**NEW DATE** Autumn Run - New Forest
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**NEW DATE** Autumn Run - New Forest
08;30 Start time from the car park of the Wheatsheaf Pub,London Road Virginia, Virginia Water, GU25 4QFS, where the Surrey Meet is held. Please arrive early with a full tank so that we can leave on time.
09:15 Stop at Wallingford at Thames Street Car Pay & display car park and toilets (no parking charge on Sunday)
12:00 Lunch at the Rose and Thistle pub, Rockbourne. Rose and Thistle
This is not a fast run, but is a moderate one with all types of road ranging from single with passing places to fast dual carriageway. If it's wet then it will be a slowish run!
TomTom maps will be available for run down and pm drive round The New Forest
*** THERE ARE TWO SPEED CAMERAS ON ROUTE, 1 AT EAST HENDRED/WEST HENDRED (40mph) AND 1 AT TIDWORTH (30mph) YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ***
The afternoon run is a 2 hour scenic route criss crossing the New Forest before heading back up towards the A303, A30, M4 Wantage and Wallingford so that people can drop off and return home on whatever route they wish. It's free time run and you can drop in and out of the route or go where you want. It is essential to keep to the speed limits in the New Forest (30 and 40mph) as there are always a number of animals killed in this area each month. You can expect to encounter walkers, cyclists, donkeys, ponies, horses, cattle and pigs on the road, and apart from the first two THEY WILL NOT MOVE OUT OF YOUR WAY! Additionally we cross three fords early on the run, but on my last visit (8 October after the heavy rain) only one had water over it.
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Originally Posted by hudsonbay,Sep 30 2009, 04:15 AM
I am up for this,although I will probably meet you at lambourne
**** DUE TO A CONFLICTING EVENT, THE DATE FOR THIS RUN HAS BEEN CHANGED TO SUNDAY 18 OCTOBER****
Hope you can still make this!