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I know there are a few posts on the board for this already, however without offending this will be the official and only one that will matter from now on. Could I ask that everyone uses this one from now on please and I will post any developments and info as I get it on this thread.

I will try and address everything with the following list.

THE EVENT IS FREE TO ENTER FOR EXHIBITING ENTRANTS AND THE VISITING PUBLIC. THE EVENT IS BASICALLY A MEET WITH A 9 MILE RIDE INTO BRISTOL WITH BETWEEN 100-150 OTHER ITALIAN BIKES, PARK UP ITALIAN STYLE IN CLOSED OFF STREETS WITH EVERY ITALIAN CAR MARQUE YOU CAN THINK OF AS WELL, AND THEN BE ENCOROUGED TO START UP AND MAKE AS MUCH NOISE AS POSSIBLE.

THE MEETING PLACE
The meeting place will be junction 19 of the M5 motorway in the car park of the motorway services at Easton In Gordanno. We will meet in the far corner near the raised grass bank. (This is out of the way of where the cars tend to park and as the bank is raised, will provide a good vantage point to photograph the masses of bikes. It will also keep us out of the way of the main building and any complaints from the services manager).

THE DEPARTURE TIME
We will meet at 09oohrs with a departure time of 0930hrs. (This will give us 30 minutes to travel the 9 miles or so into Bristol and enter the festival for 1000hrs as requested by the organisers.)

THE ROUTE
The route will be out of the main entrance of the services and turning left onto the A369 towards Bristol, We will then make an immediate right turn into High Street (Portbury Village), once in the village we will follow the road around to the left and onto Mill Lane. The route will now rise up through a series of bends and carry on through woods and forests. At the end of this road we will meet the B3128 and turn left following the signs for Failand and Bristol. We will follow this road and go straight across at the traffic light controlled cross roads and carry on following the B3128 as it twists and turns and drops down through more forests until it meets the A370. Once on the A370 we will then follow the signs for Bristol City Centre over the cumberland basin bridge and then follow the A4 towards the centre. We will enter the centre and keep right turning back on our selves before following the road left and into Baldwin Street. The entrance that we must take into the festival is on the left with a dropped kerb at the Edwards Public House. Duncan and Co will endevour to park you up promptly. (I have left out the Clifton Suspension Bridge due to the fact that we have the start stop issue when approaching the bridge and once we have crossed it, to allow people to catch up. It was a bit of fun last year and a bit of an experiment to see how it went, but I have decided to leave it out this year. The bridge is an old antique and 100-200 bikes crossing it in one go is a no no for the bridge people. The rest of the route is fairly straight forward with the only hazzard being 8 sets of traffic lights! There is nothing that can be done about that as this route passes the least sets of lights believe it or not into Bristol.

POLICE ESCORTS
Police escorts will possibly cost money and in the words of a Ducati owner and Police Inspector "probably ruin it". I did enquire about this last and it was pointed out to me that someone higher up the ladder would make all sorts of demands and restraints on the ride in. There could be possible cost implications to and this could not be met by anyone as we (The Organisers) are determined to keep this festival free for all, the fact that in this day and age streets will be closed, marshalls supplied, a ride in for the bikes, a Ducati trailer supplied for the day and no entrance fee for exhibiting cars and bikes and the visiting public being asked, is all AMAZING! Also we (The Oganisers) are not a club and so we do not have funds of any sort.

VOLOUNTEER MARSHALLS
I am looking for volounteers to marshall the ride in, I require 5 or 6 people who are able to meet either the night before or earlier, and supply their own high vizi vests. The riding marshalls job will be to give anyone caught at traffic lights and junctions directions to catch the rest of the group back up should they get separated (which is going to happen at some point). You will ride with the group and all be allocated lights and junctions to stop at to mop up.

Riders Ducati dealership look set to lend us the trailer we had last year and the chap who brought the race bike that we displayed may be bringing more! The other thing which could be needed is a supply of accommodation for travellers from a far. I have a spare room and could put up 1 or more people.

I would appreciate it if people could fill in the attached poll, so that we know how much bike parking space we will need at the festival.

