The Dragon Rally 2023
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 24. 08. 2024
- This is my experience of the infamous Dragon Rally held by Conwy MCC in North Wales .
The weather in 2023 was unseasonably mild, and whilst this may have disappointed some hardened Dragoneers, it suited me just fine!
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Charlie, in terms of filming, editing, music selection, and everything with making this adventure, give yourself a pat on the back, one of your best. I hope I'm not the only rider that does this, but as you travel along the motorway, I'm scanning far ahead and both sides of the roadway, beautiful scenery. Now just add a mirror, and I'll check to the rear for approaching traffic - lol. Well done.
Thank you Larry. đ Glad you enjoyed it.
Really enjoyed that very well done kept my interest all the way through
just contemplating the dragon 2024 and looking forward to it now â€
My riding pants are waterproof as is my jacket during the rainy months. In fair weather I wear a vented jacket but my lightweight rain jacket is always with me. Keep up the great videos!
p.s.........loved the acoustic little wing!!!!
What a great post, it was very inspiring, I think I will get the Bike out......
Thanks Mark, and Yes, get it out and dust it off! đ
glad you had fun at the Dragon, yep 1985 was a snowy one, roads cut off , snow the same height as the hedgerows... but great fun, i had a Dneipr and sidecar, probably the best machine for the conditions... oh to be young and foolish... instead of old and daft... great video
Old and Daft is the new Young and Foolish! đ
Thank you, God bless
Love this Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it đ
As a young lad very very very very young lad in Ruthin "North Wales" I am sure I saw the Dragon Rally pass through more than once? I recall siting on the stone wall watching all these machines go by ? That I feel was my intro to the motorcycle!! I have been on bikes ever since. Big bikes little bikes 2 stroke 4 stroke quads even scooters !!!!!! You name it and I bet I have riden it L.O.L......... I sadly now only own 8 bikes as the boss made me sell the others and these 8 are also going to go. Not sad just prepared to let others have a go on my lovely machines I simply just dont get to use them as they should be used and they should be used should they not ?? God bless and whatever you do always keep those two wheels turning because they are what life is really all about and never ever forget that !!!!!!!!! God Bless Ya All
Hi Allan, what a lovely recollection of the event and your two wheeled history. Thank you for sharing. đ
Great scenery. Thinking, I have to go to Wales ad take a look. Thanks for sharing your video
It was stunning. đ
Really enjoyed this. Thanks Charlie.
Thank you đ
Thanks again, I loved it.
Glad you enjoyed it! đ
Awesome road trip back home
Lovely video again Charlie
Da yawn (Very good). Nice to see you on the mother of Wales .Ynys Mon.. Anglesey. Had myself many good rallies there over the years.
Diolch thanks.
Thank you Chris. đ
Cracking vlog Charlie.
Great to see you there & say hello. Hopefully see you there next year
Hi Andy, it was fab đ
From CMCC thanks for coming an taking the time to create a crackin video did talk to you n Tim I was the marshal with Dave n Moose see you next year !!!!!!!!!!!
Hi! We all had a wonderful time, Thankyou CMCC. đ
great video love it
Lovely you met with Wiltshire Man, one of my favourite vloggers along with you of course Charlie. đ
He's a great chap. đ
What a fun trip!
Great vids better than the norm so well done lady !!!
Thank you đ
brilliant realy miss me bikin n rallys
They do have some good ones here. đ
Absolutely amazing video :) I'm hoping to get a ticket today for next year :)
I hope so too!
I liked your selection of that music track when you start your rideđ
Thank you đ
Great đ
Hi Charlie the humble Sandy is a very well respected (god) knifemaker among the bushcraft community, his knives are much converted if you can get one. great Dragon may there be many more.
He is indeed! đ
Cool đ€
Glad you enjoyed it come up to the farmyard rally in Helmsley a pretty good weekend look it up on CZcams mabe see you there
I shall take a peek. đ
Great to meet you, and an Ace videoâŠThanks for the mentionâŠCheers Dean đ
Viva the Monkey Revolution! đ
Dit O to all the comments. Very good in deed. Loved the going home music.
Thanks John. đ
Nice one đ
Nice one Charlie đ......Next year the Daddy of them all the Elephantreffen Bavaria ....its like the Dragon ...but ..usually a lot colder ....you survived like a trooper well done đ
Thank you Willy!
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I had the pleasure of meeting Charlie at the rally, and what a wonderful person she is. Me and the wife love watching your videos, and this is another great video you have put together, welldon . A kind man even took a photo for me with Charlie so that I could show the wife that I met her. By the way Charlie I'm the guy that rode the Royal Enfield 500 and sidecar from Eastbourne East Sussex. Kind regards Rod & Julie x
Hi Rod! So nice to meet you too, and I hope your wife was suitably impressed
The rally was lots of fun and I shall be back. đ I hope you got home safe all that way! đ
spot on vid
Thank you
Brilliant video Charlie đđđ
Thank you đ
You have some really nice footage. Greetings from Australia
Thank you Noel, welcome to the channel. đ
Nice one Charlie....
