Sunday morning dawned bright, clear and calm, we had been looking forward to this and the weather certainly seemed to be playing along. In fact it would be rather a hot day later but it was a pleasure to get out on the bike on a happy occasion; the annual West Coast toy run. It is usually run a week ahead of the Italian Motorcycle Club event in major centres so that people like us can do both.
We met other riders in the FNB car park in Vredenburg which was soon almost full to overflowing with bikers, riders had even made the trip up from Capetown to take part and what a vibe it was!
Eventually by around 10h30 we formed up to ride down to Saldanha and the end venue, assisted by the Traffic Department who did a great job but struggled a bit with only three vehicles and a huge mob. Road marshals were also tagged with controlling intersections so that we could have an unhindered ride through.
I was given the honour of leading the mass ride down to Saldanha, around the town centre and through to the car park at the beach club!
What a mass ride it was! I haven't heard numbers yet but just look at that, and not all who attended and donated toys to needy children in our area were on bikes, many locals met us at the end venue in their cars just to be a part of this wonderful event and to add their toys to the impressive collection.
I was well aware of the fact that there would be a huge crowd at the Beach Club bar so as we stopped in the car park I handed Janet my wallet and shouted "Go, go, go!", she rushed off to buy beer while I packed our stuff away!
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The Beach Club is a very nice venue for this sort of thing, small but big enough to accommodate all with a good bar and being right on the water's edge there was a cooling breeze to keep it comfortable.
There was plenty of entertainment and refreshment provided for the children who seemed to have a lovely time and the grown-ups seemed happy too! All in all a very well organised event once again, congratulations and thanks to those who did all the hard work and I'm sure there will be lots of happy children at Christmas time.
This coming Sunday is the I.M.O.C toy run which takes place all over the country, we will be going down to the Capetown event which is at the new end venue this year, the Killarney race track - see you there.
2 comments:
It is nice you could all gather for a happy occasion this time. :-)
It is the toy run time of year! The ones around here see temperatures of 10˚C and lower. Brrr.
We're moving into our summer down here and usually November through February sees inland temperatures up in the 40's, here along the coast it's usually a little bit more comfortable.
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