Bugger. Sorry to hear of your mishap. Didn't have steel toecaps then 
We'll drink your share so don't fret
We'll drink your share so don't fret
2016 Dragon Rally.
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Rocketman
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Have a few to keep u warm yehBugger. Sorry to hear of your mishap. Didn't have steel toecaps then
We'll drink your share so don't fret
, just my luck my foot was trapped under said lintel and toe cap twisted in boot and broke toe,Trapped for 2mins until it was removed of me ,I'm fookin pissed off
. All the best
Rocketman
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Here you are tony Proof I'm not copping out because of the fear of a bad nights sleep
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Hate to think what would of happened if I hadn't of been wearing steelies ,the doc couldn't believe that I'd only broken my toe when he looked at X-ray .
Have a great time
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Hate to think what would of happened if I hadn't of been wearing steelies ,the doc couldn't believe that I'd only broken my toe when he looked at X-ray .
Have a great time
Here you are tony Proof I'm not copping out because of the fear of a bad nights sleep
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Hate to think what would of happened if I hadn't of been wearing steelies ,the doc couldn't believe that I'd only broken my toe when he looked at X-ray .
Have a great time
Ouch!! didn't doubt you for a minute. Would have been great to meet up but, another time perhaps.
Hope it mends ok. and doesn't take too long about it.
Well that went well, almost.
Brilliant do and a good site. Bands last night were really rockin' and i got in with some guys and gals from the wigan area
who were a real laugh and we had plenty of
Got up this morning went to check to see if my phone had charged overnight from my jumpack, no phone.
It had been nicked. It was just inside the inner tent with me while i was asleep flap zipped up.
Someone had sneaked in while i was snoring unzipped the inner tent flap and got lucky as the phone was
there on top of my tank bag attached to a jumpack that had some pretty blue lights on it.
Good thing is though that in the bag was my camera, tomtom and gopro and they were still there
The POS thief had also taken everything out from the map pocket (looking for cash no doubt) map, ticket, dragon rally sticker
and other sundry bits of paper all of which were spread around outside which i have back including my sticker (bonus)
The phone is a galaxy S4 which has a cracked screen and a front camera that takes fuzzy pictures so not a great loss
i have to say; i have a galaxy S3 spare to press into service. As there was no signal to be had on the site i used the payphone to ring the wife
and she rang tmobile putting them in the picture. New sim on it's way. All the pictures apart from a few i took at the rally
are backed up in multiple places so no drama there.
Later the story unfolded. I was, by far, not the only one! loads had lost phones (one of them a brand new (uninsured) iphone 6
and money and one guy had lost over a hundred quid. So i had got away lucky i reckoned and went about my day.
Came home the long way via. Portmadoc (all day brekkie at Jenny's), Harlech, Barmouth, Dolgellau, Bala, Corwen and down the A5.
Great weather, great riding
I feel sorry for the people that lost money and more expensive items than i did as it had (the ones i talked to) really taken the shine off their great Dragon Rally.
Another bit of drama was that someone had gone missing A 6' 3" guy had gone awol. People were out for an hour or so looking for him! I stood there whilst the distressed
lady gave all his details to an officer. There were 3 patrol cars there when i left.
Well, i have to say that this Dragon has gone down as being "interesting" for the wrong reasons.
Needless to say, i have learned lessons relating to security whilst asleep in your tent. Next time i will make sure my valuables are the side of me away from the flap
so that if a POS thief does come looking for stuff to nick they will have to climb over me to get it.
I didn't spot anybody else from here except Zak. I was at the bar for 18;00 but it was so busy it was difficult to sort anything out so i just went into the barn. Were you all hiding?
Roll on the next Dragon then Eh?
Brilliant do and a good site. Bands last night were really rockin' and i got in with some guys and gals from the wigan area
who were a real laugh and we had plenty of
Got up this morning went to check to see if my phone had charged overnight from my jumpack, no phone.
