Motorcycle Explorer November 2016 Issue 14 | Page 80

Feature: lmg - travellers rally event
Horizons Unlimited
UK Overlander's Rally
Horizons Unlimited (or HUBB as its frequently
referred to) is considered by many to be the
ultimate source for overlanding information on the
Internet. HUBB holds numerous events around the
world to bring together people with the same mind-
set to share and enjoy information and story recitals
which fuel the attendees interest in the subject. Of
all of the HUBB events, HUBB UK is widely
considered to be their flagship gathering and has
been operating for several years near Castle
Donnington in the East Midlands of England. In
2015, due to circumstances, the HUBB UK event was
conspicuously absent from the overlanding
calendar.
was back on the calendar, albeit at the new location
of Baskerville Hall in Wales.
Baskerville Hall, set in 130 acres of Welsh Wye
Valley countryside was originally built in 1839 by
the Baskerville family, and it should be of no
surprise that it was the setting for Sir Arthur Conan
Doyles’ most famous Sherlock Holmes story. It is
recorded that Sir Arthur was a family friend to the
Baskervilles and when visiting them at the hall, he
heard of the local legends of ‘the hounds of the
Baskervilles’. The family asked Sir Arthur to relocate
the story to Devon so as not to impact local tourism.
The HUBB UK 2016 event was spread over the four
As a regular reader, you may remember MEM visited days of Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th June with the
the Horizons Unlimited Ireland event – and it was an gates opening at midday on the first day. As always,
absolute cracker! Roll on a year to 2016 and the
pre-registration was advisable due to the large
Overlanding world could breath again as HUBB UK
interest in the event.