Social drive - Leicestershire - Tues 29th December at 11:30

Social drive - Leicestershire - Tues 29th December at 11:30

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Smokey Boyer

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Sunday 27th December 2015
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The weather for Tuesday afternoon is apparently going to be sunny and 10 degrees - too good to waste at this time of year. For those lucky enough to have time off work, retired, or need an excuse to take time off work etc, does anyone fancy joining me for a TVR gathering and social drive.

Planning it to be about 60 miles ish in total.

Sorry for the short notice, but who thought the weather would be this good....

The starting point is Leicester North Services on the junction of the A6 and A46 north of Birstall (not the M1 Leicester Forest East Services near J21). The services have Shell petrol with V-Power if required, please fill up as you arrive if you need to as there is unlikely to be other petrol on route. Please gather in the car park at the rear of the services. I will be there from around 11:00 There are toilets, food and drink available at the services.

The planned departure time from the services is 11:30.

I have a few routes in mind and will try and find a cafe open for us to stop at before returning a different route back to the starting point. I will provide route instructions on here as soon as I have them sorted and if you could print your own it would be a massive help. If you are NOT able to print the route, simply add the word PRINT after your name on the list below and I will print a set for you.

Add your name to list below to let me know I will not be Billy-No-Mates and it is worth me putting a route together.

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Forum Name - Real Name - Car - Print required
Smokey Boyer - Jeremy - Chimaera




Edited by Smokey Boyer on Sunday 27th December 23:52


Edited by Smokey Boyer on Monday 28th December 00:41

Smokey Boyer

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509 posts

132 months

Monday 28th December 2015
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No takers then. Not much point me finishing the route instructions I have. I will save it for later in the year and try again for a weekend date....

I will no longer be waiting at the services on Tuesday.

Run is back on. See you all at the services as planned.

Route on here later. It is about 65 miles.


Edited by Smokey Boyer on Monday 28th December 20:54

Smokey Boyer

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132 months

Monday 28th December 2015
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There is life out there then. If you still have you pass out, and are up for it, let me know and I will finish off the route and see you at the services.

Smokey Boyer

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Monday 28th December 2015
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Just finalising the route. See you all in the morning

Smokey Boyer

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509 posts

132 months

Monday 28th December 2015
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Route is done. Please PM me if you want a copy electronically. I will print a copy for each person who has already asked for one, and a few spares in case there any extras on the day.

See you at the services just around 11:00.

Smokey Boyer

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132 months

Tuesday 29th December 2015
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Glad everyone enjoyed it. Cracking weather for December. As ever I forgot to take any photos - did anyone else get any? Can we get any stills or video uploaded from the go-pro that was being used today?

Sorry that some of the whites were a little muddy, and that lump on the road through the farm park just after the cattle grid was not there last time I went down that road. Hope nobody suffered any major damage.

I have loads more brilliant roads I know in and around Leicestershire and the surrounding areas that we can have a blast down. All knowledge from my years as a rally navigator doing road rallying for several years, before I moved on to national stage rallying. Some of the best roads are unfortunately now speed restricted or are so rough that a TVR would not survive if driven at anything more than walking speed.

Happy to organise another run soon and already have one in mind that starts from Tugby on the A47 and heads over towards Uppingham and Market Harborough. I will try and give people a little bit more notice next time and hope we can get a few more people out.

Smokey Boyer

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Wednesday 30th December 2015
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I have route that take in roads south of the A47 around Welland Valley and over towards Corby. I have two cafes to contact - one for the start and finish, and one for the half way stop. Once they have confirmed I will pick a date and see what interest there is.

The long range weather shows that the last weekend in Jan might be ok.