AR2013 Chat Thread

Originally Posted by Littlepeahead

Why did no one mention before that this is the weekend of the Champions Trophy final?

Why, were there free bananas?

[Fallout]

It really isn't that back to basics.

1. On friday evening we're at a pub serving food and drinks. Everything you need is there till 11ish including toilet facilities. Once that closes it's tinnies and a portaloo for the odd wee.

2. On saturday morning Loomies is open from 6am. They do coffee and cooked brekkies and have ladies and gents loo. If you're too cheap to buy these then that's your problem. Makes no sense to me when you factor in all the alcohol and petrol, but hey, if you're bothered by a £5 butty then fine. Basically everything you need is there to get fed, drinked and pooed, the only exception being a shower.

3. On sat evening see 1. Also loomies may be open late for butties or a different environment and possibly some special organised free entertainment.

Really the only issues are:
- No showers at all
- Only 1 loo between the hours of 11ish and 6am. These hours aren't known for being the core dumping hours for the human digestive system, so I can't see this being a big problem.

[Messie]

Fallout - you are male. That is all.

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[DJ123]

Originally Posted by Messie

Fallout - you are male. That is all.

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He claims to be, we're still not sure!

[DJ123]

Originally Posted by Spank86

No definite times yet. the route is still being tweaked.

I would estimate 10-4. Something like that. finish time could vary considerably.

10-4 is what i'm aiming for. We rode the route the other day, 5 of us at our standard pace. We did it quicker than what you would do with 50 bikes or so, and in what would be worse conditions than summer.

Distance of the route is about 110 miles or so, with a good mix of roads, scenery and most of all fun!

Originally Posted by Messie

Fallout - you are male. That is all.

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If we got a second portaloo it would still be a portaloo in a field, there'd just be another one on the off chance that someone was on the first one.

Personally I'm not sure it would really provide much of a benefit.

The lack of showers and the like of course is a bit different but we were unable to source those facilities in the region. Not anywhere that wants a horde of bikers turning up anyway.

I'm playing footy tonight but ill get my backside in gear to or row and scratch up the most obvious lodgings in the area and distances. I don't however intend to search through all the little B&B's since I'd only be doing that with web knowledge anyway.

[Messie]

Hey, don't worry about that! I'll track down somewhere with the facilities of civilisation!

[DJ123]

Messie;
Hotel http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/P...field?cmp=GLBC

Route to AR event location; http://goo.gl/maps/UAjsq

There is a McD's at those sercives along with a BP petrol station

[NTECUK]

If your desperate for a shower your have to blat 20 mins up the road and jump in the one in room .

There's also this one: http://www.hiwinchester.co.uk/map-directions

At winch but there's less nearby, just a pub over the road.