Bristol Tunnel Run

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Date & Time
Saturday 16th May at 5pm, leaving at 5.15pm.

Where
The Air Balloon pub (used to be called the Mill House) on the A38, Junction with Glos Rd North/Southmead Rd.

Location of Air Balloon

BS34 7PY

Route
The full TomTom itinerary can be downloaded here:

TomTom itinerary

Click on Free User, then Download.

If you have problems, contact V8S or Mudskipper through our PH profiles and we'll email it out to you.

NOTE: The first waypoint is NOT the pub, it is the first waypoint of the run. To find the pub, go to BS34 7PY.

We will also print out copies of the route as a backup and for those who don’t have a TomTom on the day.

Food
Route finishes at the Swan Inn in Tytherington for around 7:15pm which has a great car park for us all. We have spoken to the Landlord at the pub who has asked if we can place orders for food in advance as there may be a fair few of us.
Menu to follow...

List of noisy buggers

PHer	Name	Car
Al20vT	Al	SV650 - CAN NO LONGER MAKE IT
Glade	Tim	SV650S
cnw73	Chris	Ultima GTR
V8S & Mudskipper	Graham & Sandy	TVR V8S
srebbe64	Steve	TVR Griffith 500
Gaffer	Claire	TVR Sagaris
custardkid	Paul	LOOKING FOR PASSENGER SEAT
VerySideways	Pete	TVR Tuscan
dav3	Dave	Tuscan S
icraigmy	Ian	TVR Tamora
Tusc_si	Simon	Brabus Coupe
Barry Ashcroft	Barry	TVR Tamora
Robwhite	Rob	TVR Chimaera
chimtvr	Dave	Corvette or M5
chimtvr's mate	?	Vette-engined BMW
Six Fiend	Pete	BMW 540i
hornetrider	Kris & Laura	Porsche Boxster S
OllyHill	Oliver	Porsche Boxster
goditsgrim	Merv	Supercharged Mustang GT
kik1.6se	Kirk	VX220 Turbo / Westfield
Luckyluciano	Dave	Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Holepunch	Robert	Mk5 Golf GTI
peanutjb	Peter	Mazda RX-8
Dizeee	James	Astra VXR300
S. Gonzales Esq.	Tony	Mondeo
Slagathore	?	LOOKING FOR PASSENGER SEAT
pjac67	Paul	Might meet us at pub
LordGrover	?	Ditto - Precat Griff
Pacman1	Andy	TVR 350i
dannytherev	Daniel	Citroen C2 VTS
ricardo	Richard	Tuscan S
edfrp	Ed	Ford Racing Puma?
wessexrfc + mates	Paul	Noble / Elise / Maserati

Pub Menu

Starters

Soup of the day £3.50
A Big bowl of home-made soup served with a fresh multi-seeded roll and butter

Prawn and Advocado £4.50
Atlantic prawns in our own marie rose sauce on a bed of fresh leaves with advocado pear, brown bread & butter

Smoked Salmon Roulade £4.95
A Scottish smoked salmon roulade stuffed with crème cheese and served with dill mayonnaise

Cheese & Bacon Potato Skins £4.25
Deep fried potato skins & bacon with mayonnaise and a salad garnish

Home-made Pate £4.25
A smooth chicken liver garlic pate served with melba toast and onion marmalade

Salads

Chicken & Mango Salad £7.75
A chicken & mango medley on a bed of mixed salad with a balsamic honey dressing

Warm Brie & Mushroom Quiche (V) £7.50
A classic home-made quiche with a fresh green salad and multi-seeded roll & butter

Advocado & Spicy Couscous (V) £7.25
Advocado pear on a bed of oriental spiced couscous with a salad garnish finished with a balsamic honey dressing

Potted Prawns with Garlic Mayonnaise £7.95
A pot of peeled Mediterranean prawns in clarified butter served with a fresh leafy salad, chunky granary bread and a garlic mayonnaise

Sugar-Baked Ham £7.50
Our renowned home-baked ham with a fresh leafy salad, tomato chutney and farmhouse bread & butter

Classic Ploughmans Lunch £7.50
With either Home-Baked Ham, Brie, Stilton or Mature Cheddar accompanied with pickles, fresh salad and farmhouse or granary bread & butter

Chicken Caeser Salad £7.75
Thickly sliced breast of chicken on a bed romaine lettuce & mixed leaves dresses with our own Caeser dressing and croutons

Sweet Chilli Beef Wrap £6.95
Mixed salad, peppers and sweet chilli beef in a tortilla wrap served with tortilla chips

From the Grill

Sirloin Steak Diane £11.50
An 8oz English sirloin steak cooked to your liking with a rich diane sauce, mushrooms, grilled tomato and served with home-made chips and fresh salad
How would you like your steak?
BLUE: if you want it to moo! RARE: If you dare! MEDIUM RARE: Blood will follow the knife! MEDIUM: Pink! MEDIUM/WELL

Chicken Supreme £7.95
A whole breast of prime chicken with a tomato, cream, bacon & mushroom sauce, served with pilaf rice and salad garnish

