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May 2016 The Copper Chopper Bibery Trout Farm The Cider Rally Bucket List Ride

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May 2016

The Copper Chopper

Bibery Trout Farm The Cider Rally

Bucket List Ride

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Editor's thoughtsWelcome to May's magazine.

Well the riding season is well and truly under way. The sunhas even blessed us with its presence on occasion. It isdefinitely the time to get out and ride.

The first of this year'sopen bike nights at thedealership was reallywell attended despite the

prevailing weather. As usual the bikes, bandand banter were very enjoyable.

Unfortunately Ann & I didn't get to the CiderRally, but it looked like it was a really goodevent. You can see more of this later in themagazine. I however, am determined not tomiss out on this year's SofER. My tickets arealready in my possession! Last year's eventwas brilliant and I know that this year's will beeven better.

What about this year's Chapter challenge atSofER? Anyone fancy getting involved?

I know that we can get a great team togetherand give the other chapters a fair run for theirmoney. Why not give it a go?

Last year's slow riding, water balloon andother events were fun to watch and I'm surethat they would be better to take part in.

If you fancy being part of this andrepresenting your chapter just let us know.

Andy

Articles WantedIf you have any stories, photos, ride-outs,etc... that you would like to share pleasesend them to me [email protected]

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Inside this issue May / JuneBirthdays

MayIan Tatton - 20thMia Radacovsky - 27th

JuneJack Parry - 1stGill Major - 3rdLesley L - 3rdPat Adams 5thSandy D - 5thBarry Adams - 12thIan Goldswain - 14thJohn Cunningham - 16th

Happy Birthdayto you all.

Huge thanks to all who have sent copy in for this month's magazine:Ian, Linda, Ralph, Don, Sue, Pat, Chris & Ann :-)

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Front cover Bucket List Ride -Roadout of Mapledurham

Page 2 Editors thoughts

Page 4 Director's update

Page 7 Ladies of Harley

Page 10 Hoggin' The Spotlight

Page 12 Ten Pin Mayhem

Page 13 Caption Time

Page 14 - 15 Calendar

Page 16 - 17 Charity Update

Page 18 - 19 The Cider Rally

Page 20 - 21 The Copper Chopper

Page 22 -23 Bibery Trout Farm

Page 24 Bucket List Ride

Page 25 John Radcliffe

Page 26 - 27 Canoe Challenge

Back cover Meet the committee

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HiEverybody,

Welcome to the May edition of Tales from the River Bank, Spring hasarrived and some pretty good weather, which means the riding seasonhas also started all be it a little cold first thing in the morning.

Earlier this year the Chapter wascontacted about organising a ride foran 80 year old lady on her birthday inApril. The family had found out thatSheila had a bucket list of things shewould like to do, one being a ride on aHarley Davidson. Myself and sevenother chapter members set off from thedealership on April 23rd with Sheila thebirthday girl, for a ride throughCaversham, Maple Durham,Wallingford, Nettlebed, Henley, andWargrave and then back to the dealership. After many photos back at thedealership Sheila was taken in to the merchandise shop to pick a T shirtas a gift from Reading Harley Davidson. A most enjoyable morning’s ridewith Sheila as pillion.

Hazel & I were unable to attend the Cider Rally this year due to a familybereavement, but I did manage to ride down to Sand Bay with the Chapteron the Friday. The ride was led by Chris Smith one of our newly trainedroad crew members who I must say, was unsure about taking on such abig ride as his first solo ride out, and so soon after his training at Oxford.Twenty two Chapter members met at Cheiveley services for the briefingwith another two collected from Froxfield on the way through the village.Lunch had been organised at the Royal Oak just outside Warminster

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which was well received by Thames Valley massive. The short ride down toSand Bay after lunch took a little over an hour with everybody arriving safe. Welldone Chris, Malcolm and Fred for a well-executed ride!

