Brightona |
7th October 2007 |
Brightona. The Sussex coast’s just under two hours steady ride from my home in the New Forest, so I left at 7 a.m to travel up to Brighton with a big watery sun rising up in front of me. Looks as if the day’s going to be a good one. On the approach to the venue on Madeira Drive, there were very few bikes about, but I paid my £5 entry donation & found a spot to park the Harley. The donation goes to the Sussex Heart Charity & in exchange you’re given a bag by the stewards containing the programme of events for the day, plus a pin badge and various flyers. I was amongst the first fifty bikes to arrive. I set off to get a breakfast & a much needed cup of tea. After that I took a stroll along the drive to browse the many trade stalls. By now there was a steady flow of bikes & trikes arriving, heading Eastwards to park up. I never did get to the end of the bike parking line -they seemed to go on as far as the eye could see. From the exit end, American cars and Hotrods were entering Madeira Drive & parking up for the show. Bikes came in all shapes & sizes from monkey bikes to 5.7 litre “Boss Hoss”s. The trikes the same, from 125 cc to 5.3 litre V12 double wheel, tipper bodied transit rear ended monsters. -Chevy Rick
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