Mr-T

Change of Date: Moved one week earlier to 23rd April to match up with Ricky Run. (Change due to organizer availability.)

This is a driving meet from Ettington to Pottersbury, near Towcester. 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.
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 Chequers Inn Car Park. Google Map of Chequers Inn

Post Code is CV37 7SR

Our destination is the Super Sausage Cafe, on the A5, just North of Potterspury

I will try where I can to align the meet dates with the Ricky Run hosted by LG and all meet together at Super Sausage. The events will normally take place the last Sunday of each month, however with Japfest taking place on the 30th April, I thought it best to pull forward by a week.



Time: please aim to arrive by 7.20am. (Bit later than last time to match the arrival time of Ricky Run at 8.30

Fuel: Please arrive with sufficient fuel for the drive (it's about 45 miles to the Café).
There is a BP near to the Café, 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. 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.

List of attendees here (please do not say you are coming and then not turn up, it's annoying for everyone else to have to wait for someone who is not coming)

Definite
Mr-T

Maybe


Breakfast Only (8.30 or so)


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 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/Ne...ading-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

Mr-T

Now a bit more in line with the Ricky Run. Hope to get some along to this. I will also be heading over to Silverstone after for Japfest, so can convoy from SS.

lovegroova

You might want to edit the post, especially the bit about pulling it forward a week.

minvo

Hiya!
Not sure if meeting at 8:30 at SS will give us enough time to get to Japfest before the queues start getting too long!
I have a 2.5 hour drive to Silverstone and, as luck will have it, I will be driving passed the Super Sausage on route. However I plan to get to Silverstone a little before 8:00am so will be passing SS at approx. 7:30am.
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Mr-T

Was planning on making it earlier, but being at Silverstone now, dont think queue were ever as bad as other years. (I could be wrong, in which case, what time does SS open...just checked. open at 7.)

Might need to adjust timing, as I dont really want to be stuck in a long queue. Also not sure how busy it will get from other groups stopping there for breakfast before heading out.
Will have a look and maybe pull it forward by an hour.

lovegroova

We arrived at about 8.15 on Sunday, but there won't be a time adjustment.

Mr-T

Date changed, pulling the run 1 week forward. Will coincide with changes made to Ricky Run.
Hopefully the new date will get some attendance.

Mr-T

No attendance, so this run will be cancelled. See some of you at Japfest tomorrow!