Ticket sales for this year’s Rally havebeen very slow from the members ofThames Valley, I still have a very largequantity of tickets available for ourmembers, to finance the Rally and paydeposits for bands and site equipmentwe rely on the sale of tickets, again this

year Thames Valley will have its own camping area and chapter gazebo for Tea& Coffee. Saturday evening we are arranging Drinks and a BBQ for all thatattend before the entertainment starts in the main arena. I need to sell sometickets to get an idea of the size of area for Thames Valley and the amount ofcatering to organise. Again, this year, we will need volunteers for the site build onWednesday & Thursday and also for banding on the gate Friday and Saturday.We require one member to help in the Registration tent on Friday and Saturday.If you can help out during the rally please put you names on the list at club night.

Committee Night

At last committee night a member of the team bought to the table that he hadbeen asked what happens to the profit from the raffle held on club night. Wellonce the cost of the prizes has been met, the excess from the raffle goes intoChapter funds, which in turn goes towards paying for the use of the Grenadierclub, subsidising chapter events, printing of the magazine, Road Crew & Officertraining by HOG and all other general expenses that are required to run theChapter. With the continuing support of Mike and Reading Harley Davidson ithas been suggested that any profits from the sale of raffle tickets at club nightsand events should now be donated to our chosen charity (The Alexandra DevineChildren’s Hospice). This has been agreed by all the committee and will takeplace from May’s club night. A donation will then be made at the end of the yearto the charity.

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Our membership now stands at a total of 246, which also prompts me that yourmembership renewals are now due. Chris & Jan are available to take yourmembership forms and subs at club night tonight. Remember you must be a paidup member of HOG to remain a member and ride with Thames Valley UKChapter.

We have many great events and rides organised for you this year and yoursupport and attendance makes these events even better. If you have any ideas forrides and events give Barry and Malcolm your ideas and we can see if we can fitthem in the calendar.

Coast To Coast 2016

Our dawn to dusk, Coastto Coast ride is only a fewweeks away now and ifyou are thinking of joiningthe Chapter charity ridefrom Lowestoft to LandsEnd, time is running outto send off yourapplication form. The costis £25 which includes your passport for the trip and a T shirt to commemorate yourride. You will need to book hotels in Lowestoft & Lands End.

This is not going to be a race but a fun day doing what we do best, riding ourHarleys.

If you would like to sponsor the Chapter and our riders go to:

www.justgiving.com/tvhog-coast-to-coast-2016

Ride safe and carry on having fun.

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Hi Ladies,

I know this is probably old news, but in April we had aTenpin bowling evening at Maidenhead ...what a greatnight we all had, it really was such a laugh ..especiallywhen my Beloved, managed to accidently bowlbackwards & nearly knock out six TV members in onego, hmmm!! Fantastic evening - thanks to Don fororganising.

The riding season is in full swing now :, thanks to all the road crew - new &existing. It's great to see so many of you girls on the rides too. In the past fewweeks - Ralph led a superb ride to Bibury Trout Farm, with Sue Brown"pointing." Jamie took us all to Southampton dealership with Mandy M tailing, : &Chris Smith led our ride to the Cider Rally (huge respect!), he did a fab job too.

The Thames Valley girls excelled themselves at the Cider Rally with theircostumes this year, lol ! Bern & I came home a little earlier than planned, but Ihear that Pat 'n' Baz, & Angela 'n' Alan did the club proud with great performancesfor the Strictly Come Dancing routines Sunday pm, well done guys :.

The ride to Oxford dealership for LoH Coffee & cakes was very well supported onSaturday 7th May which coincided nicely with the 10th International Ladies Rideday - thank you Chris Smith for tailing. Thanks also to Nick for leading a scenicride to Bourton-on-the-Water afterwards, such a wonderful, lovely relaxing day.

