Riding To Gmu 2018

Steve Lovatt and I are going to meet at the Barton Stacey services on the a303 avoiding motorways as much as poss. I’ll be starting from Tolworth on the a3. Route planned but times yet to be arranged, roughly 4-5 hours with a lunch stop at the Trumpet, “why there? “I hear you ask, well some of us that still have triumphs will know!!

 

Haven't looked at any routes yet, but I'll be heading from Reading on the Thursday, could possibly meet at the Trumpet on the way?

 

I'm going through Trumpet.
Send me a time and I'll be there.

 

Me and the wife are going a day early this is the way we are going.

 

The Trumpet Inn at Ledbury.
We've probably got enough ailments between us to be able to park in the disabled spaces!

 

Probably around lunchtime, I’ll send you an invite to the group on mra so you can see our proposed route

 

Still not decided if I can make it due to work but I could meet up in Haworth with you ron no problem and maybe just have a passing visit to the gmu. Which cafe is it as I know Haworth quite well? Eric

 

Is anybody traveling on the Friday?
Wessa

 

@andypandy is meeting @dilligaf and myself at J14 services on the M56 near Chester. And Dilli and I are meeting in Carlisle somewhere yet to be decided, on the Thursday morning.

Which does seem realy close to @MrOrange @andyc1 and @Tigcraft

 

Im leaving from Glasgow so if I leave at 9am I not going to be at the services till 1pm to late for some of you guys, eh?

 

What?????? There’s more of you?!??!?

 

I was told that if I was riding to Wales I had to try Houseshoe Pass. It looks to be on the way,aswell.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place...65:0x1d0d8b24ea1f1880!8m2!3d53.0135!4d-3.2162

 

Thanks, it seems to have a quarry in the middle, which may be new since the guys been there he was speaking about his youth, nailing and old mini around it.

 

Hi Sprinter the Horseshoe Pass has the Ponderosa Cafe at the top of the pass, the food is about as good as most road cafe's. It is a very popular biker meeting place and on a good weather day you get hundreds of bikes there.
The road up/down the pass is an interesting ride, but as Jack has said the road surface is not brilliant; it is rideable though. Unfortunately the road leading to the pass from Chester across the moors (which is a lovely ride) has been restricted recently with 50mph averaage speed cameras installed. If you really wanted to do the pass you could ride down the A483 (the Wrexham bypass) to the A5 and come up and back down the pass via Llangollen and then rejoin A483 to head south for GMU. Should only take 20 to 30mins to complete.
I'm looking at my options to travel to the GMU on the Thursday rather than the Friday, if I do I will meet up with you guy's coming south...
Wessa

 

Be great to meet up with you Wessa. That realy would make a horseshoe out off Horseshoe Pass then, Its up to @andypandy and @dilligaf

 

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I don't mind either way. I've been before but I'll go again I tell yer.