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Fantastic job all of you, made it seem effortless and was great to never be unsure of where we were going :smt023

and to Supervox for leading of course and the various tailend charlie's

and of course to Messie for organising it all as well, top notch job, shame the weather didn't quite hold out for sat night but otherwise a rain free weekend

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Cheers Ian - it did go really smoothly which is what we all tried to achieve :)

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Today was absolutely brilliant :D

Well done everyone, was well worth the journey, even if me and spikenipple couldn't stay tonight as well!

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Many thanks for a fantastic day. Superb organisation and planning. Great work by Messie and Supervox's team of markers and really good to see the people on the org.

Weather held out until we got back..Imagine much tom foolery tonight..

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Yep well done all - it worked really well :smt023, and well done Messie, Supervox et al for organising :D (gutted I could'nt have been there for a lot more of the weekend)

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Yep, well done to all involved. I was very very tempted to stay a bit longer(read - All night) but I had stuff to do at home.
Again, what a brilliant day and not a single crash on the rideout! AWESOME!

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Yep thanks a lot all who were involved. Had a great time, met loads of new people and look forward to next time!

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A fantastic experience and i can't wait for the next one :-) Thanks again to Vox, Messie, markers and everyone else involved in organising, you should be very pleased with yourselves, a job very well done and a great weekend!! Could have done with borrowing some markers for the way home, might not have got lost so often :-) At least now i can put some org faces to org names and if ever the essex lounge or soho massive ever need a couple of hangers-on for their rideouts then please count us in xxx

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Yes, a very big thanks to all the markers and marshall plus a big big thank you to Messie,Super Vox for organising a great event.

Tried to say goodbye to most people, but I know I didn't say goodbye to everyone. See you next year.

Didn't get lost on the way home!

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Yep, never got lost which is a change from the norm for me! :)

Huge thanks to everyone who put in the effort to make the weekend run smoothly and also thanks for being friendly! ;)

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+1

Thankyou to all the markers for doing a splendid job, and to supervox for organising a wonderfull route.

Thanks to Messie aswell for organising the rest of the stuff, like the campsite and sorting out the food etc

:mrgreen:

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Cheers supervox and all the markers, Fantastic job

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Apologies to any car drivers who me 'n mand doing police impressions may have made them think there was a diversion- oops! :D

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Congrats on some very reserved and safe marking and overtaking, as well as Leader and TEC's.

Special thanks to Spiderman for carrying my ballast for one of the legs (though I don't know why it took you so long to get her to the fuel stop!:rolleyes:) so I could stretch my legs.

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Yooo, cheers guys great day out

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A well led, well marked, well TECed ride. Thanks to all involved.

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My first AR and i must say those markers were bloody fab!!!!

Just really good, dont know what else so say really. :)

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No problem with the marking or the overtaking, great job done by all, But it would have been nice to know were we were going or indeed were we whent, lol. I do remember we went to Tesco's wich was nice.

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Now that it's done and dusted, I'll be publishing the route later on today (hopefully) !!

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Or look on the back of the T shirts lol

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me wanted a t shirt and I never spotted the thread - doh !

so route would be good fer me.. its like the nurburg map.


and why CANT I GET GRAVY ON ME CHIPS IN ESSEX !!

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A comment shared by all the markers I spoke to included how good everyone had been at getting out of the way when a yellow bib came up through, people moving out of the way and waving us through made the job so much easier.

So thank YOU the riders for being safe, observant, cheerful, and not doing anything silly :)

It was lovely to be part of the ride:cool:

Jambo

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I would like to echo Jambo's comments.
It is the first time I have been a marker for such a large group and I was a little apprehensive about it at first.
The way everybody let "all" the markers through without hindering them certainly made things run a lot smoother.

I only saw one instance of a marker being obstructed and the obstructing rider ended up very very close to my back wheel.
I think that all involved know who it concerns and that said rider will ride with a tad more consideration next time.

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I agree with Jambo. I really appreciated it that everybody picked me up in the mirrors and made it really easy for me to safely and cleanly overtake when I had my bib on.

When I didnt I agree with everybody else, every marker that overtook me did so in a clean, safe and courteous manner.

:cool:

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From another of your happy little team of markers may i also add that it was great the way i got from TEC to the front of the pack with no hassle or drama at all. I had to keep reminding myslf that i had to pass about 70 odd bikes on the way but it was a such breeze it was great :)

So thank you to all who took part for making it so easy for all of us.

Ermmmmm, your lovely Kate is cute as hell Phil, the photos on the Org dont do her justice at all. So.....ermm, i wanted to keep her for as long as i could really ;)

Sad thruth, as you know now is that i had to dump her at the side of the road for a whle in the rain (i'm such a gent) to go and find a Baldyman by the side if the road and make sure he was alright.

but the cheer we got when we finnally arrived was worth it :lol:

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Pah, your not her type anyway... Your far to good looking! :D

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:lol: i'm not gonna ddd this to the "quotes" thread but after what Bear said about you i stand no chance, no matter how good i may or may not look ;)

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LOL. No comment!

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Big UP to all the markers on Saturday - great job guys.

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I thought the Markers were rubbish. I've never seen such bad marking in all my life. (Especialy the one who didn't see the TEC bib who I had to go back for ;))

Well done fellas. You made me proud.

The whole event worked very well and went as smoothly as a squid going down a buttered slide. Supervox and Messie you're a credit to the Org.

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:smt043

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Only just :-dd

It was a combination of waiting for me while I stopped to try and relax and then Spidey having to go back.

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To add a note of seriousness to this for a moment . . .

. . . IMO Josh you did EXACTLY the right thing - it's all too easy to carry on (especially when you're riding with others) and try to 'ride through it' when all that actually happens is that you keep dwelling on the "what if..." & it all goes pear shaped even more.

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We were about 10 mins at most from the lunch stop when I had my moment. I pulled in behind Jamie (he was marking the T-junction after) but he said we were really close to lunch so I waited.

After lunch I sat in front of Spidey at the back of the pack. Had to stop again on the leg after lunch (not long before the junction Baldyman was marking when his bike broke down. It's amazing how much something like that can mess with your head.

I seem to have re-gained a lot of the confidence I had before ('though that wasn't until the Sunday night when we went to the chinese).

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you did good mate, we all have those every now and then. it's a shame as you were riding really well too. you dealt well with it what happened too. glad to here your pretty much back to how you were, i've not been feeling all that confident since my off on the blade and it finally seemed to come back mostly on that last damp section of the rideout.

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And how did you feel when we went home the wrong way and did the Burham Bends again but this time both fully laden up?
And how was the rest of the ride home for you?

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I felt relieved 'cause I would'nt have made it to Asda. Barely had enough petrol to get to the petrol station after the Burnham bends :lol:
As for the ride there, it wasn't too bad at all apart from my bike stutering mid-corner on a few of them due to running on fumes. Handled a bit differently to the other times I've done those bends though, but I soon got used to it. :)

Rest of the ride home was alright. 'Though the M25 was stationary for a fair few miles. Being a hot day, car drivers were opening their doors to keep cool/go for a stroll. That was an interesting experience. Loud horn and cans really came into their element :razz: