Taste of Lincolnshire 2011

Hi All,

The 8th Taste of Lincolnshire is due to take place on the 3rd September 2011 nr Woodhall Spa.

The venue will be the same as last year - The Village Limits - please remember this is surrounded by large ditches! Please ride appropriately

I have block booked all 8 twin rooms at the venue. If you wish to secure a place please post up here or contact me. A £25 non-refundable deposit is required. I shall post up a booking list as I receive deposits.

The venue has provisionally booked us into the restaurant for Friday and Saturday nights. If you wish to eat (recommended) please let me know.

More details to follow in due course.
Hope to see you all again for another unforgetable ride-out aroud Lincs and beyond.

Chris

We are both in this year & looking forward to it Chris, can you PM me your address please for the deposit.
Thanks Nick & Ellie

Ross & Dirt Bike Dave have hacked in to Greencat's whisky and will defo attend the pre ToL - Ditch avoidance course in preparation for ToL 8.

Count the drunken bums' in!

Rosco & Dave (hackers)

Wtf - I don't wanna go

ditto...me neither...p.s wtf!!!

Yes please for me , I'll see what the ditch king wants to do.

Yes Please put Jill & I on the list.

is there still one place on this? if so id like to come

stick me on

Hi Littlecat/Suzie,

There is indeed one bed unoccupied at the venue for Saturday night.
At the moment that would mean you'd have to share with a bloke - ahh, hence the rush for the last place!

I need to post up some more details about accommodation. There are plenty of B&B's in Woodhall Spa so there's no problem if more folk want to attend; you'll just have to de-camp to the B&B at the end of the night(s).

I'll add you both to the list, no deposit required at the min. I'm hoping there will be some more interest, so if anyone else wants to join the ToL please let me know - accommodation and meal details. Then I'll know what I need to sort out and can try my best for you.

If there's an issue it'll have to be first come first served, but you might like to start a separate off-venue group?
I'll post up again soon.

Cheers,
Chris

Hi Chris, I should have posted up much earlier, but w'ont be able to make it. Got a good excuse though, my daughter marries Mr. Eddie on that day. Tes

Oh, right - any excuse!

I'll change the route then and we'll all pop-in for a pint

greencat wrote:Hi Littlecat/Suzie,

There is indeed one bed unoccupied at the venue for Saturday night.
At the moment that would mean you'd have to share with a bloke - ahh, hence the rush for the last place!

I need to post up some more details about accommodation. There are plenty of B&B's in Woodhall Spa so there's no problem if more folk want to attend; you'll just have to de-camp to the B&B at the end of the night(s).

I'll add you both to the list, no deposit required at the min. I'm hoping there will be some more interest, so if anyone else wants to join the ToL please let me know - accommodation and meal details. Then I'll know what I need to sort out and can try my best for you.

If there's an issue it'll have to be first come first served, but you might like to start a separate off-venue group?
I'll post up again soon.

Cheers,
Chris

Jill & I stayed at a cacking b&b in Woodhall last year, it was a brisk 25 minute walk to the venue & the landlord got us a Taxi back that only cost a a few quid cus it was dark and wobbly

I hope you mean 'cracking'..... but you might not! :rite:

i'll sort myself out thanks chris re accommodation - i'll probably just stay at Neil's = he's only down the road so easy to get to in the evening and more beer money- failing that i'll get a b&b

Will be great to see you again Suz , bring the Dilly !

I'm in for this one please. If Nige or anyone else can post a few B&Bs that are recommended close by I'll get it booked. Will have pillion too so Chris if you can book me in for food on Sat night it would be appreciated. Cheers

MevsyD wrote:I'm in for this one please. If Nige or anyone else can post a few B&Bs that are recommended close by I'll get it booked. Will have pillion too so Chris if you can book me in for food on Sat night it would be appreciated. Cheers

Hi mate, be good to see you - here's the site with a few places on although can't see the one we used last year. mind you the lady was getting on a bit
Best to go for one on the Stixwold side of Woodhall if you can

Go carefull lots of Pheasants around there

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Nice one Nigel, much appreciated. Will look forward to this one and hopefully avoid the wildlife as well as dragging bikes out of hedges....!

well we will be in the car if freds op goes ahead
i can pick some of you lot up & bring you to the pub
but you need a taxi back because im not staying sober
pete

espaceman3 wrote:Will be great to see you again Suz , bring the Dilly !

If he behaves and the Tiger stops being a b d and is reassembled from the airfix kit that it currently is lol (although the bee is still in favour so not entirely bikeless ........... yet) i just have a sneaking suspicion that i may be supposed to be 300 miles North in Glasgow that night

Gutted! Myself and Angela can't make it as I have double booked.. On a charity golf day with auction etc that I cannot miss. Firstly it's paid for and secondly we are sponoring a hole so impossible to duck out.. See some of you on the surf and turf, apologies to the rest. Ride safe..

Chris, I'm afraid I can't make this either now due to work issues AGAIN!!
Hope you guys have a good ride and the 848 doesn't miss it's older brother too much on the run. :(

Hi Everyone,

I'm sorry to hear some of you can't make it. We'll sink a pint or two on your behalf and hope you can make it next year.

All is now set for this years ToL so here are a few final details. The rest will be covered once you get here.

I shall be at the venue The Village Limits from around 6pm on Friday 2nd Sept. I know some people are travelling quite a distance so it would be good if you could post up your estimated arrival time. Don't want your food sat on the table for hours.

Note that the parking area at the rear of the venue is gravel. Please take care there and on the ride in. You'll appreciate that on rural roads there's a likely to be some loose material on the surface!

Dinner is provisionally booked for 8:30pm on both nights. Food orders will not be taken much after 9pm.

For those staying at The Village Limits rooms will be allocated on first come first served basis. All are twins. Bring spare ear plugs!

Departure is scheduled for 9am from the car park at The Village Limits, Woodhall Spa. Lunch on Saturday will be at Foxton Locks nr Market Haybrough. Coffee/tea/comfort stops are scheduled for the morning and afternoon.

The route is now finalised. 222 miles with an option to shorten this if time runs out. I hope not as the last bit is the best bit and you'll miss a coffee stop. :bounce:

Fuel stops are fixed. Non are more than 100miles apart! We will stop for fuel in Woodhall at the start of the rideout so as long as you arrive with a couple of miles in the tank you'll be fine.

That's it for now. Have a safe ride in. See you at the bar!

Contact numbers:
Me 07903 FourHundred 468
The Village Limits 01526 353312 (Billy & Sonia)

Cheers,
Chris

Here's the planned route in case anyone wanted to see where we went. Meant to do this earlier, but have just been reminded by Manor69.

Of course none of us actually did the full mileage as we headed straight back to Woodhall from Horncastle at the end of the day - we just ran out of time. :(

At least some of us managed the section from R to S on Sunday morning. I can also recommend the section from S to T which was the start of ToL 2010.

Hope this is of interest.

Cheers,
Chris