March 2014 - June 2017



THE LATEST MEET WILL ALWAYS BE AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE
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Exiles meet at the George Inn, Lower Brailes
on June 1st 2017

Following three pictures courtesy of Rod Moffatt and John Basell 
Cyril preps his bike

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Exiles meet at The Chequers Woolsthorpe near Grantham on Mar 23rd 2017

The line up on the day - left, Mike Roberts, centre Maurice ( Butch ) Hart and right Vince Lyons. John Basell`s report explains the main reasons for the shortfall on this occasion.
A mini-vid start-below
Below - John Basell`s report

Maurice Hart, Sheila York, Mike Roberts, Vince Lyon, Ron Smith flanked by his wife and daughter, Bob Whittrick,Pat Whittrick, Ron Calvert and John Basell.
Missing are Brian and Audrey Gee already departed by the rear door and Alwyn York on the button.

The next meeting will be held at the George Hotel at Lower Brailes on June 1st 2017
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Exiles meet at The Blue Alias Inn at Stockton close by to Long Itchington on Oct 27th 2016

Todays starting line up pictured by Rod Moffatt
A nice 7 minute dvd slideshow compiled by Jack Garry
( my first successful uploading since being hi-jacked into Windows 10 ) 

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Exiles meet a The Royal Oak at Car Colston
on August 11th 2016

These seven pictures of the ride kindly submitted by Rod Moffatt
Ron and Cyril meet in the car park with Maureen on hand and Maurice in his camper van








​Maurice getting ready







​Trying to get the bunch lined up







​All still together






​They do like a lot of the road
Next two pictures from John Basell taken at the air crash memorial en route







​Still going strong
And above, arriving back at the pub all together

Lunch scenes - 17 in all including me
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Ron Marchant
Les Archer
Rod Moffatt
John Basell
Vince Lyons
Sheila York
Ron Smith
Les Archer
Nicholas Archer
Audrey Gee
Brian Gee
Maureen Wagstaff
Cyril Wagstaff
​Rod Moffatt
John Davies
Kay Hart
Maurice "Butch" Hart
Mike Roberts
​Jim Ogden

And some down the middle photo`s

And in his picture below, Rod wonders..." Is that book for John`s next Exiles outing  !!!!!

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Exiles meet at the George Inn at Lower Brailes, Warwicks
​on June 23rd 2016. EU Referendum Day

​The George Inn

Health reasons mainly restricted the attendance today although valiant efforts by Bas and Les to get there were much appreciated. Early arrivals were concerned about John Basell who set off early but did not roll in untill after noon due to hold ups partly caused by the severe storms of the previous night while Les Archer was chauffeured in by his son Nick following a hospital appointment earlier that morning. It was also a pleasure to meet up with the late Pete Eva`s sister, Catherine Eva. 

Attendees              Vince Lyons                                    Mike Roberts
                               Rod Moffatt                                    Catherine Eva
                               Alwyn York                                     John Basell
                               Graham Hunt                                 Cyril Wagstaff
                               Maureen Wagstaff                          Les Archer
​                               Nicholas Archer                                                          
Getting the show on the road
Rod Moffat enjoys the company of Catherine Eva
Graham Hunt soon gets in the picture with the cycling team of Vince Lyons and Mike Roberts
The Boss eventually makes it
               Vince Lyons                                                            Mike Roberts
Above - Vince, Mike, Nick ( son of Les ) Maureen and Cyril
Les and Rod
Missing from above picture...John B, Catherine Eva departed early and me, Alwyn taking the shot
I clipped the above pic that was taken on Rod`s camera from the slideshow as it appeared on his email . I cut off the legs and names deliberately because Rod named me as Alwyn JONES in error  !! 
Todays departing line-up...John Basell, Rod Moffatt, Graham Hunt, Nicholas Archer, Vince Lyons, Mike Roberts, Les Archer. Maureen and Cyril Archer.......with Alwyn doing the honours.

