Come and Join the Ride Out

[wpritchard-SERV "USR 01"]

Count me in to help on this run - fingers crossed weather will be okay

[jimc-MAG]

Just checked, yes I can do this one.

[StormingNorm-LAM]

Do we know where the ride ends up ?

[Julian Barker [Giuliano] USR 10]

There is a postcode in the original post which I assume is not   completely random.

[wpritchard-SERV "USR 01"]

Full route available on P & H website approx 41miles and end up by the sea side - bring a bucket and spade - last person to arrive will need to buy me a ice cream!!!!

[Top Cat]

Having looked at the route, once the ride has gone through and the USR's marking the junctions have been "swept up", I would suggest "making progress" to the front of the ride PDQ, particularly if there are only 12 USRs, as there are considerably more than that number of junctions to negotiate!
Leaving ten minutes before, and dropping USR's off would stretch our numbers a bit thinly, and we'd run out before we'd got to the A24.
Keeping a tighter group with the leader dropping USRs off at the front, as we do on the Fred Hill run, will mark the junctions just as effectively, with less likelihood of anyone getting lost....... as long as the leader knows where he's going! Simples!
regards, John T. 

[Hilts]

Are you still short of help for this?

[Top Cat]

Hilts! The more, the merrier! See you Sunday !?

[Hilts]

Okay, got the go ahead from her indoors so any plan for a meet before riding down there and is there a route available to see?
Looking forward to it.
Paul

[Top Cat]

The route is posted on the P&H motorcycles website. We're meeting at P&H at about 11am, I think. regards, John T.

[Steve@ART]

Hi All

Big thanks in advance for all coming to help with the Rainbow/safer sussex roads rideout on Sunday 9th 

Can I ask that all available meet at P&H Motorcycles from 11.30 please (RH10 9RD)

The rideout will leave at 1pm with all riders on bikes & engines running at 12.55, so with that in mind I would like our team to be fueled & briefed by around 12.00 midday so we can have a bit of time to look around (& to have a play on our new Honda ride Simulator  ) before we leave...

If any one is coming down but not able/cant ride then there maybe the oppertunity to dress up as George, Bungle of Zippy.... (its all for Charatieeee)

See you on Sunday

Steve M

[StormingNorm-LAM]

Anybody fancy meeting up at Ryka's (Boxhill) first, and riding down together?
Purely selfish reason as I'm without my satnav and don't fancy stopping every five minutes to check my map!!

Steve wants us at P&H at 11.30 so im guesing we would need to leave Ryka's at about 11ish ??
Norm

[StormingNorm-LAM]

Actually, looking at the Rainbow site I have just realised this is NOT the ride we helped them with last year. That will be later (in August) and will start at Ryka's again 

I have a technical question for anyone who knows the answer.
I might be helping a local PCSO to marshal a group of pedestrians to walk half a mile on the road to the local school fair. The highways agancy have granted permission to use the roads but no police escort! The local PCSO will bring up the rear in his police car (which is a normal car with the words 'police' on the side and no lights or sirens!!) and I would be at the front with my flashing ambers. The question is: does the PCSO have any power to pass to me for holding junctions or directing traffic like a police officer can?
I hope that makes sense!

[Steve@ART]

Hi Norm

To put it simply no,

to have any power to direct/stop traffic can only be granted by the home office, i.e. Police officer, traffic warden, highways officer (only on certain roads) ETC, there is no mechanism in place to grant "powers" of any kind to a civilian, anything you hear to the contrary will be strictly "under the radar" and if anything were to go wrong you could find yourself liable for prosecution,

hope this clears things up

Steve M

[StormingNorm-LAM]

Cheers Steve,
I had a feeling that was the case as these 'plastic' polieman have no real powers at all!!!
I will probably still help them out as I'm concerned for the childrens safety during this short procession on the public road.
I'm quite happy to ask local car drivers to 'help' by stopping them at a junction and requesting they wait for the procession to pass by. Apparently, there will be several parents with hi viz jackets happy to stand in front of the cars at junctions so we should be ok.
The things you do for other people's safety eh !

[Hilts]

Norm,
I'll meet you at Rykas. For 11 as you said, will figure out a reasonable route down there.

Paul

[StormingNorm-LAM]

Cheers Paul,
see you there

[Julian Barker [Giuliano] USR 10]

Regrettably, most of the roads between Ryka's and P&H now have 40mph speed limits.

I would probably go this way.

What refreshments will be available as we will be arriving before lunch and busy until well into the afternoon?

[Johnj]

Hi Julian.

Looks better than the route my phone gave me - A25 then A23.

I'll also be at Rykas.

JJ

[jimc-MAG]

Ryka's for me too - but don't wait!

[Julian Barker [Giuliano] USR 10]

I should be at Ryka's also.

[StormingNorm-LAM]

Rubber Duck, Rubber Duck,
Looks like we got ourselves a convoy.....


Will try to be at Ryka's for 10.30 with the aim of leaving at about 11am
if everyone's happy with that.
Jim, it's not THAT early, come on, you can do it

[Paul Hilton]

Like the look of Julian's route too - game on!

[Top Cat]

I don't know if P&H are having a burger van on site, but there is a BP garage in London Rd. Crawley, where we could fuel up and get some sarnies as well .....see you at Ryka's at half ten. regards, John T.

[sparky@TLB]

I don't know if P&H are having a burger van on site, but there is a BP garage in London Rd. Crawley, where we could fuel up and get some sarnies as well .....see you at Ryka's at half ten. regards, John T.

there is a subway and a cafe which is close by