nevertheles ..read more |
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Added on: 12 October 2007. The weather forecast for Sunday 23rd September had not been good - rain all over Wales for most of the day, with possible sunshine coming in from the west later in the afternoon. Clearly, you can't cater for the weather when you plan these trips months in advance, so I am always apprehensve about how many Pack members will turn up on the day if the ..read more |
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Added on: 14 August 2007. The Scotland tour, followed almost immediately by the Pack Leader’s absence to Italy for a couple of weeks, had resulted in there being an absence of 1-day ride-outs since Bill and Sarahs’ BBQ in the 3rd week in July. This must have been felt by Pack members, who turned out in numbers to support the ride into mid-Wales on Sunday 2nd September. Ma ..read more |
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Added on: 09 August 2007. The Pack's 10-day tour of Scotland from 28th July - 6th August got off to a good start as five of the seven Pack members left Cardiff in fine dry weather, to meet up with the other two members at the Halt Stop Cafe outside Rhayader.
The 10-day tour took us through the Yorkshire Dales, up the west coast of Scotland, to Cape Wrath at the very nor ..read more |
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Added on: 17 July 2007. This was the third time that the Bevan’s R.A.T. Pack had made the ride to Harlech for a “gastronomic” weekend. Amazingly, the numbers have grown each year; this year, despite the very rainy weather, 15 Pack members on 12 bikes committed to the event. For their commitment, they were amply rewarded.
We set off from Cardiff West services on Saturd ..read more |
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Added on: 27 June 2007. Sat & Sunday 21st/22nd July:
Because of the heavy rain and lack of seasonal weather over the past few weeks, we might have expected this event to be cancelled through lack of support, but Bevan's Pack members are made of much sterner stuff than that and 17 people turned up for the B-B-Q and overnight camping at Bill Plenty’s farm near Brecon. ..read more |
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Added on: 11 June 2007. Despite the short notice given for this Pack ride-out (it replaced the planned Treasure Hunt, which was under-subscribed), there was a good turn out on the day. Indeed, 10 bikes and 11 people left from Cardiff West services at 7.30 a.m on Sunday morning (10th June 2007) and Ray joined us at the Ace, having had too late a night the previous evening ..read more |
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Added on: 29 May 2007. Despite the very wet and changeable weather that we had been having for 2 or 3 weeks prior to the event, seven hardy Pack Members set off from Cardiff West Services at 9.30 a.m. on Saturday 23rd June to ride to the New Forest to camp overnight at Roundhills Camping Park near Brockenhurst, just 2 miles from Beaulieu. This was to allow us to visit th ..read more |
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Added on: 07 May 2007. Despite the extremely changeable weather that we had been having over the past couple of weeks, coupled with absences of some regular members to the French Moto GP, there was still a group of 11 people on 9 bikes that headed of for the barbecue at Mallard’s Pike Lake, near Blakeney in the Forest of Dene. However, the Pack member who actually asked ..read more |
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Added on: 17 April 2007. The National R.A.T. Dragon Raid was held from Friday to Sunday 20th – 22nd April at the Vale Hotel at Hensol. Our Pack had again been asked to plan some memorable riding and help with marshalling duties on the Saturday and Sunday.
Set in the Vale of Glamorgan and focusing the riding through Mid Wales and the Elan Valley, this years Dragon Rai ..read more |
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Added on: 13 April 2007. Twelve Pack members on 8 bikes left Cardiff in brilliant sunshine on Good Friday morning for the trip down to Cornwall. A splendid weather forecast for virtually the entire Bank Holiday was a real bonus, but could we keep away from the thousands of other ‘grockles’ who would undoubtedly be heading to the west country?
The tour was planned as a P ..read more |
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Added on: 27 March 2007. At 9.30 a.m. on Sunday 29th April 07, a small but perfectly formed group of 6 bikes and 8 people left Cardiff West services to head for a day out at Eastnor Castle, near Ledbury. Naturally, we routed via scenic roads past Tintern through the Wye Valley, the Forest of Dene and up through the Malvern Hills to reach Eastnor Castle, which lies between ..read more |
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Added on: 19 March 2007. Despite a week or more of unseasonably sunny weather, the forecast for Sunday 18th March was for cold weather, cloud, sleet and even snow. This, coupled with the fact that it was Mothering Sunday (a fact which Mr R.A.T. overlooked when planning this event several months ago), could have meant that nobody would turn up on the day! But Bevan’s R.A.T. ..read more |
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Added on: 08 March 2007. Three members of the Bevans Motorcycle R.A.T. Pack left Heathrow airport on Sunday 18th February 2007 to undertake the 12-day Enduro India charity motorcycle ride through 2000 km of some of the most challenging and dramatic countryside that south India has to offer.
