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Oct 5th, 2005, 11:36 PM
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| MINI2 Heartbeat Run 2006 - Full House 81 cars for this super run. 4th June 2006  The runs previous to this event have lots of fond memories shared by hundreds of people, myself included!!! The start destination will be in the Tesco car park just off the town center of Thirsk, North Yorkshire. More details later...... Start time will be 10am prompt from Tesco car park The run date will be 4th June 2006 The event which is one of the pinnacles of the Mini2 calender, is such a fun run to organize, great roads, beautifully scenery and plenty of diversity. I feel this run will promise to be as popular as it's predecessors, so pop your name down early. So what will this run offer :Without giving too much away.... It covers a large portion of North Yorkshire, featuring stunning views and great roads, it boasts long straights, beautifully curved corners and views for miles, selected parking and toilets will be included!!!!!! I'm going to try and simplify things by adding pictures to maps. I don't know of anybody else who has done this before but it has occurred to me that pictures can and will make all the difference on a route like this, I've attached a couple of snaps below of various road signs, danger points, Points of interest and Road layouts to ease the chance of getting lost. All points will be color coded I've selected points on route where video footage WILL be taken, I've chosen these points purely to make one of the best videos yet and to try and get everybody's car on film. I'm wanting to make a different film from following the same mini, I want to make it more professional with cut-aways to wheels turning, people enjoying and beautiful scenery all around. I understand the ethical laws with regards to filming/photographing persons and there cars against there will, on entering this event you must be fully aware footage will be recorded , nothing illegal will be shown, and every piece of footage will be edited. Any questions or concerns please feel free to PM me. The route is Superb nearly knocking on the door of 143 Miles but it's all Fab Pictures and Keys 1, Hazards such as cattle grids and narrow bridges in Red 2,Junction layouts will be in Blue 3,Village Signage will be in Slate Grey 4,Road Signage will be in Yellow Green 5,Points of interest will be in Green I'm scanning the web sites as we speak for accommodation in thirsk and surrounding areas, also I will include various amenities such as dining, cash points and petrol stations. I will place the links to these points of interest as soon as possible. Usefull Links Accommodation: http://www.picturesofengland.com/Eng.../Thirsk/hotels http://srv01.information-britain.co.....cfm?county=40 Cash Machines: Four in the town center Petrol stations: Half mile away from the square http://clients.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/thirskmotors/ Route Map to Thirsk Start point can be inputed via AA web site: http://www.theaa.com/travelwatch/inc...s_redirect.jsp The run has meticulous picture prompt run notes and will be ready on this thread soon enough. 2005 Heartbeat Run Photo Gallery...check it out http://mini2.xylene.biz/ I'll initially limit the numbers to 70 cars, judging on the parking space and route.  Because the Heartbeat run is so big I need split the cars into groups, 1st Group: The more spirited driver This group will consist of veteran runners, those who have done more than 3 runs. 2nd Group: Run Buddies Those who usually have been on runs before or those who have a good navigators. 3 Group Puddlers Group Run Virgins, a slower paced group. How the run works is like this- Because we're all following the same route the first group arrives at the first stop point, waits for the second group and sets off to the next re-group point, the second group then rests and waits for the 3 rd group and does the same as the 1st group and so on. The notes will have approximations of rest time and should be adhered to rigidly, there is plenty of time in each stop. There are 3 official stops including 1 dinner break, where we will all meet up together (Helmsley). To allay any fears from the first time runners These runs organised by myself and a handfull of M2 members are fantastic days out and enjoyed by all who partake in them. Mini fans all brought together from different parts of the country to enjoy great roads, wonderfull scenery and a good natter. It's also a good way to put a face to a user name! A good mix of male and female drivers, with no boy racers  I am very passionate about good organisation and will try to answer any question raised. Once at the first meeting point of Thirsk, runners will be briefed and sorted into groups. Try not to be late at the starting point, a reasonable amount of grace is given to late runners, but running to a schedule this time will be limited. I have set some very basic rules in which everybody has a safe and enjoyable time on the run, anyone who I feel has contraveind any of the following rules will be asked to leave. Rules of the run 1, Don't drive too close to the car in front. 