The 2015 Daventry Motorcycle Festival gets underway The 13th June saw Daventry’s annual motorcycle festival take place. Unsurprisingly, given I have attended all of them to date, I was keen to support this year’s event too. And even though the weather was miserable, I turned up with my camera to soak up the atmosphere (whilst my clothes/shoes soaked up the rain).
The High Street was closed to non-motorbike traffic and various club stands, merchandising concessions and a covered stage (for the bands) were all set up prior to 9am. The event formally kicked off at around 10:30am when the official ride-in arrived.
It became apparent fairly quickly that the whilst the rain hadn’t stopped play, it had affected the turn out - this year, only the High Street saw bikes displayed along its length. Previous events have seen more than twice as many machines turn up (with Sheaf Street and the market square pressed into service for motorcycle parking/display purposes).
The organisers will of course have worked just as hard this year as any other in the festival’s five year history; but one thing they can’t influence is the weather. Typically Friday had been good, Sunday was subsequently good - but during Saturday, the rain just didn’t let up. Still, that’s the UK for you, it may be June, but summertime gives no guarantee of sunshine.
Regardless of the downpour, some great bikes were on show and I share some photographs of my favourites.
My thanks go to those that worked hard to pull the event together, it may have been less attended than normal but despite the best efforts of the rain, it was no washout. The motorcycle festival was still good and it brought a welcome buzz to Daventry. Fingers crossed that next year sees the heavens be more benevolent and the event attendance get back up to the highs of 2013/14.
See pictures below (click on them to enlarge)
The High Street was closed to non-motorbike traffic and various club stands, merchandising concessions and a covered stage (for the bands) were all set up prior to 9am. The event formally kicked off at around 10:30am when the official ride-in arrived.
It became apparent fairly quickly that the whilst the rain hadn’t stopped play, it had affected the turn out - this year, only the High Street saw bikes displayed along its length. Previous events have seen more than twice as many machines turn up (with Sheaf Street and the market square pressed into service for motorcycle parking/display purposes).
The organisers will of course have worked just as hard this year as any other in the festival’s five year history; but one thing they can’t influence is the weather. Typically Friday had been good, Sunday was subsequently good - but during Saturday, the rain just didn’t let up. Still, that’s the UK for you, it may be June, but summertime gives no guarantee of sunshine.
Regardless of the downpour, some great bikes were on show and I share some photographs of my favourites.
My thanks go to those that worked hard to pull the event together, it may have been less attended than normal but despite the best efforts of the rain, it was no washout. The motorcycle festival was still good and it brought a welcome buzz to Daventry. Fingers crossed that next year sees the heavens be more benevolent and the event attendance get back up to the highs of 2013/14.
See pictures below (click on them to enlarge)
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