Motorcycle Explorer August 2015 Issue 7 | Page 49

Due to prior commitments elsewhere, I was not able to attend the final few hours of the Sunday session. At my near-by hotel, I stumbled in to Ted Simon at breakfast and had my own private 1-2-1 Q&A session – something the campers didn’t get Organising an event – any event – is a hard task. Just ask anyone who has ever done or tried it. I am unsure how long the planning for the The Overland Event had been in the pipeline, but what Paddy and the team pulled together was a bijou event which had substance if not soul. The Overland magazine is a quality publication, and that same quality was on display in everthing at The Overland Event. I recommend that if the event is held in 2016, you get yourself along to it and remember that the 2nd camping field has lots of space. LMG Graham Field