Monthly meet?

[minifun]

We are not having much luck with getting together so how abouts a monthly meet - say on the third Saturday - food somewhere then a blat - or meet up go for a ride and find a nice pub for lunch! lol

Just an idea! Not sure of a meeting place as I'm in Peterborough and unless you want to meet here.......I have no idea!

[jonboy]

I think the idea of a monthly meet is a good idea, I'm sure that we can muster enough energy and peeps for at least a token show of hands. Count me in (probably :lol: ).


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[minifun]

Probably! Can't you do better than that!

[Viney]

Probably! Can't you do better than that!I can see that you have never met JB? Probably is his most used word. Translated, it means, NO ;)

[jonboy]

Actually she has on several occasions (so ner!). Also, how many times do I have to tell you to go back to your own section? You're not allowed here, this is for our gang, right? :wink:

Probably! Can't you do better than that!

If it's hot and sunny, yes :lol: .


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[minifun]

Wimp - I thought you rode in any weather!

It has been about 2 year since I saw you last - we should make an effort! You still got the same black naked curvy - I miss mine- wish I had never sold it. Like the faired one I have but think I would prefer a naked again! 8)

[Skip]

I will be up for a monthly meet when the bike is back on the road (probably not until the beginning of March :oops: )

[jonboy]

Wimp - I thought you rode in any weather!

I do, was only joking ;).

It has been about 2 year since I saw you last - we should make an effort! You still got the same black naked curvy - I miss mine- wish I had never sold it. Like the faired one I have but think I would prefer a naked again! 8)

It can't be two years, that's not possible (is it?) Still got the black naked one, 36k on the clock now, but going strong. Alright, alright, we'll get together. So that's two of us, who else fancies the elements?


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[Ward8124]

Well im up for a meet but im away skiing from 17th-24 Jan so any other time is good with me! :D I can show you my spanking new SV then!

[K]

I will be up for a monthly meet when the bike is back on the road (probably not until the beginning of March :oops: )

Ditto.

[minifun]

Anyone got a suggest of where to meet. I know some have met in Cambridge somewhere but don't know where! If we are waiting till march we could always meet up at Hertford Marina - I know how to get there! lol

[Skip]

Hertford Marina is too far for me - and the roads there are all pants (read: 81 mostly straight miles!) from my house :(

[jonboy]

Well Huntingdon is fine for me, but one of the problems we have, is that East Anglia is such a large area. How about Ely? The Maltings would likely be a good place to meet (particularly in the warm weather):

http://www.themaltingsely.co.uk/

And might be more central too. Either way, it'll be a compromise for some peeps, so maybe a couple of venues that we can alternate would be sensible.


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[speedygirl]

Hiya - I'd be up for some rideouts when I have a bike up here in Norwich!! My SV is hibernating in Weymouth at the moment as it has nowhere to live up here :( however hopefully I will either have it or whatever I replace it with (SV for sale at the mo) up here in the next couple of months... So yeah, probably looking at March-ish for me too!! 8)

I think Ely OK for me... Or Cambridge. Where's Hertford?

[jonboy]

Not Hertford itself, but Hertford Marina (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=%22Hertford+Marina%22&sll=53.098145,-2.443696&sspn=7.431454,15.095215&ie=UTF8&z=14&ll=52.337437,-0.146599&spn=0.036238,0.079823&om=1); oddly nowhere near Hertford but is in Huntingdon instead. Confused? Excellent :).



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[speedygirl]

Confused? Yes!! I guess the main problem is wherever a meet would be its going to be a long way for some people... and there are a lot of long straight roads in this area! :( Oh well, when I'm reunited with my bike I'll def be keen for something now and again...

[Skip]

Ely is good for me :D

[pegasus]

Ely is good for me :D


ditto :thumbsup:

[minifun]

Ely's good for me too!

