Regional meet - Thetford - Saturday 13th February

REKIBorter · Last edited by REKIBorter on Sun Feb 14, 2010 7:09 am; edited 3 times in total

Guys & Gals. This is the big one, our first official regional meet of the year. Saturday 13th February 2010. Usual spot for the regulars amongst us. Lets try to out do ourselves after the last outstanding meet. Cannot promise snow for the next ride but will do my best.

Usual spot for 10:30am

Location:
Brandon Country Park Visitor Centre
Bury Road
Brandon
Suffolk
IP27 0SU

Map here: http://www.multimap.com/s/PJmDkXZS

Details:
Parking is free but limited spaces, there is extra parking in the Orchard car park behind the old peoples home. There is a very good cafe - opens at 10:00am for the early arrivals - that sells tea / coffee & cakes also hot meals. We usually ride for a couple of hours in the morning then stop for lunch and then head out for a couple more hours afterwards. We will be having a concourse d'elegance competition for the best looking bike of the meet. Every rider attending will be able to vote for their favourite bike at the meet and there will be a prize for the winner. Bring your bling, garage queens and rare old metal, only bikes ridden on the day will be considered.

If you are worried about not being fit enough to come along it is not a problem, we have riders of all abilities turn up, from overweight '40+' blokes like me to XC race whipetts. No one is ever left behind. Thetford Forest has a mixture of fire road and twisty singletrack, the conditions are generally good this time of year and the trails only become sticky after days of heavy rain. Looking forward to seeing you all. Retro bikes not compulsary if you only have a modern bike to ride. Any questions just send me a pm.

Previous meets:
If you want to get a flavour of our meets some previous ones can be reviewed via these links.

January 2010: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=84014

September 2009: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=72917

May 2009: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60007

Accomodation:
For those travelling from further afield there are a few options for overnight accomodation in the Brandon area (neither of these have been personally tried).

Valbri Motel Bed & Breakfast, London Road, Brandon. IP27 0LZ. 01842 814723 - on the outskirts of the town.

Ram Hotel, High Street, Brandon. IP27 0AX. 01842 810275 - nearer the town centre.

Other accomodation is available nearby including camping for the hardy souls.

Curly68 · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:56 pm Post subject:

Marked on the calendar. Sorry for missing out on the last one.

cannondale king · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:48 pm Post subject:

as deputy dog for the east anglia & lincolnshirearea group il be there and i shall be doing a large tray of flapjacks for everyone that turns up Cool

L8 starter · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:22 pm Post subject:

have fun, ill be out in sri lanka, hopefully getting some riding in whilst i'm there

cannondale king · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:27 pm Post subject:

L8 starter · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:35 pm Post subject:

nah, no room mate, my daughters getting married over there, so lucky me gets to take the dress. how do you fancy being squashed in a bike box? Rolling Eyes

cannondale king · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:02 pm Post subject:

dame im to fat for the bike case unless its empty Embarassed

have a good time sri lanker is a cracking counrty the people are so easy going and friendly proper friendly welcome Cool

breezerfatty · Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:25 pm Post subject:

great time on the 3rd so hope i make it. i'll try to get bill out to

boy"O"boy · Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:48 am Post subject:

Count me in guys.... I'm going to need my riding fix post - New Zealand.

Already had some choice riding with nporternz on the trails around Wellington.... Hooking up with Scrat next week for some trails and watching the NZ DH series round in Dunedin. Doing my best to keep up the skill level as Retrobike's East Anglian overseas ambassador!!

The last meet looked like a great turnout. Was that a couple o' tracteeers in the snow too?

Cheers,
boy" Cool

"boy

cannondale king · Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:35 pm Post subject:

thats good to here mate yeah there was a three tractors one of which was a very cool as in ice cold Cool

niner

i wish i was taller they look the nuts il be there with my new on one iv'e ordered Cool

ben your a bad influence iv'e now ordered an on one Laughing

Tallpaul · Old School Grand Master Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 4499

Cheers for the invite. Alas, Saturdays are out for me during the footie season.

Average Mark · Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:48 pm Post subject:

will see if i have a bike - bloody paypal

cc17 · Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 6:51 pm Post subject:

Count me in. Really enjoyed the ride on the 3rd. I'll have to bring the niner again???

legrandefromage · Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:07 pm Post subject:

school night so no me.

Average Mark · Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:28 pm Post subject:

cc17 make sure you do! i bag a try!