Enduroland 2008
What do you get when you a have a farmer with a lot of land, 500 people with quads and motocross bikes, beer on tap and a free weekend?The answer my friend is ENDUROLAND!!!
Enduroland is the brain child of Nigel ( "bosshog" as he is known in the quad world ) and his ever supportive wife Micheala. Its an event that's held at a farm in Northamptonshire almost every month where you pay a weekend fee and can ride your vehicle on one of their numerous enduro tracks.
Being the biggest quad insurer in the UK, Bikesure were invited along to offer quotes at the weekend and discuss any insurance related questions, oh and to blag a ride onBazza's Relentless!
I also took the opportunity to have a passenger ride in a rage buggy! These are 0-60 in 3.5 second vehicles that take your breath away....literally! Bearing in mind they are fitted with a CBR 1000 engine and I weigh next to nothing.....it FLEW!!!!! Its the nearest thing you can get to being inside a rally car!
Needless to say I did get to have a quick spin on Bazza's relentless 400 and to be honest it blew me away. I loved every second of it even though I looked and acted like a complete novice, ( apologies Bazza for stalling it on numerous occasions )
The weekend proved to be a great success with the local ambulance crews on their toes as a couple of bike riders had a quite pain full meeting with a tree!
Big thanks to all at Enduroland who made us feel welcome!
Grant
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Bikesure at Taz Motorcycles - Peterborough
Saturday 13th September saw us invited down to Taz motorcycles in Peterborough for their open weekend.
Taz Motors is East Anglia’s largest motorcycle dealership and the areas only Aprilia centre. Taz has a reputation of outstanding service with their supply of new and used motorcycles, a fantastic service centre and a clothing department stocking all the top names in clothing and accessories.
Taz Motors is East Anglia’s largest motorcycle dealership and the areas only Aprilia centre. Taz has a reputation of outstanding service with their supply of new and used motorcycles, a fantastic service centre and a clothing department stocking all the top names in clothing and accessories.
As their official recommended insurer we were there to offer quotes for the weekend, give insurance advise and hand out goodie bags.
Oh did I mention we were joined by Chelle and Laura to offer a bit of class and sophistication to the event?
The hardest task of the weekend had to be trying to get them off the bouncy castle, it was mainly the kids complaining, the dads seemed to cheer!
So if your in the area and looking for a great deal on your new or used bike then Taz is the place to go!
Many thanks for making us feel welcome all weekend and thanks for the sandwiches!
Grant
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Soccer Aid 2008
Date: Sunday 7th September
Location: Wembley Stadium, London
Reason: Soccer Aid 2008 + to get boooooozy!!
Allow me to explain:
Soccer Aid 2008 is an event in which a mixture of legends from the game of football team up with celebrities to participate in a charity football match to raise money for Unicef.
The set up was a team from England take on the rest of the world, a little unfair I hear you ask? Thats what I thought until I saw the line up for England, Alan Shearer, Teddy Sheringham, Greame Le Saux and David Seaman all included. Now I dont know about you but thats pretty impressive for a start! Thrown in there for good measure was Angus Deaton, Gareth Gates and some bloke from Hollyoaks to name a few.
On the opposing team was an equally impressive set up including Luis Figo, Paulo Di Canio and Romario. Not to mention Gordon Ramsey, Ian Rush and some bloke from Hero's.
Now as the game was'nt kicking off until 7.30pm it gave me, minty and Hollinger plenty of time to don stupid looking wigs and large comedy glasses and head into London for a pre match drink ( or 3 ).
As you can imagine we did get a few funny looks from people, but at the same time an equal amount of wolf whistles and shouts of " you look hot! ", surprising when a mojority of this was from blokes!
All in all it was a fantastic day out in London looking like drag queens ( though I did see worse ), we always seemed to find a seat on the tube which was nice, personally I just think they were scared! It was topped off by England winning 4-3 and Shearer grabbing a cheeky hat trick, could you ask for more?
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Bikesure FC
And you thought we just sit on our backsides all day........and you would be right but hang on....
After narrowly missing out on the signature of Robinho it was business as usual for Bikesure FC!
Bikesure F.C was formed last year due to the fact there was nothing else to do on a Thursday evening but drink ( which isnt a bad thing ). We meet every Thusday evening at the local astro turf and attempt to pass ourselves off as footballers for an hour.
So if theres anyone out there who wants to take on the might and power of Bikesure FC, kindly bugger off because were rubbish!!!
Meet the team
Kyle "Minty" Benefer - like Hayley's comet, can be seen passing once every 75 years
Dean "Egg" Twiddy - passing to him is like kicking it against a brick wall, could go anywhere
John "Turbo" Mellish - Faster then Usain Bolt over 100 metres - fact!
Pete "Zilla" Sanctuary - one of those annoying blokes who is good at everything!
Matthew "soppy b***ocks" Sopp - can often be seen shouting the odd swear word at his team, apparently for encouragement!
Phil "philski" Owen - more tricks up his sleeve then Paul Daniels - that's magic!
Grant "welsh wizard" Varnham - lob me a ball from 70 yards and i'll slot it home, pass it to me in front of an open goal and over the bar it goes!
Richard "the horn" Rowsell - started off looking like Mr Tickle, now more like Mr tackle ( granted that does sound a bit odd )
Jason " the fridge " Masters - big bloke, rubbish centre of gravity....goes down more than........um...........um..............Reading.
Tom " Cassius " Clay - that one player in your team that thinks he has the tricks then always falls on his arse - to the great pleasure of the rest of the team!
Adam " Holbinho " Hollinger - seems to be absolutely fascinated by his feet, always starring at them, even when he passes
Harry " Sports Bra " O'Donnell - imagine watching a Linford Christie's lunch box running the 100 metres, now imagine him with man boobs.......Harry!
Rob " Chopper " Balls - hell of a right foot ping on him, unfortunately hell of a nack of tackling......even without the ball being anywhere near him....amazing!
Duncan " Liability " Garrick - often gets voted the man of the match.......for the opposing team!
Kevin "big man " Lee - frustrated striker, the bloke is 7 foot tall but has a head like a 50p - when he pulls back for a strike, the force can be felt as far as Luton.
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