Gert Bustards Rally

The 1989 Ye Gert Bustards Rally was held at a pub about four miles out of Devizes on the road to Melksham.

The stormy weather made it an interesting weekend. The weather forecast that Saturday morning had said don't go out unless you need to. I needed to go. I had paid out money to pre-book.

I arrived Saturday lunch to find that the marquee had already blown down. This left a small pub to service about seventy people. Anyway about forty of us called mini buses & spend an evening in Devizes.

The landlords of Devizes were very pleased with this, as was the taxi firm.

I heard later that the local police had also been pleased. It appears that it had been the first Saturday night in ages that they had not need to turn out to deal with trouble.

Another reason I remember the weekend. My trusty old CX500 won Best Foreign bike.