Thames Valley Group Section - Will you attend?

Originally Posted by SDMF

Where did you end up? Bigape, Knightrider and myself were waiting at Madjeski till half 7.... then sort of gave up waiting and went for a ride.

...You cannot be serious!

I was by the main ticket office, as Nick suggested earlier in the thread. I was literally parked right next to the chairmans reserved parking space. In a numbered parking bay. The ticket office was 10 metres away.

Where were you guys then?

Originally Posted by nick_1871

Sorry I couldn't make it.. Not feeling too good..

Hope you had a good run out.

ASM - Am I to blame for your lack of navigational skills and punctuality?!

I actually would of been there on time if i had factored in a fuel stop. I went via Henley/Caversham etc so i could unleash myself on the twisties.

I am quite interested to hear where the other guys were parked up....and how i could have missed them.

Originally Posted by ASM-Forever

I am quite interested to hear where the other guys were parked up....and how i could have missed them.

Bigape was there first then I turned up just before 7, followed a bit later by Knightrider.. We were parked up on the left as you go up towards the carparks.
Few cars went past, and the park and ride bus- didn't see you though. So I'm guessing you found another way in

LOL!! **** up? brewery?

I think nick is cursed, not the first time a rideout hasn't gone as expected, lol

[KnightRider]

Did you find an off road route into the ticket office? When I arrived BigApe and SDMF were sat there. Couldnt miss them. Think we need to swap telephone numbers to avoid similar problems in the future!

Originally Posted by SDMF

Bigape was there first then I turned up just before 7, followed a bit later by Knightrider.. We were parked up on the left as you go up towards the carparks.
Few cars went past, and the park and ride bus- didn't see you though. So I'm guessing you found another way in

I came from Reading way along the dual carriageway(which for some reason is a 40MPH?) and after a few traffic lights saw 3rd exit park and ride. I took that exit....and was literally parked withing spitting distance of the stadium. Maybe too close as a security guard was lurking about!

If you guys all came for J11 M4 is there another entry from the other side?

Im off to google a map of the area.

Oh and Ian, as is traditional in such situations, i blame Nick

Assuming i havn't buggered my route(im pretty sure its right) here is the way i went.

I guess you guys came from the first exit M4 way.

ASM maybe you entered a vortex and came out the other side in a parallel world but didn't have a BigApe, Knightrider and SDMF in it.

Anyways, was nice to meet you both. Apologies but I am very very bad at remembering names so have forgotten them already.

SDMF hope you didn't find the run too slow. Knightrider, hope you didn't think it was too fast. Will see when I'm allowed out to play again.

[rictus01]

Remind me again, wasn't the purpose to show a sustainable new group meeting ?

I'd point out it helps to actually meet


Cheers Mark.

I take partial responsiblity for being a wuss with a bad throat.. The rest is a mystery as ASM and the others all seemed to be in the same place as the same time but didn't see each other!