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contact Jason Chinn directly who manages the entry, important you do that rather than just hope he pisks it up on the forum/facebook etc. details as per the enclosed slide from the drivers meeting

Yes it is starting to ease. I filled up my modern this morning which I need to drive on a 200 mile round trip to get to meet up with my crew and the RBRR car, it's nearly that far to the start anyway so even if there was somewhere to leave it at Knebworth it wouldn't save many miles and I'd still have needed diesel. I got up early and went out before 7am, the petrol station I stopped at only had a 5 car queue off the roundabout to get to the forecourt, cheap diesel and E10 available , no V power E5 or V power diesel but fuel available nevertheless .And at £1.37 for shell diesel not above normal prices. I did pass 3 other fuel stations on the way there though that had no fuel at all. By the weekend I think we'll be OK but the Northern Scotland and Welsh bit may need a Gerry can filled at Skiach/Gedrid as an insurance policy.

I've been insured with Peter James for about 15 years except for one year and it's always been unlimited mileage. The one year I went elsewhere was because I won a years free insurance with RH for a CT magazine article, and again they gave me unlimited. I also had a like for like quote from Classicline last year for unlimited and it was similar premium to Peter James but the excess was high for a Triumph parked overnight on the drive whereas Peter James gave the same £100 excess for both Triumphs, one on the drive, one in the garage. So I don't think it's an issue to get unlimited, but obviously it may be cheaper to get limited. RH unlimted was quite a bit more than Peter James though. Having said that, Peter James unlimited has always been as cheap as limited agreed value insurance for me, that may be because it's on a TSSC policy that is discounted?

The bigger issue are the tossers who are panic buying fuel today, most of the fuel stations near home have now run out of unleaded due to this. Hoepfully by next week that will have died down, although if it's the same idiots that bought up all the loo roll last year they may persist!

This Tuesday (6th July) is the first meet of the Club Triumph North Hampshire Area at a new venue. Our joint meeting with the TSSC and Triumph Dolomite Club will be from around 8pm onwards at The Tweseldown, Beacon Hill Road, Church Crookham, Fleet, Hampshire, GU52 8DY The pub also hosts a local all makes Classic car Club on a Wednesday night and the Landlord is very Classic car Friendly

Hi, please see the screenshot below. The owner of this GT6 needs to be contacted otherwise the car is being disposed of, so if anyone knows who owns it please pass this message on so they can respond on the Triumph GT6 facebook group and save their car.

I believe the proposal is to have a whatsapp group for the next event rather than the message service used previously. I think I might have read about that on the official RBRR facebook group though!

The mail came out to some (but not all) of the entrants to say the decision has been taken to postone the event until 2021 for obvious reasons.   But there is nothing posted on the forum, the event is still in the calendar on the CT website as October 2020 and the most reliable source of RBRR information now seems to be facebook. I'm glad I'm on the Club Triumph and RBRR facebook groups otherwise I may not have realised! Seems a sign of the times that the forum has now started to be a bit of an unused relic.  

Is there anyone out there with a tidy TR5 that would be prepared to do a photoshoot for an up and coming Rock n Roll/Skiffle band called the TR5s? The band are based around the Surrey Hampshire border so a TR5 owner from the South East would be good. I did a similar shoot for a previous band called the Dolomites run by the same guy and it was fun…   If you have a TR5 and you are up for it give me a shout and I’ll put you in touch. 

Available from Newton Commercial. They make the seat cover kits that are available from most of the Triumph Suppliers. Usually cheapest to go to one of teh ssuppliers rather than Newton direct for a whole set, eg Paddocks, Manners Parts4, Canley's etc, or Rimmers (usually as a last resoort as they are usually most expensive!).  Also if you only want an individual section then go to Newton's direct, they sold me just a seat base cover for my GT6 last year as I had damaged mine and the rest of the cover set was pretty new. 

