Not a convoy thread

[GeoffSmith]

If you get lost, just follow the cat on skates!

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.51075 ... 312!8i6656

[Saltire]

And I will probably be breakfasting on Waitrose's best baclava and espresso as per normal down at the Malmesbury pit stop whilst everyone else gets their act together

Mark, Waitrose cafe is currently closed due to the pandemic. However, I can thoroughly recommend Michael’s of Malmesbury - at the top of the town round the corner from the abbey. Worth giving them a buzz beforehand to check if you need to book.

There are also two good bakers in the High Street, serving takeaway coffee and pastries. One is more or less opposite the Smoking Dog, and the other is further up on the same side of the road.

Hope that helps!

[GeoffSmith]

This is the route I won't be taking.

[GeoffSmith]

The colour coordination marshal won't be in disguise this year.

[dapinky]

To avoid any chance of it looking anything like an organised convoy, I shall merely be following the car in front of me.....

.... but in case I get lost, I have decided to create a viewable map in Google Maps (dunno if anyone using a fruit-based phone can use the same system!), which can be downloaded and entered into my satnav......

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit? ... 00012&z=13

..... and if anyone uses a SatNav which requires a .KMZ file (Garmin, Google Earth etc), then it can be found (zipped, because Geoff won't unlock the useful features of the forum software) here....

not a convoy route.zip

According to Google, it is a 28Km drive, and will take 30 minutes....... well, good luck in trying to achieve that!

[GeoffSmith]

…it is a 28Km drive, and will take 30 minutes…

Depends on how many giant tractor drivers have got to be sweet-talked.

[TrevorB]

The 8am-ish Truck Stop

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[alan e]

The 8am-ish Truck Stop

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[nicowalker1]

The 8am-ish Truck Stop

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[alan e]

I will be checking my tyre pressure at around 7.15 am in the Chieveley Services on the M4 and i think Trevor will be doing the same before rechecking them again at the Pit stop (just to be on the safe side) so please stay away from the Chieveley Services around 7.15 am we don't want a convoy to the Pit stop do we.

[Blaster]

I will be checking my tyre pressure at around 7.15 am in the Chieveley Services on the M4 and i think Trevor will be doing the same before rechecking them again at the Pit stop (just to be on the safe side) so please stay away from the Chieveley Services around 7.15 am we don't want a convoy to the Pit stop do we.

Looks like a good as place as any to check them.

[Kathryn]

Much as I would love to arrive at Combe in style not in convoy with you lot, I shall be driving not in convoy with two non-M100s and arriving a little later so please save a space on the grass for me!

[GeoffSmith]

For the avoidance of doubt:
We won't be meeting for breakfast around 8:00.
We won't be leaving at around 8:45.

[alan e]

For the avoidance of doubt:
We won't be meeting for breakfast around 8:00.
We won't be leaving at around 8:45.

Oh good so i won't have to leave home at 5.45am to get there for around 8.00 then.

[Steve A]

For the avoidance of doubt:
We won't be meeting for breakfast around 8:00.
We won't be leaving at around 8:45.

Oh good so i won't have to leave home at 5.45am to get there for around 8.00 then.

And that wasn't you I saw on the M4 today

[alan e]

For the avoidance of doubt:
We won't be meeting for breakfast around 8:00.
We won't be leaving at around 8:45.

Oh good so i won't have to leave home at 5.45am to get there for around 8.00 then.

And that wasn't you I saw on the M4 today

I did see your bright red Elan in my mirror from about one mile away but 2 cars don't make a convoy.

[GeoffSmith]

… but 2 cars don't make a convoy.

What about ten?

[alan e]

… but 2 cars don't make a convoy.

What about ten?

No they are all just parked up at the side of the road they have to be moving to make a convoy.

[GeoffSmith]

Correct. Question two…

[Steve A]

[/quote] I did see your bright red Elan in my mirror from about one mile away but 2 cars don't make a convoy.[/quote]

Did you turn off to go into the services ? I was contemplating doing the same just to put an extra layer on, it was certainly cooler than I anticipated