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M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby rip » Fri 08.03.2013, 22:57

Please edit the list adding your name & junction:

J6A (M25)
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Re: M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby Steve A » Sat 09.03.2013, 00:48

8) Nice
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Re: M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby Paul69 » Wed 13.03.2013, 14:23

and me m8 junction 8 may be a while ....
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Re: M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby TrevorB » Wed 13.03.2013, 23:44

SteveA, what junction of M25 are you joining at and what time? :D

To clarify, before driving around M25 to J6A (M1). :?
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Re: M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby paulous » Fri 22.03.2013, 22:48

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Re: M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby Gazza » Mon 25.03.2013, 16:16

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Re: M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby rip » Tue 26.03.2013, 15:12

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Re: M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby TrevorB » Tue 26.03.2013, 23:27

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Re: M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby rip » Tue 09.04.2013, 10:21

As soon as I've confirmed what time the main convoy is going to leave the services, I'll start working out some timings.
I'll also try to acquire a co-pilot (phone operator) for the journey to coordinate things en route.

I believe all the roadworks on the M1 south of J19(M6) have now been completed but the authorities are keen to make use of the variable limit even when there is no need for it. :evil: & I believe you are likely to get caught if you speed through these.
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Re: M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby daveiow » Tue 09.04.2013, 13:38

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Re: M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby rip » Thu 11.04.2013, 16:03

Timings:
I'm not joining until halfway along so here goes...

I've worked these out at 60mph (except where noted below) with an ETA in Donington of 0900
Please join the M1 1 minute before your scheduled meeting time & drive at a sensibly lower speed & check your mirrors for Elans. When they pass, simply follow along.
The 2 service stations are not stopping points. Stopping will affect timings.

Meeting times.

J6A (M25) 0726
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J8 (Hemel) 0729
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J10 (Luton) 0736
Paulous

Newport Pagnell Serivces 0759
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J15A/Northampton Services 0810
DavidEJM

J19 (A14) 0828
Stef

For those already in the convoy, here is a complete list of junctions & passing times. Please adjust your speed as required to ensure you are not too early.

J6A 0726
J7 0728
J8 0729
J9 0733
J10 0736 Accelerate to 70mph
J11 0739
J12 0744
J13 0750 Drop back to 60mph
J14 0754
NP Services 0758
J15 0806
J15A 0809
J16 0812
J17 0821
J18 0823
J19 0827

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Re: M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby Steve A » Thu 11.04.2013, 17:21

:clap: Well done that man 8)

Then from J19 it's :burnout: :burnout: :burnout: :burnout: :burnout: :burnout: :burnout: :burnout: :burnout: :burnout: :burnout: :burnout: :burnout: :burnout:
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Re: M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby nicowalker1 » Thu 11.04.2013, 17:32

Good luck :-D
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Re: M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby Fredjohn » Thu 11.04.2013, 17:45

Great planning and see you all at the Travelodge!

Would a "let's synchronise watches" or similar be useful???
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Re: M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby TrevorB » Thu 11.04.2013, 18:20

I will be at Dartford Tunnel at 0640 should take 40 mins around M25 to Jct 6A going at 60mph. Well I'll
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Re: M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby rip » Thu 11.04.2013, 20:19

Fredjohn wrote:Would a "let's synchronise watches" or similar be useful???


How would you suggest doing that? I'll set mine by one of my radio clocks at home. They sync up with an atomic clock in Rugby so should be fairly accurate..
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Re: M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby Stef » Thu 11.04.2013, 21:15

I'll sync with the BBC news then!

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Re: M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby paulsmithmk » Thu 11.04.2013, 21:22

rip wrote:
Fredjohn wrote:Would a "let's synchronise watches" or similar be useful???


How would you suggest doing that? I'll set mine by one of my radio clocks at home. They sync up with an atomic clock in Rugby so should be fairly accurate..


can you just txt me when on way to mine mate?!!!
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Re: M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby paulous » Thu 11.04.2013, 22:25

Mobile phone networks all transmit time signal so assuming your phone is set to auto update time I'd suggest using that....if we really do need to be that accurate.

Great plan tho, looking forward to a great day out.
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Re: M1 (South) Convoy to Donington

Postby lotusnut » Thu 11.04.2013, 22:52

rip wrote:Timings:
I'm not joining until halfway along so here goes...

I've worked these out at 60mph (except where noted below) with an ETA in Donington of 0900
Please join the M1 1 minute before your scheduled meeting time & drive at a sensibly lower speed & check your mirrors for Elans. When they pass, simply follow along.
The 2 service stations are not stopping points. Stopping will affect timings.

Meeting times.

J6A (M25) 0726
Steve A
TrevorB
daveiow

J8 (Hemel) 0729
Paul69
Gazza

J10 (Luton) 0736
Paulous

Newport Pagnell Serivces 0759
PaulsmithMK
rip

J15A/Northampton Services 0810
DavidEJM

J19 (A14) 0828
Stef
Lotusnut

For those already in the convoy, here is a complete list of junctions & passing times. Please adjust your speed as required to ensure you are not too early.

J6A 0726
J7 0728
J8 0729
J9 0733
J10 0736 Accelerate to 70mph
J11 0739
J12 0744
J13 0750 Drop back to 60mph
J14 0754
NP Services 0758
J15 0806
J15A 0809
J16 0812
J17 0821
J18 0823
J19 0827

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