[K]

I've stickied up a Streetmap location for The Maltings and then bumped the Weather Guide so it's on top and all nice n neat n stuff. :oops:

Just because my bike is tucked up now till warmer weather doesn't mean I'd be a no-show. I'll happily pootle over and defy death in my Mini. :wink:

It's because I'm a commitaphobe, in addition to possibly being non-existant :shock: , that I'd be a no-show. But I'm working on that as one of my New Year's resolutions. :oops:

[New Leaf]

Ely's good for me too!

can i come too? i live in ely.

[New Leaf]

can i come too? i live in ely.

I guess lack of response means no?

:( :( :cry: :cry:

[K]

can i come too? i live in ely.

I guess lack of response means no?

:( :( :cry: :cry:

Nah, lack of response just means we're all being crap, suffering from winter blues, busy or just plain, well, crap! :wink:

Of course you can come, but you'll have to take the scenic route instead of just 'popping down the road' - it'll make those of us with a bit of a journey feel better. :P

So anyway - to kinda kick start this again - oh it's easier to just start a poll. :oops:

[Paws]

minifun-i can meet up with you and then ride out with you to meet the rest of us..
Only prob is i work Saturdays.. :( sundays are kinda better for me

[minifun]

Yer thats cool Paws!

Will see what weekend and day we end up deciding on then take it from there!

[petevtwin650]

Watching this thread with some interest.

Have any of you considered Graffham Water? Not too far for Paws but some interesting roads in the area. Anyway, regardless of location, if we're free we'd come.

[minifun]

Yeah there are good road around Graffam Water but its probably a bit far for the norfolk peeps!Anyone up for a meet on the 18th or 25th March?

[Lissa]

We're free on both of those dates at the moment, and distance isn't a problem for us..................as long as there are interesting roads to ride:D

Don't like boring, straight ones;)

[d8mof]

need to get mine painted asap !!!

[minifun]

I'm sure we can find some nice twisties for a run out! Anyone else up for it!?!

[Skip]

I am putting my bike back on the road on the 1st March so as long as I can find a decent route (roads from Norfolk to Cambridge are pretty dull) then I am up for it no matter how far! :)

[minifun]

Excellent - thats 3. Any preference on which of the two days?

[Skip]

Excellent - thats 3. Any preference on which of the two days?
Provisionally I can make the 18th - if its raining I wont be coming and will update the thread that day with my intentions...

25th is no good for me...

[minifun]

Ok, well lets make it the 18th and hope for a nice sunny day! Any idea what sort of time we should meet? 11am ish?

[Skip]

Ok, well lets make it the 18th and hope for a nice sunny day! Any idea what sort of time we should meet? 11am ish?
Sounds good - err, where are we meeting??


Edit: Cripes!! Grafham is 71 miles from me if I take the most direct route! If its good roads then I dont mind the miles, but I aint doing 71 miles of dual carriageway to get to a rideout - sorry! Will get the map out and look for a better route and report back! :)

[Lissa]

Whereabouts in Norfolk are you, Skip. We're perfectly happy to meet closer to you if Minifun is. Graffham isn't a huge distance from us anyway.:D

[Skip]

I am in Watton which is where the little red circle is in this link...

http://tinyurl.com/yuebe2

I dont mind if the weather is good, I know that the fens can be limited for good rideout routes...

[Lissa]

Ah, you're not that far from Pete's daughter and son-in-law then, they live in Fakenham. In fact, Karl may join us for the day, he's just bought a Mille.:D

We'll let you and Minifun sort out a meet point, we don't care, just want to ride;)

[Skip]

Ah, you're not that far from Pete's daughter and son-in-law then, they live in Fakenham. In fact, Karl may join us for the day, he's just bought a Mille.:D

We'll let you and Minifun sort out a meet point, we don't care, just want to ride;)

I know of that Karl! He has joined our EOEB forum! (see my siggy)

Same here, I dont care really - as I said, I will look for a decent route to Grafham and go from there :)

[minifun]

Earlier Johnboy suggested this:

How about Ely? The Maltings would likely be a good place to meet (particularly in the warm weather):

http://www.themaltingsely.co.uk/

And might be more central too. Either way, it'll be a compromise for some peeps, so maybe a couple of venues that we can alternate would be sensible.


