PORT DOVER Diehard bikers face blowing snow for the first Friday the 13th motorcycle rally this 30th anniversary year.

Environment Canada says periods of snow and blowing snow are on tap along with beer tent suds for the hardy who brave rain on Thursday and temperatures hovering around freezing on the big day.

Nevertheless, organizers of the first of three rallies planned for this year — the 30th anniversary of the massive bike rallies which began with a handful of friends meeting for a beer Nov. 13, 1981 — say they expect several thousand riders will visit the Lake Erie town.

The good news for everyone else is there are no road closures planned Friday, a source of annoyance for town residents during the better attended summer rallies.

Weather should be better for the next two Friday the 13ths this year, in April and July.

The Hamilton Spectator