Chris Finch, the Bevan Motorcycles Pack Leader, together with his wife Dee and ..read more |
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Added on: 06 February 2007. The first planned ride of the season in early February after the winter lay-off …..it might be freezing, snowing, pouring who knows? How many might turn up? How many lunches will needed at the pub? Despite these posers for the Pack Leader, an astonishing 21 people turned up on 16 bikes for the short season opening ride to visit the Roman town of C ..read more |
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Added on: 03 January 2007. In addition to the monthly Club Nights, which are held at the Lewis Arms in Pentyrch on the third Thursday evening of each month, the following activities are planned for 2007:
Thursday 18th January: Club Night at the Lewis Arms, Pentyrch.
Sunday 4th February: Pack Ride-out. This is planned to be a low mileage season opener to the Roman tow ..read more |
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Added on: 02 January 2007. Support for the Bevan's R.A.T. Pack grew significantly throughout 2006 - I'm sure this arose from the diverse and frequent events that were held and word of mouth recommendations made subsequently by those who attended and also because of the great bunch of people that make up this Pack. Whatever the reason, I will try to make 2007 even better for ..read more |
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Added on: 22 December 2006. Another Christmas party I can hear you groan - so what? Well, this was our R.A.T. Pack party and that made it a bit special. With the Pack going from strength to strength, new friendships have been forged throughout the year, experiences have been shared and Pack members were in festive mood. Staff at the Lewis Arms did a splendid job to prepare t ..read more |
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Added on: 12 December 2006. Despite the previous few days of torrential rain and gales, we were greeted with a clear, sunny, but cold morning on Saturday 9th December when fourteen bikes with seventeen Pack members assembled at Bevan’s Motorcycles in Cardiff for our second annual ride to Bethlehem. The purpose of the ride to the hamlet of Bethlehem, on the western edge of the ..read more |
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Added on: 24 October 2006. Two other Pack members, Dave Howells and Kevin Dwyer, joined the Pack Leader to take part in the National Triumph Ride from Lands End to John o’ Groats on the weekend of 21st/22nd October 2006. With the Pack Leader’s favourite demonstrator Tiger temporarily out of action, he rashly agreed to ride the demonstrator Bonneville Scrambler! Kevin rode hi ..read more |
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Added on: 04 October 2006. Eight bikes (seven Triumphs) and 9 Pack members left Cardiff at 7.30 a.m. on Sunday 29th October to visit the International Motorcycle Show at the NEC. After a dry, mild, traffic-free scoot up the M50/M5/M42, with a coffee stop at the Strensham Services, we arrived at the show at about 10.15 a.m. Free secure on-site parking was provided for motorc ..read more |
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Added on: 03 October 2006. Despite thunder and heavy overnight rain, seven bikes and nine people met up outside Bevan’s shop at 9.30 on 30th September for a Saturday ride to Llandewi-Brefi and Tregaron. Llandewi-Brefi is the fictitious setting for the T.V. series “Little Britain”, well known for the character Daffyd (“am I the only Gay in the village?”). We welcomed Patric ..read more |
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Added on: 19 September 2006. R.A.T. Pack Ride to Ironbridge – Sunday 17th September 2006
Having just arrived back the evening before from a 2-week ride to Italy, some Pack members were surprised to see me at the appointed start for the Ironbridge run at 8 a.m. on Sunday morning! The weather was kind, although a bit chilly at the start of the day, when 15 bikes turned up for ..read more |
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Added on: 29 August 2006. A Bank Holiday weekend in Belgium – who wants to go there? I bet many of you muttered these words when you saw this advertised on the annual R.A.T. Pack schedule back around Christmas time. If you rermember, accommodation was to be at the International Bikers’ Loft in Oudenburg, near Brugge – even the description of this unusual accommodation might ..read more |
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Added on: 23 August 2006. Despite heavy rain and thunderstorms on the Saturday night and overcast skies on the Sunday morning, six bikes and nine people left Bevan’s shop on Sunday 24th September for a scenic ride on the lesser used roads around Tintern, the Forest of Dene, Ledbury, Great Malvern, Hereford and Abergavenny. At J24 of the M4 we met up with Martin & Faye on th ..read more |
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Added on: 23 August 2006. The trip to Exmoor was well supported on Sunday 20th August, with 17 bikes (including a trike) taking part. We were blessed with dry weather all day and with real sunshine from around early afternoon onwards.