Think its most central for everyone but am welcome to other suggestions! lol

[pegasus]

if it is the maltings i'm up for it:riding:

[Lissa]

Ely is about 95 miles for us, so do-able.

Minifun, if you wanted some company for the ride, we could meet you at that Biker pub at Chelveston. Paws knows where that is.................will she be joining us?

[minifun]

Yeah I know where it is but its going the wrong way, I could meet you on route. Let me know the route you plan to take and I will find somewhere!

I'll pm Paws and see if shes up for it!

[Paws]

Soz guys, im working :(
Cheers for the pm minifun :)

[minifun]

On a sunday! Doh

[Skip]

I can do the Maltings no problem - feel guilty about Lissa and Pete having to go 95 miles though! Makes the 71 I was moaning about seem lame! :oops:

[Lissa]

I can do the Maltings no problem - feel guilty about Lissa and Pete having to go 95 miles though! Makes the 71 I was moaning about seem lame! :oops:

:D No worries Skip. We often do 200-300 mile days anyway, and it is after all, an East Anglian meet. Should be us that makes the effort. We go out on a sunday for the full day out, and it'll be nice to meet up with some new people.

[Paws]

On a sunday! Doh

work near enough every sunday now.

[K]

If I can get Blue taxed and out by the 18th I'll be up for it (though like Skip, only if it's sunny :oops:). Otherwise I may pootle along for a cuppa and conversation anyway in my Mini just to finally say 'Hi'.:smt041

[Skip]

Not a bad idea K - I have clearance to go out, so will see what the weather brings and I might bring the car (how sad are we! :lol: )

[TSM]

Sounds like a girls day out to me, or guys in the minority day.

[Skip]

Sounds like a girls day out to me, or guys in the minority day.

Nowt wrong with that! ;)

[TSM]

Nowt wrong with that! ;)

I never said it was, i went north to visit minifun & paws a month back.

[Skip]

Feel free to join us this time if you fancy the trip! :)

[TSM]

Feel free to join us this time if you fancy the trip! :)

Seems more notherly than the last trip i made, but its quite possible some time.

[Lissa]

So, have a definite meet place and time been decided yet?

Sort 'em out, Minifun:D

[minifun]

Looks like its The Maltings on the 18th. The wimps will be in cars and the Mini better be a real one!

I'll be on the bike of course :D

Just need to agree a time! Think I might have posted 11am previously - any thoughts on time to meet would be good. Makes no difference to me just depends if peeps want to go for a ride somewhere. Might have the sat nav fitted to the bike by then so no getting lost :smt041

[Lissa]

Any time after 9 will suit us (remember, we've got around a two hour trip to get there if we want to avoid the deadly boring A14:D )

[Skip]

Yup, count me in - as long as its not a monsoon I will be on the bike :)

[K]

Not a bad idea K - I have clearance to go out, so will see what the weather brings and I might bring the car (how sad are we! :lol: )

Not sad at all m'dear, just revelling in the luxury two vehicles brings is all.;)

That and I'm old and crap so me knees tend to ache in the cold n wet.:lol:

[Rick-UK]

Sounds like a great idea! Anyone here near or in Ipswich??

[pegasus]

Sounds like a great idea! Anyone here near or in Ipswich??


grange farm close enough for you;)

[Rick-UK]

grange farm close enough for you;)

Hell yeah!! If you're going, can I ride up with you? Will let you know nearer the time if I'm going for definite.

[pegasus]

Hell yeah!! If you're going, can I ride up with you? Will let you know nearer the time if I'm going for definite.

the more the merrier....:thumbsup:

[Lissa]

I really hope this doesn't chuck a huge spanner in the works, but does everyone realise that the 18th is Mothers Day?

Doesn't affect us. I'm the mother and I choose to spend the day out on the bike:D

[Skip]

I really hope this doesn't chuck a huge spanner in the works, but does everyone realise that the 18th is Mothers Day?

