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Scootabout
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Post by Scootabout »

I notice that entries have just opened for the 2025 South West Peninsula Spring Rally.
I enjoyed this one last year, and will be entering again. It's the only Rally left that has both (some) manned checkpoints and a communal start and finish point - with a meal at the end.

Anyone else doing it? If it's your first time, note that, unless you live locally, it's more important to book your B&B early than to enter. It probably won't 'sell out'.

https://www.somersetadvancedmotorcyclists.org.uk/swpsr/
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Post by Nordboy »

Looks like a good rally? I did a local one to me this year (weather was shockingly bad) on my Xmax 300 scooter and got totally looked down on by the so called 'biker' brigade.

I did end up passing a load of them on the road mind you, which was quite satisfying. Bloody amateurs!!
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I thought the Welsh National Rally was still going?
I haven't done it for a few years but was looking at it for 2025
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Tarmacsurfer wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:10 pm I thought the Welsh National Rally was still going?
I haven't done it for a few years but was looking at it for 2025
Yes. 10th May this year. It's run by the ACU these days. It also has no manned controls* and is app-based. It's still worth doing, though, IMO.

* A certain number of controls are special in that you have to include a few of them in your route. These are often cafes, so you can chat to fellow participants if you/they like.
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Looks like the ACU has pulled out of organising all three rallies - Welsh, English, Scottish - this year. So it looks as if they aren't going to happen. Disappointing. These rallies have a long pedigree. At least there was continuity when ACU took them over.
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Post by Le_Fromage_Grande »

I did the Welsh in 2007 (I think), a big scooter would be the ideal thing to do it on, a Husqvarna 610 was not.
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