We talked about this last year and I think a few were interested in going this year. Mersea 2011 was the first proper scooter rally I'd been to (you can't really include the few Great Yarmouth rallies as I didn't stay overnight) and no word of a lie it was one of the best weekends I'd ever had!

In the week leading up to the rally I thought do I really want to go? Even on the ride down there I wasn't entirely convinced mainly because I was on a maxi scooter but also because although I was going down with a local scooter club I'd only ever spent a few hours with these blokes at local meets, never a whole weekend. Once we arrived and set up the tents the alcohol flowed and I was in heaven! It's a massive site with many live bands, bars, food etc etc and essentially decent showers and toilets. The following day I thought I would be bored but the best part is just sitting around the tents having a chinwag. There was live music throughout the day plus a custom show. A few of us went for a ride around the island and found a pub to stop off at as well as the local Tesco to stock up on booze. That night there were even more live bands and a Darkside tent - dance music plus a silent disco.

So what I'm saying is if you don't think a scooter rally is really your thing give this one a try. Don't worry about being on a maxi scoot, there were a few there last year and hundreds of GTS's. One of the live bands this year are Dodgy, you might remember some of their hits: In A Room, Good Enough and Staying Out For The Summer.

Here's the Mersea 2012 website with a few more details: http://www.colchesterdvlc.co.uk/mersea2012.html
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Here are a few pics from last year, any queries just ask. I'll be going down on the Friday around lunchtime, it would be great to see a few Muppets there. If some of you are up for it you can all pitch your tents next to each other, whoever arrives first can leave plenty of space for the others to arrive...



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Here's a slideshow of over a hundred photos I took:

Wheres Kenny ?

He's in the video but fully clothed.

I'm away on a course from the Monday afternoon all week so would be piss take to be away at the weekend as well. But I could meet up for a few hours for a ride if u want.

Yeah nice one. I guess they charge to get onto the site for the day so if that's too dear we could meet up at a pub somewhere on the island.

That'll be a good idea. Do a mini run like we did a few years back.

I dont know the one weekend I go to Great Yarmouth and Phil is out of town Im gutted

Ginger Phil wrote:Yeah nice one. I guess they charge to get onto the site for the day so if that's too dear we could meet up at a pub somewhere on the island.

It'll be a tenner on the gate if you stay all weekend or just an hour, this used to be one of the best rallies of the year, I've been to them all apart from 3 since it started. Get yourselves there if you can, and NEVER worry about what you ride at any scooter rally you're interested in going to.

A tenner is a bit steep to come in for a hour or so.

How do that know your going to come out in an hour after a few drinks Phil might lure you into his tent while Kenny poses naked on your x9 LOL