Animals Fae Naboombu SC Rothesay July 08

If Carlsberg did rallies was a quote Id heard, and after a year of organising, debating, arguing and finalising, was it all worth it,

The question was can it be better than last year, well only time will tell, a week prior to the rally we found out the caterer from last year had done thee dirty on us by not paying for the scout hut, a quick visit to him soon got that sorted ( names are with held to protect the innocent) we finally managed to get a burger van at short notice.

Our club arrived on the island on the Thursday night to be met by a few campers already on site, introductions given and a cold beer was welcomed like having a winning lottery ticket, a quick glance inside the scout hut revealed a sight for sore eyes, it was a "pig stye" all hands on deck, it was spick and span in a couple of hours, time for more beer and to stock the bar up for the Friday evening, "£1 a drink any drink wether this be a can, bottle, spirit its £1 a drink, with this done it was time for bed to await for Fridays arrivals.

Friday came as did the sunshine after all the sun shines on the righteous, scooters started arriving every 45mins on time with the ferries, the place was soon filling up nicely and to our amazement it was already busier than last year, normally the scouts would have put up the marquee for us, but they must have been on bob a job duty as it was up to us to erect it, the less said the better!

Friday night arrived and the sounds being supplied by the soul kitchen were pumping out the scout hut the place soon filled up, standing room only! Thank god people were using the marquee and were outside catching the last rays of sun going down, which eased the strains on the old scout hut, I'm sure I heard them creaking with the hordes inside, the night ended all to soon just as well the masses had drunk us dry, with only 2 cases left at the end of the night, what could we have expected with all drinks at a £1, and they say its us scots that are "mean", the food got a thumbs up as the burger van did a roaring trade! Result, the party was still going strong until the drink took its toll on everyone and it seemed everyone then decided it was time for bed.

Saturday saw another fantastic day again with the arrival of more scooterists from the ferries and the blazing sun, it seemed everyone was taking advantage of the burger van to cure the hang overs from the night before festivities the "Scottish way" roll on square slice and a beer followed by a can of "irn-bru"

Club member Jim bowman had organised a ride out- custom show which had the locals gasping in amazement at the numbers who had decided to take part, the route saw them riding through town and along the coast road to a quaint wee hotel to quench their thirst, the custom show judged by red it was decided to announce the results later on in the night, it was time to head back to the campsite for the games, after last years success the death slide was again popular with the boys and girls, which the high light being a young blonde going down the wet fairy soaked slide in her bra and thong, this went down with the drink fueled hordes, games over it was time to head to the picturesque art deco pavilion in the town centre for the nites do, it was agreed by the club not to have a band this year and to have just sounds supplied by the DJ`s from the soul kitchen, would this back fire on us, well only those in attendance could answer that and judging by the way the dance floor was packed all night Who Cares! It was time for the trophies and the raffle.

BEST VESPA- BEPPE (INFERNIUM) CLYDE PANTHERS SC
BEST LAMBRETTA- SEAN (TS1 RACER) DOG CATCHERS NEWCASTLE
BEST OF SHOW- RAMMIE (VESPA CHOP) DUNDEE STAR AND STRIPES
FURTHEST TRAVELLED STEVE (SOUTH WALES) AFTER 2ND ATTEMPT BLEW UP ENGINE.

With this done it was time for a very special donation towards 2 local charities from our club, with all the hard work being done by Jim Bowman organising the raffle that would see £1000 going to Callums Cabin a local charity for a young boy who died and whose parents were building a hospice on the island for other young people with life threatening illnesses to enjoy a break with the people that matter most in life.

Also £415 was donated towards Robin Sprowl playframe fund proceeds came from the sale of piaggio vespa merchandise kindly donated by piaggio, this done it was time to get back to the dancin before the buses the club laid on arrived to take revellers back to the camp site free of charge! Back at the campsite people had decided to stay up and watch the beautiful sunrise on display before heading of to bed.

Sunday came with the usual sound of people wanting to catch the first ferry home while a lot of others stayed and enjoyed the glorious sunshine that was still blazing down, a few scooterists remained to join us for the Sunday afternoon BBQ with myself feeding the vultures before participating in our own games "NAKED DEATH SLIDE" being one of them, (see you tube for evidence), in the evening we filled the scout hut and let our hair down with free drink and karaoke after a hectic weekend it was much appreciated to un-wind and relax.

Monday morning came and it was time to nurse our hangovers and pick up and head for the ferry and home, we announced on the Saturday night that this would be the last time in doing the rally much to the disappointment to a lot of people, but we don't want to ruin a good thing now do we! The animals SC would like to thank all who attended and made it the success it was "HATS OF TO YOU ALL"

Words by Steve Adair A.F.N.S.C
Photos by Henry Mcinnes