| Booked the holidays, a week in Venice, me and the missus.
Looked up Scootering (rally dates) just in case and yeeha.....
a rally forty miles from Venice near Pavoda. So i was right on
the computer and got in touch with the rally organisers to let them
know i was coming to their rally and would it be possible for them
to organise the hire of a scooter. Every time we go on holiday I hire
a scooter and have ended up with some crap. From Peugeot Squabs to
Typhoons etc, so when Marion from their club told me I could borrow
a Primavera for the price of a few beers. I wasn't complaining !! |
| Me and Margaret arrived at Carmignano early Saturday
afternoon to meet Ciacia, our interpreter for the weekend and the
only person who could speak English (they might have learned some
English for us coming across!) Ciacia informed us that the Primavera
had been involved in an accident so will this do,???? Just a 1969
GP150 in its original paint with a Mugello kit fitted, which belonged
to Mairon, No1 of the local club, "3 Lambda Scooter Confraternity".
Excellant, cause I'm a Lambretta man !!
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| Saturday afternoon was spent touring the local country side on the
GP along with Ciacia on his LI 150, series 3 and a couple of other
locals . The evening "Do" was held in the grounds of the
local youth club with local Dj's spinning the tunes in the open air
whilst eating Italian food cooked by the guys parents; wine included
of course (as much as you could drink) and a few glasses of Spritz
(local drink). I had one or two drinks but not to many as we were
told we were driving to another venue on the scooters later that evening
to another "Do", with a band. |
| Well I was watching what
I was drinking but the locals kept feeding me drink (you know what
it's like). Around 8;30 I said to Margaret "I think we've got
it wrong, lost in translation, we must be staying here". So
I got wired into the wine, Spritz etc...........then about 11;30.
someone shouts. "Lets Go" and everyone jumps
on their scooters to go to the other venue I spoke of. Fifty to
Sixty scooters causing mayhem !. I wasn't being left behind so I
had to jump on the GP under the influence. (It's not clever kids
; Don't try this at home)
At the next venue there was an outdoor swimming pool, bars,Dj's
and some silly game involving Tequila as well as an Italian Punk/New
Wave band playing. Strange how Coleridge, who couldn't speak a word
of English, could sing Sham 69 numbers in Cockney !!. The local
Dj's provided the sounds till five am. I left the GP (too drunk)
and hit the sack about 3;30... but my hipflask of whisky didn't
last quite as long |
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Sunday noon was the meeting time for the ride-out but because I
had left the GP back at the "do" the night before, I was
given Ciacia's LI 150 Series 3 to ride. Eighty to a hundred scooters
headed up the Brenta Valley to the Grappa Mountains. We stopped
for a small drink of Grappa (another local beveridge) then we all
stopped for a five-course meal at a smart restaurant. More wine
then champagne for the cups/trophies that were being given out and
some Brandy for the road. Margaret and I received a trophy. I think
it was for the furthest travelled but still couldn't understand
Italian.......maybe it was for the ugliest couple.......I still
don't know.
Afer the formalities, most people headed home including us, after
presenting Mairon with a bottle of Malt Whisky and a Lambretta Club
of Scotland T-Shirt.
We've invited the Italian guys over to Scotland for a rally sometime
in the future.
Does anyone speak Italian ????????????
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Me with Ciacia our interpreter &
his LI 150 |
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Mairon's original GP150 which he kindly
loaned to us |
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Members of the Padova Scooter Club |
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Margaret with Ciacia's LI 150 |
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Mairon preparing his GP150 |
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Mairon and his minted Series 1 |
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Me with a couple of the local Scooterists |
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Doing what Scotsmen do best |
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Margaret on Ciacia's scooter which we
used on the ride-out |
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Rally De Brenta |
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The drink was free, it would be bad
manners to refuse !! |
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Margaret enjoying the sunshine. Carmignano
De Brenta |
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Riding at night under the influence,
enroute to the other Do |
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