Anyone going Saturday AM from SW/London

Just wondered if anyone is going to Nat Day from round my way on the Saturday AM as I can't make the Fri night camping now :(

I'll be going from the A406 up the M1. If anyone wants to meet along the way I will probably be stopping for petrol at London Gateway Services (between J2 and J4 of M1). If I'm going to be on track that will be sometime around 6am! :cry:

If, for some reason, my car is not track ready then that time can be pushed back. Perhaps to meet up with the Southern lot on this thread https://www.rtoc.org/boards/showthread.php?t=9079 :)

Oh dear ... I'm glad I know where London is ... I meant to say SE :ashamed:

Can someone please change the title of this thread 'cos I'm a dumbass!

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blood.............. i'm 50/50 saturday am or friday night..... :confused: happy to help.:)

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i'll be going up on friday.:)

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Originally Posted by Eugein Offord

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blood.............. i'm 50/50 saturday am or friday night..... :confused: happy to help.:)

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Geeza!! Long time!!! PM me your number as I have about 6 different ones for you and don't know if any of them work :)

Giles, wanna meet up at junc 15a on the m1 ?

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Originally Posted by Spooky

Giles, wanna meet up at junc 15a on the m1 ?

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Sounds good, what time are you getting there for?

Im meeting up with James5 and a couple of others at around half 9 but I will be there for 9, earlier if needed.

Depends how long itll take for you to get there :)

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Originally Posted by Spooky

Im meeting up with James5 and a couple of others at around half 9 but I will be there for 9, earlier if needed.

Depends how long itll take for you to get there :)

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Are any of you guys tracking it?

I wont be :smokin:

I'll be heading up with Chris R on Saturday morning, from the SW but we're leaving quite early as we need to get there for the drivers briefing.

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Originally Posted by Gymnast

Are any of you guys tracking it?

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We won't be tracking either,

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Originally Posted by Adam L

I'll be heading up with Chris R on Saturday morning, from the SW but we're leaving quite early as we need to get there for the drivers briefing.

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Well mate, if I'm track ready then I'll meet up with you. I'll let you know :)

I'm thinking of heading up Saturday AM

Oi, ****er, meet me at junction 15a on the m1 you schlaaaaaaaaag :cooter::cooter::cooter::cooter::cooter::cooter:

Yeah Giles, if you're up super dooooooooooper early tag along with us. Mr. Rinkydink will be with us too, I've been told. I will be mainly snoozing with a pillow in the passenger seat, preferably for the whole journey :niceone:

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Originally Posted by D4WNO

Yeah Giles, if you're up super dooooooooooper early tag along with us. Mr. Rinkydink will be with us too, I've been told. I will be mainly snoozing with a pillow in the passenger seat, preferably for the whole journey :niceone:

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I will be if I can get some wheels/tyres for track and sort out this weird knocking sound at the rear of the car :eek: :confused:

Just ignore it, it'll be fine :agree:

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Originally Posted by Spooky

Oi, ****er, meet me at junction 15a on the m1 you schlaaaaaaaaag :cooter::cooter::cooter::cooter::cooter::cooter:

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I wanna be there in time for the track briefing shlaaaaaaaaat :cooter:

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Originally Posted by Ricardo

I wanna be there in time for the track briefing shlaaaaaaaaat :cooter:

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Awesome ****face :cooter:

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Originally Posted by Spooky

Awesome ****face :cooter:

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Which means getting to Mallory for 8am briefing time :cooter:

Right ... I've just bought my track ticket ... LOOOOK OUT!!!

So, Adam/Dawn, what time and where do you want to meet? I'm right next to the North Circ, so perhaps at London Gateway services between J2 and J4 of M1?? :cool:

Ricky ... you wanna meet us there or a bit further on? :)

i'l be going up sat morning if anyone local wants to meet up?

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Originally Posted by Gymnast

Right ... I've just bought my track ticket ... LOOOOK OUT!!!

So, Adam/Dawn, what time and where do you want to meet? I'm right next to the North Circ, so perhaps at London Gateway services between J2 and J4 of M1?? :cool:

Ricky ... you wanna meet us there or a bit further on? :)

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Giles :cool: yeah could meet at Toddington? Just don't wanna miss the briefing that's all :)

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Originally Posted by Ricardo

Giles :cool: yeah could meet at Toddington? Just don't wanna miss the briefing that's all :)

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Sure mate, we can meet you there. We're all heading up for the briefing too so shouldn't be late ... otherwise we'll just have to give it a bit of da booooost!

