Hoggin The Bridge Sun 19th Oct...

[fazer390]

http://hogginthebridge.co.uk/   
 
Hoggin the Bridge Club invites you to join them for Hoggin the Bridge 2014. 

This year the ride will take place on Sunday 19th October and will start in the Brightside Group PLC car park at 11.00 a.m. behind Severn View Services, Aust, Junction 1 M48, near Bristol.  The parade ride will begin by Hoggin the Severn Bridge then follow the usual route through several local towns and villages and will finish at Chepstow Race Course.     
 
Here we intend to use this fantastic venue to spoil you with bigger and easier parking areas, more bands, loads more traders and stalls, and a great range of food outlets.  Covered seating will be available in the stands, so you can sit and listen to the bands while enjoying a drink, a bite to eat or just chat and watch the world go by.
 
 

New for this year. the Hoggin the Bridge ride, which is great in itself, will finish with a parade of bikes right through the very heart of the race course (no grass riding) giving all the riders a chance to show off their finery and giving all spectators a chance to see a really great spectacle. The ride will then finish, again new for this year, on an all tarmac surface. Remember to take part in this unique spectacle you need to have registered, so go to our tickets page and join in. Also, we will also be hosting a ride in bike show.  For those who enter, they will have the chance to not only show off their bike, but also win a prize.  As well as all this we hope to have an auto jumble on site, more details to follow........all in all this gives us a chance to thank you for your support of our charity fundraising event and give you a great day to remember. This is a charity fundraising event open to all motorcyclists and for you to take part in the ride, along with some 3 to 4 thousand other bikes, all we ask for is a donation. You can make a donation on-line, or alternatively print and complete the donation by post form for Hoggin' the Bridge 2014.   Donations will also be accepted on the day for those who want to see what the weather is like. Donations can also be made at...... BigBoar Motorcycles, Unit 4, Bulwark Business Park, Chepstow Artists Corner, 4 Thomas Street, Chepstow (next door to the Co op) Newport Tool Hire, 456 Coporation Road, Newport

[sadlonelygit]

it's gonna be moist

[KaeowPadPu]

Can you help me? I don't understand everything. Can you tell me about that?

[fazer390]

The weather for Sunday is currently improving from moist and now looking to be a dry day...
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/map/gcntr93j0#?zoom=9
 
A good browse round the HTB link should hopefully encourage more to take part...
http://hogginthebridge.co.uk/
 
I've attended this event quite a few times now and it's a great ride and day out... Lots of people line the streets as we ride through villages on route. In past years we finished up in Chepstow town centre, but now it's at Chepstow Race Course... 
 
 

[pilgo]

Hhhmmmm, this or WSM for the beach race?
 
and the weather looks dry/warm/overcast with the threat of maybe a rogue shower or 2.

[fazer390]

The weather for HTB was perfect if a little windy. I met my brother on route as usual and got to the Severn services an hour before kick off. Around 1000 bike's pitched up before the start... We left at 11am and rode through several villages lined with people to cheer us through. This took almost 2 hours before arriving at Chepstow Race Course.
Apart from an enormous bike show car park there was only a hand full of traders - mostly charities and one band playing Genesis; unlike what was promised... It wasn't a scratch on when it was held in Chepstow town in past years, so we left soon after and had fish & chips in town...
 
As a result I don't this I'll be attending next year and go to the Western Beach Race instead... I've done a few HTB rides now. Time for something different...