Bridget Snook Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Good news for the greedy. Back to Pimperne this year and back to homemade cakes. Also rumours last time that the local WI help in the kitchen are untrue - all the helpers are either members or members partners or friends. I doubt if Pimperne has a local WI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 The WI rumour, probably came from my observation that the cakes were of such a high standard that they seemed to have been made by the WI.I had hoped to tell all entrants at the DM that the cakes were back, oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcty Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Tim. Any idea when the marshalls will receive their checkpoint info. Malcolm ( Okehampton ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Malcolm,I hope to send out emails this week with times etc.Banners and other gubbins asap.Cheers matey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Looking forward to Tebay :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshire_spam Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Raider wrote:Looking forward to Tebay :)Although it's our first RBRR I have fond memories of Tebay services (both the main ones and the truck stop next to the village itself)Great food! Never get tired of the view coming over Shap summit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Wilson Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 6797 wrote:Never get tired of the view coming over Shap summit.Yes it is a great view but not see much on the RBRR as it will be dark 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goody Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 I miss the floor "SHOW" at Lancaster Service. Good to see we will get Cakes again this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 4576 wrote:Yes it is a great view but not see much on the RBRR as it will be dark 8)You need more lights on the front of your car...:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Raider wrote:Looking forward to Tebay :)Just because you might get a look in on the cafe manageress....fro food I mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Is there already a list with addresses (or coordinates) for the various checkpointsI will be abroad from next weekend till two days before the event,so should be nice to program the satnav and mark the maps before the event.Also will the road-book etc. be available online for those foreigners unable to attend the drivers briefing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Theo,We will have a Tom Tom file available, plus we will sending via email a copy of the RB to all European entrants, this to be done after the Drivers Meeting at Gaydon.The route is more or less the same as 2012 though.Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goody Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Tim: Don't worry about my team, as the only American, Ferny has told me he will be at the meeting. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshire_spam Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I think it's a bit of a shame that the list of checkpoints has been given without location information, so all the experienced teams now know where they are going, but us first timers won't be able to start looking at the route properly until after the drivers meeting.As a first timer I'd have liked as long as possible to prepare in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 SamWhat do you want to know??Most of the checkpoint descriptions are fairly self explanatory, though not all it has to be said.Blythe Services on A1Carter Bar (on English/Scottish border)Edinburgh AirportSkiatch (on A9 somewhere!)JOGConon BridgeStirlingTebay Services (the nicer family run one)Gleddridd? Services on a motorway heading to WalesMiddle of nowhere in Wales (No idea where it is, I am usually asleep by then, even if I wasn't it is really dark)Gordano Services (M5)Okehampton (A30)LEBudeBadgers thingy (On Dartmoor)Pimperne (half way bewteen the last one and the next one)Didcot Any I have forgotten?Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 p.s. just remembered, Tim has done a route summaryhttp://club.triumph.org.uk/cgi-bin/comps/mxcontent.cgi?pid=12I didn't miss anywhere.. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferny Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 6797 wrote:I think it's a bit of a shame that the list of checkpoints has been given without location information, so all the experienced teams now know where they are going, but us first timers won't be able to start looking at the route properly until after the drivers meeting.As a first timer I'd have liked as long as possible to prepare in advance.You're not missing a great deal and I think Tim has always worried about non-registered cars taking part if too much is made available to the mass public. You'll already have an idea of where you're going even if you're new and that's a huge advantage. The only extra info you'll find out from the road book is its near enough exact location (some require spotting a CT banner for the correct car park - Sugarloaf) and the times you'll be getting there if everything is going well. One thing I absolutely hate about the 10CR is not knowing anything until the exact last minute, the RBRR really has the edge on it there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raider Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Ferny - for me a great thing about the 10CR is not knowing the route in any detail beforehand. I would prefer "this is the start, these are the overnights and this is the finish". Maybe even no route just guidance to some great roads to be found in the countries you may visit.But then I am probably in a minority ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I'm with you Martin, the start the finish and a rough idea of the countries would do me. I remain amazed at all the fuss and bad feeling floating about at the onset of the previous :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 MikeyB wrote:I'm with you Martin, the start the finish and a rough idea of the countries would do me. That is no good for the people who have warrents out for their arrest from previous 10CR's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 hehe, suspect that could rule out most of Western Europe for more than a few then ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goody Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Martin and Mike: Looking forward to seeing you two and McJim at the check points, again. No one yells out GOODY like you guys. See You Soon: Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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