Bikers Hangout

The NABD were invited to take the local stand along for a day out at the Bikers Hangout (www.bikershangout.co.uk) event, which was previously held in Frodsham for a few years, but has now moved to Warrington for this, the third year, after outgrowing its previous venue.

Arriving early, or so i thought, I parked up (yes, I took my car, which I will explain why later) and was met by Karl, one of the organisers. He pointed me in the direction of a grassed area to the rear of the hotel where fellow NABD rep Rosie Brown had her NABD stand already set up.

I had a wander around the event, passed a few other stands and the stage. Further up the field there were food and drink stalls along with the hotels bar. At which point i was reminded by my house trained teenagers (hence the car) that we had passed the food stalls without feeding the rabble.

A few burgers and chips later and they were satisfied enough to head back to the stand at the perfect time to see Rick and Mandy arriving aboard the Can-Am, the NABDs prize draw trike, which you could win for a quid. (Further details elsewhere in this issue - Vic)

One of my house trained teenagers even helped out on the NABD stand! I think the offer of ice cream was the leverage required.

The band started to play and the drinks were flowing along nicely with the steady queue of people for the NABD prize draw raffle tickets.

Bikers hangout have an app (apparently, this is some mobile phone type techy thingy – Vic) in which you can see where they are and any events they are hosting.

All in all, this was a very well organised event and felt more like a rally that has been going for a few years rather than a day event.

This is one to watch out for and if your free pop on in, you wont be dissapointed.

As editor of the magazine, I normally mess about a bit with any write ups I receive, just to meet editorial needs. However when I read these words from Matt, it touched something deep inside of me so I decided just to leave it as it was written.

I know that every volunteer who does work for the NABD does so for one reason and one reason only. That is to help those who need it get into, or resume, riding.

Matt’s story highlights this reason perfectly. You can tell that it means so much to him, and his partner. Thank you both for sending it in. Vic

BecauseofMatt’scommunicationdifficulties,thecommentsmadebelow were recited to andwritten by his partner, Nita