Doesn't affect us. I'm the mother and I choose to spend the day out on the bike:D
Some flowers should soon fix that! :D

[Lissa]

Some flowers should soon fix that! :D

Flowers! Pah! You can't eat a bunch of daffodils:)

Box of Ferrero Rocher, now...................different kettle of fish entirely;)

[Skip]

Flowers! Pah! You can't eat a bunch of daffodils:)

Box of Ferrero Rocher, now...................different kettle of fish entirely;)
Shes on a diet ready for our wedding, so flowers it is! Have to make it a large bunch if I am not going to see her on Mothers Day! :-D

[rwoodcock01]

I might try to pop up, I can't remember if I am airsofting that day mind.

Cheers

Rich

[seedy100]

Shes on a diet ready for our wedding, so flowers it is! Have to make it a large bunch if I am not going to see her on Mothers Day! :-D

Your marrying your Mother ??????????????????????????

[Law]

Your marrying your Mother ??????????????????????????

So the rumors about Fenland inhabitants are true! :lol:

[Skip]

Your marrying your Mother ??????????????????????????
Doh! :safe::smt005

[SeismicRaptor]

Ah, so this is where you are all hiding...

I'll be free on the 18th, but will be a few weeks away from getting the bike. Not sure if anyone will be going from (or passing through) Cambridge, but if anyone is and prepared/willing to take a pillion (which I know is asking a lot - so don't feel obliged to or anything) then will be able to show my face... :)

If not, fingers crossed should be on the road in time for the April meet, and hopefully can introduce myself then. :cool:

Jason

[wanabbiker]

im sound like it could be a plan but nit gona be able 2 make em on asuday may be alternate between sat and sunday so every1 can meet up?

[petevtwin650]

Just over a week to go.

Who's coming?

[Skip]

There is a chance I might not be able to... :(

Its looking quite likely that we will be moving into our new house on Friday 16th.... I will keep you posted!

[pegasus]

Just over a week to go.

Who's coming?
:smt023

[minifun]

I'll be there! :cool:

Anyone got any preference on where we go. If we meet at The Maltings at 11am it would be nice to go for a ride for an hour or so and then get lunch somewhere! Unfortunately I don't know of anywhere so any suggestions welcome!

Where's Johnboy - is he not joining us?!?

[petevtwin650]

Well, Hunstanton is under 45 miles from there.

[K]

I'll be popping along to the Maltings for a mett-up coffee, providing at least one of the following happens:

My Mini stops depositing oil on the road as fast as it's put in the engine.
My MG passes it's MOT first time (after being in my garage for nearly six years) and I can afford to Tax her.
Or I tax the Blade and my art of Zen Navigation doesn't let me down.



As for Hunstanton - that's on the coast isn't it? (remember, Zen Navigation = poo at geography ;)) Ohhh, I wanna see the sea!

[minifun]

Yeah - hunstanton is a good place to go, will look at a route from Ely with some good roads and see what I come up with. That ok with everyone else?

[Lissa]

Hunstanton...................woohoo!!

The doughnut stall=P~

[Essex of Essex]

I went to Hunstanton on Monday, it was closed:smt089 Found an open chippy:D Lots of nice roads all the way from darkest Essex:riding:

[seedy100]

Would love to come for a blat to Sunny Hunny;

BUT

Going in for an operation on my left Hearing Hole on Tuesday.:smt064
The ear will be held on to the side of my head with a bit of string afterwards, which makes pulling a helmet on and off just a touch risky.

Enjoy the only bit of West facing coast in the East!
(Check a map)

Chris

[speedygirl]

Would like to come but am going to be down south picking up my new bike :smt026 on Sat 17th and staying down there for the weekend. When weather better and bike up in Norwich should be able to make it for a few... :p

[K]

Would love to come for a blat to Sunny Hunny;

BUT

Going in for an operation on my left Hearing Hole on Tuesday.:smt064
The ear will be held on to the side of my head with a bit of string afterwards, which makes pulling a helmet on and off just a touch risky.