We used the 'second man drop off' system and all 17 bikes arrived at the Anchor Inn on the banks of the River Exe at the same time - most ..read more |
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Added on: 16 August 2006. This ride to Devil’s Bridge was billed as a National Triumph ride, for which the Bevan’s Motorcycles Pack had been asked to arrange a suitable route and provide marshals. We had been led to expect that between 40 and 100 bikes from across the U.K. would partake in the ride. Well, 40 bikes did turn up at the start point which was at the Junction 33 ..read more |
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Added on: 01 August 2006. Despite a change in the heatwave conditions and a forecast of scattered showers, 18 members on 14 bikes took the scenic ride to Tresaith, near Cardigan, for a pub lunch at the Ship Inn and an afternoon ride along to the picturesque, but almost unknown, cove at Mwnt.
Unusually, we used 'A' roads up through Llandovery, Lampeter and on towards New ..read more |
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Added on: 18 July 2006. Imagine a secluded, picture-postcard farmhouse, with pretty cottage garden, set amid thousands of acres of beautiful, lush green Welsh hillsides and miles from the nearest neighbour. Imagine perfect sunny weather for an evening BBQ. Imagine three barbecues sizzling away under copious amounts of steak, lamb, chicken, sausage and burgers and a beauti ..read more |
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Added on: 30 May 2006. Bevan’s R.A.T. Pack at Silverstone – 28th May 2006
The continuous wet weather of the past couple of weeks, which had already caused the cancellation of the British Super Bike racing at Mondello Park the previous week, clearly deterred the majority of the Bevan Motorcycles R.A.T. Pack from saddling-up for the 300-mile round trip to Siverstone to ..read more |
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Added on: 19 May 2006. Based on the success of this trip last year, the Pack again rode to Snowdon for a train ride to the top of the mountain. This was combined with an overnight stop and gourmet meal at the Castle Cottage Hotel in Harlech on the Saturday night, followed by the Snowdon trip and the ride home on the Sunday. The hotel has seven luxurious suites and a ..read more |
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Added on: 17 May 2006. Eight members of the Bevan R.A.T. Pack, on seven bikes, met up at Fishguard Ferry Port at 10.30 a.m. on Monday 8th May to catch the 11.30 a.m. Fastcraft ferry to Ireland. The party comprised the Pack Leader on a Tiger, his wife Dee on her Bonneville, Martin & Fay on their Sprint ST, Bill on his Sprint ST, Sarah on her new Honda CBF500, Lizzy on her ..read more |
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Added on: 05 May 2006. Bevan’s R.A.T. Pack at the Isle of Wight – Easter 2006
Eleven Pack members set off on Good Friday morning on 9 bikes (and one car!), to spend Easter on the Isle of Wight. The route down was via the B3081 and B3078 from Shepton Mallet, through the beautiful countryside of Cranborne Chase and the Wiltshire Downs, across the New Forest through Ford ..read more |
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Added on: 05 May 2006. The National ‘BikeSafe’ event for 2006, which was hosted for the second year by Gloucestershire Constabulary, was held at Cheltenham Racecourse over the weekend of Saturday and Sunday the 1st & 2nd of April. The Pack had not visited this event before, so elected to open the year’s ride-out series with an April Fools’ Day run to the show.
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Added on: 05 May 2006. On the Bank Holiday Saturday, six bikes and seven Pack members left Bevan’s shop in Cardiff for a ride to Carreg Cennen. The weather was just about perfect for biking and the route had been carefully selected to provide the most breath-taking scenery, but with almost no traffic (yes, that’s still possible in Wales). A seventh bike and two more Pack ..read more |
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Added on: 12 April 2006. On a beautifully clear and sunny but cold morning, 14 bikes left Bevan’s shop in Cardiff for a 75-mile ride to the Doloucothi gold mines in mid-Wales. At the pre-arranged coffee stop at the West End Café in Llandovery, we met up with another 4 Pack members, bringing the total participants to 21 people on 18 bikes. This was a record turnout for the ..read more |
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