AR08 Transport arrangements update.

[SoulKiss]

Is the minibus going to be at the Soho/TV meet up point for the ride down?

If so I may beg a seat on the bus for Vixis - unless I can get the pillion seat sorted on the Zed.

Is not that great a perch

For anyone south of the Thames, I'll be going down on Thursday in the cage, and coming back on Monday. If you get your gear to Toad Hall I'll happily carry it down and back for you

Fri Sat & Sun I'll be

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Is the minibus going to be at the Soho/TV meet up point for the ride down?

If so I may beg a seat on the bus for Vixis - unless I can get the pillion seat sorted on the Zed.

Is not that great a perch

I don't know when or where either of the two sections are meeting for the ride down. If the bus is loaded the night before (Thursday), I'd guess Jo will want to leave from the house and drive straight to the camp site. It's an extra 60 miles of travel just to get to the Shire Horse in Maidenhead and completely in the opposite direction.

If anyone wants to catch a ride in the bus, for which I am sure Jo will be grateful for the company, there is always the possibility of stopping over the night before at the Ape residence. Or maybe a pick up en-route

Mini update.

The minibus is booked and paid for. It's all systems go. We will be going to the Ace cafe the weekend before (probably Sun) to collect Soho massive members gear that wishes to use the service. I am currently thinking we will do a stop at the Shire on the way home to pick up our lot. So will more than likely will be late afternoon / early evening.

We will off load it all at my house and then pack the minibus on the Thursday evening.

I have mentioned this in a different thread but anyone who wishes to bag a seat in the bus is more than welcome. We will easily accommodate anyone at our house the evening before (Thursday) if they wish to stop over. I seriously doubt it will be an early start though, so anyone thinking of turning up on Friday morning for the drive down are more than welcome to choose this option.

All timings are to be confirmed. (pick up at Ace / Shire. And departure on Friday 4th July).

All I can say, is Rock on.

Big Ape will you be returning to the Ace after to drop our stuff off or will we be finding our tents and dirty pants on ebay? If you're gonna go back to the Ace maybe they'd let us have a room for a few hours to keep the stuff in so we don't all have to converge at the same time to get our kit.

Originally Posted by teriyakimonkey

Big Ape will you be returning to the Ace after to drop our stuff off or will we be finding our tents and dirty pants on ebay? If you're gonna go back to the Ace maybe they'd let us have a room for a few hours to keep the stuff in so we don't all have to converge at the same time to get our kit.

Funny, Jo and I discussed this yesterday. We thought about all the different options and then decided we'd do like the RAF do when dropping kit out the back of the Hercules. We'll do a drive by and shove everything out the back doors.

Actually, we were considering holding a BBQ the weekend after, invite everyone and they can take their stuff home afterwards. Reality is, we will probably take a trip down in a vehicle of some description and do a drop off.

[ogden]

Originally Posted by BigApe

Actually, we were considering holding a BBQ the weekend after, invite everyone and they can take their stuff home afterwards.

Sounds like a plan. I'm actually free that weekend (provisionally speaking).