Enjoy the only bit of West facing coast in the East!
(Check a map)
Chris

Meehhh - that sounds, well, eeaauuww. Body parts being held on by string - that's gottat be wrong!Superglue - now that's a different matter. ;)

Hope everything goes OK though.

[New Leaf]

i really wanna come next sunday - but am worried about a couple of things:
1. i'm really shy. will u be nice to me.
2. I've only been riding for a few months - will u all zoom off and leave me?
3. its mothers day, and my mom is staying with me the night b4. what time will u be leaving the maltings? can't really leave b4 12 or she will be mad.

[seedy100]

Aww Fanks K

Very very minor stuff by comparison to the sort of thing some of you have been through.

Just means no riding until the stitches come out (and may be until the balance comes back)

Chris

[K]

Seedy - as a small precaution, I also wouldn't watch Resevoir Dogs for a while either. ;)

[pegasus]

i really wanna come next sunday - but am worried about a couple of things:
1. i'm really shy. will u be nice to me.
2. I've only been riding for a few months - will u all zoom off and leave me?
3. its mothers day, and my mom is staying with me the night b4. what time will u be leaving the maltings? can't really leave b4 12 or she will be mad.

1. dont be shy..keep your helmet on:D your more than welcome ..... the more the merrier .

2. the idea is to enjoy yourself..so ride at your own happy & safe pace. there will always be somebody who knows where they are going at the rear of the group...so dont panic.

3. get another helmet and bring her along :cool:

[petevtwin650]

1. dont be shy..keep your helmet on:D your more than welcome ..... the more the merrier .

2. the idea is to enjoy yourself..so ride at your own happy & safe pace. there will always be somebody who knows where they are going at the rear of the group...so dont panic.

3. get another helmet and bring her along :cool:

DITTO.:p

[Sharka Zulu]

This sounds like fun....

I only got my SV k6 on 3rd March so Im new to this.

When and where? I might be able to join you guys, if thats ok.

[petevtwin650]

Hi Sharka,

The Maltings ,Ely. Details on a sticky at the top of this section.

11.00 am on. With a possible run up to Hunstanton for some doughnuts.

Come and meet some nice people.................................



.......................and me:p

[Sharka Zulu]

thanks Peter

[minifun]

Looking forward to this! Does anyone know a good route to Hunstanton or do I need to look one up? I've not really lead a group before! lol

[Lissa]

Looking at the map book, the most obvious route is the A10 up to Kings Lynn, then the A149 to Hunstanton. Don't know what the A10 is like, never been that way to Kings Lynn.

If you fancied more of a ride we could go A10 to Downham Market, A1122 to Swaffham, A1065 to Fakenham, A148 towards Kings Lynn, then the B1454 to Heacham which is just down the road from Hunstanton. That route has the advantage of avoiding Kings Lynn, and also some more interesting looking roads.;)

We don't know these roads, so maybe a local member can advise.

[Dicky Ticker]

Fastest route A10-A149-Hunstanton
Interesting route A1101-A47-A149-Hunstanton,probably 15miles farther
many variables but as some people will be already travelling 80-90 miles to the meet I think it better not to make it a marathon,but what do I know I'm old and slow.
In addition you do realise that it is forecast as VERY cold with rain all day turning to sleet and snow at about 6:00pm

[Dicky Ticker]

Can I make a suggestion at this point
The weather for the Saturday 17/3/07 is forecast as fairly warm and sunshine with a bit of cloud
I know that people have put a lot of work into organising this for the Sunday but is it possible to change to the Saturday
Not wishing to upset anybody only trying to be helpful and I know it wouldn't be good for some but biking is supposed to be fun not an endurance test

[Lissa]

Isn't it really a bit short notice to change the day now. People may already have arranged baby-sitters, etc...................and we all know the good old weathermen..............they'll change the forecast a dozen times before the weekend.

[minifun]

I can't do Saturday - I suggest if the weather is bad we meet anyway and stay for a chat at The Maltings? I think some mentioned the 4-wheel transport anyway but I'll be on the bike! Car insurance has run out! Doh!