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Old 08-04-2012 | 04:17 AM
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Default Ricky & Midlands - Towcester, Breakfast Run
This is a regular driving meet from Rickmansworth to Potterspury, near Towcester, usually on the last Sunday of each month. The route is a lovely drive on a mixture of A, B and C-roads, I try to make sure that the pace is dependant on the slowest driver, and we do wait to let folk catch up if necessary. We stick to the 30 and 40 limits through the villages. There is now a Midlands convoy, which meets at High Cross on the A5/Fosse Way at Lutterworth, if people are interested. I have SatNav files and Google Maps links if people want to navigate it solo. To have clear run, we leave early in the morning from Christ Church Chorleywood Car Park.
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It's on the A404 about 1/2 mile from J18 of the M25. The postcode is WD3 5SG. At junction 18, take the A404 exit to Chorleywood/Amersham, past the Shell garage on your right, then past The Gate pub, also on your right. The church is opposite the pub and the entrance to the car park is a sharp left at the end of the churchyard wall.

Our destination is the Super Sausage Cafe, on the A5, just North of Potterspury Google Map of The Super Sausage Super Sausage Website
via the A404, A413 with a detour past Chequers to wake Dave with the glorious sound of vtec in the morning, A43 and A5.

We then eat a hearty breakfast (you need cash to pay for this, none of yer fancy plastic taken here) and drive back again.

Time: please aim to arrive at 6.45am so we can set off promptly at 7am. We will leave before 7 if all attendees are present, so please post in this thread if you're attending, or you may get left behind.

Fuel: Please arrive with sufficent fuel for the drive (it's about 65 miles to the Cafe - I usually use just under a quarter of a tank). As mentioned above, there is a Shell garage a couple of hundred yards from our meeting point but be warned that this is sometimes closed for a delivery, so it's best to fill up the night before. There is a BP near to the Cafe, so you can fill up if necessary once we get there.

Weather: If the weather is forecast to be bad, I'll cancel the run by 4pm on the day before. Please check before travelling.

SatNav: I have a TomTom/Garmin file of the route, so PM me your email address if you'd like a copy (established members only). I really want as many folk as possible to use these please, as they make the run a lot safer by removing some of the "keeping up" pressure, so if you have a SatNav, please PM me your email address, type of SatNav and I'll send you the relevant file.

Simon

List of attendees here:

Definites
lovegroova
senninha1994
mike itr
NineBolts
unclefester
AE
dan_bourne
Triumph ST
jack_ako
jsh
dembo
Stufix

Maybes


Breakfast Only (8.30 or so)


Midlands Convoy Definites
K G CLE
Simonix
Caboose
fat_tee
deanbayley


Midlands Convoy Maybes


Some notes on convoying and overtaking:
1) I try to keep the pace reasonable, if you feel that it's too fast, please feel under no pressure to keep up. Drive to your limits, not mine, or anyone else's. We will wait at the next turning.

2) Overtaking - getting 5 or more cars (and we've had as many as 15 on occasion) to overtake can be a tricky business. Patience and safety are key here.

3) It's your responsibility to make sure you can overtake safely. If you're unsure, then don't overtake. Do not feel pressured into overtaking to keep up. Chances are that I am stuck behind another vehicle half a mile up the road, so you'll catch up anyway. Err on the side of caution at all times. Remember, We will wait at the next turning.

4) One other thing to remember, given the roads are quiet, certainly on the way there, it means that there isn't much traffic coming the other way so overtaking opportunities are plentiful. There's no need to take any sort of risk when overtaking.

5) If the cars in front have overtaken and it's been a couple of minutes before you've been able to overtake, there is no need to drive at excessive speeds in order to catch up. This is especially relevant in light of this ruling http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/new...eading-rideout/ where a lead rider was fined on the basis of the speeds following riders were doing. I do not want to be fined for your actions, so please be considerate and bear this in mind. And if not for me, then for anyone else using the roads.
As mentioned above, the lead cars will either be stuck behind someone else just up the road, or will be waiting before the next turning (or perhaps in the next village where appropriate), so simply stay on the same road at a similar pace until you catch up. Even if you're unable to overtake, you'll only be a couple of minutes behind at the most, so there's no pressure at all.

6) Think of it this way, the leaders overtake a car doing 40mph on an 60mph section. After 5 minutes, the leaders will be 1.7 miles ahead. At 40mph, that means you'll only be 2 1/2 minutes behind, which is not a lot in the grand scheme of things, so there's no need to worry about keeping people waiting. Most NSL sections on this run are only a few miles, so it's even less of a worry.

7) If you are "stuck" behind someone who is going a bit slowly, please keep a safe distance and do not try to push them along. Backing off a bit on the straights and then enjoying the corners is a good way to approach things.

8) Remember to have fun
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Old 08-05-2012 | 12:58 AM
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We will be there.
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Old 08-05-2012 | 03:31 AM
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I really think I should join you guys (and girls) for this. I'm going to the Silverstone 1000km on the Sunday and this will be the perfect way to get there
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Old 08-08-2012 | 07:36 AM
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Sorry, I can't do this one
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Old 08-09-2012 | 11:19 PM
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will be there for this one
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Old 08-10-2012 | 12:18 PM
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I know I posted somewhere, but obviously not here, to say that I would meet you at the SS and hopefully after a good meet last weekend, (the Rutland Leics Run), there might be a few of us.
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Old 08-11-2012 | 12:06 AM
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Can't committ to this one unfotunatly : (

Will have to let you know closer to the date
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stick me down as a maybe - just need to check with the boss
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i'd defo be up for this if there are any other midlanders going
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