Author: John Hill

In the end there were just 5 of us, Antonios Tsikrikas, Kenny Anderson, Ali Lazizi, Peter Johnson who was TEC and myself leading, who wanted to support the CHAS event and to see what the weather could throw at us. Well we had all 4 seasons before we even left the CHAS start at the Falkirk Wheel car park. Unfortunately the gathering was much smaller than usual, presumably because of the aftermath of Storm David. Probably about 150 bikes and everything well organised by Carron Valley MCC and the police as usual. We did have Martin Pennycook there to support us again, together with daughter and grandson. After leaving the start and soon after crossing the Kincardine Bridge we ran into a minor snow storm. The road went white for…

A good turn out on a cool Easter Sunday morning as 11 of us met at Kincardine Bridge Services. With myself leading the run and Mandy as TEC, we had anther dozen sporty bikers join in our group from the service station as we headed off to the Falkirk Wheel lower car park for the start of the CHAS run. This made it interesting for Mandy !! Another big gathering of hundreds of bikes made for interesting viewing and hopefully a lot of money was donated for CHAS. The police controlled the cavalcade very well with all side roads and junctions closed for us as we made our way to Kinross Services, where for the first time we were well directed to where to park. So thanks to Carron Valley…

On a bright morning for the start at Bowtrees Services, there were only 3 of us; myself who had an easy job being TEC, Alex Cowie who was always in the middle of the group, and Ewan Ritchie who was leading a Club run for the first time. What an excellent route Ewan had worked out for us, with a mixture of all types of road. I think his sat nav worked wonders, as there were so many different parts to a full day on the road and we never got lost. After the quiet roads around Kirriemuir to visit the Scott Wilson memorial, we headed to the cool coast and Johnshaven, where we had an excellent lunch in the Hidden Treasure Cafe and a good chat. (I can recommend…

A good turn out for our first run of the new season with 15 of us at the start at Bowtrees Services, Kincardine, joining a bigger than usual gathering at the Falkirk Wheel lower car park, for the Carron Valley Bike Club's annual Easter charity ride in aid of CHAS. We were blessed with good weather for the whole day, after a chilly chart. It was interesting to walk around and see all the different bikes before the start and have a chat. As always it was a well organised event by the Carron Valley Bike Club with the police providing support by giving us priority through all the junctions from the start to the finish at Kinross Services. After another break here and a welcome coffee, 10 of us…