2, No threatening driving such as honking the horn or bully boy tactics. 3, Unlawful behaviour to other road users. 4,At any of the stops, No wheel spinning, very loud music or being discourteous to members of the public. 5, It is not a RACE!!! If you do have any more concerns please feel free to PM me. Rams Previous years Run The Heartbeat 2005 video is now fully working and ready to go... you need the following file to show content http://download.divx.com/divx/DivX521XP2K.exe Previous years Run thread: http://www.mini2.com/forum/showthrea...=heartbeat+run Download that, run the installer and it will happily integrate itself with your media player/realplayer etc etc HeartBeat Video is at http://81.171.135.187/Heartbeat1.avi (right click, save as) Run notes I've used last years notes as they took me hours and hours to do!!!! I'd advise colour print outs pages 1 - 3 Page 1 http://81.171.135.187/HeartbeatRun2005Page1.pdf Page 2 http://81.171.135.187/HeartbeatRun2005Page2.pdf Page 3 http://81.171.135.187/HeartbeatRun2005Page3.pdf Any problems with downloading let me know!!! Group Leader/Tailers Group 1 Lead Car- Rams  Tail Car- Danb  Group 2 Lead Car- Tail car- BigBri  Group 3 Lead car- Mini Cooper Mel  Tail Car- Heartbeat 2006 Official Runners 1,Rams 2,Bianchi Boy 3,Cooper 54 4,Johnboyo 5,Will 'S' 6,Billy Smart +1 7,John Morgan and Shell 8,TomCoops 9,Boothy 10,Tnoy66 11,E Yorks Andy 12,Indiblue 13,R53 Cooper S 14,wedi_mynd 15,JAS Jason Donny Mini 16,PortRhombus (Jake) 16, Helen Greens 17,Leon & Liz 18,Nick16vCooper 19,Phil R 20,Merlin 2 21,Breitling 22,SGindicooper 23,$WA$$ (Steve) 24,DanB 25.C11 XFF 26,\\chrome// 27,rhardaker 28,Parc77 29,Crouchy 30,Bugsbluey 31,Darren Briggs 32,BigBri13 33,FoxyMini 34,Ollies 35,Karl & Vicky..Electric blue 36,L14MWY 37,Stretch 38,Andy (Doncaster) 39,Melanie G (Mrs Rams) 40,shrekone 41,Oliver Sadler 42,John England 43,Kells1981 44,Jenny B 45,Stefano 46,MiniNick 47,Monty Mini 48,Lesley & Andy 49,Mini_Anton 50,NickyJ 51,Mini-Princess and Tall Andy 52,JR&JJ 53,Kwuaint Irene 54,Harrop 55,ONO 56,Fishtail 57,Dogtanian 58,Kitten341636 59,Ian Clark 60,joannesutcliffe 61,Dave Saville 62,Dave Saville +1 63,Mick Donny Mini 64,Pete Greens Gym 65,Ash Greens Gym 66,stevedave50 67,Matts Mini Adv 68,Will 'S' 69,Matt Linconshire Mini 70,kinchjet 71,Fudge 72,Rich IX 73,Specky 1 74,PaulusMaximus 75, gary bartle Maxed Out! Last spot 76, Wanda Meeting Points The first meeting point for all those travelling up from the South & North West, the first meeting place will be the Sainsbury Car - Park just off the A1(M) Juction 46.Colton retail park Meeting time here will be 9am    To all those who are travelling from the north Come off the A1(M) junction 49 travel down the A168 to get into Thirsk, it's only a small town so if you get stuck ask for directions to the Tesco Supermarket. For those travelling from Harrogate way, make your way down the A59 to Junction 47of the A1(M) and follow these directions Start time will be 10.00am please try and get there about 9.00 / 9.30am Meeting time here will be 10am    Available Hotels in the surrounding Area The Crown Hotel Crown Place, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 2RZ Tel: 01423 567755 Booking Line: 0845 45 66 399 1 x Double Room inc Breakfast £90.00 The Studley Hotel 28, Swan Rd, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 2SE Tel: 01423 560425 Booking Line: 0845 45 66 399 1 x Double Room £95.00 The Yorkshire Hotel Prospect Place, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 1LA Tel: 01423 565071 Booking Line: 0845 45 66 399 1 x Double inc Breakfast £125.00 Holiday Inn Harrogate Kings Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 1XX Tel: 0870 4431 761 1 x Double Room £71.00 room only, £62.00 inc breakfast THE ASCOT HOUSE HOTEL 53, Kings Rd, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 5HJ Tel: 01423 531005 Booking Line: 0845 45 66 399 1 x Double Room £90.00 inc breakfast Hotel Du Vin & Bistro Prospect Place, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 1LB Tel: 01423 856800 1 x Double room £120.00 £13.50 for Continental breakfast Balmoral Hotel Franklin Mount, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 5EJ Tel: 01423 508208 1 x Double room £55.00 per person inc breakfast Scotia House Hotel 66-68, Kings Rd, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 5JR Tel: 01423 504361 1 x Double room £65.00 inc breakfast Arden House Hotel 69-71, Franklin Rd, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 5EH Tel: 01423 509224 1 x Double room £75.00 inc breakfast The Belmont Hotel 86, Kings Rd, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 5JX Tel: 01423 528086 1 x Double room £60.00 inc breakfast The Kingsway Hotel 36, Kings Rd, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 5JW Tel: 01423 562179 1 x Double room £60.00 inc breakfast Travelodge Hotels Ltd The Royal Baths, Crescent Rd, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 2RR Tel: 0870 1911737 1 x Double room £61.00 £4 for Continental breakfast Lamont Guest House 12, St. Marys Walk, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG2 0LW Tel: 01423 567143 1 x Double room £65.00 inc breakfast West Park Hotel 19, West Park, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 1BJ Tel: 01423 524471 1 x Double Room £95.00 inc breakfast Ash Grove Guest House 72, Kings Rd, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 5JR Tel: 01423 569970 1 x Double Room £55.00 inc breakfast  Last edited by Mini-Trainer; Jun 1st, 2006 at 10:26 PM.  |