Rump & Pepper Kebabs £8.50
Prime rump steak and mixed peppers on a skewer served with a salsa dip, a choice of potato and salad garnish

Pork & Leek Sausages £6.95
Local award-winning pork & leek sausages on creamed potatoes with a rich onion gravy

Gammon Steak £8.95
A 10oz gammon steak with egg or pineapple served with home-made chips or new potatoes, mushrooms, onion rings, grilled tomato and salad garnish

Pub Classics

Chicken & Chips £8.25
Half a crispy roast chicken dusted in our unique spicy coating and simply served with home-made chips

Ham Egg & Chips £8.25
Home sugar-baked ham, a choice of cheese sauce or egg with home-made chips or new potatoes

Traditional Beef Lasagne £7.95
Served in an individual dish with side salad and garlic bread

Pork Fillet £8.95
Escallopes of English pork fillet in a mushroom & stilton sauce served with new or sauté potatoes and fresh vegetables

Omelette Arnold Bennet £7.25
Inspired by the famous writer with smoked haddock and cheese sauce served with fresh salad

Beef & Guinness Pie £8.95
A ‘Swan’ classic made to Elaine’s secret recipe, with a short crust pastry top served with home-made chips or new potatoes and fresh vegetables

Side Orders
Onion Rings £1.40
Mushrooms £1.40
Bowl of Chips £1.90
Cheesy Chips £2.60
Garlic Bread £1.70

Fish

Traditional Fish & Chips £7.95
A large battered haddock fillet served with home-made chips, garden peas & salad garnish

Scottish Scampi Tails £8.25
Crispy crumb-battered scampi served with home-made chips, garden peas & salad garnish

Salmon Supreme £8.75
A poached fresh salmon fillet with a dill hollandaise sauce, served with new potatoes & fresh vegetables of the day

Swan Cod & Chips £9.25
An 8oz (approx) fresh cod fillet in our own beer batter with home-made chips & mushy peas

Special ‘Catch of the day’ See blackboard
Please refer to the blackboard for today’s availability and price

Vegetarian Dishes

Watercress & Blue Cheese Pasta £7.50
Tagliatelle ribbons in a tasty blue cheese cream sauce, served with garlic bread and a side salad

Stuffed Portabello Mushrooms £7.50
Accompanied with a fresh, crisp salad

Goats Cheese & Spinach Tartlet £7.50
Accompanied with a fresh, crisp salad

Desserts

Sweet Waffle £3.95
A waffle with a golden syrup sauce served with vanilla ice cream

Crunchy Pavlova £3.95
A crunchy pavlova nest with fresh summer fruit & caramel sauce

Almond Tart £4.25
A warm home-made almond tart served with crème fraiche

Sticky Toffee Pudding £4.25
Elaine’s home-made sticky toffee pudding with cream toffee sauce & vanilla ice cream

Deep Dish Apple Pie £3.95
Served with a choice of fresh double cream, custard or vanilla ice cream

Elaine’s Home-made Blackberry & Apple Crumble £4.25
A favourite served with custard or vanilla ice cream

Bread & Butter Pudding £3.95
Just like Mother used to make served with fresh double cream or custard

Chocolate Fudge Cake £3.95
Rich and chocolaty served warm or cold with vanilla ice cream

Cheese & Biscuits £4.75
A selection of local cheeses with crackers, butter & fruit

Marshfield Local Ice Cream
Choose from our selection on table menu cards or separate blackboard
One scoop £1.50
Two scoops £2.50
Three scoops £3.50

Coffee & Liqueurs
Our range of freshly brewed coffees are listed in the Wine List on tables together with an appetizing range of liqueurs and liqueur coffees

Edited by V8S on Friday 15th May 09:57

[V8S]

UPDATE

• Have now fixed the date as Saturday 16th May as people seem to like that.

• Have added everyone expressing interest.

NOTE
Can anyone who can't make the meet let us know so we can remove you from the list? Ta.

[V8S]

Date is Saturday 16th May

Time to be decided when route has been sorted out this weekend.

[V8S]

Just in case he doesn't post on here, LordGrover said he might meet us at the pub.

[V8S]

That is, at the end pub... Tytherington.

[V8S]

1. V8S - Traditional Fish and Chips + Chocolate Fudge Cake
2. ?

Copy and add.

Edited by V8S on Wednesday 13th May 14:22

[V8S]

UPDATE
People! Mudskipper has been slaving away to create the route and I've now put it on the TomTom. Hope it's ok!

TomTom itinerary

Click Free User, then Download.

Sorry, I don't have a Garmin etc to convert it.

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hornetrider said:

dannytherev said:

dav3 said:

I would like to come out to play as well (as long as its dry ) if there is room.
Just not sure where the Air Balloon Pub is.
If there is anyone else coming over from S/Wales could maybe meet up.

Hoping for a DRY day

Dave

I may be going dave if i can get time of work i'll let you know

I'm also going across from Rogiet - could meet anyone coming from the West at Magor Services perhaps?

Hi - if you and your missus want to eat at the pub, can you look at the menu and post up what you would like? We need to let the pub know in good time.

Ta.

