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Post by bobh on Nov 26, 2017 22:40:24 GMT
FirLast Sunday in January - the 728th. That's all of sixthree weeks away - apologies for not posting sooner.
Start and finish in or around Wantage.
Any takers?
Edited with rearranged date
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Post by m40man on Nov 27, 2017 15:27:25 GMT
I will pop along to this, thanks  . |
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Post by Beehill on Nov 29, 2017 19:45:30 GMT
Maybe join you then.
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Post by GAv on Nov 30, 2017 6:44:33 GMT
I have to say it does apeal to me too being the week before my 66th Buffday( how better to pre spend it with forum members)but having been quite rough the last 3 weeks and now awaiting test results on yet another potential health issue,would have to make it a maybe and also I still have to try and get the Kangoroo(or as Satnav put it in a PM Kan’tgo, otherwise being a Cockney born softie southerner might be a little far for me these days via two wheels.
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Post by rustytool on Dec 3, 2017 17:46:54 GMT
Hope to make it this year. depends on the temperature / weather. I are becoming more of a fair weather biker in my old age !
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Post by CD on Dec 18, 2017 15:22:05 GMT
Probably too far away for me. Mrs works weekends and kids to keep tabs on.
Shame you can't come down to sunny Devon and take a trip around Dartmoor, Exemoor, Teign Valley, etc
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Post by General Gman on Dec 21, 2017 16:02:19 GMT
Me and Jools are getting married in Sidmouth next May All those places you mention are lovely on bikes - we used to have a trundle that way every year. Last time , Dartmoor was entirely shrouded in fog and was more than a little wet. Probably the last time we saw NeilMud  |
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Post by Pool Boy on Dec 22, 2017 16:49:55 GMT
Me and Jools are getting married in Sidmouth next May All those places you mention are lovely on bikes - we used to have a trundle that way every year. Last time , Dartmoor was entirely shrouded in fog and was more than a little wet. Probably the last time we saw NeilMud Carol and I still talk about that trip - probably the wettest we've been (no, hang on, that would be Scotland) Either way it was a good trip to the tip of the country that we'll never forget. Sorry for the hijack |
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Post by richmayn on Dec 23, 2017 17:26:34 GMT
Hopefully. Have missed the last few so would like to get to this one.
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Post by m40man on Dec 24, 2017 12:51:54 GMT
Today I fitted my winter wheels/tyres in prep for the Jan Jolly . |
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Post by spike240 on Dec 24, 2017 20:18:16 GMT
I've just changed oil n filter. Unfortunately can't make the JJ. Unless there is any en-suite rooms going cheap. (I did look at the time but prices a bit too rich for my Yorkshire pockets).
I know its the wrong thread - but here's wishing everyone a very happy Christmas.
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Post by verde on Dec 30, 2017 8:43:41 GMT
Dependant on the weather Fern and I are looking at popping along. But where and when/time is the run going to start?
Rob and Fern
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Post by m40man on Dec 30, 2017 16:50:33 GMT
... where and when/time is the run going to start? Rob and Fern Wantage market place, meet us by the statue of King Alfred. Leaving at 10:30 so please be there for a 10:15 briefing. Hope you can come out to play . |
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Post by m40man on Dec 30, 2017 16:56:15 GMT
Did a practice run today, me as tail-end Charlie, Bobh leading the way. He picked a nice day for it & some lovely roads, a real variety . Cake at the first stop was checked & it passed with honours. Later stop at Popham airfield supplied welcome tea. Fuel stop perfectly timed for when my fuel light came on. The boy's done good . If you can make this run, come along |
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Post by m40man on Dec 30, 2017 17:16:18 GMT
 He might well look happy |
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Post by bobh on Dec 30, 2017 19:51:30 GMT
[quote author=" m40man " source="/post/265450/thread" timestamp="1514654178" He might well look happy [/quote] Not sure why - there's a ton of crud that needs washing off the bike in the morning.  But it was good to get out on the bike again after what seems like an age. And it didn't (quite) rain! |
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Post by bobh on Jan 2, 2018 21:10:35 GMT
I keep checking the forecast for Sunday.
Inevitably it changes almost hourly, but at the moment it looks as if the temperature might just creep above freezing by the time the run is due to start. Apart from the run route itself, if there's a lot of ice around I'll be struggling to get to the main road into Wantage (which may or may not have been salted - I suspect Oxfordshire don't like paying Saturday night overtime to their gritters). And I no longer have a bike with winter tyres, unlike certain Grove-dwellers of my acquaintance.
So I'll keep a watchful eye on things, but watch this space in case they deteriorate and I decide it's best to cancel.
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Post by ContourMac on Jan 3, 2018 7:27:16 GMT
I keep checking the forecast for Sunday. Inevitably it changes almost hourly, but at the moment it looks as if the temperature might just creep above freezing by the time the run is due to start. Apart from the run route itself, if there's a lot of ice around I'll be struggling to get to the main road into Wantage (which may or may not have been salted - I suspect Oxfordshire don't like paying Saturday night overtime to their gritters). And I no longer have a bike with winter tyres, unlike certain Grove-dwellers of my acquaintance. So I'll keep a watchful eye on things, but watch this space in case they deteriorate and I decide it's best to cancel. Shirley postpone rather than cancel? |
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Post by Flymo on Jan 3, 2018 20:18:59 GMT
Shirley postpone rather than cancel? Postpone... Ah yes i heard the weather may be a little warmer around August  |
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Post by GAv on Jan 3, 2018 21:23:35 GMT
and dont call him Shirley
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Post by bobh on Jan 3, 2018 23:19:56 GMT
Shirley postpone rather than cancel? Postpone... Ah yes i heard the weather may be a little warmer around August But "August Jolly" doesn't have quite the same ring to it, somehow. We'll see.... |
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Post by soggybiker on Jan 6, 2018 2:38:22 GMT
Have fun and stay safe all who are (mad enough) to be on the run today.
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Post by verde on Jan 6, 2018 8:21:44 GMT
We must admit we have been watching the weather and ice looks like it might rear it's ugly head, so postponing rather than cancelling seems like a good option.
Rob and Fern
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Post by bobh on Jan 6, 2018 9:12:57 GMT
We must admit we have been watching the weather and ice looks like it might rear it's ugly head, so postponing rather than cancelling seems like a good option. Rob and Fern Exactly so. Great minds and all that. It's at or below freezing here at the moment, with a heavy frost and puddles iced over, and tomorrow is likely to be similar. So I propose to postpone. How do folks feel about moving it to the last Sunday of this month, the 28th - at least that's still in January? Hopefully by then it will be a shade warmer. Bob H |
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Post by Beehill on Jan 6, 2018 15:41:01 GMT
Thats music to my ears Shirley Bob , or maybe its just the tinnitus. Although its 3C here in the balmy south with ne'er a sign of frost the 28th seems a good choice.
Cheers
Andy
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Post by ContourMac on Jan 6, 2018 16:23:48 GMT
Sensible call Bob.
I can't make the 28th myself as I'm flying to Cape Town but Debs wants to attend
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Post by richmayn on Jan 6, 2018 17:21:39 GMT
Sounds sensible.
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Post by rustytool on Jan 6, 2018 18:25:27 GMT
It probably won't suit, this was my weekend off.
Couldn't you change the weather ?
seriously, glad you called it.
don't enjoy riding when it's icy.
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Post by soggybiker on Jan 6, 2018 18:30:15 GMT
Wise call
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Post by Tigger on Jan 6, 2018 21:29:48 GMT
I could make this now I think. Happy days!!
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