I'm going along to the funeral to pay my respects in the GT6. I knew Mike since the mid 80s, apart from the impact he had on the Triumph movement he was a great bloke too. He was a great events organiser, he used to run the SEM meet at Leatherhead and the TSSC international at Stafford for a time and was instrumental in arranging the STER events in Holland in the late 90s. In latter years he was involved in hill trials in a specially set up TR7 which he owned alongside his Stag. My ex missus and I both knew Mike separatly from before we met so was considered a close mutual friend and he was a guest at our wedding 19 years ago. He was down to do the RBRR a few years back but had to pull out but I dd remember him marshaling down at Lands End so he was involved with CT as well as the TSSC. RIP Mike, a good mate who made a great contribution to all things Triumph over the last 35 years or more, he will be missed. :-(

Best bet is to put a post on the T the Triumph Dolomite Facebook group and possibly the Triumph Dolomite Club Forum.

Best bet is to put a post on the T the Triumph Dolomite Facebook group and possibly the Triumph Dolomite Club Forum.

If you have paper sponsorship you can add it as an offline donation on the just giving website so it still appears as part of the grand total. I did this with £350 sponsorship from my company which gets paid directly to the charity rather than via myself or just giving.

I've planned out a schedule of fuel stops for team flying log, that may be useful especially to newbies. We probably won't follow it totally once on the run but it's good to have a plan, especially as my Dolly is fitted with a smaller Toledo tank this time around so has slightly reduced range  All of these are on the route with no detours, and I've used all but the one on the A34 on previous RBRRs so know they will be open when we pass. The A34 bit being is on the new route this year but I have used it on other trips.        

Here are my Spares and Tools, there is probably other stuff that I can't remember packing yesterday too no doubt. All are for Dolly 1500 but engine bits will fit Spit 1500s etc...   Spares Dizzy Cap Points Condenser Rotor arm Plug leads Spark Plugs Fuel Pump            R9 fuel hose 5/16 and 1/4 Fuel Hose Clips Fuel Filter Water Pump Thermostat Radiator Cap Water Hose Kit Jubilee Clips Master Light switch Alternator Dip switch/indicator stalk Washer pump Washer pipe Slave cylinder Calliper seals Master Cylinder Seals Various brake pipes Flexible brake hose Various Gaskets Nuts Bolts Washers Self Tappers Split Pins Wheel studs Wheel nuts Manifold butterfly fixings Wiper Blade Fan Belt Engine Mount Lengths of studding 7/16 and 10mm Choke Cable Generic Throttle Cable Dip/main sealed beam Bulbs Fuses Crimp connectors Terminal Block Wire insulating tape Gaffer Tape Oil 20/50 VR1 EP90 Gear Oil Coolant Mix Dot 4 Brake Fluid Washer Fluid Glass Cleaner Rainex WD40 Penetrating oil Easistart Alraldite rapid Double sided sticky pads Firegum paste Wellseal Instant Gasket     Tools Trolley Jack Axle Stands Jump leads Tow Rope Spanners from ¼ inch up to 1 5/16 Socket Set Imperial and Metric 1/4 , 3/8 & ½ drive 6 & 12 point Torque Wrench Screw drivers Pliers Circlip pliers Long nose pliers Crimping Tool Side snips Pipe wrench Mole grips Hammers medium and big bugger Pry Bar Cold Chisel Drifts Feeler gauges Files Tyre lever Electric Tyre pump Multimeter Spark Testers Alternator/Battery Tester Tyre pressure Gauge Torch/Work Light

Not sure if everyone is aware that we can't get into Knebworth until 2pm on the Friday as the venue is being used by another event before the RBRR? Picked this up when going through the roadbook the other night. Not a problem but worth knowing not to turn up earlier, or if you do arrive before 2pm just go into Stevenage for some scoff which is what our team is planning to do.  There are two Whetherspoons Pubs in the town centre for a cheap nosh up....