Remembrance Day is a time to reflect on sacrifice and loss, both nationally and personally, it is for many a sombre event, remembering friends, relatives and loved ones that war has taken from them in one way or another.
Silence descends at 11am to remember the fallen from two World Wars and countless other wars since, with wreathes being placed at memorials up and down the country. Many scooterists take the time to meet up and quietly remember those that have given the ultimate sacrifice to give us the freedom we have today, this is one of those events – The Wasps of London ninth Ride Of Remembrance.
For the three of us (Jolliff on his TS1, me two up on my PX – on it’s first outing with a new Pinasco kit after killing the Polini) riding up from Pompey our day starts quite early, leaving about 8am, heading up the A3, and it’s cold, well it is November I suppose, so it’s not any surprise really, judging by the soggy grey Saturday, we are very lucky not to be getting a drop of the wet stuff on the Sunday.
One fuel stop and apart from me sticking two fingers up at the spot where I melted the Polini piston previously the ride is uneventful. We get in to London and head towards the meet point – new this year – just behind Waterloo station. We’re not 100% sure where we’re going and upset a few car drivers as we filter through the London traffic.
We arrive at about 10.30, and bump in to a couple more Pompey lads that left earlier, head for a cafe for a warming coffee and return ready for the two minutes silence, which is always a moving experience.
After the two minutes silence we wander round and chat before we get ready to set off for the ride to the Royal Artillery war memorial at Hyde Park Corner at 11.30, the ride is well marshalled with the police holding traffic for us on the first couple of traffic lights and then scooterists directing the rest of the route. Over 800 scoots take a meandering ride through London to Hyde Park Corner, park up and watch the wreath laying, again an emotional experience, with both scooter clubs and individuals laying wreathes.
Once the wreathes are placed most people head back to Lower Marsh and the scooterist do being held at Lounge 34, though we head off to do the tourist thing at Camden Lock before riding home.
All in all a moving and emotional day, and we’ll be back next year
Words and photos: Booga
Remembrance Day is a time to reflect on sacrifice and loss, both nationally and personally, it is for many a sombre event, remembering friends, relatives and loved ones that war has taken from them in one way or another.
Silence descends at 11am to remember the fallen from two World Wars and countless other wars since, with wreathes being placed at memorials up and down the country. Many scooterists take the time to meet up and quietly remember those that have given the ultimate sacrifice to give us the freedom we have today, this is one of those events – The Wasps of London ninth Ride Of Remembrance.
For the three of us (Jolliff on his TS1, me two up on my PX – on it’s first outing with a new Pinasco kit after killing the Polini) riding up from Pompey our day starts quite early, leaving about 8am, heading up the A3, and it’s cold, well it is November I suppose, so it’s not any surprise really, judging by the soggy grey Saturday, we are very lucky not to be getting a drop of the wet stuff on the Sunday.
One fuel stop and apart from me sticking two fingers up at the spot where I melted the Polini piston previously the ride is uneventful. We get in to London and head towards the meet point – new this year – just behind Waterloo station. We’re not 100% sure where we’re going and upset a few car drivers as we filter through the London traffic.
We arrive at about 10.30, and bump in to a couple more Pompey lads that left earlier, head for a cafe for a warming coffee and return ready for the two minutes silence, which is always a moving experience.
After the two minutes silence we wander round and chat before we get ready to set off for the ride to the Royal Artillery war memorial at Hyde Park Corner at 11.30, the ride is well marshalled with the police holding traffic for us on the first couple of traffic lights and then scooterists directing the rest of the route. Over 800 scoots take a meandering ride through London to Hyde Park Corner, park up and watch the wreath laying, again an emotional experience, with both scooter clubs and individuals laying wreathes.
Once the wreathes are placed most people head back to Lower Marsh and the scooterist do being held at Lounge 34, though we head off to do the tourist thing at Camden Lock before riding home.
All in all a moving and emotional day, and we’ll be back next year
Words and photos: Booga
