BULLDOG BASH 2009

[killa]

So....whose going?

If you fancy hooking up at some point gimme a shout on PM or something. Will be going Friday morning and straight on the beers and rock.
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[AngelGrinder]

I will be going up on the Friday afternoon and will also soon be on the beers!

Anyone been before? Is it much of a show during the day, or is it just about being drunk and watching bands?

I'm up for hooking up with people if they want, just give me a shout!
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[Peirre oBollox]

[NickD]

[NickD]

Also probably worth a mention is the fact that, having failed to get the licence revoked, the filth have promised to be as annoying and obstructive as possible to bikers going about their lawful business. So if your smoking habit lands you slightly outside the law from time to time say, you might want to ensure that any materials are unlikely to be found when they search you for the nasty weapons that they know we all carry.... or little camping knives etc, when they can't find anything signifiicant to justify the huge waste of public funds.

There are a few basic but useful bits on the website at https://www.bulldogbash.eu/bulldog-bash-2009-stop-and-search.html on stop and search gubbins. Might be worth having a read through in case you're one of the unlucky ones.

If you make it as far as the site without getting thrown in the cells for possesion of 20 vicious looking tentpegs, I'll be the heavily tattooed fatty looking like 80% of everyone else there.
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[Peirre oBollox]

Cans of beer I can drink, my local offy sells em for around 50p a can. however my preference is for a cold draft beer in a glass (or at least a plastic glass)
The restrictions placed upon the licence for event such as the bully (as with any other event) usually prohibit you taking your own cans to the rally. Anyone want to speculate on the cost of cans from the bar onsite? 4x £5? 4x £10?

I guess I`ve been spoiled recently, having done a couple of rallies in spain & portugal, where draft beer at the bar in the beer tent is the norm (60-70 cents each).
1 such rally of 500+ people, the 25 euro entry fee got you 10 tickets entitling you to:
(all you can eat)
a BBQ & drinks the 1st evening
a hog roast later that night (with beer).
breakfast (sandwiches, fruit, fruit juice, coffee or beer) the saturday morning.
11`s saturday (a BBQ & drinks)
lunch (2pm ish saturday) BBQ pork & chicken
another hog roast later that night (with beer).
an invite to a local resturant, which laid on a free (all you can eat) 3 coarse meal, (with as much wine as you can drink)
breakfast (sandwiches, fruit, fruit juice, coffee or beer) the sunday morning

oh, and don`t forget the T-shirt & rally patch that I got when I paid my entry fee
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[NickD]

[NickD]

Double post..... Sorry!
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Tear along the dotted line!

[Peirre oBollox]

nice mis-quote

Though the latter part of my previous post about foreign rallies was seperated from the main text about the bully
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[yuri2085]

Reading the stuff about section 60, I wonder if you are stopped for a search and police officer is filming you what right you have to avoid being filmed.
They are allowed to film in a public place, they have the power to stop you for the search, but they do not have the POWER to film you.

By mixing the two previous rights/powers they recieve a third; does anyone know if we as citizen have any powers to avoid the filming as we are FORCED to be in the place that is being filmed.

[yambabe]

Still wavering.

Wasnt going to cos my bike is still in bits and due to go back together on Sat but I don't actually need to be there for the rebuild...........

Now the weather is looking pretty good too, especially for Sat, and I have my other bike to go on, and it is the Bulldog, hmmmmmmmm.............
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[Clanger]

Too big an event for my liking.

Though I know plenty of peeps who are going, plus both Adam and DJ-X are doing separate gigs in the dance tent...though it's 'rumoured' they may do a set together as LAB-4 (if you're lucky).
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[Peirre oBollox]

[Mister James]

[yuri2085]

I am not suggesting they should'nt be allowed to film, but legislators have not choosen to give them the power to force you to be filmed, you are allowed to move away from an officer filming you and no rules saying you have to submit to filming while being searched, or a picture etc.

So you being filmed while being searched is clearly a loophole that should not exist. This isnt about what power should be legislated for its about what to do about powers that ARENT legislated for.

The police dont own the bulldog bash, and yes you cant stop them filming you walking into the entrance, this is not a problem because you were not held there against your will.

I know you think the government and people emplyed by the government should have ultimate power in all ways against us lesser folk. I personally think wanting to be somewhere for 3 seconds as I walk through is different to being forcebly held there.

[Mister James]

[Dr. DaveJPS]

i think where people take umbrage with the situation is that in the example where you film a police officer they have the right to seize and inspect the images. Then, as i am under the impression, delete them in the suspicion that they may be used for terrorist activities as they identify officers.

Whereas the motorcyclists do not have this right to protect their identity and have no idea what the images taken will be used for or how long they may be stored.

(for the record i don't like backpatchers as they are just aping the american gangs, instead of following the british sidepatch route)
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[AngelGrinder]

Police I will just be doing my best to ignore, I've got nothing to hide and have told my friends not to bring anything that might anooy them.

If we all just go about it as much as possible without them there, we can only build support for getting rid of the over-policing of such an event.

I think the police are trying to get support from the locals by winding them up as much as possible, so the locals eventually say 'We don't want to bulldog bash here anymore, it ruins our town for a few days'.

Hopefully they will realise that the bikers aren't the problem, it's the police!

I have no problem with the police being there to oversee and to be there just in case, but going overboard like this is just rediculous, spending over million to police a show? How much do they spend to police certain concerts that people have been stabbed/killed at?
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[Mister James]

[NickD]

[Mister James]

[yuri2085]

Ok not going to bother going into it again (I didnt say filming was a power).
If you are being stopped, you do not have a choice about where you are..you cannot avoid a camera if you do not want to be filmed. That is all.

Ok sorry. I juest read your replies, it seems you were taking offence to my hipocrytical argument, when actually what I did was ask a question; which was whether it is possible to avoid being filmed while being searched..and tried to make an explanation why you should be able to.

You say it was hipocritical but you cant film a police man if he is not in front of your camera. (assuming he wont call you a terroist etc but we wont go into that)

[Mudskipper]

Say what you may about back patch clubs in general, but I for one am very grateful that the HA have enough power to challenge these egotistical morons.

Shame for the smaller organisers that they don't.
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