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Old Jul 1st, 2003, 10:51 AM
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Accomodation please book up early as it's is Bank Holiday weekend

THURSDAY( pre-run-night) 29th April - LEEDS / PREMIER LODGE/ City West One Office Park Gelderd Road. Leeds T: 0870 990 6448
web link: http://www.premierlodge.co.uk/premi...einfo.jsp?id=51


FRIDAY( night) 30th April - OXFORD / TRAVEL INN / Oxford Business Park, Garsington Road, Oxford.Tel: 08701 977 204

SATURDAY( night) 1st May - BRISTOL / TRAVEL INN / Bristol South - Hengrove Way

SUNDAY( night ) 2nd May - EDINBURGH / TRAVEL LODGE / Dreghorn Junction 46 Dreghorn LinkCity-By-Pass Edinburgh Booking line: 0870-085-0950





THE PLAN

stage 1 [approx 300miles] start at Leeds United FC -Ellend Road opp theTravell Inn
FRI: LEEDS to OXFORD via doncaster, nottingham,peterborough, cambridge.
[overnight stay for group in OXFORD / TRAVEL INN / Oxford Business Park. }
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stage 2. [approx 500miles] start at Mini Oxford plant ( tbc)
SATam OXFORD/ to BRIGHTON

SATpm BRIGHTON to BRISTOL
{overnight stay in BRISTOL / TRAVEL INN / Bristol South - Hengrove Way}
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stage 3 [approx 500miles] start at Travel Lodge
SUN am BRISTOL to MANCHESTER via Cardif, Shrewsbury, Chester

SUN pm MANCHESTER to EDINGBURGH via Kendal.Keswick,Carlisle,Hawick Peebles
{ overnight stay in EDINBURGH / TRAVEL LODGE / Dreghorn Junction }
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Stage 4 [approx 550 miles} start at Mini Oxford plant ( tbc)

MON am EDINGBURGH to FORT WILLIAM via Perth, Inverness

MON pm FORT WILLIAM to LEEDS via Glasgow,Dumfies,Carlisle,Penrith, Barnard Castle.
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Key meet stop will be planned on route to link up with any other who want to join on route

ONGOING BULLETIN BOARD:

1. Goonery has got Whizz Kids on board
2. Need to get BMW on board in some form.
3. Taz is doing Leeds to Oxford
4. Soggy is doing Oxford to Brighton route for us
5. Max is doing Brighton to Bristol route
6. Taz is doing Bristol to Edingburgh route
7. Learner Driver is doing Edingburgh to Leeds
8. There is a lot of interest in the run in Scotland on the Sunday should be full.

9. Full runners booked in for accom-
Taz, Learner Driver, Interceptor & Bubblegoose, ,Ginge , Minion. Yorkie Blue

10. Iv'e pm all those who registered initial interest. Only Hat has kindly replied.(...nuff said)
11. Sponsorship form can be downloaded off www.mini2bigrun.co.uk
12. I have offered the run to selected schools and organisations in my area agreeing to split the raised monies in an agreed way.
13. Would like to get some small freebies or prizes to give as incentives etc.
14. Yorkie Blue has joined the Wackies
15. Goonery is organising T-shirts
16. Taz has organised a CD
17. Taz is organising name plates for the Wackies
18. Max has sorted out routes with Anand
19. Some Wackys will meet at the R & R on Sunday 18th April
20. Taz will be doing a collection on the R & R

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Old Jul 1st, 2003, 11:02 AM
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Me and our Lass please [I'll check if she wants to go all the way.......]

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a flying start

Off to a good start cheers

Could you let me know if its
. Part-Run or All Run. or { Possibly All-Run }
I need to know how many straight jackets i have to go ot and buy.
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Off to a good start cheers

Could you let me know if its
. Part-Run or All Run. or { Possibly All-Run }
I need to know how many straight jackets i have to go ot and buy.

Straight jackets for us Please

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Part run I think, though I may not be able to stop once started
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Taz you crazy man, put me +1 down for possibly all of run.
I'll definatly do the first section and probably turn up to the finish too as its in Leeds.

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Leeds/ Yorkshire for us and would love to join in the end bit too maybe a large venue is needed for the grand finale? Might depend on press/ publicity

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Old Jul 1st, 2003, 03:56 PM
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Taz - I'll defo do the south coast section too, just not sure of the rest
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part 4

Anand, do you want to to the last leg twice?
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Book me down for the whole route, sounds like too much fun to just do part!

I concur great signature!

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