It had been nicked. It was just inside the inner tent with me while i was asleep flap zipped up.
Someone had sneaked in while i was snoring unzipped the inner tent flap and got lucky as the phone was
there on top of my tank bag attached to a jumpack that had some pretty blue lights on it.
Good thing is though that in the bag was my camera, tomtom and gopro and they were still there
The POS thief had also taken everything out from the map pocket (looking for cash no doubt) map, ticket, dragon rally sticker
and other sundry bits of paper all of which were spread around outside which i have back including my sticker (bonus)
The phone is a galaxy S4 which has a cracked screen and a front camera that takes fuzzy pictures so not a great loss
i have to say; i have a galaxy S3 spare to press into service. As there was no signal to be had on the site i used the payphone to ring the wife
and she rang tmobile putting them in the picture. New sim on it's way. All the pictures apart from a few i took at the rally
are backed up in multiple places so no drama there.
Later the story unfolded. I was, by far, not the only one! loads had lost phones (one of them a brand new (uninsured) iphone 6
and money and one guy had lost over a hundred quid. So i had got away lucky i reckoned and went about my day.
Came home the long way via. Portmadoc (all day brekkie at Jenny's), Harlech, Barmouth, Dolgellau, Bala, Corwen and down the A5.
Great weather, great riding
I feel sorry for the people that lost money and more expensive items than i did as it had (the ones i talked to) really taken the shine off their great Dragon Rally.
Another bit of drama was that someone had gone missing A 6' 3" guy had gone awol. People were out for an hour or so looking for him! I stood there whilst the distressed
lady gave all his details to an officer. There were 3 patrol cars there when i left.
Well, i have to say that this Dragon has gone down as being "interesting" for the wrong reasons.
Needless to say, i have learned lessons relating to security whilst asleep in your tent. Next time i will make sure my valuables are the side of me away from the flap
so that if a POS thief does come looking for stuff to nick they will have to climb over me to get it.
I didn't spot anybody else from here except Zak. I was at the bar for 18;00 but it was so busy it was difficult to sort anything out so i just went into the barn. Were you all hiding?
Roll on the next Dragon then Eh?
Sorry to hear that Tony, friends of mine were also at the Dragon were robbed at 6am this morning, phone cash etc.
I've only been once .... that was enough!!!
Every year though, I am envious of everyone heading into the hills with their tent and whisky but perhaps I'll wait for a quiet weekend
I've only been once .... that was enough!!!
Every year though, I am envious of everyone heading into the hills with their tent and whisky but perhaps I'll wait for a quiet weekend
Sorry to hear about your phone at least they didn't get your sticker
at least they didn't get your sticker
Sorry to hear about your phone
I found that about 20 metres away face down in the mud, so sad and such sacrilege. Only joking as it's only a sticker, honest
I found that about 20 metres away face down in the mud, so sad and such sacrilege. Only joking as it's only a sticker, honest
Sorry to hear that Tony. I didn't have anything taken - maybe because there were a load of All Arms Veterans in the tents by me -perhaps the POS thief didn't feel up to taking on serving/ex military.
It's a bit shit that people do that sort of thing at a festival for bikers - shame because the weather was good and the mountains looked great.
Sorry to hear that Tony, friends of mine were also at the Dragon were robbed at 6am this morning, phone cash etc.
I've only been once .... that was enough!!!
Every year though, I am envious of everyone heading into the hills with their tent and whisky but perhaps I'll wait for a quiet weekend
So, the Dragon isn't your thing then Tim? That site, Llyn Gwynant is in a lovely location (you must have passed it so many times) and would be great for a couple of nights winter campng and is place i'll go back to.
Sorry to hear your friends fell foul of thievery too.
GS-Jonesy
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Really sorry to hear that Tony. Stuff like that can ruin the reputation of an event. How come these fuckers never get caught in the act. Plenty of places for them to "have an accident" in that part of the country
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Yes, lovely river right there. Be a shame if they fell in...
