Archives for October 2011

Oct 23

Congratulations from the Mayor

It was a great pleasure for us to arrange for our recent parade through Llandudno to be led by three local dignitaries, the Lord Mayor & Lady Mayoress of Llandudno and the Chair of Conwy County Council. They travelled on luxurious GoldWing trikes, and clearly enjoyed their rides on such an unusual mode of transport. We have received the attached letter from the Mayor, Cllr Greg Robbins, congratulating...

Posted by Big Wing on October 23rd, 2011 | 4 Comments

Oct 19

North Wales Weekly News report

The North Wales Weekly News featured a well-illustrated report on our Light Parade in early October. Their accompanying photos give a great idea what the event was like. If you want to see even more, check out the photo and video pages on this website for some wonderful memories of the 2011 Light Parade. These were kindly provided by numerous participants & spectators – though we also have...

Posted by Big Wing on October 19th, 2011 | No Comments

Oct 15

North Wales Pioneer report

The North Wales Pioneer featured an excellent report on our Light Parade in early October. Their accompanying photo even managed to feature the event Chairman, Chris Phillips, in the foreground – though they did rename him to Mike in the text! One other slight error in the report is where it states that our fundraising target for the RNLI was £3,000. Though we did in fact manage to exceed that,...

Posted by Big Wing on October 15th, 2011 | No Comments

Oct 11

Light Parade patches now available by mail

Many people have asked how to get hold of the patches for the 2011 Llandudno GoldWing Light Parade, as those available on the day of the event were very quickly snapped up. If you want to order a patch, you can do so directly with Alan from Storm Embroidery. He will take orders by phone and send them by post for £4 per patch plus 50p P&P (same for 1-4 patches). He can take payment by PayPal. You...

Posted by Big Wing on October 11th, 2011 | 3 Comments

Oct 2

We did it folks!

Well, here I sit, looking out of the window on a typical bleary October Sunday afternoon. It has been raining steadily for the last few hours and the central heating is probably on now for the foreseeable future. How distant the memory is of sunny days, t-shirts and shorts. Hang on!! That was only yesterday! Yesterday it was warm, sunny and summery. Yesterday was the 1st of October and was...

Posted by Big Wing on October 2nd, 2011 | 46 Comments