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Motorcycle Training in Cardiff. Direct Access Step Up Day for Lee and Richard. Both did their Cbt with 1st Class. Anthony is back at the yard with 2 more on a Cbt …. So we’ll eat his breakfast at Norms Cafe for him.
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Don’t forget our Christmas Hospital Teddy Run. Taking toys to the Children’s Casualty Unit at the UHW Heath Hospital. The Teddies in this picture are just 99p at Ikea and Ikea will then donate €1 to a Children’s Charity. So please dig deep and give twice. (They have plenty of others for just 40p upwards so you can fill your panniers for a couple of quid). A soft toy such as this can aid a Childs recovery when in hospital for illness or injury. Join us on the ride out but don’t forget your Teddies. Sunday the 11th of December. Just in time for Christmas. Meeting at The Mountain Monster, Caerphilly Mountain for 10am. Tell all your Facebook ‘friends’ and let’s make this years event massive! If you can’t come, we can collect your Teddies and take them for you.
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Motorcycle Training in Bridgend. Direct Access for Josh & Dave paying a visit to Llew’s Diner in North Cornelly. We certainly do get about a bit. And the Sun is out too!
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‘School for the Gifted’ it says! Even The X Men are First Class!
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Motorcycle Training in Cardiff. Here is Kris & Lee after completing their CBT this evening. This is Kris’s second Cbt with us and Lee has now returned to renew his an incredible 4 times. He’s almost one of the family now! We must be doing something right. They just keep coming back for more. Well done to you both. Two confident riders. See you again in 2 years!
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Motorcycle Training in Swansea. An early start finds us in a steamy Swansea cafe to celebrate Mark passing his Mod 2 test today. Even after he managed to lose the examiner! Well done for a great performance in extremely challenging conditions. Now for breakfast.
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The CRASH CARD Scheme. Devised by Ambulance Service Staff. A simple idea The green sticker on the sheet is affixed to your helmet and your personal & medical information is written on the card. The card is then placed inside the lining of the helmet. In the event of a crash where you are not able to this important information to the Ambulance crew, the green sticker alerts them to the presence of the card. No fuss, no fees. Forms can be obtained from Swansea Motorcycle Test Centre and from us here at 1st Class. A good idea. But if you ride the ‘1st Class Way’ you should never need it.
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Our Ride Outs are Back. On the 6th of November, our Monthly Ride Outs are restarting. Please visit my ‘Newsletter Blog’ for full details. If you enter your email address at www.1stclassriderblog.co.uk you will receive automatic up dates on news and events as they are published. Next Ride Out, The Wye Valley, then the NEC Bike Show and in December a Christmas Teddy Bear Run to the Children’s Casualty Unit at the UHW, Cardiff. Come on… you know you want to.
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We are Back! Ride Outs are restarting.
We’ve been away… but now we are back. I do apologise for the missing ride outs.
We have been extremely busy with ‘Learner’ training through the last few months, (and we are still heavily booked up now) but I have been asked a few times when the ride outs will start again. So here we go.
To make up for the missing ones I will be running 2 in November.
Sunday the 6th of November. Tintern Abbey, Wye Valley and the Banks of the Severn.
Starting from our new meeting point. 9.30am at the Caerphilly Mountain Snack Bar, (which is a snack bar….on Caerphilly Mountain). The snack bar has been revamped and now offers covered seating – and still has the same range of burgers, rolls and drinks etc. that we (I) have grown to love over the years. It is the home of the ‘Mountain Monster’ which is a massive breakfast roll – and not the woman who works there!
Sunday the 20th of November. Motorcycle Live 2011. (The NEC Bike Show to you & me).
This is an old favourite taking a scenic route up to the M5 near Worcester and jumping on to the Motorway for the last run in to the NEC. Starting at the ‘Mountain Monster’ for an early start at 8.30am. Tickets for the Show are £19 on the door or £16 if you buy them in advance from the ‘Motorcycle Live’ website. If you don’t want to visit the ‘New’ bike show there will be an opportunity to visit the British Motorcycle Museum, which is just the other side of the NEC roundabout. Either one is a great bike day out.
Sunday the 11th of December. The Teddy Bear Christmas Run to the Children’s Casualty Unit at UHW.
We have done this before and we will do it again. All I ask is that you bring along a New Teddy Bear or similar, (at least 1). Please don’t bring along a massive bear as the idea is for the Bears to be given to the children who are unfortunate enough to find themselves in the Casualty Unit as Christmas approaches. As an idea, IKEA sell small (pocket sized) soft toys for around 40p up wards. So for a couple of quid you could fill your panniers!
The reason is that it is believed that if a child becomes attached to the toy whilst they are being treated, it aids their recovery if the are allowed to take the toy home with them afterwards. Obviously there is no funding for this in the NHS. So please support this one and dig deep for your Teddies. So remember it is better to buy a few small ones rather than one big one (which can become cumbersome in the confines of the Casualty Unit).
So I hope there is something here for you and you can join us on one or all of these. As before these ride outs are free but all I ask is that you buy a ‘Full Stop’ badge in aid of the NSPCC.
Also, get your free copy of ‘Motorcycle Monthly’ plus discount vouchers for clothing at ‘Infinity Motorcycles’ and also ‘Bikegear’ at Bridgend.
If nothing else…. come and see the Mountain Monster!
Come on…… you know you want to. We are back!
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