Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply
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19-07-2006, 21:20
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| Site owner  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Hill & Mountains of North Wales
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|  Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply Right it's a blinking long time since we've had one of these and fr those who don't know...racing it's not...tour it is. Thats right folks a Welsh meet and about time I hear some crys from the wings. The basic format of one of these meets is such that we all meet at a hotel the night before; although some heros do set of at silly o'clock and look like death at normal o'clock. We have a bite to eat and a few rounds of ales to help settle into our budget accomodation. We awake have breakfast and watch me run around like a headless chicken. Quick drive to a meeting point; although this year it will be the same car park thus buying me an extra hour in bed. From said hotel car park we depart in small groups for a tour thats a TOUR not a race as welsh plod have clever things like camera vans disgusied as ice cream vans and whumpa thumpa's in the sky with radios and everything...clever they are, expensive they can be. Most of the roads are nigh on impossible to go at nsl + anyway; which is not a challenge, more a promise. Anyhow distracted as I was there for a moment, we set of on a skoda adventure; I'd say mini adventure, but risk being sued. Approx evert 40 mins we pull over to talk like men about our exploits avoiding bunnies and overtaking tractors; oh and take in some grand views. Approx 200miles later we arrive at a pub; exhausted save for Jon who is part car and rumoured to be one of the next generation hybrid models, quite where the model comes in I have no idea, a hanky company are very interested in him I hear on the grapvine. Or is it genticlabsvine...heck I have no idea which is how most of you will feel if we get the route right. So enough with the babbling, the reccy trips are alreay under way and it will be a good day, as long as the roads have not melted. So sign up to this thread and I'll update it as I go, date is not yet set, but work on September to avoid the traffic so later Sep. Meeting point will be in and around Owsetry for planing purposes. This year I may do a twist ad have a camping night in the middle and thus ctaully have two meets in one, a kind of welsh multi meet. Jason; your welcome, but the pub has stopped doing soup with rolls.  I repeat this is not a race day and I'll be deeply miffed if anybody thinks it's funny to do so; it's not and besides the sky has eyes... Oh and it's nothing to do with briskoda if anybody asks  So Sign up now, budget for a hotel, some beer and a tank of fuel; unless you drive a fabia; in which case budget for extra beers for the 1.8t owners who will have to wait for you of course Okay that last bit was a sick joke; sorry but hey unless we laugh we'll be upset by those who laugh at us... For those who came on the last one; similar but different I hope. Space are not limited; but if demand is suffiient I'll prepare a long way arond and short way around route; thus thise who set cruise at 60 and hang on for dear life can have fun with those who prefer 40 and using brakes for corners.
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19-07-2006, 21:27
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Rochdale
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| Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply Quote:
Count me in. Rob.
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19-07-2006, 21:30
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| Site owner Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Hill & Mountains of North Wales
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| Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply Yeah I think it's his knees over anything else 
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19-07-2006, 21:39
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| Briskodian Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Central Scotland
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| Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply I'm in, where's Wales. Had a great time there 2 weeks ago. so just let me know the dates anytime after the 10th would be even better, and yes i have a diesel Fabia, so know not to play with the big boys in their gas guzzlers |
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19-07-2006, 21:45
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| Briskodian  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Yate, Bristol, South West
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| Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply I did a Scotland Tour last Summer Welsh tour sounds kool Put me down as a Definately Maybe  |
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19-07-2006, 21:47
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| Worthless loser  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nowhere of interest to anybody
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| Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply Sounds like it should be good fun. Count me in provisionally
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19-07-2006, 22:35
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| Dinosaur  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: North of the Watford Gap
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| Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply Quote:
 I resemble those remarks!  At least this time I'm in a nice slow diesel Last time, drove from Surrey to Oswestry, did the 200 mile route, drove back to Surrey via Bristol (to drop off a man who'd rather carelessly had one roll too many ). Twas a long day but jolly good fun.Count me in, I'll lead the slow group again ain't got nowt to prove, just a nice drive in the countryside This assumes I don't have a 7 year old in tow, cos if I do, I ain't coming 
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19-07-2006, 22:47
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| Decapodian  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: On the back of an AA truck with a failed turbo
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| Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply When are you planning on doing this? The first one was good fun so I may well be up for this.
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20-07-2006, 07:45
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| Site owner Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Hill & Mountains of North Wales
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| Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply Latter half of September. Ring trip in Aug, Oct to dodgy for weather; likewise with Nov thru Jan, last time I was cheking routes out with snow on them 
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20-07-2006, 07:45
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| Silver Fab vRS  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Stourbridge, West Midlands
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| Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply Count me in, providing i can make it!! 
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20-07-2006, 11:00
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Wigan
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| Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply Ahh, Now it has been a while young Colin, Count me in Looking forward to it allready ? Tim
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20-07-2006, 11:20
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Essex
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| Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply I'll be there!!!!
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20-07-2006, 11:28
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Merseyside
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| Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply 1) ColinD 2) Robmawer 3) Glider 4) Tigger 5) drm_jones 6) TaviaRS 7) Dr Zoidberg 8) vRS19TD 9) Tim VRS 10) Emily-Elizabeth 11) Faboka & Pinklady
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20-07-2006, 11:35
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| Wheres my coat? Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Up a tree.
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| Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply Is this a SKoda only meeting ?I may have been distracted by Mr. Nissan's attempts to sell me parts with funny squiggly writing on them by September EDIT: Are there any tunnels on the route? |
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20-07-2006, 13:11
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| Mongreller  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ooo-ar, Oi be from Devonshire
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| Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply Quote:
or  Depending on times etc I'll always be interested, but would rather go a more leisurely pace this time, and don't blame me if I slow down to 15mph through the horseshoe pass..... I may even stop there for a bit, just not on my roof. Hmmm latter half of Sept, eh? Gonna be on a 2 week course in Bristol which is either gonna be good or bad, from the 18th Sept... straight after I get back from Czech..... Shall have to see.
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20-07-2006, 13:14
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| Dinosaur Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: North of the Watford Gap
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| Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply You could follow my SDI Jason, should be easier to follow than a 1.4 16V
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20-07-2006, 13:21
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| Wheres my coat? Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Up a tree.
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| Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply I just read the thread title again and seen I'm not allowed to apply |
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20-07-2006, 13:24
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| Mongreller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ooo-ar, Oi be from Devonshire
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| Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply Quote:
Oh hang on, is that referring to the tour. I thought it was long and hard people on a fly tour (what I usually end up doing) not the other way around.
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20-07-2006, 13:32
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| Smokin'™  Join Date: May 2005 Location: The home of witty banter™
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| Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply 1) ColinD 2) Robmawer 3) Glider 4) Tigger 5) drm_jones 6) TaviaRS 7) Dr Zoidberg 8) vRS19TD 9) Tim VRS 10) Emily-Elizabeth 11) Faboka & Pinklady 12) Shifty Providing it doesnt clash with the Czech trip Can't wait
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20-07-2006, 16:42
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| So rectum roots  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: North West UK
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| Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply 1) ColinD 2) Robmawer 3) Glider 4) Tigger 5) drm_jones 6) TaviaRS 7) Dr Zoidberg 8) vRS19TD 9) Tim VRS 10) Emily-Elizabeth 11) Faboka & Pinklady 12) Shifty 13) Fluffmeister Up for this, only minor niggle is that I am organising another bike trip to the Harz in September so hopefully I can sort my admin out to avoid a clash. |
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