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Ladies ofHarley

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Looking forwardAs you know, our club is sponsoring Alexander Devine Hospice Service this year,if you have any fund raising ideas, please feel free to share. On that note :-

Dawn to Dusk Ride 25th JuneAlong with many other Thames Valley club members, eight ladies includingmyself, Pat Adams, Thelma Bryant, Jo Green, Sue Knight, Sue Moyler, MandyMussong & Hayley West have taken the challenge to complete the Coast to Coastrun on 25.6.16 from Lowestoft to Lands End - literally dawn to dusk...476ish milesin one day... agghhh!!We ALL REALLY need your support, if you can, please sponsor us, either on lineat www.justgiving.com/TVHOG-Coast-to-Coast-2016 or see any of us or Don. Onbehalf of us girls, thank you so much to those who have been so very generouswith your donations x

Sparkle Tour 16th/17th/18th SeptElaine and Jo (Green) have been working hard on the "Sparkle Tour" for theweekend 16/17/18th September when all members of LoH will be on tour..whoopwhoop!Any ladies can ride any leg of the route - or just join for lunch, coffee, eveningmeal etc. where you can or do the whole thing from your location.The loose plan is :Day 1(Fri)Set off from Oxford H-D 10am, visit Reading H-D, followed by Guildford H-D for abreak & lunch nearby. After lunch set off for Southampton H-D, then a ridetowards Exeter for an evening meal & stop over.

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Day 2Ride to Plymouth H-D, then Bridgwater H-D for lunch then onto Weston-Super-Mare for an overnight stay.DAY 3Ride to Bristol H-D vicinity (dealership closed,) then onto Cheltenham H-D area(dealership closed) for coffee/lunch, then back to Oxford to finish the event mid-afternoon.

I'll email Elaine & Jo's itinerary shortly. If any of you are interested in riding part/allof the ride, or meeting up for coffee/lunch at any of the stops please let me know-thanks ...this sounds like so much FUN!

Psychic Sally Sunday 18th SeptLou White has managed to reserve 20 tickets for the Psychic Sally show atTheatre Royal Windsor 7.30pm. If you would like to go, please let me know asap -this will be on a first come first served basis.Ticket prices range from £17 to £35, once Lou knows how many of us areinterested she'll be able to confirm prices.

"PSYCHIC SALLY - The nation’s favourite psychic, Sally Morgan is back andbetter than ever with her brand new show - ‘Call Me Psychic’. Funny, entertaining,sometimes heart breaking, often controversial; the show celebrates her 8th yearon the road. This is a fantastic and unique evening out not to be missed."

Coming up & open to all club members: Fish n Chips ride out to Eastbourne Sat21st May, Bike Night at Reading dealership Thurs 26th May, evening picnic toHenley Sat 4th June, & Froxfield Beer Festival Sat 11th June ).

Please continue to let me know of your ideas for any ride outs/outings, whether itbe cinema, shows, arts/crafts etc.

Am sure that all Thames Valley club members would wish to send their sincerecondolences to Hazel and Don after the loss of Hazel's dear Mum last month x

Ride safe

Sue DoddsLoH [email protected] 07775 91356WOMEN WHO BEHAVE SELDOM MAKE HISTORY ;-)

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Two minutes with Jo SennMotor Clothes Supervisor, Reading Harley Davidson

Where did you grow up?I was born in Thornbury. Lived in South Wales until Iwas 5. Lived in Cheshire until I was 9. Lived inGloucestershire until I was 16. Then my final move withmy mum and dad and 4 siblings was to Berkshire.

What are your top three films of all time?As a child it was The King and I (I was in love with YulBrynner) Bridges of Madison County (It breaks myheart every time! when she sees him standing in therain) I have lost count how many times I have watchedit. And finally; The Last Samurai (It's such a beautifulfilm).

How long have you been riding motorbikes and what was your first bike (picture ifyou've got one?I have been riding for 17 years, my first bike was a Honda NC30.

