Following the success of our annual August gathering the suggestion has been made of heading Southwest for the next gathering. Dingle, 

The Healy pass, the Connor pass, The Ring of Kerry etc. a fantastic offering of routes and rides not to mention genial hostelries aplenty! 

It would be an over nighter for me and some of the East coast contingent but all the sweeter for that! 

Who is in,in principle? What dates might suit? 

Sept and Early Oct are out for me due to Family and Work commitments.

An October meet up?

Now on HoverK100 territory too!.

I'm game, since I missed the annual gathering.

First and second weekends in Octiber aren't good for me,
but the third and last weekends are both free.

Hi all
Will, I think you'll have to rename the thread, Im not sensing the usual vibes of excitement of I can't wait for that, so maybe the run to the South Pole Inn, or the Endurance run to tie in with the occasion, it being about Tom Crean and his home town.
What do you think?

Pat

Still very interested - but, for me it might be a true winter run to the South Pole Inn i.e. Late October - early November.

Trapper

Trending towards end Oct methinks

October is a possibility for me as i will be in NZ for all of Nov and part of Dec. Ideally early to mid October

So will this be going ahead? Was looking forward to a long ride!!

We shall await word from De Oracle 

;-)

OK Will

So when do you think the Run to the South Pole Inn will take place??
Anyone with dates they are available please publish and we will see which suit best.
Oct 8th-9th
Oct 22nd-23rd
Nov 5th-6th.
Now let's do it.

playlikewedream wrote:OK Will

So when do you think the Run to the South Pole Inn will take place??
Anyone with dates they are available please publish and we will see which suit best.
Oct 8th-9th
Oct 22nd-23rd
Nov 5th-6th.
Now let's do it.

All are ok for me except for Oct 8-9th.

Must organise a pass, but otherwise OK.

Late Oct, early Nov suits me

22/23 Oct is a parenting weekend for me . Is the following weekend the bank holiday? I'd be up for that:bounce:

So who is up for the 5th and 6th Nov.

Post now.

Sounds good, can I get one of those badges too.

5th/6th out for me as I will be visiting my son in Italy.

yeah I would go 5th and 6th

Hi guys

As they say in game of thrones, winter is coming,
and quite a few of our friends are unable to make the trip this year, so it looks like a rain check on the run for the kingdom/ south pole inn for this year.
Don't worry it will have to be one of the trips for 2017 perhaps the trip. maybe a two night stay over to cover all the sights down there.

Pat

A wiser move perhaps. I'm out anyway due to serious engine trouble!

I am out too, due to mank road stuff stuck to my tyres .
Looks like the k11's are back in the shed.... I feel you pain 88....

My Red managed to leave the shed (for the first time this year) last week. These 3 Red K1100's are destined not to meet.

Been there, did that on the Irish Photo Rally 2014.

Nice one Cumberjohn,
looks like you had the weather for it too

R

guessing this trip didn't happen? maybe in the spring?

Hi Jerh
I'm afraid not. A decision was made to hold it over till 2017 as so many members were unable to make it.
I think it should be the main summer run for next year but will have to get 88 and Olaf to OK it first. At least one overnight if not two could be involved.

My 'red' is getting some workshop time in spring in preparation for some summer adventures. Its kind of adding miles.....new tyres on 21st October now have over 2,500 miles on them.....after 6 weeks. So time for some lubes etc etc.

Patricks weekend looks like a potential weekend out too.....

Are you coming down here this year Olaf? Would love to get together again. You could bring all the Paddies with you, let me know and I'll reserve the spaces at St Leon.

Bob

Most definitely will be down, in or about 8th September is my plan.

At the very least with 88 and maybe another one or two in tow.

Tent, firmly anchored and padlocked to the ground along with the lardons- bbq etc will be planted in St Leon sur Vezere....

Speaking of paddys they seem to have morphed.



I would love if more Eccentrics came, they would surely like it.

Will bring you some real whiskey.....none of that virtual s***e! It might be in some puddings. Speaking of puddings some are boiling away as I write this.

