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Jenkins

Jenkins

Legendary Member
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Felixstowe
Oh **** it. I've just had my hotel booking for the BTCC weekend at Silverstone cancelled as the hotel has been "urgently reclassified for Government use".

I will get the full price refunded, but this was booked back in April so picked up for only £50 including breakfast. The cheapest similar deal I can find now is £70 for a Premier Inn in Milton Keynes so it looks like I'll only be going on the Sunday now. Barstewards.
 
Andy in Germany

Andy in Germany

Guru
Location
Rottenburg am Neckar
Jenkins said:
Oh **** it. I've just had my hotel booking for the BTCC weekend at Silverstone cancelled as the hotel has been "urgently reclassified for Government use".

I will get the full price refunded, but this was booked back in April so picked up for only £50 including breakfast. The cheapest similar deal I can find now is £70 for a Premier Inn in Milton Keynes so it looks like I'll only be going on the Sunday now. Barstewards.
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Sounds a bit drastic: why are the UKgov urgently in need of hotel accommodation on BTCC weekend?
 
Andy in Germany

Andy in Germany

Guru
Location
Rottenburg am Neckar
Beautiful Daughter wanted "A new story", so I told her a shortened version of this battle with a SRAM Gear system at work, with "Ptwang" sound effects every time the spring in the gear system unwound.

She got the giggles for ten minutes straight.

Half an hour later she's still awake, occasionally saying "Ptwang!" and giggling into her pillow.

If only I could wind up the gear system as easily...
 
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Jenkins

Jenkins

Legendary Member
Location
Felixstowe
Andy in Germany said:
Sounds a bit drastic: why are the UKgov urgently in need of hotel accommodation on BTCC weekend?
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Probably got a load of free tickets - remember that back in the Super Touring days, Nigel Smith was sponsored by HMSO.

There's definitely something going on - I've tried random dates at the same place until the end of November and they all show "Unavailable for the selected dates" so if anybody sees a load of Men in Black types around Junction 19 of the M1...
 
biggs682

biggs682

Itching to get back on my bike's
Location
Northamptonshire
Been a nice day chez Biggs
 
tyred

tyred

Squire
Location
Ireland
Nice 25ish miles on my Moulton on quiet minor roads in glorious evening sunshine. Some gear change issues with the FM hub traced to the wheel pulling forward slightly in the drop out (I can't help being such a powerful rider :becool:) but thankfully I always carry tools so quickly fixed. It really is uncanny just how well the suspension works on poor road surfaces.
 
Jenkins

Jenkins

Legendary Member
Location
Felixstowe
This morning was an exercise in how to spend a lot of time doing absolutely nothing. I had a notification that advance rail tickets for a trip to Stoke on Trent at the end of November were available so I spent about an hour on various permutations of routes, timings & costing only to go with the initial plan. My new debit card also turned up so more time was wasted adding that to Garmin Pay, etc. Just as I was thinking of going out for a ride, it started to rain so the kettle went on, a coffee was made and shirts & trousers for work were ironed.

Most importantly I had a delivery of 400 size 2 coffee filter papers.

Sometime after 2pm I did get out for a few miles on the 29er. It rained. Heavily.
 
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