What was the last book you read?SLASH (autobiography)

Have you got any pets?We have a very cool dog called BRONSON he is aShar-Pei

If I was speaking to your other half, what would he/she say is your worst habit?Mark would say it's leaving a bit of tea in the bottomof my mug.

What would be your ideal holiday?One I didn't have to come back from!

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What's your favourite tipple?Jim Beam, Jack Daniels and Buffalo Trace.

Do you have any kids?I have 3 beautifuldaughters who Icall myButterflies x

What was thelast pop concertyou went to?SLASH in Brixton

What did you want to be when you were growing up?HAPPY ?

What was your favourite subject at school?Drama

Who would you cast to play you in the film of your life and why?Drew Barrymore as a child, Pamela Anderson in my good years!!And Dame Helen Mirren (I hope I will look as good as her)

What is your career highlight to date?Getting an email from Mike Wilson and then being offered the job at theDealership. Mark took me out for lunch that day, I was sooo excited that I couldn'teat a thing. Chef came out to ask me if everything was ok with my meal, I told himabout my new job and I was too excited to eat!!! He was very understanding.

If you had a bucket list what would be the top of the list?Since I was a child I have always wanted to go to Yellowstone National Park.

You've got a spare £100 how would you spend it?Take my family out for a meal

The alarm wakes you in the morning, how do you get ready for work?6:30 ALARM! Cuddles with Mark if he hasn't left for work already, if he has thenBronson plays hide

Thanks a lot Jo it was great getting to know you, Mark and the girls.

Chris Smith

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10 PinMayhemThe evening of the 16th April saw over 25members descend upon Maidenhead TenPin Bowling.

The Thames Valley quickly adapted totheir environment, locating the bar, theloos and then the five lanes that we had reserved. The players soon were

delivering anything from a perfectstrike to a reproduction of the dambusters raid (on occasion combiningthe two in a single play to dramaticeffect).

Many of us hadn't realised that our selfimage of physical fitness and flexibilty,was in fact not remotely close to ourtrue condition and therefore spent thenext few days hobbling around.

A fantastic evening with great fun andbanter. The men's winner was Johnand Fiona took the win for the ladies.

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Thank you.On April's club night in Marlow, Toni "Choo Choo"Charles was presented with a token of the club'sappreciation from Chapter Director Don, forserving in the role of activities officer.

Thank you Toni.

Submit your answers to:

[email protected]

Mike sings - ‘If you want mybody and you think I’msexy......’

“Don’t get me wrong, it’s agreat present but just not theiron horse I had in mind!”

"Hey!.... What's with the longface?"

"Come on SofER will begreat. You'll feel right athome"

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Saturday, June 11Froxfield Beer Festival

Sunday, June 12 - 2125th European HOG Rally -Slovenia

Wednesday, June 15Poker Night - The Pineapple,Windsor

Thursday, June 16TV Club Night

Friday, June 17 - 19HOGS in the HayfieldGreat Western Chapter

Thursday, June 23Bike Night at Reading HarleyDavidson (Open Event)

Saturday, June 25Coast to Coast

Sunday, June 26Ride to Tank Museum

For all rides, check the websiteor call the hotline to confirm.

Saturday, May 21Fish 'n' Chips Eastbourne

Thursday, May 266:00pmAce Cafe Harley Night (openevent)

6:30pmBike Night at Reading HarleyDavidson (Open Event)

Friday, May 27Chill Out WeekendBridge North27th May to 30th

Monday, May 30Spring Bank Holiday

Friday, June 3 - 6Clyde Valley Rally

Saturday, June 4Evening Picnic in Henley

Tuesday, June 7thCommittee Night

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RALLIES 2016

Wake the Lakes7th - 10th July

SofER12th - 14th August

Thunder in the Glens26th - 30th August

European Bike WeekFaaker See

6th - 11th September

EVENTS

Dawn to Dusk RideCoast to Coast

Charity Ride, June 25th

Dates, events, ride-outs and activities.Details correct at time of going to print.

Please check the website for updates andamendments.