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Exiles meet at the Railway Inn Hotel at Mobberley, Cheshire on March 10 2016. First meet of the year
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JUST TWO RIDERS MADE TODAY - VINCE LYONS AND MIKE ROBERTS
SLIDESHOW----TERRY WESLEY........RETURN OF AN EXILES STAR
SLIDESHOW----THE EXILES AT LUNCH
Todays attendees

Vince Lyons
Mike Roberts
Les Archer
Ron Calvert
Terry Wesley with guest Joan Barker
Joe Pilling
Jim Ogden
Jack Garry
John Davies

John Basell is on sick leave,
Maurice Hart "Butch" phoned his apologies 
and Cyril & Maureen Wagstaff were unable to attend.
Apologies also made by Alan Colburn
and Jackie Greaves for her father Alex McWhirter who is now in a residential home but she hoped to bring him to a future meeting somewhat closer to home.
Although expected, Ron Smith unfortunately did not attend. 



TIME TO SAY FAREWELL
  WE`LL MEET AGAIN AT THE GEORGE AT LOWER BRAILES
​ON THURSDAY JUNE 23RD

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Exiles meet at the Chequers Inn at Woolsthorpe by Belvoir October 22nd 2015. Last meeting of the year.
Boar`s head on the fireplace
Belvoir Castle. Zoom shot from the Chequers garden 
And from the village
This little beauty scared the life out of me. As I was taking the pic of Belvoir Castle above, she came up silently behind me and nuzzled my shoulder
What a strange brick wall !
John`s machine all ready to go
Only John and Vince able to ride today. Ron and Brian attended but unable to ride
​                                                              The start
Below - four pics courtesy of Jack Garry
Off track . Pics by John Basell 
And a safe return
Vince and John just returned
Waiting for the dinner gong
They must have run out of plates.
This is how we got our cod and chips  !!!
The above pic unwittingly taken by Jack. He did not see the ladder and neither did I
And finally discussing the first meet for 2016
                              John B
                              The traditional farewell picture provided by John Basell

From left to right - Alwyn, John B, Ron, John D, Vince, Brian`s lovely wife, Alan, Brian and Jack

And finally Jack Garry`s DVD Slideshow of this meet.

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Exiles Meet at the George Hotel, Lower Brailes, Oxfordshire 
August 13th 2015

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An unusual neighbouring house
The following 2 pictures kindly supplied by Rod Moffat
A short video of the four riders setting off in the middle of Lower Brailes rush hour
The following 3 action  pics kindly supplied by Rod Moffatt 
who tracked the riders along with John Davies
A poor video of Les Archer and Alan Colburn finish the run strongly. I tried to film through the crowd of spectators ( well Brian actually )
                                                    RIP   ROY MANSER
Graham Hunt`s surprise presentation to John Basell 
for  " Services rendered to the Exiles CC "
The farewell group picture. All good pals and jolly good company
                 Brian              Les          Alwyn        Alan       John          Rod     Graham         Ron        John
                  Gee            Archer         York      Colburn   Basell      Moffatt      Hunt           Smith     Davies
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Slideshow of Jack`s pre ride pictures
Slideshow of Alwyn`s pre ride pictures
The vanguard set off for the run
And last but not least, Ron Smith gets away - last
The return - Les Archer makes easy work of the final steep hill
With the rest of the field a half mile back
A slideshow of Jack`s pub  meal pictures
And the traditional final parting shot
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EXILES MEET AT THE BUCK & BELL AT  
LONG ITCHINGTON, WARWICKSHIRE MARCH 12th 2015

Alwyn..." my apologies to all. I`m afraid that my bucket is now full and overflowing  !....In February I e-mailed John that I was planning to attend this meet then I went downstairs and marked up my calender for March 26th  !!!!.  I was shocked to get John`s report last night regardless of the fact that last week, among many others at a family party, I picked up and suffered from this Novovirus bug. I had improved a bit by last Thursday but of course I was still thinking it was still two weeks away. I seem to recall that this has happened before. Sorry to have missed you all ". 

