Tuesday Nights - Hartford Marina, Cambs

[Guest]

Tuesday 21st July - Pretty good turnout, so come along!

this was about an hour before we (nman, GOG, Ash, Holliday675) left, and there were still people turning up! thanks for a great evening

[yorbandit]

Hope ya all spotted the lush lookin silver bandit n the bottom pic there

[nman1]

Good pickies mate. Yep, was a good night, make sure you get along there more often.

[Guest]

Ah so that where u all go is it..... looks cool 8)

[nman1]

Its not too bad, to the right of the first picture is the waters edge. The grassed area has benches etc to sit and bevvie on. This is the outlook

[Grumpy Old Git]

Hope ya all spotted the lush lookin silver bandit n the bottom pic there

 

Need to get a 'Pink' seat - then it will really stand out!

[Sk93]

Hope ya all spotted the lush lookin silver bandit n the bottom pic there

 

Need to get a 'Pink' seat - then it will really stand out!

 

i think Philgate can help you out with that....

[Guest]

BUMP!!

so are people up for another tuesday night at the marina?

i'll be there this week, you know you want to meet me....

[nman1]

I`m planning on going, weather allowing

[Sk93]

I`m planning on going, weather allowing

 

Mother says it's going to persist heavily tomorrow night.

Depending on how the garden goes tomorrow, and on the proviso that they actually finish my bike by then, I'll be up for it.

so.. to summarise.. mark me down as not coming

[Guest]

weather does look a little rubbish, will see what its like after getting back from work...might clear up apparently!

[nman1]

I`ll not put me bike away until after 6.30 so if your coming, I`ll be outside my flat around then.

[Jive]

I'll not be there tonight, have only just got home from work and back at 6am so I'll give it a miss tonight

[Ash]

damn weather, was looking forward to getting up to the marina tonight

[Sk93]

yep.. not going.. far too far in this amount of water :/

you huntingdon lot should make the trip up to MFN tomorrow evening

nman knows the way and it's well worth it.

[Guest]

where is this "MFN"?

if its a normal wednesday night thing, then that sounds good (apart from tomorrow, i postponed rowing...for hartford marina....for it to persist down)

weather isn't behaving lately is it?! summer? what's that? i think i should go back to portugal....

[nman1]

Nman might have done the trip once but I`d still lose me way. Ian, send us a map like you did last time.

I`d lose my way in an empty room

[Guest]

A14 - M1 - J26 - A610 - turn back at large r'bout - 1st L, L, L - Newmanleys Lane = MFN

1hr 40ish

Look it up on here map.php

[nman1]

Cheers para, I`ll think about doing the ride one wednesday.

[Guest]

doesn't look too bad, i'd be up for that one wednesday too. i'd walk a little like john wayne when i got there though...

[Guest]

doesn't look too bad, i'd be up for that one wednesday too. i'd walk a little like john wayne when i got there though...

 

The Hell ya will .....

[Sk93]

A14 - M1 - J26 - A610 - turn back at large r'bout - 1st L, L, L - Newmanleys Lane = MFN

1hr 40ish

Look it up on here map.php

 

Or you could spend an extra ten minutes and ride a much more fun road than the M1

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&saddr=brampton,+huntingdon&daddr=52.696361,-0.777283+to:A606%2FMelton+Rd+%4052.873910,+-1.052520+to:Long+Ln+%4053.003010,+-1.312910&hl=en&geocode=11463725203325996818,52.873910,-1.052520%3B8617207350674814864,53.003010,-1.312910&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=10&via=1,2&sll=52.826832,-0.870667&sspn=0.599926,1.230469&ie=UTF8&z=10

The A606 is a pretty decent road. Got some good corners and some clear straights. Not a speed camera in sight (but there is an occasional copper) and plenty of spaces to pass anything slow-moving.

plus.. you go past mine, so I could join mid route

MFN is busy pretty much until 10pm-ish... so you've got loads of time to find your way up and have a drink or two.

[Guest]

i always went the A52 route when going to nottingham, although there are now average speed cameras along there. not that i would be breaking limit, but they might get me?!

the A606 a lot more fun then? looks like a nice little ride

weather permitting, maybe next week eh....

D

[Sk93]

yeah.. they've got averaging cameras from about Bottesford all the way to Bassingfield.

Though, you may not get caught on the dual carraigeway bits, being forward-facing cameras and all.

But.. obviously.. not worth the risk in finding out

The A606 isn't the greatest road in the world, but it has its good points.

For one, its very smooth; no potholes or subsidence issues.

The amount of traffic the road sees deters horseriders, so no pooh to avoid.

There's a couple of 90 degree corners in there and a hack of a lot of sweepers and S-bends. The only real "bad" bit is navigating through Melton Mowbary - the traffic can be a bit pooh, but the upside is you're not in it for long

on the whole, it's far more fun than A1->A52 or A14->M1 for definate!

(but, as appose to the M1, you do need to navigate Nottingham's ringroad.. but it's not that hard really )

[Guest]

i've always wondered if they do get you on single carriageways - i've heard that on dual carriageways that if you change lanes in a car it is not accurate so they cant catch you (again, not that i've tried) so surely that should be the same for single carriageways? just curious....

slightly !

sounds like a better route in general, i think i've had to go through melton before, during roadworks - not fun.

nottingham's ring road is a piece of cake - had a friend who lived in beeston for a while so know it a little.

MFN seems to have hijacked this thread....