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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 - 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.

See you at 0630 hours Phil

i'll be there, tec too

May try and join in for this
If I can get out of bed

After working out how long it will take to get my lippy on, its too early for me. I'm knackered already... <:-)

Counting pennies.....see if I can get a few more Brownie points for another day pass

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?

Have permit from SWMBO. See y'all at Smiley's.

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.

Phil, check your PMs inbox regarding Sep 23rd or 30th...............

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

Simon - remind me to give you a tenner for my subscription tomorrow..... I'll still be in work mode so will probably forget.

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.

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!

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 .