News feed, 9.10.21

11 October 2021

One of Ladies of Harley officers and Road Crew member Trish Gillespie led the ride on Saturday 9 October. We started at Wynyard Park Services, just off the A19 (makes a change from the OK Diner – although Cross Rob still managed to head over there before realising the error of his ways!).

There were about sixty bikes on the day, including Road Crew, and we had a wild and twisty ride over to the new NY500 café between Malton and Pickering. As we headed over Castletown Moor, it was absolutely Baltic with fog and sheep. Not a great combination …

Things cheered up no end as we dropped down and whizzed through some very picturesque villages in North Yorkshire.

After the NY500, we skipped Sutton Bank in favour of some other very steep roads and headed over to Northallerton on our way back towards the A174 and The Gables.

It was a great day, with a lovely presentation to Nathan at the beginning of a new GC hoodie and a picture of us all from the Heart ‘n’ Soul rally.

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News feed, 2.10.21

2 October 2021

Gateshead Harley-Davidson is getting into the Scary Season with a bunch of money-off deals during October. There’s also a Happy Harleyween event on 30.10. Click here for details.

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News feed, 18.9.21

20 September 2021

We had our annual ABC Ride on 18 September – with a promise of some sunshine at least on part of the route. We all gathered, from far and wide, at Albemarle Barracks for coffee and a bacon buttie, ready for the off at 11.00 am.

John Nichol was Ride Leader for the day and we had a mix of A-roads, B-roads and some slightly dodgy looking unnamed roads! The good folk of Alnwick cordoned off a small space for us again, and we all parked up ready for some more sustenance.

Up and away again, we headed off on vary familiar roads towards RAF Boulmer. We didn’t make it to the usual spot this year but landed right next the flagpole ready for flag-raising and a rendition of the Last Post.

The weather remained gloomy pretty much all day and we had a brief spell of rain along the way, as we headed back to Tynemouth RNLI Lifeboat Station.

This ride always take a huge amount of organisation: Jimmy described it once as three rides in one. There are also the various arrangements in getting us into and out of the various compounds. So, hats off to John for getting us safely round!

As ever, all money collected goes to Help for Heroes.

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News feed, 14.9.21

14 September 2021

There are some changes for our 2021 Committee and Road Crew …

Allen Glasper is our new Assistant Director and Mark Leadbitter is now our Assistant Head Road Captain.

Many congratulations to Allen and Mark!

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News feed, 8.9.21

8 September 2021

We had our first Geordie Chapter face-to-face meeting tonight – the first one since March 2020! We had some great support and it was fab to see everyone again.

A big welcome to all our new members … hope to see you all out and about on the remaining ride-outs and events in 2021. Many thanks to Nissan SLC for their hospitality and for providing the pies and peas for everyone!

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News feed, 6.9.21

6 September 2021

Our Activities Officer, Simon Field, has posted details of the End of Term party. Click here for details.

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News feed, 25.8.21

25 August 2021

Our next Chapter meeting is on WEDNESDAY, 8 September 2021. This will be at Nissan SLC. Click here for details.

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News feed, 20.8.21

20 August 2021

Last night, we had our first face-to-face Committee in absolutely ages … ! We had Barry, Mandy, Jimmy, Allen, Lyn, Dawn, Tony, Gary, John, Robin, Simon, Trish and Jo all debating the various comings and goings of your Geordie Chapter. The great news is that we now stand at 267 members – including 42 new members!

We had a lot to reflect on with the recent rally and Unity ride – both were great successes. Simon has lots for us all to look forward too. We have another camping trip coming soon. We also have the End of Term Party in October. We’ve been moving things about a bit with our PayPal accounts – this has been quite a challenge for Jo – we’re nearly sorted, thankfully. Tony has news of a possible ride to Angels Place next weekend – including a BBQ. More details when they’re available.

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News feed, 1.8.21

1 August 2021

We’ve now finished the programme for our fabulous rally – click here!

Here’s the bands that we’ve arranged for you this year!

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News feed, 22.7.21

22 July 2021

The Great Relay 2021 Unity Ride

Geordie Chapter cordially invites you to join this special event of unity. The full details follow but commit to as much or as little as you can. Our leg of the relay ride begins on Friday 13 August when we meet Aire Valley Chapter at Washington Services northbound (time to be arranged). We will then stop at the Angel of the North for a photo. We will head to Gateshead Harley-Davidson for a celebration of the official handover of the baton to the Geordie Chapter.

On Saturday 14 August, we leave Gateshead Harley-Davidson (at 9.30 am) to continue the relay ride up to Edinburgh Harley-Davidson. Here, we will handover the baton to Dunedin Chapter. We will join Dunedin Chapter on their leg to West Coast Harley-Davidson and meet up with Clyde Valley Chapter. Staying overnight, we will then join the ride with Clyde Valley Chapter to Cairnryan. Here, the Pan America bikes and baton will leave for Ireland. We’ll then return home.

Our overnight stay on 14 August is at the Premier Inn Glasgow Braehead. If you would like to stay, please make your own reservations.

This epic ride has already started. You can follow it on www.thegreatrelay21.com.

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