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Weekender 2016 itinerary

MrsC_772

MrsC_772

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Only 5 weeks to go :woot:

Andy & I thought it's about time to share with you all our plans for the weekend.

Friday 29th April

4.00 onwards - arrive and check in
7.30 - meet for drinks in Spencer's Bar
8.00 - dinner

Saturday 30th April
Breakfast 7.30 to 9.30

Choice of two ride outs:

Andy's Great Northern route
Departing 10.00 a.m. a figure of 8 route of 184 miles heading up into Snowdonia, with spectacular lake and mountain views, lunch at the Lakeside cafe (and 2 fuel stops at 60 and 120 miles). In the unlikely event that the "guaranteed sunshine" fails to materialise, the route can be cut short at the crossover point.

OR

A Brecon Beacons Bimble
Departing at 11.00, for the 75 mile shorter route, a fun mix of A and B roads heading south to the Brecon Beacons with a tea/lunch stop at the very welcoming Owls Nest Cafe, Llandovery

Before dinner at 7.30, there should be time to check out the hotel spa, and/or the Arvon Alehouse across the road. :booze:

After dinner, the Great Welsh Pub Quiz! :scratch: :confused: :dunce:

Sunday 1st May

Breakfast 8-10 am
10:30 - the National Monster Ride Out - we know what JP has planned, and we're sure you'll love it!
Lunch wherever and whenever you fancy
Afternoon: get your vote in for the 2016 Bike Awards!
15:00 - awards presentation, followed by...
15:30 - the raffle, in aid of the Wales Air Ambulance

After the raffle – chill out, back to the spa and/or bar, and head out for dinner - we'll see what people fancy (although I'd never object if the vote is for curry!)

Monday 2nd May
Breakfast 7.30 to 9.30
Check out by 11 am.

If anyone would like the gpx files of the Saturday ride-out routes for their satnavs, let me or Andy know and we can make them available before the weekender. We'll provide hard copies of the routes in the welcome packs.

There are still rooms available if anyone else is tempted to join us (whether for all 3 nights, 2 or even just 1). PM me or AndyC_772 if you're interested.

Likewise, if you fancy just turning up for the day, whether to join us for the National Rideout and/or the show on the Sunday, or one of the Saturday rides, you'd be very welcome.

Looking forward to seeing you all :banana:
 
If we have enough Scrambler attendees, I know quite a few off road tracks as well in the area!
It looks like it going to be great fun once again.
 
I guessed it was a satnav file (sharp as a pillow, me) but I don't understand how one works. Do you copy it on to the existing SD card or do you have to use a separate one?
 
just google "loading .gpx file" and "tomtom" or "garmin" depending on your satnav, for garmin it has to go in a particular folder
 
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The itinerary sounds great - nice one! Looking forward to this...
 
Gpx file for me also please with all the pubs in the area marked as 'points of interest' if possible.
 
File is on its way :)

Believe me, you won't need GPS to find the pub... it's about 100m from the hotel, and you can always just follow me!
 
Big thanks to Eleanor and Andy for organising and leading today's rideouts:
the Brecon Beacons Bimble, blessed with good weather and the Great Northern Route, which gave us 'three seasons in one day', fortunately missing Autumn's leaves on the road.
Hailstones bouncing around inside my visor was fun and at least we were dry again by the time we got back. Snowdonia was spectacular.

Thanks also for organising the Great Welsh Quiz after dinner, your perseverance paid off for the winners
winners.jpg

and losers
loser.jpg
 
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I think I sat on the wrong table, must learn for next year!

So far a very enjoyable weekend, good ride yesterday in the Brecons, and looking forward to the ride out today :)
 
Yes thanks to Eleanor and Andy for a great weekend so far,the great north run was stunning and very well organised Andy did a fantastic job of leading us around some awesome roads.
I enjoyed the quiz and the answer's from a certain table who thought it was a kebab based quiz ?
 
Just arrived home after a great couple of days,

Thanks must go to Eleanor and Andy for organising the whole show and choosing a wonderful location, also it was great to meet again with our friends.
 
The rain doesn't seem to matter when the roads are this good, a very wet rideout this morning was still excellent :-D
 
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