Hi Charlie, I thoroughly enjoyed your video, brings back a lot of memories, I never did the Dragon, but a very good friend did and it snowed for them! that was in the 1960s, it took him a week to thaw out! lol we used to go up into Scotland on fishing camping trips on unreliable British Motorbikes, but I suppose then we had no option, I know North Wales very well beng from the North of England and have camped all over the area, some beautiful places! especially around North to mid Wales, if you have never been to Harlech and Barmouth I can recommend it, l you were very lucky with the weather and hopefully you will again next time you go, keep on Biking and ps loved your music choice.
Thank you đ
Fantastic! Such a pleasure to watch, thanks Charlie đđ
Glad you enjoyed it Grahame. đ
A verry fine video. You are one tuff Lady.
Thank you đ
Good video, good music. Thanks.
Thank you. đ
Great viewing
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Great insight to the Dragon rally.Really enjoyed watching.Hope everyone enjoyed themselves . Enjoy your motorcycling Charlie !
Thank you đ
Good heavens Charlie...i must be getting old....ive been to dragon twice on my Norton commando, cant remember year but we had 6inches of snow and met in betsie-co-ed..(sorry about spelling) and 200 of us ended up camping on a rocky cliff for two nights!!! coldest ive ever been. Anywa love watching your vids, please keep them comming...Dusty, Norfolk.xx
Thank you đ
So been waiting for this , work can take a minute . đ
đ€Łâ€ïž I hope you enjoy it!
Fantastic vid! You should spend more time in Wales. Great biking roads especially N. Wales. You were just a short distance from one of the most amazing roads The Llanberis Pass. I'm lucky I live in N Wales so it's easy to have a full/half day blast. Glad you had a good time. Stay safe. đ
I will definitely be back. đ
Great Video RDR... You guys seem a great group. ;)
Thank you đ
Well done Charlie, for next year, turn it up a notch= Elefant-treffen Germany!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Angesey, tht's practically abroad in my book, well they speak a different lingo with forked tongue in wales, Nice one .
Thanks Alan. đ
What did you think to the Stunning Welsh scenery?, worth going back to camp & explore, Oh and they have small steam trains as well.
Definitely, the coast especially was beautiful. X
Most enjoyable to watch video by Rest Day Rider so far. Well done!
Thank you. đ
Great video! Just subscribed! Safe travels!
Thank you, welcome to the channel. đ
Outstanding adventure and great presentation.
Thank you đ
đ€hope the weather holds good for you all weekend. Have a great timeđ
Memories of a great weekend, thanks Charlie
Great to see you again Nigel. đ
@@restdayrider next festival you need to try is Mach 23, end of May in mid Wales. I think you may like
Ohh I'll have a look!
Thatâs me with my glasses on my head at 9â18â đ
Fab!
looks like a brilliant rally.
It was fab. đ
Looked like fun, apart from bagpipes. Nice to see the Hedingham Sidecars card, I'm ex Sible Hedingham.
Great video Charlie. Ride Safe.
Thank you Paul. đ
All the pics of the infamous Dragon Rally I've seen are knee deep in snow!!
Always thought, now that's hardcore!!!!
Great Video đ
We were very lucky! đ
Hi Charlie it's Charlie looks like you had a lovely time and Jay for looking out for you on your 1st dragon rally.
Loved Darren and the pipes.
As usual brilliant video đ
Chas.
Hi Charlie! Glad you enjoyed it. đ
Greetings from down under. Impressive. Love the soundtrack. Thanks for taking us along.
Hi Keith! Thank you. đ
Hi great to see the vid, was wandering if the rally was still going went to my first in 1963, 2 up on aTriumph sports cub, 24 hrs to get to Llanberis and 48 hrs to get to back to Wimbledon, did 3 more after then wife and kids put an end riding hope you enjoyed it. STAY SAFE
Hi Michael, it's still going! Maybe not as raucous this year mind you! đ
Proper hard-core biker,the snow always put me off the dragon..lol..
Luckily dodged it this year! đ
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Looks like you had fun Charlie. I'm pleased it went well.
It was great Merv. đ
đCharlie wet herself!! That's got to be up there with other Charlie isms like trying to knock a brick pillar down with a rubber mallet!! lol. Looks like you guys had a great time too.
Hahahaha Brilliant! đ€Ł
As a new biker, I'd only just heard of the Dragon Rally. Excellent meet up with a grear bunch of lads and lassies. Lovely film. Cheers. From Charlie to another đ» đâ€ïž
Me 2 just heard about it.
C'est super cool madame.
Merci! đ
Hi Charlie. For your first Dragon Rally, it looks like you were lucky with the weather. Very much enjoyed watching this. You also did a great job of recording it. I think you are definitely up for bigger adventures. Well done you.
Thank you Mike, it was a great weekend. đ
I was on the first rally in 1962 but only on a pedal cycle as I did not yet have a motorbike. It was snowing. My pal and I only had one pair of gloves between us so we too turns wearing left or right and kept the other hand in a pocket as we rode - about 90 miles from Manchester. We stayed at a nearby Youth Hostel.
