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Old 08-10-06, 10:27 PM   #21
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Just got a PM from Mac, he couldnt get the travel lodge he wanted but ahs got us boked in about 15 miles / mins from blackpool at £25pp apx.
Think on the sat we can either get a joe in and back from BP or find local entertainment and sun we can go in on the bikes pre illuminations run.
If this doesn't suit anyone raise your hand now so we can re-evaluate now. If any of you have a Little gem in blackpool that would suit better now's the time to check availability and let us know.
I would post a query in the relevant section asking for help from the local sv's but I've no idea which section of the forum covers blackpool.

ANyway if theres no advance on this Then we will go for macs travel lodge and a big vote of thanks for all his efforts in organising this
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Old 09-10-06, 07:58 AM   #22
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One of the major problems with finding accom [cheap] in the central part of Blackpool is secure parking,as the smaller establishments don't seem to offer parking facilities. Getting a bus/public transport in and a cab back is a good option for the Sat night

Sorry for not being able to get a Lodge nearer but within 48hrs of looking all available rooms had gone in the local/central vacinity,everybody must be booking up this weekend
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Old 09-10-06, 09:12 AM   #23
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I've done a bit phoning (2hrs) around this morning and have managed to get 4 single rooms here with a very nice lady called Babs, the rooms are not ensuite but there is a wc/shower shared between 2 rooms on each floor (so like an ensuite twin) £20pp B&B
The hotel does not have parking but directly oposite is a carpark that charges £5 per space per night but Babs knows the owner and is going to get a price for the 4 bikes and thinks she might even be able to get them garaged.
i called mac to let him know.

DEFINATE NUMBERS. I will book for 4 this afternoon unless i hear otherwise, Mac + 3 of us, If we want 5 Places booked I need to know today and once its booked it needs to be paid for if you make it or not.

Let me know how this sounds.
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Old 09-10-06, 12:06 PM   #24
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Hey guys!

Sorry I am in the middle of changing jobs!

Whats the plan with acc? Has kilted ginger booked for 4 of us?

or justmacsv650 done it?

Cheers
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Old 09-10-06, 01:19 PM   #25
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KILTED G is booking the b&b and once it is confirmed I will cancel the other one

So far 4 definite Mac,KG,DUCK and ColinB
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Old 09-10-06, 06:24 PM   #26
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have managed to get 4 single rooms with a very nice lady called Babs
Single rooms for 20 quid! Brilliant, thanks for sorting that out!!

I'll have a dig though an atlas tonight and post up a few ideas for the route. The one Kilted Ginger has posted looks good in the main, but there a few tweaks we can make, such as taking a brilliant road in from the A6 at Garstang thru Poulton le Fylde (I used to live there!!) and into Blackpool hence avoiding the M55.
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Old 09-10-06, 08:49 PM   #27
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someone with autoroute can come up with a polished version or tell me to bin this entirely

With the accomodation sorted, thought I'd better do some of the work and have a look at the route. The route KG has posted above is basically a good one, but I'd like to propose a couple of wee changes.

(1)

The first section of motorway is bugging me, 'cos there's no sensible way around it unless you make a detour thru Dumfries (A701/A75), and is that just a detour for the sake of a detour?

Do we need to include a 50 mile section of Motorway to keep the journey time reasonable though?

How about Kilted Ginger and I ride down and meet Duck-Man at Peebles (probably more convenient going South from Edinburgh anyway), then pick up the A7 at Selkirk and ride straight to Carlisle via Hawick?

(2)

The A591 past Windermere turns into a Caravan strewn dual carriageway and there's nothing much exciting about the A6 down to Lancaster. How about we take the A684 across M6 J37, then follow A683 back to J34, stopping at Devils Bridge near Kirby Lonsdale (big bikers meet up point, but it went through a phase of crawling with police checking tyres, pipes, etc, which could just be a delay we don't need, need to check out what its like nowadays). We can then either pick up KG's route thru Lancaster and on to Hambleton, or motorway hop down to J33 then into Blackpool via Garstang, Gt Eccleston and Poulton le Fylde.

Any of these variations could of course be done on the way back.

If the weather is bad we can decide on the day if we want to motorway hack a large part of it.

Don't worry about the M55, I used to live in Poulton le Fylde and went to college in Blackpool, and I started my biking and driving career on those roads. I know it well and can lead us in from any approach.

I'll stick the options through Autoroute and post them up with times, distances fuel stops, etc.
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Old 10-10-06, 09:41 AM   #28
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Confirmation, Blackpool, 4th - 5th November

Thats the accomodation and bike parking booked, managed to get the bikes in a garage (i'll still be taking my chain though) near to the B&B
£20pppn for the B&B, £2pppb for the garage
I've paid the deposit.

Mac, I've booked you 2 nights as requested in both the B&B and Garage so you can cancel the travel lodge.

Colin / Kev, you can organise which ever route and meet up point suits (remember to organise a meeting point / time with mac) as I'll not be about much the 2 weeks prior, just remember to let me know If you were thinking galashiels Colin, would we not be as well to hit the bypass and all meet at Dobbies on Gilmerton Road?

For the ride down I'm quite happy to do as many scenic miles as you both want but we probably want to hit blackpol about 3-4ish (and meet Mac) to give us time to get checked in bikes locked up etc then a bite to eat and some light refreshment
On the way home looks like a 9 or 10 pm leaving blackpool so probably a straightish run up M74, I start my new job on the Monday 07:30.

Mac said something about a garage / indy rave thingy that he fancied and I think hes organised to meet up with some of the triumph guys as well.

I'm really looking forward to this now.
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Old 10-10-06, 03:45 PM   #29
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Marc, PM me with the details if you need a cheque putting in the post for the deposit.
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Old 11-10-06, 07:37 AM   #30
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Its fine colin, used plastic card thingy so no "real" money involved, we can sort everything out on the day.
Hope the DIY's progressing well
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