Breakfast Meet 19th August

[alyR32]

As usual meeting point to be the Seven Stars, Petersfield and then breakfast at the Departure Lounge, Alton.
Starting a bit earlier to avoid the traffic and arrive at the cafe to miss the rush.

Seven Stars 7.15 to leave at 7.30 for the run out and return to the Seven Stars for 9.00ish to leave at 9.15 for breakfast at Alton.


Alyr32 - R8/R32

[alyR32]

RedAMG45 said:

Afternoon Everyone
Sorry I have been away from the forum my father passed away on the 12th July
So been busy with that plus my mother has not been well .
on the car front got new tyres Michelins they are fantastic
and new pads and discs alround
So I should be there and it will be great to see everyone

Sorry to hear that Wyatt. I did mention at the last breakfast that we hadn’t heard or seen you for a while.

[alyR32]

You are more than welcome, look forward to meeting you.

[alyR32]

logit said:

Sounds good, would be nice to meet you guys. I need to be somewhere for 11 so may have to skip the breakfast but will try to make it for the run. Do we just meet in the Seven Stars Petersfield pub car park at 7:15am on Sunday?

Yes the pub car park for around 7.15 we aim to leave at 7.30. See you Sunday.

[alyR32]

I’m sorry for those who got split up from the group at the start. We headed onto the A3 and came off at the first junction to the A272, I would like to think that we can all see the car ahead, unfortunately leading that many cars, I struggle to see if everyone is still together, we wait at junctions to make sure we are all together. I know how dissapointing it must be to lose the group, maybe we need to restrict numbers, but not what I want to have to do.
Thanks everyone for today and apologies to those that we lost.

[alyR32]

PHerb said:

Yeah, it was a bit disappointing I agree. Could’ve done with some more info of route. I left the 1st car park slightly after the first group due to some traffic and instantly lost everyone! The cars behind followed me and we ended up doing our own thing until we found the bulk of the group again. So thanks to the guy in the R32 (Henry?) for taking us on that fun route!

Unfortunately I don't have a fixed route each time, I alter it as we progress due to traffic and timings.

[alyR32]

HenryDH said:

Thanks Aly for organising, much appreciated! Shame about some getting lost, inevitable with such a large group.
Would a 5/10 min meeting point at the far end of the run work, tbc each time?

Yeah maybe need to think about a mid way stop if we have high numbers. It usually seems to be the start where we have problems. To be fair we usually manage to keep together, but always room for improvement.

[alyR32]

ecsrobin said:

Just a heads up Aly, you may want to go westbound if you’re planning for the 23rd as most of the usual roads will be closed.

I did know about it, pretty much covers the usual routes and 15000 cyclists could be fun. I will consider a different date.