"The Cockney Rejects"

Darlington Darlins (Sarf London Style)

Another rally the last of the British season, LETS MAKE IT A GOOD UN!!!

So we packed our camping equipment in the van early that morning and with drinks food and fags for the driver and navigator organised we were off.  At 10.22 we hit the queue for the Dartford Tunnel, skies are grey and with nearly 300 miles to go I felt an "oh dear" coming on. As usual we put on our rally files from the MP3 player Bon Jovi, Queen, Meatloaf you get the picture, pies fags and a quick slurp (only water AT THE MOMENT Im driving) singing as loud as we can, I think your getting the picture now I begining to get a touch of De ja Vue, OH YES!!. Looking forward to an extra night at the site cos its Thursday too, what more could a girl ask for? We travelled up the A1M, no more traffic jams some fantastic scenery and a beer or two calling me from the site(I could hear it) we arrived after 5 hours. Calling at rally control to say hello and collect and inspect our Party Bags (each with a durex or lubricant)(what else would you expect from FOURGASM THE SECOND CUMMIN )we set off across the field to meet Dave & Mary who were already pitched up. Tent and bed sorted, its off to meet some of the locals (from Centre 4) for a beer or two,meeting faces old and new we passed a nice afternoon chatting. With tummys rumbling Mary, Dave and I went  off to the bar for some grub, it was great and back at the tent my head hit the pillow, out like a light they say, I never even saw the switch. Friday morning and we're off on a FACT HUNT, C 4 had organised,  the who, what, where type of things,  just to get people out and about, places you'd never go to. The views were fantastic,  the local people nice and helpful (when we had no idea where we were going) although we then had no idea what they were saying either, they just waved a lot and we understood that, we got round having had a lovely morning, a great laugh and a nice roast dinner at The Otter pub our last call on the fact hunt and I got a badge to prove it. Nick arrived Friday night along with Annya Al Ant and Debs, its time for a Bop and a Beer again the band were really good getting everyone up and dancing, some for longer than there legs could hold them!! and its off back to bed!! Saturday dawns, today is all about catching up with friends under the gazzebo, or catching up with sleep under the duvet!! The nights entertainment was amazing, great band and taking there life in there hands stilt walkers/dancers dressed as aliens, the terminator and a werewolf and to keep the entertainment heat on just a touch of fire eating, blazing batton twirling and angle grinding to boot. I ended the night with Ark Eye!! DANGEROUS or what? Sunday morning and Im not coming all this way and not seeing more of this wonderful place, so we set of on the bike.  Heading for the Angel of the North we found the "Angel of the South" Roger (C16) and became backdoor for him and Phil, the angels not hard to find and very difficult to fit it all in the camera shot, but I tried my best. We celebrated our find with an ice cream, leaving Roger and Phil we were off to Hadrians Wall. Finding a nice little tea room along the wall we watched as the skies darken, the wind rising and while still crunching on our crusts we put our kit on and got out of there as quick as we could, with the rain chasing us we made it home nice and dry. "Al reet, wer yer been" the calls came from the north crew, " Angel of the Norf and Adrians Wool" came the call from the Sarf London bikers, it caused a bit of a giggle. The afternoon brightened, but with nearly 300 miles to go tomorrow Nick decided to make his way home that night and have a quite day at home Monday. What a mistake, the band of four were very good and when they were joined by two more small guitarists, one with a great voice who outshone the bands original lead singer and nearly caused a Riot (let alone predict one) in own right.

It was a brilliant way to end a rally, showing that the "biking family" the old and young, people new to this type of life and those that look like they've lived it for a while but just keep coming back cos they enjoy it can have a fantastic time together. And for those of you that couldnt make it to the rally, you missed an absolute blinder. 

A huge thank you to the C 4 crew for their effort, hard work and hospitality, nothing was too much trouble.  Top marks to you and look forward to seeing all again very soon.

loadsaluv Ju (aka Chimp)  C14XX