East Mids Convoy Friday

[kee]

right looking at the route now.

-from sheffield onto M1 down to donny services off M1 at J24a onto a50 a little. (did we meet here for RR '07?)

-Carry on m1 until J23a, leave M1 and join A42

-at J11 continue onto M42 (carry straight on looking at it?) and continue until the end of the M42, heading towards the M5

-Join M5 at J4a

this is where it could get tricky, it reckons going through bristol is a good idea. what do you lot recommend.

maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

[Nathan]

Yep thats the one mate, nice big car park.

Yeah I dunno why it always states going through Bristol cus the ring road is a nightmare, I will have a look see now.

[BenzBoy]

I'm not sure what time we're setting off or whether we're able to convoy yet... I may need to stop in Lestoh to pick Steve up and see if we can tag on the end of the convoy.

My directions take me through Brizzle too, but it's a feckin nightmare and I reckon it might be better doing a few more miles and doing something like M5 J23 A38 or something... dunno...

[tri]

Our routes are quite different. But if you guys wanted to organise a merger at Beaconsfield services or somewhere like that I can't see a problem, think thats our first common one..

Any idea what kinda time you'd be hitting that?

[JamesImp]

I dunno if ill be there now gear box has just locked itself in fourth...

[JamesImp]

Gear box fixed! Ill be there. What time at Moto then??

[kee]

so any suggestions for tackling brizzle?

[BenzBoy]

Aug 4, 2009 19:43:49 GMT kee said:

so any suggestions for tackling brizzle?

I'd try to go around it, although the thought of a convoy of retro motors winding its way through the city seems pretty cool!

Continuing further down the M5 and exiting at J23 adds another 30 miles on the journey as the M5 kinda starts heading SW after Bristol.

Exiting the M5 at J15 and taking the M4 / A36 means we'd miss Bristol and only adds another 10 or so miles on. Probably better for fuel as we'd be doing 60 or so rather than crawling through the city?

Just a couple of ideas

[JamesImp]

M4 sounds like a pretty decent idea. I wont be much past 60 anyway unless i get this rad sorted tomorrow.

[tri]

What time you fools wanna meet my pwnz0r convoy at Beaconsfield then? Lol.

[kee]

Right the route is sorted, a little longer but we skip bristol, i've gone with your idea BB. I'll get a full set of directions written out from donny services so anybody can print out if the wish

[kee]

Donny services is 23a not 24a, just to add ;D

[kee]

Right, directions from donny done. anybody wants a copy pm me your e-mail addy and i'll email to you. its a slight change from what i said previously, not going through bath now, but around it, it works out a couple of miles shorter.

now we need organised petrol stops

[mk14dr]

Nice one Kee. I'm glad someones organised...

Oh, and I PM'd ya on OSF

[kee]

pm'd ya back ages ago

just waiting for a paypal address so i can get them

[BenzBoy]

Which route did you go for? M5 > M4 > A3somethingorother?

[Nathan]

^ I would of thought that would be the logical route dude.

[Nathan]

Aug 4, 2009 23:00:27 GMT tri said:

What time you fools wanna meet my pwnz0r convoy at Beaconsfield then? Lol.

Tri thats hard to say as we have not set a pace, don't let Hitch set it either cus it will be a ton all the way lol.

I aint got a clue what time we would hit that services.

[kee]

beaconsfield is near london, non?

route goes m5 > m4 > few little b-roads > a37>a371>a359

can be changed to go straight to a46 from m4, through bath onto a36 then a361>a359

[tri]

Aug 5, 2009 11:55:14 GMT kee said:

beaconsfield is near london, non?

route goes m5 > m4 > few little b-roads > a37>a371>a359

can be changed to go straight to a46 from m4, through bath onto a36 then a361>a359

Just south of brum unless I've got my names mixed up.. lol.

Edit: yes I got my names mixed up, cant remember where I was thinking of now, lol. M5 a few junctions south of Brum I was thinking, lol.