Wednesday night meets at the Peter Boat
 

I er when are they starting, I know i'm from Kent, but the occasional ride over to Essex was fun a different, so Mr Moderator, let's have a poll etc.
sexysi

no idea, they sort of died a death as people stopped coming out regularly, the last few only had a handful of people....

I'm aiming for maybe March to restart them, night will start getting lighter again and not as cold etc etc...

Any other thoughts from anyone ?

I think Mac was saying that Finchingfield might be a nice new venue and would probably see me attending over the summer.


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Where the hell is F**** field or whatever the name is, is there a streetmap map.
sexysi

I won't have time to do Finchinfield of an evening...

Ready and willing to go back to the PB as soon as everyone else is....

oh yeah, finchingfield real nice place....just imagine emmerdale...you get the picture

sorry that was me ... forgot to log in

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I have been having a think and would like to propose the pub at Battlebridge as the new venue It is very well sign posted as it shares the same car park as
the Antique Centre In addition much much more accessable plus it is very central for the hard core that were attending last year, almost in the middle of Chelmsford,Sth Woodham,Basildon, Billiricay,Witham and Saffend ,should be about 10miles trip for all these locations

To get there you just follow the signs A127,A13 A12 A130 ,all these roads have the brown local interest signs pointing you towards it
--------BATTLEBRIDGE ANTIQUE CENTRE[The big building]

P.S. Also some nice little ride outs from there for the summer

Can have a look at that sometime.... I think I know it...

Finchingfield is ok for rideouts but is a bit far for regular meets for most people really

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To bet honest Ian I find the P.B. a pain in the ass-------no parking, hard to find for strangers,not the best service and worrying if some plonker in a car is going to knock your bike over.

PLUS++++++++ Battlebridge doesn,t have traffic islands and I,ve never seen the plod there because it isnt frequented by the boy racers

you can show me where it is next time we are out on a ride and I guess the concensus can decide...

I know the place. It's probably easier and closer for me to get to too, being 'that bloke what comes from the other direction' (and by that I don't mean it in the same sense as bikage....).

Lovely boozer, good location although (and this may be pointless information) it can take upwards of two hours to get your food on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

ok well Mark can show me where it is when we are next out and we can check with landlord he's happy for a bunch of hairy bikers to meet there and then i'll stick a poll up to see what people think ? sound fair ?

maybe we could even have one meet at Peter Boat and one elsewhere ? as in alternate venues

Is finchingfield the pace with the pond and the bridge. Yes a very nice place. Bit far for those of us south of the river, However, a great sunday meeting place for lunch an all that.

Looks like i will be putting Doris back on the orad for the time being so looks like i may be back in the sadle.

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I love this 10 miles from all locations, now Bexleyheath, got to be about 30-40miles up there, still would be worth a blast, Actually I don't really care as long as it has a nice beer garden for the summer, pond and ducks sounds quite nice, you see in the summer the wife might come down as well, so needs to be nice :wink:
sexysi

The pub is called the Barge Inn...

Im not that hairy :shock: (well - only when I dont shave ) :lol: :lol:

seriously though - I think Battlesbridge would be a great place to meet - I wouldnt go to Leigh very often - I always get lost there!! :roll:

didnt think the PB was that hard to get to - followed conrad the first time and now i know exactly where it is.

but i dont mind, stopped coming to the meets cos i always ended up workin nites or couldnt be bothered when i wasnt.
im sure ill be able to find the new place by my self :) (im getting pretty good at this direction kinda stuff :))

Battlesbridge??? LOL :lol: My bike won't even have a chance to warm up!
:lol:

It's in the evening too, you sure you'll be awake by then??!! :lol: :wink:

Yes Ping - you could push it there if wont start :wink: :lol: :lol:

PB can't be hard to find if Bikage Boy found it!

I am happy for evening ride outs but only when the nights are lighter...

Ping: you could always pick Conrad and Bikage up thus extending the trip and ensuring they don't get lost!

Finchingfield is too far for me of an evening but Leigh/PB (no idea where it is) or Battlesbridge are ok

urr. first time to the PB i followed conrad.

after that i found my own way.

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I was lost,but now I,m found

Battlesbridge would suit me fine. Agreed that Finchingfield is a bit far for an evening meet.

Only trouble is I'm a busy boy during the week, and definitely can't do Wednesday nights. Tuesday or Thursday would be better, but I'm sure the day of the week can be put to the vote later on.

Rob

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ROB, yeh I,m like you Wed isnt exactly clever for me either TBH I would much prefer Tues Still if we leave it till a bit later and we can have a
meet up with every body and find the views of which night and where

A good point of changing to a Tues would be that it doesn,t clash with Selkent if we wanted to interchange visits

Tuesday would be fine with me too, but we can put it to the vote at a later date.....

We'll keep the week switching with selkent in place so there is either a kent or essex one every week I think is best

I have my orchestra group (flute - in case you wondered :wink: ) on Tuesday nights (term time) Wednesdays is Bentley night - I think Friday would be a really good night :?: :)

Hey, if it's a Friday I could even pop down (and get Ping out at the same time)!

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I think there is a lot to be discussed with so may different ideas and I know we can,t please all the people all the time but it is good that people are throwing ideas into the pot -----please keep them coming. At some
later date perhaps we can have a meeting of interested parties when we can sieve these ideas and then raise a poll for general concordance

How about one meeting every year on the 29th Feb :lol:
sexysi
Just throwing an idea in :wink:

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NO NO NO That would be to regular 29th Feb every fourth year

WE COOK BY GAS IN ESSEX :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

well can pretty much rule out fridays as it'll clash with soho and I know some of us are planning on attending odd soho meets in the summer

yes but we could all go to Soho together once in a while aswell :D

ok, since were all avalible different days, why not
1st meet monday
2nd meet tues
3rd meet wed
ect ect. might be a bit of a pain . . . . but it will prob work out fairer for others.

another point about friday nite . its gonna be jam packet anywhere near southend on a friday nite.

imagine all the p*ss heads trying to sit on our bikes.

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JUST A QUESTION Is Essex to accomodate the Essex Bikers or does it have to fit round Soho and Selkent after all as much as it is nice to go to the other meets surely the decision should be for the Essex benefit and then if you fancy a change some week that is the individuals perogative
We seem to be getting away from the main agenda irrespective of when the others meet,when do we want to meet and where
Sorry if that seems a bit blunt but we could be going round the houses for ever trying to fit in all options
With regard to the Southend point that is one of the reasons to stay away from the area so as not to get embroiled with the crazy goings on,pick someplace away from the mad asses and we are less likely to have any troubles

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:winner: =D>

McMaccy is our leader! I'm following him. All hail McMaccy!

Essex first, others second.

Wednesdays at the Barge. Like it or lump it.

:lol: :lol:

I agree with mumstoy and Mr MacMcMaccy: Friday at the Barge :)

Also provides a top notch starting point for quick blat to Burnham/Bradwell on a warm summer's evening (I do this anyway - just what you need to unwind after a week at work). See pics if you need further persuasion:

http://img121.exs.cx/img121/6460/bradwell16ir.jpg

http://img121.exs.cx/img121/7132/bradwell25sk.jpg