That sounds like it was an amazing adventure! đ
Did my only Dragon Rally in 1971. It was a lot less organised and wild and somewhere up a mountain as I recall. Getting there involved snow.....Great memory though.
Sounds Epic, I was lucky / unlucky with the good weather. đ
My first Dragon was 1973/4 Betws y Coed.
Great stuff Charlie, you sure lucked out with the weatherđ I bet the sound in that tunnel was phenomenal, oh and you didn't need to lay on the bagpipes just for međThat coast road was just spectacular, awesome videođ
Well Rab, thought you'd appreciate it. đ I wish I'd lifted my visor for the tunnel, it was an incredible noise.
Brilliant, made me wish I was back in the uk, never thought I would say that, living in a tropical paradise called Thailand!
Oh my, yeah, stay there! You're not missing the weather!
I was just feeling a bit home sick, just kidding, looked like a great bunch of co riders, itâs really refreshing how bikers seem to get along together putting aside all the niggly bits. Like our ten expats on our Laos, Vietnam tour, I think we had six different nationalities! From the three giant 1250 GSâs down to our two 300X Versys maybe struggling a little on the fast straight bits but loving the tight hairpins and twisties in the mountains.
hi Charlie.love your take on the dragon .looked a good weekend.thank you for taking us along. old dave.
Thank you Dave. đ
Brilliant video Charlie & great sound track too! Iâve never heard of the dragon rally,sure looks great funđđ»đ
Thank you John. đ
Wow.. With watching, I wondered on your filming yourself.. then.. the đĄmoment, I'd seen the clip, great collaboration with Sandy.
Goes back to the reason in I'd got a Himalaya.. I find I'd not commented when you'd the dilemma as to which RE to go for.. senior moment.. đ€Ł .. worked out well in the end.. Cheers.
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@@restdayrider Right back at Yaw..!
Two for the price of one charlie and sandy on the same vid . great video .
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the important thing is to keep the spirit going, I always pray that I will be healthy, always happy, stay focused on positive thinking that is done every day
Your like me can't pass a skip. But gotta dive In ! Lol đ đ€Ł
I know! đ
Yet another great vlog. Good to see your and roger enjoying the mild welsh weather. Love the ending music. Really set the mood for returning home after a great time. As always Charlie keep safe and the rubber side down
Thank you Robert, glad you enjoyed it. đ
fantastic vlog charlie real fun content and filming loved every minute of your dragon rally adventure and jay is a true gent keep doing your stuff charlie brilliant thank you and cheers russell
Hi Russell, thank you. It was awesome fun. ,đ
Good
Looks like that the Himalayan is very popular in England, I saw a lot in the video.
It seems to have really taken off lately, as a fairly new owner I can see why! đ
Great video again North Wales is my back yard some fantastic roads if you are ever up again i will show you some . Two points (not criticisms ) when you go through the conwy tunnel it is tradition to beep your horn twice it is known locally as the peep peep tunnel it is in memory of the men that died building the tunnel .Slightly more of a serious note when filtering at 153 it is illegal to pass the lead vehicle IE the vehicle nearest the crossing .
Thank you. đ«Ł My bad.
next year try the atles elephantentreffen nurburgring.
Great Video. Your buddy got his video out firstđ . Thanks Charlie.
He did! đ
What a cracking vlog Charlie, gave us a real feel for the weekend, excellent presentation and editing skills. With all those bikes going into the tunnel I bet the Himalayans still sounded the best.đ
He certainly did! đ
Nice video. the campsite looks so clean and without mud! Even proper toilets and showers! Great!
In February, the weather was actually not s bad in North Wales. Also in 2023 I was with my wife and my sidecar, again for a few days, relaxing and hiking in Bewts-y-coed. We love the north-Wales area. . .
We were very lucky with the weather!
Great video
Looks like a great rally! Glad the weather held up.
It was brilliant Bill. đ
Brilliant! Looks like a lot of fun.
It sure was. đ
Great video! This looks somewhat more sensible than Elefantentreffen.
It was this year that's for sure! đ
My first Dragon was in 1975 on a 49cc Puch moped with my girlfriend on pillion and enough camping gear for an Arctic Expedition .Crazy days lol
Sounds amazing!
Great video ! Reminds me of the countless rallies in the 80's when I lived in the Netherlands. Being amongst the company of so many bikers (free spirits) is the best place to be !!
It certainly is! đ
Great place to ride north wales, all of wales in fact.
It definitely needs re visiting. đ
Well done Charlie. Thanks for posting your adventure.
Thank you đ
Great video Charlie. Nice to see Sandy, Tim and Dickie in the video. All people I have had the pleasure of riding with with in the past. Great bunch.
They are great company. đ
Splendid vid! I was there too, for only the second time. My first was last year and the weather was atrocious . I was pleased with this years weather. I was borderline hypothermic last year!
It was definitely a nice surprise. đ