Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > 2004 nearly the end ! where did you go and what did you see?

[madmav]

on the way to the DUCATI factory:P

[AK]

January: DSC AGM - met lots of people I had previously just conversed with on the boards, including the lovely Jools, KB, MadMav amongst many - and still had time to chase Dibble round the pub garden

April - moved house, Southern Counties Ducati meet at Box Hill on a chilly easter Sunday

May - monster w/end in nice hotel for 3 nights close to Stratford - lots of mates went too

June - house warming BBQ, lots of mates round with bikes Photo shoot for AK's bike for Streetfighter

June/July/Aug: various pleasant weekends spent out on lunch meets/beaches & lazy afternoons with like minded biking chums from DSC

July: Sammy Millers run to the New Forest - again with like minded Ducati riders
Dinner with the stars of WSB at Brands Hatch

Aug: Bike safe day with Surrey police & DSC (cheers Webby )
Bristol bike show with the monster, lovely hotel overnight.
DSC did Popham too

Sept: Track day at Rockingham
Holiday in West Country

Busy year for us all told.
Lost my dear mum at the beginning of the year, had a brush with nasty lumps myself now ok.
Bit of sorting of family with 1 brother moving to France for good & daughter moving out to live with Grandpa.
AK managed to collect another bike & got it fettled (from a 'scrap condidtion' in time for Rockingham.
Now he needs to flog at least one, so we have room to get a 748/9** for trackdays

We are both looking forwards to a 'organising/spannering' season with mate in Bemsee and doing some longer (overnight?)rideouts to the Desmo Due meetings too.

C

[Edited on 23-12-2004 by CK and AK]

[madmav]

waiting for the boat for ASSEN

[madmav]

And finaly ending up with Ducati north Europe ! at assen MOTO GP


got loads more but eamonn will kick my ass !!

[antonye]

January - I had fun posting out 150 DSC calendars...

February - We went to the factory and also to Dublin for a laugh.

March - I went to France, with some mates and we drank beer. And we went to a new shop and met some racer bloke

April - I got the bike ready for Track Attack 2

May - We went to Cadwell Park for Track Attack 2

June - We had a holiday

July - We had a great Trackday at Snetterton and spent the weekend at the MotoGP at Donington

August - I fell off

September - We all went to Rockingham for Track Attack 3 but I didn't fall off

October - We looked at some pens and they gave me a jacket, and we met some bloke called Federico Minoli for dinner.

November - I went to New York for a bit and had some drinks with some DSC'ers.

December - I'm busy organising a calendar and another Factory Trip!

How did I do?



[Edited on 24-12-2004 by antonye]

[AK]

Looks like you did well Antony - and you had a good time too Mav

C

[antonye]

Originally posted by antonye
March - I went to France, with some mates and we drank beer.

Anyone have a guess who the guy in the middle (facing the camera with the glasses) is? It's not Terry Wogan...

[rjc_S4R]

Christmas eve '03 - end March '04 - went round the world! Trip included driving half way across Canada, all sort of stuff in New York, riding a Harley across the Golden Gate Bridge, climbing the Pyramid of the Sun in Mexico, diving in Cozumel, making my way up to Machu Picchu, bungy jumping and paragliding in NZ, visiting Bondi Beach in Australia, and diving again in Phuket.

April - moved to London to live here for the first time in my life.

October - got my dream job and my first ever Ducati!

November - visited Ireland for the first time and discovered I'm going to be a dad!

Next year will be committed to making the most of my lovely S4R. Why did I buy it at the beginning of winter?!?!?!

[JPM]

I guess the year started with the two of us in Lake Tahoe boarding

[JPM]

The I buggered off to Banff with a few mates...