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By stevewatkin
#4821
10:30 AM
b&q Strood
Unit C, Strood Retail Park Commercial Road, Rochester
ME2 2AB.
By the tea hut !! (what else would you expect!!)

The usual "small bike stuff" but it goes like this;-

I will be leading it on a Honda C90 which is capable of 50mph flat out and head on the tank (Just may bring the Enfield if the sun is out but it isn't much faster)

Any bike is welcome especially those Enfield riders in the vicinity.

So don't think for one minute we will be going fast. It's going to be a "bimble" around the small roads and lanes on the sunny and glorious Hoo Penisular. Home of many famous celebs, well the only one i can really think of it Jools Holland in Cliffe !!

We should get to see the Heron Trail (Google it) the Russian Sub, the two forts guarding the entrance to the Medway and other random things that i haven't planned yet. Bit like the route as well, as that will be planned the week before we go with the help of some specialist local knowledge ;-)

Reckon we'll be out 'till about 3-4pm but depends where we find for a lunch stop. I suggest it may be worth bringing sandwiches as there are not too many shops. Think there is a mini supermarket in Hoo but i'm not sure when we will get there.

These sort of rather random rides used to get the name of "explorer" rides so we can change plans on the ride.....makes it more fun. The one thing is that we will get you back to B&Q at the end
By Bertie the Bullet
#46221
Steve, you should maybe arrange a stop for lunch in the Horseshoe and Castle in Cooling, just around the corner from Jools Hollands castle.. They do an excellent Sandwich or bigette (spelt this wrong haven't I)_
By Bertie the Bullet
#46222
Don't mean to bust in on your ride, but Strood traffic is not very bike friendly, there is usually a traffic jam in and out of that estate, hope you don't mind but can i would suggest somewhere else to meet, there is a tea shop in Camer park between Cobham and Meopham that does a mean bacon sandwich and also has toilets...
By stevewatkin
#46223
Thanks for the thought Bertie but we have used that start location many times so lots of the local small bike peeps know it. We use the drop off system and as we go off straight to Wainscot we are not in the traffic for long.

Are you going to come along?
You would be welcome.
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By Les
#46224
Ammo my Bullet may be up for that one not sure what is happening that weekend at the moment, if the weather is not to grim almost certain to be there
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By Scalyback
#46225
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Respectfully decline your invitation, due to the fact that I do not return to Kent before end April.



However, sounds a blast, and if you get both Bertie the bullet and Ammo turning up, then it will be a right blast!!!



Have fun guys, and may a month or so after that?



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