Pete
As the crow flies I'm only about 50 miles from you but due to the Severn Estuary by road it's probably 150 miles by the time I've got up to Bristol from North devon and then along the M4 to South wales.
Have you been on the Adventure Bike Rider forum?, there's quite a few of us XT12 owners on there. There's an ABR rally in Brecon coming up soon, I'm not sure if I'm going yet but there's quite a few rallies over the year which I will probably be going to, so if you fancy a weekend camping with a bunch of like minded bikers I can highly recommend it and we could arrange to meet somewhere on the way.
I'm likely to try and get to the S10 gathering in Kent but it's dependant on family commitments.
cheers
Tim