Burton Brewers..to infinity and beyond  PHOTOS

  The Brewers usually put on a fantastic rally, and coupled with the numbers of ii members known to be attending, we were all anticipating a top weekend, and did we get it!!

Arrived Friday, straight from work, to find the site already filling up nicely, slight hiccup on the way in as the exhaust gasket for my NK crumbled when I grounded on a speed ramp.  Andy said I was going to fast over the speed ramp, but my theory is that the speed ramps are deformed, taking on the traditional male scooterist lying on his back shape, and just to prove him wrong, I did the same thing on the way out - still, at least I knew what the problem was!!

  After adding to the ii circle of small erections, it was time for a can of lager, courtesy of DMs who’d been shopping on the way over.  The weather was good, and it was relaxing to just chill out and unwind in the warm evening sunshine under the ii / Wreckless Souls gazebos, which at my age you start to appreciate.  Once the sun had fallen below the mizzen mast, we strolled in to the do, and had a more than pleasant time in the Northern room, listening to some top sounds in top company, an excellent way to start the weekend.

Saturday morning was spent trying to get over the hangover, wandering through a good selection of trade stalls, and mending the scoot.  Predictably the guys from Worcester Lambretta had a spare gasket, so the beast was mended.  A new idea this year was to have an outside disco in the afternoon, playing requests for a small donation to charity, which worked really well.  Other attractions were the 5-a-side (where the ii team surrendered a 2 goal lead in order to concentrate on more serious matters - beer), a bungee pull, sumo wrestlers, and a couple of male streakers!!  All in all good clean family entertainment.

 The excitement was all too much for me, so I disappeared for my power nap – again, it’s an age thing.  The evening do was as good as Friday’s but with more people.  Various tales were told of ii debauchery, and DMs even managed to produce some photographic evidence to prove it – the David Bailey of the scootering world!  Not sure how the Souls were planning to tow a caravan back up the M6 behind a Vespa though….

In summary, a top weekend, excellent company with a strong ii contingent, and the Brewers even managed top arrange the weather as well, which as much of the country was planting rice in paddy fields was no mean achievement.  Too many ii to name individually, probably the best turn out of the year so far, and for me easily the best rally of the year - so far that is…. 

 I-SPY ii