Robbo's Blackdown Bimble - Sat' 11th August.

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Robbo's Blackdown Bimble - Sat' 11th August.

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It's gonna get wet later in the day it seems, so timewise this will be a Sparrows Fart start.

Leaving: Smileys Cafe, Turks Head Lane, Honiton EX14 1BQ @ 0630 hrs. Fueled up ready please, BP station just up the road. Here's the google link for Smileys: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Smi ... d-3.208314

Route: Approx 100 miles. All over the Blackdowns taking in some favourite old twisties and some new ones; this'll be a highways & byways run and we'll be 'making progress' where possible, so not really learner-friendly sorry, Simon's 'Friendly' run on the 19th is ideal for that.

Finish: Smileys Cafe in plenty of time for brekkie and/or a cuppa ~o) :D ~o) - around 0830-0900 hrs I reckon.

Notes: Drop-off system with TEC if the world and his dog turn up, 'Eyes-in-the-mirrors' if just a few.
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See you at 0630 hours Phil
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i'll be there, tec too
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May try and join in for this
If I can get out of bed
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After working out how long it will take to get my lippy on, its too early for me. I'm knackered already... <:-)
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Counting pennies.....see if I can get a few more Brownie points for another day pass :roll:
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As I've got to work late all next week and being away for the following weekend I think I'll come along tomorrow if that's OK.
Do you have a route that can be downloaded or is it all in your head?
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Have permit from SWMBO. See y'all at Smiley's.
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Ming wrote: Aug 10th, '18, 16:40 As I've got to work late all next week and being away for the following weekend I think I'll come along tomorrow if that's OK.
Do you have a route that can be downloaded or is it all in your head?
Phil doesn't need nav tech. The Fut is self-guiding. Through years of hard practice it knows the Devon roads better than he does. It's basically like a mechanical homing pigeon. Same colour too.
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Phil, check your PMs inbox regarding Sep 23rd or 30th...............
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Ming wrote: Aug 10th, '18, 16:40 As I've got to work late all next week and being away for the following weekend I think I'll come along tomorrow if that's OK.
Do you have a route that can be downloaded or is it all in your head?
he says he knows the route but we all know he makes it up as he goes along
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Simon - remind me to give you a tenner for my subscription tomorrow..... I'll still be in work mode so will probably forget.
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ptolemyx wrote: Aug 10th, '18, 17:48 Phil, check your PMs inbox regarding Sep 23rd or 30th...............
Had a quick look Brian, will ponder on it, inwardly digest, and get back to you.
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O.k. folks, weather's looking much the same as projected, possibly getting damp on the higher ground later, around 1000 hrs. So RBB is deffo on, and because of aforementioned presip - prissep - pricipt - rain later . . . . . we'll deffo be leaving Smileys at 0630 sharp to beat it - and get ourselves a well-earned cuppa & brekkie/bacon sarnie/whatever at Smileys when we return.
See you all there.

Oh, and just to be clear on it - I'm aiming for around two and a bit hours max' & approx' 100 miles non-stop, Smileys to Smileys; and the route is a mixture of A roads, B roads and - er' some proper Devon 'roads' - if you know the Blackdown Hills, you'll know what I mean; and if you don't, you will!
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Ming wrote: Aug 10th, '18, 16:40 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Do you have a route that can be downloaded or is it all in your head?
It's all in my head - not quite seat-of-the-pants stuff, but close; and if I forget and/or get lost, Gimlet's analogy of the Homing Pidgeon instincts of my Fut will prove correct by kicking in and saving the day - and my blushes :oops: .
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