I hope like me you are all looking forward to it.
View Poll Results: Who is joining the ride in and who is going to go straight there?
Meeting the ride in 76 95.00%
Going straight there 4 5.00%
Voters: 80. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 01 Feb 08, 04:03 PM   #46 (permalink)
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You dont have to register bikes at all. Bikes can either turn up with the ride in or turn up to the main event by themselves, the marshals will let you in and direct you to the right area. Try and make the ride in, it makes 50% of the fun in my opinion.
Ok then,

Will come and meet the gang and ride in. Super stuff

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Not sure yet Rug - bit political as Its my birthday that weekend.....and it might not go down too well if i bugger off on friday afternoon and dont come back all weekend!!!!!
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Not sure yet Rug - bit political as Its my birthday that weekend.....and it might not go down too well if i bugger off on friday afternoon and dont come back all weekend!!!!!
Keep me posted, hope to see at Ducati Manchester ride out soon can finalise then.
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Not sure yet Rug - bit political as Its my birthday that weekend.....and it might not go down too well if i bugger off on friday afternoon and dont come back all weekend!!!!!

Why not send the other half down on the train, and make a weenend off it!!!!!!!!
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I'll be there again, more than happy to help out as a marshall as well Rich.
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I've been reading this post with interest and I'm starting to put together the idea of coming to Blighty for the Bristol event, doing it either on the journey to the UK or on the way back to CH.

My main concern is finding a safe place to park my bike overnight (don't want my ST4s nicked on a bike tour in Albion) before joining the ride-in on the day.

Can anyone recommend a secure place/hotel/bnb close to the ride-in meeting point? Thanks.

Oh and close to a pub that sells superb cask condition beer. Champion. (I do miss a decent pint here in Switzerland)
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Northworthy, I will ring around for you. Let me know your preference, there are hotels around the area and bed and breakfast accom. I can call around and find out who can ensure your bike will be safe.8)
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I think it was the Holiday Inn at Bristol we stayed at the night before the big bike show in August - has very secure & free underground parking. Happy to let bikes into set aside corner area - right under cctv.
Only a very short walk across to centre & nice restaurants in the evening.

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I think it was the Holiday Inn at Bristol we stayed at the night before the big bike show in August - has very secure & free underground parking. Happy to let bikes into set aside corner area - right under cctv.
Only a very short walk across to centre & nice restaurants in the evening.

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And there be plenty of oldie pubs in Centre. just watch out for the Pirates.....
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Thanks for offering to do a bit of accommodation research. If it helps I'm fine with anything up to 50mls away from the ride meeting point and most certainly out in the "sticks". But please don't spend that much time on this as the trip is still in its embryonic planning stage and much will depend on getting Grandma to look after my young daughter whilst I'm away in Blighty)

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The hotel suggestion is appreciated, however I'm a country chap born n breed, and me and my ST4s have a very great dislike to spending any time in the concrete jungle. It's the byways for us. (we'll have our vaccinations' done for the day of the Italia Fest but as they wear out quickly we'll be out of there well before night fall) The thought of spending the night in any large conurbation brings us both out in 'orrible spotty rashes.
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Been looking forward to this ever since finding this site - so even though I'll have only just returned from The Ring 2 days previous - I'll be there
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Thanks for offering to do a bit of accommodation research. If it helps I'm fine with anything up to 50mls away from the ride meeting point and most certainly out in the "sticks". But please don't spend that much time on this as the trip is still in its embryonic planning stage and much will depend on getting Grandma to look after my young daughter whilst I'm away in Blighty)

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The hotel suggestion is appreciated, however I'm a country chap born n breed, and me and my ST4s have a very great dislike to spending any time in the concrete jungle. It's the byways for us. (we'll have our vaccinations' done for the day of the Italia Fest but as they wear out quickly we'll be out of there well before night fall) The thought of spending the night in any large conurbation brings us both out in 'orrible spotty rashes.
Hi northworthy,

I'll be involved in the Bristol thing again this year but, for various reasons, probably not on the bike. Get the planning done for the trip, if you don't find your ideal accommodation that isn't a problem as we have a caravan you can kip in, we live in the sticks and the pub round the corner serves real ale....just do it from your end, we'll sort something for you this end
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