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Originally Posted by Ricardo

Which means getting to Mallory for 8am briefing time :cooter:

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oi oi, im more than up for meeting up with you caaaaaants earlier...

im meeting james5 and co at 9...hmm...what to do...:D

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Originally Posted by Spooky

oi oi, im more than up for meeting up with you caaaaaants earlier...

im meeting james5 and co at 9...hmm...what to do...:D

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I can't get to Mallory for 8am that means leaving around 5 am, my neighbours are going to love me enough starting the 5 early anyway:laugh:
Spooky if you want to get there earlier that is fine by us matey we will meet and see you all @ Mallory anyways, if you don't get out of bed to get there earlier you still have the option to meet us lot:cooter:.

thinking about it, id rather meet up you lot...**** all this waking up early business :laugh:

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Originally Posted by James5

I can't get to Mallory for 8am that means leaving around 5 am, my neighbours are going to love me enough starting the 5 early anyway:laugh:
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5? Which way are you going, via Glasgow? :p

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Originally Posted by Spooky

thinking about it, id rather meet up you lot...**** all this waking up early business :laugh:

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you big girl :cooter:

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Originally Posted by The new Bill J

5? Which way are you going, via Glasgow? :p

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According to multimap it is 2hrs 56mins from me and I cant remember how long it took last year. But that's if we leave to get there for tracking briefing as not tracking nit want to get there to early but still want to see the cars on track and have a good look over ashys 5

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Originally Posted by James5

According to multimap it is 2hrs 56mins from me .....

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Jeez. I swear it took me a lot less than that last year, towing. Maybe not, and my memory's getting like Mart's :scared:

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Originally Posted by James5

According to multimap it is 2hrs 56mins from me and I cant remember how long it took last year. But that's if we leave to get there for tracking briefing as not tracking nit want to get there to early but still want to see the cars on track and have a good look over ashys 5

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near 3hrs driving like miss daisy...remember, you'll probably be gunning it on part of the route...i know i will be :cooter:

im not going early anyway, 9am is on the money :smokin:

It took me 2 hours to get there last year, but that was in my Rover and my wing mirror flapping about was causing some serious aerodynamic disturbance, so I couldn't go full speed.

I guess we'll be leaving about 6 to get there for the drivers breifing.

Go on Friday. Join in the fun :beer:

I am towing the cup car up on friday - if my airplane lands on time coming back from cyprus:)

Myself & charlotte are leaving ashford around 12-2pm on the friday and will do a steady 60mph.

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Originally Posted by The new Bill J

Go on Friday. Join in the fun :beer:

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Exactly. We only all get to meet up once in a blue moon, yet, at the moment, there seems to be a :crap: turn-out for Friday night.

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Originally Posted by Mart

Exactly. We only all get to meet up once in a blue moon, yet, at the moment, there seems to be a :crap: turn-out for Friday night.

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Are you guys staying on the Saturday night as well?

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Originally Posted by James5

According to multimap it is 2hrs 56mins from me and I cant remember how long it took last year. But that's if we leave to get there for tracking briefing as not tracking nit want to get there to early but still want to see the cars on track and have a good look over ashys 5

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In fact its 3hrs and 5mins from me RH13 5SG to LE9 7QE

google maps says 2hr 47mins if you took the M1 :cooter:

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Originally Posted by Gymnast

Are you guys staying on the Saturday night as well?

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:agree:

Friday and Saturday nights, I hate waking up in the wrong place...

assuming it's all done and running :(

Google maps is usually fairly generous with its distance duration, so I wouldn't rely too much on what it's quoting.

The easier solution would be to travel up on Friday ;) then you haven't got the mad rush early doors Saturday morning...plus then you can join in the fun & games that night :beer::agree: :cool:

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Originally Posted by Spooky

google maps says 2hr 47mins if you took the M1 :cooter:

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Bloody multimap, I will be going M23, M25 A217 into Sutton then back down A217 out on to M25 the all the way around to M1.

I wish I could go up the night before but the Mrs's is getting all moody so think I will stick with the early start on Sat,

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Originally Posted by Mart

Google maps is usually fairly generous with its distance duration, so I wouldn't rely too much on what it's quoting.

The easier solution would be to travel up on Friday ;) then you haven't got the mad rush early doors Saturday morning...plus then you can join in the fun & games that night :beer::agree: :cool:

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So...if google is wrong, my TomTom is too...

Martin Dilley...FAIL!

Sweet ... well my original plan was to come for both nights, but that was scuppered by one of my mates, very inconveniently having a birthday on the Friday ... I mean, how rude!!!

Will make up for my Friday lack of attendance on the Sat night by performing my usual party trick of passing out halfway through the night as far away from where I'm meant to be as possible :) :D :beer: :cool2:

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Originally Posted by Spooky

So...if google is wrong, my TomTom is too

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You geeza.

Traffic permitting, and assuming you don't get lost (!), time yourself from when you leave your gaff to when you arrive at Mallory. Then marvel at the fact that you've made it there somewhat quicker than what Google/TomTom originally quoted.

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Originally Posted by Mart

You geeza.

Traffic permitting, and assuming you don't get lost (!), time yourself from when you leave your gaff to when you arrive at Mallory. Then marvel at the fact that you've made it there somewhat quicker than what Google/TomTom originally quoted.

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Could this correlate to the fact that we don't always follow the speed limit ... once we get on our "private road" of course :confused: :)

Show me a convoy of rtoc'ers going to a given event, sticking to the speed limits all the way, and I'll show you a couple of hundred who don't...

