Sunday August Bank holiday at Phil & Tansy

[Phil]

We are planning to have a little get together on Sunday 24th August (having first consulted with A & A!) and everyone is welcome

We have a basic plan worked out, but will confirm details later, we will most probably meet near Colchester at a cafe for breakfast / coffee, then we will take a nice country drive back to ours, via a lunch stop, for dinner, beer, wine etc  

[Thotos]

Sounds good to me    sign me up please 

[jasonh131]

me tooooo

[simon131]

Just updating dates for events in my diary and calendar - Phil, do we have any more details?  Might be useful if you could point us in the direction of some local accommodation too please as otherwise I won't be able to avail myself of the excellent hospitality that you and your Dear Wife Tansy have to offer.

[Phil]

Just back from holiday - how do I always find a holiday spot with rubbish internet

if you pay upfront Premier Inn are offering a family room for ?40 a night, it's only about 5 miles away so not too expensive a taxi ride and I will pick up people in the morning and bring you all back for breakfast.

The link is below.

http://www.premierinn.com/en/checkHotel/CLABOW/clacton-on-sea-north/colchester-road

Travel lodge in Clacton are offering a room at ?55

http://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/405/Clacton-on-Sea-Central-hotel

Now that I am back I will now start working on the details for the day, the format will be similar to last year, seeing a different bit of Essex / Suffolk.

[simon131]

Excellent. Looking forward to it!  Hope you had a great holiday.

[Phil]

Tansy & I did the recce drive yesterday, all went well.

The meeting point on Sunday 24th August at about 10am is:

The Jubilee
Old London Road
Ardleigh
CO7 7QJ

On a Sunday they open at 10am, and do one of the best breakfasts you'll ever eat, Tansy and I will definitely be tucking in on the day they also do great coffee 

http://www.foodanddrinkguides.co.uk/colchester/the-jubilee-restaurant/restaurant/4797/#.U7gjN7HrxNY

I have checked on google maps and the post code is correct, if you're coming from London on the A12 you need to be careful on the A12 Ardleigh / Colchester junction. You leave the A12, go onto the roundabout then you need to take the slip-road for the A120, but turn off left immediately (go slowly if you miss the road you end up in Clacton ). If there are signs for Ardleigh car boot sale follow them & drive past to The Jubilee 

[Phil]

After breakfast a nice drive through some country lanes to a photo opportunity 

Just pretend the car's a Fiat and the sun is shining 

[Phil]

Then on to the lunch stop.

[simon131]

Looks great Phil and Tansy! Can't wait!

My 131 of choice for this run will probably be my yellow 1600 Special, although I might press the orange one into service if persuaded!   Wendy and I took the girls out in the yellow S today to meet Andy and Nita C for lunch in Midhurst, W. Sussex, a round trip for us of some 65 miles, and it's fair to say that '4-up' the 1600 ohv struggles a little - especially on the hills   so I hope your planned route is quite flat   (We had a  most delicious lunch by the way, a pub that we shall most definitely be going to again!).

Talking of lunch, looks like that lunch-stop sandwich is less than the ?15 minimum of last year Phil.  

[Phil]

Essex & Suffolk don't really do hills - more like hillocks 

On feed-back from last year, we test drove the food as well as the route this year, ?15 buys 2.5 sandwiches
   

[simon131]

Sounds good to me mate! 

[jasonh131]

Tansy & I did the recce drive yesterday, all went well.

The meeting point on Sunday 24th August at about 10am is:

The Jubilee
Old London Road
Ardleigh
CO7 7QJ

On a Sunday they open at 10am, and do one of the best breakfasts you'll ever eat, Tansy and I will definitely be tucking in on the day they also do great coffee 

http://www.foodanddrinkguides.co.uk/colchester/the-jubilee-restaurant/restaurant/4797/#.U7gjN7HrxNY

I have checked on google maps and the post code is correct, if you're coming from London on the A12 you need to be careful on the A12 Ardleigh / Colchester junction. You leave the A12, go onto the roundabout then you need to take the slip-road for the A120, but turn off left immediately (go slowly if you miss the road you end up in Clacton ). If there are signs for Ardleigh car boot sale follow them & drive past to The Jubilee 

come join us for some  of it ,breakfast or lunch  or all of the day ...let the boss know if your doing the end of day gathering

[jasonh131]

head past the remarda jarvis hotel  if that helps to find the road off the slip road.. see u all Sunday

[Thotos]

131 liberated from storage in readiness for tomorrow's jaunt through the Essex countryside. I might even wash it   ...

See you at the Jubilee at 10:00(ish) tomorrow