CLUB NIGHTSJune 16th

July 21st

August 18th

September 15th

October 20th

MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTIONDEADLINES

June 9thJuly 14thAugust 11thSeptember 13th

Check website for details onall events

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Alexander Devine Site Visit 20th April …

I can’t think of any better words to describe John and Fiona’s vision for theAlexander Devine Children’s Hospice than these.

Fiona says ‘Our home from home will be a place of love and laughter, a specialplace to make special memories. It’s about children being children, in a safeenvironment; a place where parents feel they can safely be with their children, asecure, safe, loving environment, where no judgements are made. Even very sickchildren enjoy having an exciting, stimulating place to play and laugh with theirbrothers and sisters, friends and family’.

The building will be exactly that – a home, with anormal front door and door bell, a hallway withwelcoming open fire, no reception desk or nursesstation. There will be a games room, musicroom, swimming pool and a sitting room withcomfy sofas and chairs. The building will be ableto accommodate six families in self-containedapartments where they can have quiet timestogether or they can enjoy the general facilitiesand meet other families and share theirexperiences.

I visited the site on a chilly but sunny dayexpecting to see the layout of the plannedbuilding so was amazed to see what progressthey have made since September last year. Theroof was on in places and the rest of the building is taking shape at a rapid pace.

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There is already a sense of calm and stillness about the site, six acres in all, whichwill eventually have landscaped gardens where the children can play. With theplanes constantly flying over from the WhiteWaltham Airport also providing entertainment!

Four years ago the Alexander’s NursesService was launched. They provide respitecare in the home and other communitysettings, as well as supporting families in anemergency, providing care and reassurance.In addition to raising money to provide theAlexander’s Care team, they need to raise£5m to build this first children’s hospice whichwill open its doors in the Spring of 2017. Theyare actually ahead of schedule so this may besooner which would be fantastic!

We as a chapter have adopted the charity andas such are raising money in lots of ways. As we are now receiving some fantasticsupport from our Reading Dealership, the proceeds from our monthly raffle willnow go to the charity. The race night held at the April club night raised £82 (everylittle helps as they say). Also, we have 16 members taking part in the Coast toCoast ride on Sat 25th June, they are all looking for sponsorship!

Events where we could offer our support by displaying some bikes also include:

Holyport Fayre 3rd – 5th June

Datchet Village Fete 2nd July

The Devine Santa Dash 27th November – WindsorTown Centre

Please see the notice board on club night to see lotsmore opportunities.

Pat Adams

Assistant Director

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The 25thCider RallyGlitz, glamour &

razzmatazz. Silver

costumes & all having

a great time.

Our ride there took in lunch at the

Royal Oak, the weather was very

changeable, and the wets were

needed. On arrival, allocation of

rooms were made and dinner was eaten.

Later, many went to the main hall to see

Joan of Arc, (the band from SoFer last

year ), and a gradual trickle went to the

back room to listen to Bad Kato playing chilled music.

Saturday morning.. choices for ride outs were made

... friends to go and see ... new people to meet... all

back in time for dinner.. at Ralph & Geoffs, with

Jerry & Denzel. The Thames Valley party began,

drinks and nibbles as usual... nothing usual about the

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costume being worn

following the theme for the

weekend of silver / chrome.

The Thames Valley massive

went mega shiny. The

costumes were amazing.

The

costumes of

all the

chapters

were

fantastic. There was chilling

music from Bare Bones in the

back room, and the band Koo

Ka Choo, with DJ Rob taking us

towards the hours of the 3-4

o'clock club. How many of

Thames Valley were there?

The grand parade with flag

bearers and bikes ( 255 in total )

made their way to Burnham-on-

Sea. The crowds clapping and cheering when they

got there. Pat and Barry Adams, and Alan and

Angela Gutteridge took part in the dance

competition, which was won by Invicta chapter. A

ride home in the dry on Monday was most welcome.

