North Midlands up & running

The weather couldn’t have been much worse, Internet stated widespread fog and very cold temperatures. They certainly got that right. The Sat Nav managed to locate the Moorville Hall Hotel to within 200 yards and as the sign post appeared out of the fog an immediate right was called for. The hotel was surprisingly big with large meeting rooms and leisure facilities along with a swimming pool just off the main reception. This was going to be the home of GoldWings North Midlands for the foreseeable future.

The Federation volunteers, Bob, Stuart, and Dave, who made the journey down to Stoke, along with their wives, arrived a good half hour before the 4:00pm kick off and ended up having  a chat with a couple of Centre Wings and Staffordshire Wings members, both having expressed an interest in joining the fledgling club and had made the short journey to the hotel themselves.

The room allocated for the meeting, at first view, was going to be a little small, but everyone managed to get a seat and by 4:00pm Steve Corbishley and his team started the meeting and went on to explain what they wanted to achieve and what the club was all about. It was positive to hear they had already arranged a schedule of events and run outs and that they were also looking to make regular visits to their mother club GoldWings North Wales. The Federation was thanked for their extensive support in setting up the club, especially the website at GoldWings North Midlands, which was being put to good use and for their attendance. A total of twelve memberships had applied via the web and several more signed up on the day.

It was a very positive start for the organisers and the Federation volunteer team, along with the members of all other Federation clubs, wish them all the best for the future.
If you ride a GoldWing and are based anywhere near the North Midlands area you are invited to pay them a visit at any of their meetings to see what they are about.

You wont go far wrong.