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EXILES MEET AT THE " WHITE HORSE " AT HERMITAGE NEAR NEWBURY OCTOBER  23RD 2014

Just a very light field today as John Basell and Ron Smith review the planned course before setting off with Alf Wheeler and Graham who led by car up front to show the way. Jack and John who followed on never saw them again.
                                                Attending today

                     John Basell                                           Ron Smith
                     Graham Hunt                                        Alf Wheeler
                    John Davies                                          Jack Garry
                                             Rod Moffatt & Irene
                                           Frank & Colleen Petter

Above- Rod and Irene Moffatt who hail from the south-west joined up with the Exiles for the first time since Kasfareet. Although based in El Hamra over the road, Rod was a bona-fide member of the Exiles and was warmly welcomed to the meet. Here Rod is behind Frank and Colleen Petter with Eileen on the right wearing a pink cardigan. Frank received the following message back from Harry Taysom after Frank called him after the event to mention about Rod`s appearance

Below is a small slideshow of Jack and John`s accomodation for the event

And Jack found some lovely cottages in the neighbourhood
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Exiles meet at the The Royal Oak at Car Colston (new venue)  near Grantham on August 21st 2014

The village green at Car Colston

Below our line up for todays run
from left - Vincent Lyon-Cliff Wagstaff-John Basell-Les Archer-Bob Whittrick
Below is a short video of the five Exiles riders setting  off  from The Royal Oak  having their start held up by Jack who was taken by surprise at the quick getaway as he wanted to be first away into the narrow country lanes to set up his video camera to capture the action further down the route.
The Royal Oak on the green at Car Colston
The video below shows the riders all bunched for a safe return to Royal Oak where a hearty meal awaits
Above rear left to right - Jack Garry-Vincent Lyon-Les Archer-Alan Rose-Bob Whittrick-John Basell-Alex McWirter-John Davies
centre - Cyril Wagstaff-Alwyn York-Alan Calvert
front - Jackie McWirter-Pat Whittrick-Maureen Wagstaff
No one dare cross the electrified wire for a close look at this old chap, but then we found out that the electric was not switched on anyway  !!!
Nice to meet up with Alan Rose again ( dark jumper)                        And Jack chats with Cliff and Maureen
It`s time to say goodbye



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Exiles meet at The George at Lower Brailes near Banbury on June 26th 2014
The Magnificent Seven prepare themselves for Le Grand Depart
Jack`s video of Le Grand Depart
The Peloton rolls in 
"Somewhat disjointed"someone muttered
Warming down, late arrivals and pre lunch chats
Time for lunch and relaxation
Preparing for Jack`s group shot
Now it`s time to say goodbye
John`s Meet Report
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Exiles meet at The Chequers at Woolsthorpe near 
Belvoir Castle close to Grantham , March 27th 2014
Waiting for the off. John Basell, Vincent Lyons, Ron Smith, Brian Gee and Alex Mc Wirter
Alex with John Davis
Jack chats to Sheila York, probably about Ted Heath
The pub garden with Belvoir Castle ( pronounced Beaver ) atop the distant hill
Jack Garry moves hastily to take up a shooting position for the off 
Settled in the bar
Now back from the run, delight at finding that Les Archer has now arrived.
Vince decides to do another lap before lunch  !
Eleven Exiles and friends enjoy their pub lunch
  1. Here a small excerpt of Alex`s Scottish Grace which he rendered to the table before the lunch. He also entertained with further poems of the bard, Robbie Burns delivered in his pure Scot accent. Until then, I did not realise that Alex was a true Scot.
At today`s meeting :- Jack Garry, Vincent Lyons, Sheila and Alwy York, Ron Smith,Alex McWirter, Les Archer, John Basell, John Davis and Brian and Audrey Gee. A lovely day was had by all.
The final farewells