FNRttC FNRttC 7th August to Felpham near Bognor Regis 2009

[Tynan]

a flnt did my brand new rear on the Dunwich, stright through the centre of the belt, bloody thing was still there on my (fortunate) check of the tyre

 

[Sittingduck]

is this track suitable for a fatboy on 25mm gatorskins... I need to know

 

[Aperitif]

is this track suitable for a fatboy on 25mm gatorskins... I need to know

Ant - less of the tyred old rhetoric. Mind you, IME Gatorskins just suck up splintery debris and spit it out into your tubes
You'll be fine - just invest in talc. (Not only because you stink either)
See you soon big man.

 

[dellzeqq]

is this track suitable for a fatboy on 25mm gatorskins... I need to know

I do it on 23mm GP4000s. The flints are so large that keeping the bike upright is the problem. Hence the walking option.

 

[Aperitif]

Flint, off road, to test success with two tyred sportsmen.

<Sorry - idle mind...>

 

[Sittingduck]

Sounds like I might take the getting off & push option

Thx

 

[Tynan]

Tynan is a go!

at the moment anyway, sacrificed the Dover ride to save this one

 

[dellzeqq]

the reserve list has stretched to about a dozen - so we really are pretty full up

 

[Wheeledweenie]

I have wriggled out of the engagement that put my participation in jeopardy and am now able to commit. Hooray!

 

[dellzeqq]

well, my smoothly worded letter to Lady Emma Barnard, asking for permission to traverse her estate has got a 'no'. Bother!

 

[Aperitif]

You should have asked if we could ride across her land instead Dell...
Send Wowbagger in - naked!

 

[clivedb]

well, my smoothly worded letter to Lady Emma Barnard, asking for permission to traverse her estate has got a 'no'. Bother!

Simon
There is a stately homes website that claims the following, although I cannot see anything similar on the Parham house website. Anyhow perhaps it's the council of management who should be making decisions about access - not much of 'a warm welcome' so far!

Parham Park is the home of Lady Emma and Mr James Barnard, but is now owned by a Charitable Trust. The house, gardens and park are administered by a Council of Management charged with their care and with the duty of continuing to open Parham to the public. Visitors, adults and children, are assured of a warm welcome to a remarkable family inheritance.
http://www.stately-homes.com/areas/details.asp?HID=640&ID=1785&path=12,21,79,1785

 

[dellzeqq]

Clive - I've been through the system on Parham, and the reply was from the management.............

Dear Mr Legg,
Lady Emma Barnard has passed onto me your letter regarding the forthcoming Night Ride.
It sounds great fun. Having given the matter much thought we regrettably feel that we will have to say no for security reasons and also because of the deer herd who are another principal reason why we have to keep the gates locked overnight.
Our suggestion is that you might like to consider taking the small country road that skirts the northern and western boundaries of the park.You take a turning off the Pulborough to Storrington road about a mile from the main Parham entrance.
This route has exactly the same effect as going through the park and at that time will be deserted- it is almost that during the day.
Any problems over finding it, let me know.
Apologies again over not coming through the park, but hope you understand.
Kind regards,
Richard Pailthorpe
General Manager
Parham House & Gardens


Writing to Lady Emma B was a bit of a tactic - she comes across as somebody who's up for a laugh, and I thought that if she handed the letter to the estate management it might get a bit of a push behind it. Ho-hum.

 

[Aperitif]

 

[clivedb]

Clive - I've been through the system on Parham, and the reply was from the management.............

I should have known that you would have already recceed all possibilities!