Helmsley flooding.......and biker party weekend

[ianess]

Does anyone have any news about the big biker weekend get-together this past weekend?  Looking at an OS map it seems to have been in the middle of the chaos but no mention on the news.

[ShellyHall]

I saw on the local news last night a bit about a biker party who were caught in the floods.  They were all rescued and are safe.

[Gilli]

There was an article about various people caught in the Yorkshire floods in the Mail today ..... including small mention of "hell's angels" (no, I don't believe bikers and hell's angels are necessarily the same thing) who'd been taken to a nearby stately home and "given hot drinks" by Lady so and so.

[ianess]

Thanks folks.......would you believe it was front page headlines complete with colour photographs in today's "Dundee Courier".....that well known national newspaper.
Apparently nearly everyone went home on Saturday night before the rains but some caravans and bikes were badly damaged.  No-one injured but could so easily have become a major tragedy.
I agree totally that it's wrong to class all bikers as "Hell's Angels".

[spudqueen]

Was reported in the Daily Mail that Lord and Lady Feversham gave the bikers refuge in their stately home where they were served tea and coffee, though another motorcyclist had to be airlifted to safety after being swept away while trying to rescue his bike from the floods.

[ridgie74]

I was one of the 8000 or so bikers who camped and partied and chilled over the beautiful weekend. On Sunday afternoon at about 4pm it was so hot, we jumped in the river alongside the site to cool off. It was about 2 feet deep maximum. Most people had left by then and only 200 or so bikers left. That river rose to 15 feet and flooded the site, thankfully the few who remained were well looked after, but the site was a complete disaster