Evening meet The Rising Sun 240926

Thanks John for this better picture.
 

We came to the Rising Sun at Umberleigh last evening for this our last evening pub meets for this year already!. The first picture did not come out well due to the coming darkness and the long shutter speed but you get the drift as riders chose a convenient place to park up which was right under the no parking sign ( doesn’t apply to bikes!). There was the usual chatter around bikes and foreign travel on them and very pleasant it was outside on the terrace. The A377 was blocked from there towards Crediton for a way so for me the only way to get there was from South Molton which had just had fresh grit laid, phew!.

Now the next run is on the 11th October which is the Ruby run led by Cliff who has been a stalwart through this year stepping in when folk are not available, the run will start from Jonesey’s café at Winkleigh.

Baton changeover 130926

 

A number of Devon section riders turned up in bad weather at the Riverside caravan park for the run led by Cliff to the Willowbrook garden centre in Wellington to pass on the VMCC baton to our neighbouring Somerset section. By the time they reached Bampton the weather had become more ride friendly and everyone arrived at the changeover venue pretty well dry. A free cup of coffee or tea was made available and the official changeover took place where Cliff passed the baton to the Somerset section president. I missed the joining point at Bampton apparently by just a few minutes and left after the changeover to nurse my Honda home as it was giving symptoms of a flat battery. Now the next evening meet is on the 24th at the Rising Sun in Umberleigh.