Let's raise a glass of cider to next year's rally, 2017. Linda

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COPPER CHOPPER – THE LIBERTYBIKEIn March I spent a week in New York, and while I wasthere I took the ferry across Upper New York Bay toLiberty Island to see the world famous statue.

Built in 1886, the Statue of Liberty is constructed with a‘skin’ of 3mm thick copper sheet on a cast iron‘skeleton’ frame. The frame was designed by theFrench engineer Gustave Eiffel, designer of anotherlandmark structure in Paris that bears his name. Whenshe was completed, Lady Liberty was bright shinycopper and she took about 20 years to transform intothe green oxidised copper colour that she is now. As she approached her 100th

birthday (with extensive corrosion to her skin and skeleton) a major centennialrestoration was planned, so that by 1986 she was even better than new.

But I did not know that Lady Liberty had a Harley Davidson that is very much‘part of her’. Some copper sheets were left over following her restoration andthis copper was used in the construction of the ‘Liberty Bike’, a custom-mademotorcycle built by Orange County Choppers. It is on display in a glass case onthe approach to the statue.

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The copper has been used to plate almost every metal part of the bike, butunlike Lady Liberty, this copper is gleaming. In addition to the copper plating,the Liberty Bike includes severalother features inspired by LadyLiberty. The bike's gear shift levercomes from a cable that oncecarried electricity to the statue’storch, and in another reference tothe torch, the bike’s carburettor lightsup when the engine is running. Thedetailing includes spiky designssimilar to Lady Liberty’s crown, and

what is even more amazing is that it took Orange County Choppers just fourand a half weeks to build the Liberty Bike.

Spring is here, and the Boys’ Stuff Boys say ‘Stuff the DIY, let’s get riding!’ -Ralph

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Bibery Village and Trout FarmSunday 17th April saw a return ride out to Bibery village and Trout farm.

Ralph lead the group in his his first leadhelped by Sue Brown as tail.After a swift mug of the brown stuff at

H's Cafe, thegroup headedout across thebeautifulcountrysidewith visions ofice creamsgatheringbehind theirvisors.The grouparrived inperfect timefor a spot oflunch and ofcourse thoseice creams.

(Editors note: one or two members had clearly been visualising about ice creams quite well, bringingmost manifestly into reality on arrival.)After basking in the Spring sunshine the group headed back, lead by Nick West,through Wantage to H's Cafe once more.

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The Bucket List RideA grandmother celebrated her 80th birthday in styleand fulfilled a lifelong ambition when she rode aHarley Davidson through the streets of Reading.

Riding on one of the iconic motorcycles has been onSheila Gardener's bucket list for years, and she was

shocked tosee her wishcome true when she arrived at thedealership on Saturday, April 23.Reading Harley Davidson and MrsGardener's friends and family organisedthe surprise ride, which saw the pensionerrace around on the back of a bike drivenby our Chapter Director, Don Wibberley.

Relative, David Gardener, of Windemere

Close in Winnersh said: "She knewabsolutely nothing about it, she waspetrified when she realised was going onbut she loved it and it might have whettedher appetite for another ride."

"It went well, she had a good time andeveryone turned up. The dealership wasextremely good and they organised itreally well."There were 12 riders there and she wentfor a ride through Reading and Caversham and then out towards Wallingfordbefore coming back throughNettlebed and Henley."

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John Radcliffe Toy RunWe have receieved this note from the hospital regarding the toy run in April andwanted to share it with you all.

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New MemberA very warm welcome to the Chapter

Peter Robinson

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Oxford to Windsor Canoe Challenge – 70 milesIan Goldswain + Friends

Those that know me know that there are a few things in life that are important tome :- Family and friends, Scouting, Harley Davidsons and Canoeing – probably inthat order.