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Rocketman
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Shocked to hear about the thieving going on at the rally ,you just wouldn't be expecting it up that neck of the woods .
Other than that I'm glad you had a good time tony
Other than that I'm glad you had a good time tony
F
Yes I know it well as I used to live nearby, I guess what happened this time reinforced why it's not really my thing.
You know, pseudo comradery an all that
Yes I know it well as I used to live nearby, I guess what happened this time reinforced why it's not really my thing.
You know, pseudo comradery an all that
I've been digging around in my pics and came up with this I took of my neighbor last summer.
He looks quite warm here.
Sorry to hear about your stolen stuff Tony.
The STD "do" . Yep. definitely warmer there
Picture nicked Ta. Shocked to hear about the thieving going on at the rally ,you just wouldn't be expecting it up that neck of the woods .
Other than that I'm glad you had a good time tony
Broken toe could have saved your phone and/or cash. Hope it's on the mend
F
Yes I know it well as I used to live nearby, I guess what happened this time reinforced why it's not really my thing.
You know, pseudo comradery an all that
Tim, are you saying that all my new biker buddies i met there are not really my new biker comrades after all? I'm devastated
Tim, are you saying that all my new biker buddies i met there are not really my new biker comrades after all? I'm devastated
Well, I wasn't saying anything about you but I'm sure you'll be very happy together
Hi
Sorry to hear about all your losses, Us south coast lot only popped in for look around and grab badge and soup, left wilderhope YHA around 615 am( where sods law i loss my phone) along A470 up to Dragon rally and then back down to St bravials YHA in wye valley where we had the pleasure to stay in haunted castle (and yes we did have a few shit myself moments in there during the night) these thieving scumbags ruin your weekend and as you say don't seem to get caught,i wonder what would happen if they did
Dave
Sorry to hear about all your losses, Us south coast lot only popped in for look around and grab badge and soup, left wilderhope YHA around 615 am( where sods law i loss my phone) along A470 up to Dragon rally and then back down to St bravials YHA in wye valley where we had the pleasure to stay in haunted castle (and yes we did have a few shit myself moments in there during the night) these thieving scumbags ruin your weekend and as you say don't seem to get caught,i wonder what would happen if they did
Dave
One of my first Dragons was in 1966, I was only a spotty teenager then, and it was a long way from south London on an old L plated James. The rally was at Llanberis in the old Army/RAF station.
Was camped up the hill on the left side of the road, there was a long building on the other side with people camping inside and a long line of bikes parked outside.
As I was sitting outside the tent a chap was wandered slowly down the road looking at the line of bikes, I saw him stop and reach down to the back of an engine on one bike and then slowly walk off.
Something didn't seem right so I followed him through the crowds. He stopped by the side of a couple of tents where there was a group of people working on a stripped down bike, passed them
something from his pocket and they all bent down to the engine on that bike.
I walked back up the hill and finally found the owner of the bike that he had touched. He looked at his bike and found that the magneto pickups were missing. Think it was a Matchless or AJS.
He asked me to show him who had taken the parts so I led him down and pointed out the bloke and the bike that his group had been working on. He went back up to get his mates and I got
the fuck out of it and left it to them. I wandered back down on the Sunday morning and there were a few very sorry looking bikes and riders trying to arrange lifts and recovery.
Done almost countless Dragons and Elephants since and have never ever come across anything like this again, normally the complete opposite with people helping strangers with no question.
Feel so sorry for the people effected this year especially if its their first go at winter rallies. There is more good than bad out there, don't give up.
I was there in 1966. I took my mate on my brother's Velocette Venom. We were camping in the building you mentioned
I have done including this year, 19 Dragon Rallies (spanning 50 years); this year is the first time i have seen any bother, there was even a feckin' fight while the band was on
It started when a woman punched a bloke as far as i could tell. I agree with you though that there are way more good than bad, thank feck 
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