The 2005 Round Great Britain Run Sat 30 Apr to Wed 04 May - EVENT CANCELLED

[taz2822]

And they said it couldn't be done...........

Well after this years run, next year will be better. Leicester has been designated a "No Go Zone" and Scottish Lochs are high on the agenda. The event will most probable be same time....ish . 4 days of fun, thrills and mayhem. Unlike other runs there will be an exclusive 25 car limit to the Wacky Racers. Travel Lodges are out and Coaching Inns with character are in. Charity is in and the M25 is out. Please register your SERIOUS committment only.

Also this thread will be a forum for open planning and discussion.

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As requested by Taz, I have started a separate thread on hotel bookings which can be found by clicking this link:

RGB II 2005 Hotels Thread

BTW, hotel booking has commenced!

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Other related threads:

RGB II 2005 Music Thread

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WACKY RACERS.

1. Taz ( Master of the Lost Boys + Leader of Leicester }
2. Ginge + Gingerer ( the nice people)
3. Minion + Kerry ( the just as nice people)
4. Bubblegoose ( the Goose with the Mousse)
5. Interceptor ( BurgerBoy..... with fries please)
6. Yorkie Blue ( Spik & Span)
7. Cooperchick ( kerbcrawler)
8. Learner Driver ( MangoBoy)
9. Max ( a very nice bloke}
10. GoldMini ( very Gold }
11. Flick ( burns rubber )
12. Hat ( is Hat! }
13. Anand ( Mr Happy }
14. Low n Loud 1
15. Willie M ( a Scot }
16. Sean ( another Scot)
17. Duncan Stewart ( yet another Scot....that makes it a Clan)
18. Scooperman_uk ( the Peter Jackson of Mini Film-making )
19. Dcfkan ( Bossy Old Cow)
20. blb999&MSb ( mathematician? )
21. Jones ( someone to keep up with?)
22. Trainman ( about time too m8)
23. Zoooooom ( a Cullen Conspirator )
24. Spur.
25.Thornef ( another Scot!!!!!]

[cooperchick66]

hello taz,
thank you for givin it one more shot,
sign me up for the whole thang, any help i can be to you, just ask
chick66
aka lynn

[Learner Driver]

Have posted a thread on NMS as well Taz.

[GOLDMINI]

Hello Taz

Put me down for the whole route as well please.

Looking forward to it already

[bubblegoose]

YAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!
Can't wait

[taz2822]

Quote: Originally Posted by Max

I'm signed up for the whole run

*also to do the Brighton to Bristol leg lead*

Just don't tell Mrs Max

Max

Welcome aboard Max mate, gonna be a blast.

I havn't told Mrs Taz either!!!

[Root Ginger]

OK. Well it's time to get that planning under way while our ideas are fresh in our heads.

Taz great idea about accomodation. Travel Inns are boring. Coaching Inns with character and history are and quite possibly cheaper too

I think this time around, towns should be avoided as much as possible. This includes staying in and travelling through them. Most frustrating to lose the lead cars within a few minutes of departing for the day.

Planning. OK so this year was good but as some of the route maps weren't published until after we'd started the run, if you lost the lead cars, you had no chance of finding them again as you didn't know which route they were taking. I'm not saying that the route should be planned with military precision but a basic idea of routes and roads travelled would be nice which we had for some stages.

I think the dates for this run is fine. b/h w/e didn't provide many problems, although we could of been lucky due to the bad weather at the beginning of the b/h, putting travellers off. I don't know.

BTW May Day bank holiday is 2nd May next year. This means we'd be looking at 29th April to 2nd May if we used the same days as this year.

Might be nice to take in some of Cornwall next year too.

[Hat]

likewise, sign me up but don't tell the missus just yet

[Willie M]

I'd certainly be keen to join in. Put me down as a 95% definite. It'll all depend on the final dates for me.

[minion]

Lookin forward to it already

[taz2822]

areas that i think should be explores on the run - All thoughts tho
1. Id like to get a run going thru the Lakes
2. I think a visit to Loch Lomand and Loch Ness might be in order
3. A dip into Cornwall would be nice
4. Going thru Central England has to be done so we need to find a few key areas of interest ie Sherwood Forest etc.
5. The Dales - Hats territory
6. Must do Max's full New Forest Run.- Not neccesarally to Brighton tho
7. Its important that we establish 'Key photo shoot points" on the Run as an objective to get to. ie. Outside Windsor Castle, On Lake Ullswater etc.

[minion]

all sounds good to me taz

can i suggest N Wales and a trip into Snowdonia.
it would be a shame to have a Great britain run but miss out WALES

DAZ

[Hat]

all good ideas, just need to make sure the roads & distance are do-able. Key landmarks would be good

i can see an excuse for some 'planning meetings' here

[taz2822]

Quote: Originally Posted by Hat

all good ideas, just need to make sure the roads & distance are do-able. Key landmarks would be good

i can see an excuse for some 'planning meetings' here

I see this calls for me to go out and purchase one of those 'er Map thingybobs-You know , those big things with squiggly lines and name of places.

[low_n_loud1]

Me! Me! Me!!!!

costs permitting... Hell yeah.. I wanna do the whole thing next time!

Just don't make me Number 13!!!