Every year we plan a couple of canoeing events with my partner in paddles,Simon Outhwaite. We’ve done a few trips now; one of the best was the WyeValley in April 2015. It was on the Wye Valley trip that we came on the idea ofbuilding our own wooden canoes. Just about 12 months later we were travellingup to Penrith to go on a 4 day course to build a vessel each.

We arrived there on a cold Friday morning – at asmall pub in the village of Great Strickland.There was snow on the hills and a very strongwind – just above freezing. We parked up andhe showed us the converted cowshed that wasto be our workshop for the next few days. Yes itwas cold. I started with 2 tee-shirts, overalls anda fleece but they showed us to our ricketybenches and gave us 4 planks of wood and ahandsaw each and said “Off you go guys…”After four days construction under great instruction, we headed south with ourcanoes strapped onto Fiona’s car.

The following few weeks involved painting / varnishing and trimming out thecanoes. I was really pleased how it turned out. One of the lovely things is that –like a Harley you can make the boat just how you want it with individual finishingtouches. Simon chose a third centre seat / platform especially for his dog. We areboth really pleased with the finished result.

So that brings us nearly up to date and last weekend we tookthem out on their maiden voyage by the racecourse atWindsor. Both vessels floated and we couldn’t find any signsof leakage – which was reassuring. First impressions are thatthey are quite manoeuvrable – being made of plywood theyare about half the weight of a conventional plastic Canadiancanoe, but they do seem quite strong.

What next? - Well, Simon was blessed with aGranddaughter (his first) in November last year. HoweverBella spent her first 5 weeks in hospital over Christmas – and

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she is currently in there again. We are therefore planning a fund raising adventure- raising money for the Ronald McDonald House Oxford at John RadcliffeChildren’s Hospital where her family stayed.

The plan is to paddle our new canoesfrom Oxford – Close to the JohnRadcliffe hospital 70 miles downriver toWindsor close to Simon’s house.Finishing at the Windsor leisure poolslipway – probably not 100 yards fromthe Grenadier Guards Club.

A team of ten of us, (including Bella’sdad, Grandads + Uncles) will be canoeing 5 Canadian canoes over a 2 ½ dayperiod on July 8th, 9th & 10th. This is no mean feat, as our daily limit so far hasbeen about 20miles – so being closer to 30miles per day, this will be a big stretchfor me. For this epic journey, Simon will be partnered by one of his sons and I’llbe partnered by Jordan Craythorne – My eldest daughter Katy’s partner. My hopeis that he should bring both youth and power to our boat.

The planned route is as follows• Day 1 : From Osney Marina, canoeing 27.5 miles, tackling 7 locks,

finishing at Goring

• Day 2 : From Goring, canoeing 26.4 miles, tackling 11 locks, finishingat Hurley Lock

• Day 3 : From Hurley we then canoe the last 15.6 miles, tackling 6locks & finish in Windsor

Your support: If you live anywhere along the route please watch out for us, giveus a wave (and maybe a cup of tea).

We are also looking for your support on this event through sponsorship our “JustGiving” page – www.justgiving.com/oxfordtowindsorcanoe or if you prefer wehave paper copy sponsor forms available.

Please give generously to this worthy causeWith Love - Ian

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2016

Officers&

Com

mittee

PRIMARY OFFICERS

COMMITTEE

Don WibberleyDirector

Pat AdamsAsst. Director

Nick WestAsst. Director

Colin WilkinsTreasurer

Sue MoylerSecretary

Sue DoddsLadies of Harley

Andy TunleyEditor

Lee WhiteWebmaster

Chris SmithMembership

Barry AdamsActivities

Malcolm PoulterActivities

Linda FriendPhotographer

Chris EarleyPhotographer

Email any committee member at (position held)@thamesvalleyhog.org.uk

https://www.facebook.com/thamesvalleyhog.org.uk

CLUB VENUEGrenadier GuardsClub

Maidenhead Rd,Windsor,Berks, SL4 5EY

Third Thursday ofevery month7:30pm

Mandy MussongMerchandise

Sue KnightHistorian