The 8th Meeting of the "European Warriors"
took place in the hotel "Devils Punchbowl" in Hindhead/ Surry
from July 13th to July 15th 2012
Never before the "European Warriors" had such a splendid meeting
with a total numer of 40 Warriors. About 20 Warriors came from the continent and about the same number of Warriors
from Great Britain.
To my greatest joy our friends from Finland
joined us again and we even had a Warrior from Hungary, two Warriors from Switzerland and three Warriors from the Netherlands. There was no language
barrier and we had a great party in a warm and friendly atmosphere.
In spite of the rainy weather in England
and the minor hardships we had to endure (I had a broken belt in Belgium at Friday
morning and Frank kissing the road when he slipped in the rain during the
rideout on Saturday) we had a wonderful time at the meeting in Hindhead. I want
to thank our English friends who found the perfect location and organized the
meeting. I also want to thank especially Tomba for the medical care which made
Frank fit enough to ride the long way home.
They are of course not
responsible for the heavy showers that spoiled the rideout on Saturday.
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The German group of almost 17 Warriors arrived Thursday evening in Mons/Belgium where
our Warrior Krieger is stationed in the Nato SHAPE/HQ.
There we were welcomed with food and drink. He arranged that we could spent the night there and it was planned that we ride on together to embark the ferry at Friday morning.
To my greatest relief Krieger hat a spare belt at home so he phoned his
wife to bring it over and our Warrior SpeedmaSTAR stayed behind with me to fix
my bike.
So we left with a delay of 1:30 hours but managed to get a later ferry. But
luckily we had no rain.
Lots of rain had the main group that left as scheduled . They were expected by Tomba in Dover and first made a trip to the ACE-Café in London.
Lots of rain had the main group that left as scheduled . They were expected by Tomba in Dover and first made a trip to the ACE-Café in London.
SpeedmaSTAR and me rode directly to the meeting in Hindhead. We missed the ACE-Cafe but to my greatest surprise we arrived there long before the main group since they got stuck in London's heavy traffic and had to endure some heavy showers.