anyone goin from east midlands on sunday?
 

Anyone goin down to the rideout sunday morning from east midlandsa area? If so fancy meeting up then riding down together?

I reckon I will be Matty 8)

Saturday seems a bit busy at moment, I reckon we will need to leave at 7.00 ish though

aye i think you may be right, thats gonna hurt 8) . Cool, anyone else you know of going from east midlands?

I'm hopefully going on the Sunday.

Malc's probably right with the 7'ish start time.

If you pop this thread onto the MIGTS board as well you might pick up some other volunteers as well.

good stuff, i'll stick it on the MIGTS too then, see if anyone else fancies coming along.

Reckon I'll be going down Sunday morning. Must stay off the beer Sat night.

Does 7am seem sensible?

Any suggestions on a meeting place would be welcome, either en route or in coalville

I did an autoroute for a decent route to Burford,

I know there are faster routes, but this is a good biker route, down the fosse way to Southam and then one of the best roads in the UK for bikes to Banbury.

I dont want any Al- Queda terrorists reading this route backwards and blowing my house up :P

Time Mile Instruction For Towards

07:00 0 Depart The Flat on Local road(s) (East) 0.1 mi
07:00 0.1 Continue (East) on B587 0.5 mi Melbourne
07:02 0.6 Continue (South-East) on Local road(s) 0.9 mi Melbourne
07:05 1.5 Bear LEFT (South) onto B587 3.3 mi Lount
07:10 4.8 Turn RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s) 0.1 mi
07:11 4.9 Turn LEFT (East) onto B587 1.2 mi Newbold
07:14 6.2 Bear RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s) 1.9 mi
07:20 8.1 Turn LEFT (East) onto A50 0.8 mi Leicester
07:22 8.8 Turn RIGHT (South) onto A447 12.6 mi Ravenstone
07:37 21.5 Continue (South) on B4667 1.7 mi Hinckley
07:42 23.2 Continue (South) on B4109 2.7 mi Wolvey Heath
07:48 25.9 Bear LEFT (South-East) onto Local road(s) 2.8 mi Wolvey Heath
07:57 28.7 Turn RIGHT (South) onto B4455 3.7 mi Stretton under Fosse
08:03 32.4 Turn RIGHT (South-West) onto B4027 0.8 mi Binley
08:05 33.1 Turn LEFT (South-East) onto Local road(s) 0.6 mi Brinklow
08:07 33.7 Turn LEFT (South) onto B4455 1.3 mi Bretford
08:10 35 At Bretford, turn LEFT (South) onto A428 0.3 mi Church Lawford
08:10 35.3 Bear RIGHT (South) onto B4029 0.6 mi
08:12 35.9 Continue (South) on B4455 3.5 mi Stretton-on-Dunsmore
08:18 39.5 Turn RIGHT (West) onto B4453 0.1 mi
08:18 39.6 At Princethorpe, turn LEFT (South) onto A423 5.2 mi Banbury
08:28 44.8 Bear RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s) 1.1 mi Southam
08:31 45.9 Turn LEFT (South-East) onto A425 98 yds
08:32 45.9 Bear RIGHT (South) onto A423 12.7 mi Banbury
08:54 58.6 Bear RIGHT (South) onto A361 4.5 mi Banbury
09:01 63.1 At Bloxham, stay on A361 20.3 mi Milcombe
09:26 83.4 Arrive Burford

SUMMARY
Total distance: 83.4 miles
Length of trip: 2 hours, 26 minutes
Driving time: 2 hours, 26 minutes

ignore the times and costs as they are set up for a fast truck

i'll be heading down the Fosse from Rugby on sunday morning - possibility of a meet up?

yeah I think 7am is doable. Its gonna hurt but I think its gotta be done if we wanna get there on time. Maybe we could meet up at the Victoria pub in coalville? Thats a well known landmark I believe. Definitely want to ride down on some decent roads, if we have to motorway it all the way I'll be suicidal before the rideout even begins!

How about 7.30 at the Victoria and then meet Ophic at Southam or somewhere.

The other alternative would be Coventry, Stratford

If I'm going to make it on Sunday I can make Coalville for 07:30 :riding:

I've got a Sat Nav so if we get lost I can get us there. Haven't learnt how to programme specific routes into it yet so I'll let somebody else get us lost first....I mean lead the way first :lol:

To be truthful I've not used it it anger on the bike yet so I will be interested to see how it performs.

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Ohhhhh get you....... :lol:

I've got a GSXR so i'll be there before you!! :twisted: Probably on Friday.... :oops:

Do we have a member from Melbourne on here, apart from me I mean.

I have seen a blue SV around the village recently, I will try to introduce him to this site if not. If he stops still long enough.

As for the rideout, As much as I hate being team leader, I lived near banbury, so I can find that ok :P

I can meet you anywhere between Bretford and Southam. I'll be 2 up - but this shouldn't slow me down too much :)

I wont be coming with you. BUT i'll probably be returning with you. :lol:

yep 7.30 at the Vic sounds good to me

Hi guys,

I'd like to some along. Can make it to Coalville for 7:30. Haven't been to the Victoria but have looked it up and it's easy enough to find.

See you there on Sunday morning.

Cheers Keith

any update on a meeting point? if not, see you all at Burford :)

We are leaving Coalville at about 07:30. If you check Wheelnut's route on the first page and tell us where is a good place to meet you then we'll see you there.

Sorry Chaps, I have been out driving my truck all week, holding Jonboy up trying to get to the airport :P

Ophic, I reckon the new garage on the roundabout at Southam is as good as anywhere, I think its a Total now, it used to be there but it has been altered lately. There is a bloke there who rides an SV too, maybe we can kidnap him :D

7.30 at the Vic should put us in Southam about 8.30 8.45 ish

text no. 07745917144

cheers wheelnut i'm sure i can find that. Will see you there 8:30ish :)

i've taken a note of your number, my text number is 07967209577.

You can't miss me i've got blue wheel rims, "OPHIC" across my visor and a pillion with a brightly coloured leather jacket saying "California" :lol: (but if it raining you won't be able to see that, of course) :?

Thanks for the meet up guys. Was good to meet you all. Hope you had a pleasant return journey.

And Matty, Silv was very impressed with your Ninha :wink:

cheers mate, I had a brilliant day, loved meeting all the new people, including yourself and silv. We should all meet up again soon for a blast. By the way never got to ask you what your name "ophic" is about? Is that your last name? See you soon hopefully

Meeting up for a blast is a great idea. The only hiccup being that i live up north :(

"ophic" is an old school nickname. Never quite figured it out myself but it stuck.