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1. V8S - Traditional Fish and Chips + Chocolate Fudge Cake
2. Peanutjb - Sausage n mash + chocolate fudge cake!
3. Verysideways - NOT EATING
4. robwhite - Swan Fish 'N Chip + Crumble
5. hornetrider + missus - NOT EATING


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Edited by V8S on Wednesday 13th May 17:32

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toggs said:

Whats the ETA at Saint Johns Lane

I'd have thought about 5.45 to 6?

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VerySideways said:

I'm confused - where does the itn start? I thought the run began at some place called the Air Balloon?

We start at the Air Balloon.... the first waypoint is set as Gypsy Patch Lane (or should be) which is just up the road from the pub.

Didn't think it was worth putting a waypoint for the start pub as you just navigate to BS34 7PY.

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hornetrider said:

Is there a google map for the run? I'm not sure my mrs' TomTom One can cope with itn files, I'll check it out later

Unfortunately Google maps will not allow enough waypoints to be set (we've had a lot of messing about with it).

Sandy will be printing a directions sheet to backup the TomTom if things go wrong or for people without satnav.

But I reckon you'll likely not need to worry as we'll regroup a few times after the more difficult lights / junctions.

PS. If she has an original One it should be ok. The newer V3 doesn't have an itinerary function (I took mine back and got an XL).

Edited by V8S on Wednesday 13th May 18:01

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VerySideways said:

If google maps isn't doing it for you then just download a free piece of software called Tyre (www.tyre.tk) and you can view and create itn files and print them out as google maps and all sorts.

I use it for all the routes i create around Thames Valley and London. Excellent tool.

P.S. Found the pub, directly north of a big roundabout on the A38 right?

I use Tyre too but the damn thing kept crashing last night.


Yes: Location of Air Balloon

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dav3 - can you post what food you want from the menu (posted by Mudskipper above)?

Cheers.

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custardkid said:

Good work Graham & Sandy!

I can make it on saturday, but the Tuscan is at dulfords and i have a battered toyota camry slowly decomposing on my drive.

Any passenger seats going?

cheers
custard

PS Beef and Guiness for me.

Blimey - we didn't jinx it by parking her noddy car in front on Sunday did we?



1. V8S - Traditional Fish and Chips + Chocolate Fudge Cake
2. Peanutjb - Sausage n mash + chocolate fudge cake!
3. Verysideways - NOT EATING
4. robwhite - Swan Fish 'N Chip + Crumble
5. hornetrider + missus - NOT EATING
6. dav3 - Ham Egg & Chips + Deep Dish Apple Pie
7. custardkid - Beef & Guinness Pie


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VerySideways said:

Oh, i got it, we're supposed to go down Shellards Ln.

Yes there are two problems on the route because TomTom thinks they are no through roads.

One is Shellards Lane, the other is Hollywood Lane by Cribbs. We shall just keep on going and the TomTom will eventually work it out.

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STILL NEED FOOD ORDERS

Menu is in my first post on the thread.

Copy and add to the list.

1. V8S - Traditional Fish and Chips + Chocolate Fudge Cake
2. Peanutjb - Sausage n mash + chocolate fudge cake!
3. Verysideways - NOT EATING
4. robwhite - Swan Fish 'N Chip + Crumble
5. hornetrider + missus - NOT EATING
6. dav3 - Ham Egg & Chips + Deep Dish Apple Pie
7. custardkid - Beef & Guinness Pie
8. Pacman1 - NOT EATING, DIETING!
9. LordGrover - Soup of the day + Sirloin Steak Diane with NO Diane sauce
10. Luckyluciano - NOT EATING

Edited by V8S on Wednesday 13th May 22:35

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1. V8S - Traditional Fish and Chips + Chocolate Fudge Cake
2. Peanutjb - Sausage n mash + chocolate fudge cake!
3. Verysideways - NOT EATING
4. robwhite - Swan Fish 'N Chip + Crumble
5. hornetrider + missus - NOT EATING
6. dav3 - Ham Egg & Chips + Deep Dish Apple Pie
7. custardkid - Beef & Guinness Pie
8. Pacman1 - NOT EATING, DIETING!
9. LordGrover - Soup of the day + Sirloin Steak Diane with NO Diane sauce
10. Luckyluciano - NOT EATING
11. GodItsGrim - NO FOOD TA
12. Slagathore - Not eating!
13. CHIMTVR (and if friend comes) - NOT EATING

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srebbe64 said:

Sorry - too lazy to read the thread! Is there a map of:

Where it starts
Where it goes
Where it ends

Couldn't suss out all that Tom Tom download stuff. Anyway, my Tom Tom doesn't work too well on a tunnel run (for reasons which are obvious when you think about it) so I prefer a good old-fashioned map!

All details are in the very first post.

But just for you...

Start at the Air Balloon Pub in Filton, by Airbus.

It goes all over the place including the city centre and countryside - we will be giving out sheets with directions.

It ends at The Swan at Tytherington.

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No problem, Daytona.

Welcome aboard.

PS. Don't forget to specify food if you're eating.

Edited by V8S on Thursday 14th May 10:04