European Warriors (English)

The 8^th Meeting of the "European Warriors" 

took place in the hotel "Devils Punchbowl" in Hindhead/ Surry
 from July 13^th 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.

When when we started to leave the compound, my drivebelt broke and I had to stay behind.

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. 

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.