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Shepherds Hill Reading Mag's Custom Bike show Easter Sunday 2007 as ever click on pictures to enlarge, if you would like high resolution pictures please email Possibly the most impossible venue to find, (and multi map didn’t help) but it was a sunny day and the back roads of Berkshire and Oxfordshire were nice to ride around. Eventually I found the Rugby Club more by luck than judgement, paid my pound to park (if you wished to enter your bike it was £3) and met Baza from the HDRCGB a good start. Unfortunately due to a logistical error (no wheelchair) I did not meet up with Yoda, which was a shame, but found Blue snapping away. Strolling through the bike park there were several bikes I thought were show worthy, and on reaching the show I did wonder how loosely some folks think “Custom bike” can be translated, with almost new stock bikes being entered. This also meant that the limited space for show vehicles was very soon filled up. This maybe something I hope can be addressed in the future. There were a few stalls, various bike club stands and an ice-cream van doing a roaring trade. The club house provided welcome shade and cooling ales, and a BBQ seemed to be feeding the 5000 or however many were there. I soon met friends from local, and not so local Owners clubs and forums, chatted for a while, perused more of the bike-park and then headed home. Now you would think the return journey would have been easier, I’m sure I did a figure of eight at least once, but it was a nice ride. Next year I shall get proper directions (famous last words)
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