You don't need to bring any of that funny stuff that you guys call whiskey, they have that in Intermache in Montignac and every time that I see it I think of you guys and then buy some decent single malt from the country at the top of the UK.

Would be great to get a good bunch down here, we could paint Roque st Christope red!

For any Eccentrics or anyone else reading this you have to know that BobT and Jude are the most wonderful people you could ever meet on a K.

They are unusual too in that they caught a mutant and seemingly as contagious a disease clearly related to Kpox- Ducati-itis, pronounced Ducati eye tis, not Ducati titties. Jude happily rode a BMW with attitude and BobT bought her a Zorst as a birthday present. Even better is that it got used for its designed purpose. But then one day she took BobTs Ducati for a ride...........

BobT has some nice facilities there and when I took off the petrol tank to sort a fuel line leak I mentioned a problem getting the air box off. With some workshop help this was sorted. Then I asked Bob for some T cut which he struggled with. Mostly because when he asked why I needed it I said it was to polish the top of the engine while the air box was off. With about 35c outside, and we were outside, this got a good reaction........

They know the best watering holes, places to eat, nice roads, directed us to a campsite beside a river after we resisted their warmest invitation to stay with them, showed us some great back roads and hosted some great evenings. It was the first time I have eaten duck while there were ducks wandering around the table at our feet. The food cycle in action!

If anyone is on for this Roscoff or Cherbourg to St Leon sur Vezere is a 1 or 2 night run. In theory it's a one day but we don't do theories although I have many times done the equivalent in France in the car. 88 and myself did find some excellent camping points on the route but there are cheap hotels too. About 750 km and €11-12 toll each way. The camp site is about €6.50 for a pitch that will happily take 4 tents at €3.50 each and space for a tarp/gazebo.

So my thought is could we have an Eccentrics adventure abroad???? ........this thread started as a possible visit to the South Pole Inn, which holds memories of the great adventurer Tom Crean. It's not a coincidence that Will is more formally known as Will Crean and quite keen on adventure.......

As you know Will has been here more times than you Olaf, it must be time to try and beat his visit record. 
Limeuil calls, coffee at the place opposite the little beach, you know the place, the one where the lady owner could be a model and all the young ladies that she employs could also be models. Moving on to an ice cream sitting on the beach of the Dordogne/Vezere rivers. 

We could even have another BBQ at the camp site, but that Lardon tree is not growing yet and a BBQ might be a good time to plant another.

We now also have a friendly Pecharmant vineyard to visit that you have never seen. As you know, we keep that particular wine to ourselves and don't export it. 

Looking forward to seeing all the Bricks parked outside my garage again.

Bob

I might beat Will's in some distant time but for now I am looking forward to the next time down. But at least mine were all on a K......not those aluminium tube thingies.

Lardon trees might grow ok there, suppose we will be seeing pigs fly.

Now if I remember when sitting at the lovely table the beach is literally across the road....

That is the place Olaf. The parking has changed a bit now, there is virtually no parking for cars at that area, and they have widened the pedestrian area so that more bikes can park.
We parked the Ducati's there once, they were lonely, but about 30 minutes later 20 very old bikes turned up and joined them. There was a rush of tourists with cameras taking pictures of the bikes.

sounds like a nice trip.I was down that side of France years ago. any summer trips are out for me, we are getting married in Poland in August.

Jerh Heffernan wrote:sounds like a nice trip.I was down that side of France years ago. any summer trips are out for me, we are getting married in Poland in August.

Don't tell Magda.....!!!

But this trip is perfect for a honeymoon.....

8th September.... goddammit. There's an air ticket DUB-MCO with my name on it and dated 9th September for two weeks.

92KK 84WW Olaf wrote:

Jerh Heffernan wrote:sounds like a nice trip.I was down that side of France years ago. any summer trips are out for me, we are getting married in Poland in August.

Don't tell Magda.....!!!

But this trip is perfect for a honeymoon.....

ill put the kids in the panniers.

That works well.

Krauser K2 panniers will hold a 42 litre kid.