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Originally Posted by Mart

Show me a convoy of rtoc'ers going to a given event, sticking to the speed limits all the way, and I'll show you a couple of hundred who don't...

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Reminds me of the convoy from here upto Wicksteed Park, we lost most people after half way because others were ****ing off left right and centre!

Usually when I'm on my own, I dont hang about. If I was in a convoy I would because a) people are not familiar and usually like the guidance and b) if people have other people to follow, they wont be so concerned about travelling 5miles and breaking down.

I can't wait for Saturday morning, looking forward to my drive up.

So bar Billy & Shopboy, is anyone else from the 'southern' lot driving up/staying on Friday night?

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Originally Posted by Mart

You geeza.

Traffic permitting, and assuming you don't get lost (!), time yourself from when you leave your gaff to when you arrive at Mallory. Then marvel at the fact that you've made it there somewhat quicker than what Google/TomTom originally quoted.

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I'd get to Mallory well inside 2hrs under my own steam...:D

Sticking to the speed limits of course...

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me an my brother (the marster) are going up on friday , staying saturday night:cool:

Good to hear, Raymondo :agree:

I was beginning to think it was only gonna be a handful of peeps keeping the rtoc spirit alive on the Friday night... :(

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Originally Posted by Mart

Good to hear, Raymondo :agree:

I was beginning to think it was only gonna be a handful of peeps keeping the rtoc spirit alive on the Friday night... :(

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it's all ways a big giggle ,sham not every one remembers it:laugh::ashamed:

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mart wot time are you thinking on getting to mallory

Adam/Dawn,

Do you want to meet at London Gateway at around 6? It's then about 30 minutes to Toddington where we can meet Ricardo.

It's then 1 hour 15 mins to Mallory Park (according to Google), so as long as we leave Toddington before 7am it shouldn't be a problem :)

I have no idea where any of that is so I'll let Adam reply when he finishes work tonight, lol

Chris (RinkyDink) pm'd me earlier, although I was meant to phone him to sort out Saturday.

We're leaving basically dead on 6 to get to Mallory for 8. We probably won't be stopping to get there in time for the drivers breifing, as me and Chris are both going on track.

The main reason Dawn and I aren't going on Friday is because I finish work too late to be setting up a tent in the dark.

Fair play, I'm going on track too so have to be at the briefing as well. What I'll probably do is get petrol at Toddington and meet up with Ricardo if he wants to.

It'd be cool if you can give me a bell when you're close to Toddington and I'll meet you en route. :cool:

Yea, no probs, Giles. Pm me your number as when I changed phones a few months back I lost half my numbers. I've still got Ric's if it ends in 704. I'll give him a shout and all.

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Originally Posted by Adam L

Yea, no probs, Giles. Pm me your number as when I changed phones a few months back I lost half my numbers. I've still got Ric's if it ends in 704. I'll give him a shout and all.

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Coolio mate, yeah sent Ricardo a PM, I've got his number here too. See you Sat! :cool:

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Originally Posted by Adam L

The main reason Dawn and I aren't going on Friday is because I finish work too late to be setting up a tent in the dark.

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i'll give you a hand .the head lights on my car work:laugh:

I am going to try and make it on Friday night. So is Tricky san. :agree:

im leaving pitsea essex sat morning,

hopefully may see sum ppl at toddington.
wat time will u be there

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Originally Posted by dave r5

im leaving pitsea essex sat morning,

hopefully may see sum ppl at toddington.
wat time will u be there

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We are not leaving so early as these guys but we will prob be going past around 9ish

well if u stop off
could u keep a look out for a white astra van
with MOT stickers on it.

it also has a huge dent in the drivers rear quater lol

an quite possibly a fit blond bird in the passenger seat :)

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Originally Posted by dave r5

well if u stop off
could u keep a look out for a white astra van
with MOT stickers on it.

it also has a huge dent in the drivers rear quater lol

an quite possibly a fit blond bird in the passenger seat :)

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Of course matey, will keep an eye out for you in the white Astra van with a raider coloured dent in the side:)

how did u know its raider coloured lol

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Originally Posted by dave r5

how did u know its raider coloured lol

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:laugh: I have read the thread matey on here and the www.renault5gtturbo.com, with the really dogey raider that shouldn't have been on the road by the looks of it once you stripped it all down to reveal the horrors.

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Originally Posted by dave r5

im leaving pitsea essex sat morning,

hopefully may see sum ppl at toddington.
wat time will u be there

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Ricardo and I will be leaving Toddington at some point before 7 I would imagine :coffee:

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Originally Posted by Gymnast

Ricardo and I will be leaving Toddington at some point before 7 I would imagine :coffee:

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Yeah man, i'll be there pre 7 to meet up :coffee:

I'll be filling up tomorrow night and should have more than enough to get me to Mallory. There's petrol on site or at least there was last year, i don't know if it's 98 RON