Alison Bowen on a Vespa PX scooter with luggage on the front and back, about to board a ferry to Belgium for a scooter rally.
Alison Bowen : My First Rally

I’m not sure when I first found out about the Before We Forget Tour, but...

13
May
Teri England standing next to scooters at the ice rink in Ryde
Teri England : My First Rally

I’m not sure when I first met Teri England – she’s one of those people...

31
Mar
Niamh Pennington : My First Rally

Niamh Pennington has been riding scooters since the 1980s and although we’ve never met in...

20
Nov
Sticky – My First Rally

Although I’ve known of Sticky since the 90s, having read his articles in Scootering for...

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20
Oct
Norrie Kerr sitting on a Vespa in Girvan, 1966.
Norrie Kerr : My First Rally

This is the first post in a series which explores how various members of the...

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16
Sep
Vince Wooloff – My First Rally

Vince Wooloff is the force behind Oddballs, now a regular fixture in the rally calendar,...

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22
Apr
Nick Jolly – My First Rally

I’ve known Nick Jolly for well over 30 years now and he is an absolute...

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28
May
Stuart Owen – My First Rally

Chances are you’ve read an article by Stuart Owen in Scootering, where he is the...

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03
Feb
Bill Mac – My First Rally

It’s so sad that I’ve had to update this post with the sad news that...

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06
Jan
Iggy Grainger – My First Rally

Iggy Grainger has been involved with scooters since the 1980s, attending rallies and then going...

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06
Jan
Ali Richards – My First Rally

It recently occurred to me that I hadn’t told the story of my own first...

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19
Mar
Jennifer Parker – My First Rally

As a Californian, Jennifer Parker doesn’t follow the well-trodden path of UK scooterists, which makes...

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09
May
Sarah George – My First Rally

I’ve known Sarah George for decades, meeting her on various local rallies and rideouts. She’s...

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20
Oct
Stacey Gardner – My First Rally

I’ve known Stacey Gardner for nearly 40 years now, since the early 80s when we...

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05
Oct
Sean from Lexham : My First Rally

Having seen the Lexham Insurance stall on rallies for a few years, and stopped by...

20
Jul
Roger Williams – My First Rally

I’ve known Roger Williams since we were 16, having grown up in the same area...

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17
Mar
Mike Oxley – My First Rally

The subject of today’s first rally story is Mike Oxley who runs the ‘Scooters and...

26
Jan
Lee Parker – My First Rally

I first met Lee Parker at the Isle of Wight rally in 2000 over the...

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19
Jan