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Oct 6th, 2005, 04:05 AM
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| Mate Shame you cannot wait until June, I would blag a local MINI and come along. Just a couple of pieces of info re Servo's and ATM's. Tesco's used to have their own Servo opposite the store and had cash machines in the store also. My brother lives just round the corner from there, I shall send him along for a look at your Babies. I grew up driving round the Moors (used to live near Helmsley). I would love to see a copy of the route if possible. Cheers Phil |
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Oct 6th, 2005, 08:47 AM
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| Go on them - put me down! I don't have next year's work roster yet - but I'm sure I can get a day off if it clashes considering the last one was such a good laugh! Nice prompting Rams - you caught me lurking last night didn't you!   |
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Oct 6th, 2005, 12:13 PM
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| Would be rude not to.... Stick me down. John Gallery - http://mini2.xylene.biz/ |
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Oct 6th, 2005, 12:14 PM
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| And pictures of last years run are available on my gallery....which is at http://mini2.xylene.biz John Gallery - http://mini2.xylene.biz/ |
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Oct 6th, 2005, 01:15 PM
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| Route notes will be posted soon enough, Helmsley is included also Stokesley, Castleton, Hutton Le Hole also a jaunt right through the centre of Dalby forrest! Now theres livin! |
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Oct 6th, 2005, 01:55 PM
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| Heartbeat 2005 runners list, know any? These are the runners from the last Heartbeat run, if you recognise any of them, spread the word back to them, I'm sure this run will be another full house!! 1,Notts Chilli mini Chris 2,J1JPE 3,Tony and Emma 4,Port rhombus !!! 5,DMR 6,Rich IX 7,Zack 8,Horgy on reciept of Softmints only 9,Foxy Mini & Loui 10,Veronika 11,Breitling 12,Johnboy 13,Tnoy 14,Janine & John Bootland 15,Richard and Bryan 16,Oliver Winter 17,Rob Scaife 18,Johno and his bird 19,//Chrome// 20,MJS 21,Jase Black 22,Johnmorgan1980 23,BLB99+1 24,MiniMee2 Half way25,Little Molly & Big Dave 26,Parc77 27,Titch 28,Major Tom and his lovely daughter Lucy 29,Merlin 2 30,Dave Savage 31,Ian Clark 32,EM Dust 33,Bee Bee 34,Yorkie Blue 35,Billy Smart 36,Helen Bootland 37,The Daddy02 38,JUSGT 39,Indiblue2 40,Captain Cane 41,Bianchi Boy 42,John Anderson 43,John-Boy England (The Dancer) 44,Mark Wiz 45,TommyCoops 46,Deb G 47,Steffers 48,Danb 49,El Gordo 50: Mini-Trainer 51,Jimmyxp 52,Tony Craggs 53,Sexy Leah Goodliffe 54,Aunty P 55,Micky S 56,Caroline Stead.. Sexy Leah Goodliffes mate! 57,Maddy Cox+1 58,Steve PSB 59,Nick 16v+1 60,Shell 61,Rap 62,BigBri13+1 63,SGindicooper 64,Minky Mini 65,Minky Mini x2 66, Stacey +1 67,Martin +1 68,Jo Brewster 69,Leon & Liz 70,NUVIOX 71,Blue280 Full House |
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Oct 6th, 2005, 03:35 PM
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| Wondered how long it'd take you to see this thread, not on the ball as much these days Chris?!! |
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Oct 6th, 2005, 04:22 PM
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| get my name down on that list old chap... and dont forget shells too cant miss this one... |
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Oct 6th, 2005, 05:08 PM
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| i know they guy at No 35, he said he will make this one whatever, craig will be in tow. He said he has heard of this Rams bloke and asks how he is me!  Eer you niked my son....... |
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Oct 6th, 2005, 07:41 PM
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| I'm doing just fine mi old pedigree chum! You still got Shrek on your Ariel? Rams Last edited by Mini-Trainer; Oct 6th, 2005 at 08:16 PM. |
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Oct 7th, 2005, 09:22 AM
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| Yes please, so good last year, just have to do it again! Just one comment on Dalby forest - beware the speed humps, and beware of braking hard on the gravel near then  TOMCOOPS -  a World Record holder  |
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