cdco

Right Chaps as Gridlock Mikey in the Main NBO thread suggested here is the initial stab at a thread and RV for any Preston area scoobs to meet up for the NBO convoy run. As the A59 seems to be a reasonable route how about meeting in the Swallow Hotel Car Park at Samlesbury. That way its the right side of Preston and convenient for any one comming down the M6 from Brig, leyland etc?

Note : This doesnt mean Im volenteering to be the convoy leader....

ROUTE ??

0.0 0.0 A6 Preston, Lancs
Follow signs Chorley A6

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0.5 0.5 A59 Junction with A59
At traffic signals turn left A59 (signposted Clitheroe)

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1.6 1.1 A59 "Hesketh's Arms" public house
At roundabout take 2nd exit In 0.5 mile descend

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2.7 1.1 A59 Junction with M6
At roundabouts forward

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4.3 1.6 A59 "The Swallow Hotel"
At traffic signals turn left

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6.9 2.6 A59 Junction for Mellor Brook
At roundabout take 1st exit

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7.5 0.6 A59 Osbaldeston ("Bay Horse" public house)


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9.4 1.9 A59 Junction with B6245
At traffic signals forward

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9.9 0.5 A59 Copster Green ("Park Gate" public house)


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12.0 2.1 A59 Junction with A666
At roundabout take 1st exit (signposted Clitheroe, Skipton)

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14.5 2.5 A59 Junction with A671
At roundabout take 1st exit In 0.6 mile at roundabout forward

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15.6 1.1 A59 Junction with A671
At roundabout take 2nd exit (signposted Skipton)

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24.5 8.9 A59 Gisburn


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29.0 4.5 A59 West Marton


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30.0 1.0 A59 East Marton ("Cross Keys" public house)


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31.5 1.5 A59 Junction with A56
At roundabout take 1st exit

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33.6 2.1 A59 Junction for Skipton
Keep forward (signposted Harrogate, Leeds)

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34.4 0.8 A65 Junction with A65/A629
At roundabout take 2nd exit A65

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35.2 0.8 A65 Junction with B6265
At roundabout take 2nd exit

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37.2 2.0 A59 Junction with A59
At roundabout take 1st exit A59 (signposted Harrogate)

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41.0 3.8 A59 Junction with B6160
At roundabout take 2nd exit In 0.5 mile long ascent of Beamsley Hill (14%) then descend to

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47.8 6.8 A59 Blubberhouses (church)
In 0.4 miles ascend (12.5%)

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54.9 7.1 A59 Junction with B6161
("The Travellers Rest" public house) At roundabout take 1st exit B6161 (signposted Ripon A61)

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56.2 1.3 A61 Killinghall
At T-junction turn left A61

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57.2 1.0 A61 Junction with B6165
At roundabout take 2nd exit

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57.5 0.3 A61 (edge of) Ripley
At roundabout take 3rd exit

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60.8 3.3 A61 Wormald Green


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63.8 3.0 A61 Start of Ripon bypass
At roundabout take 2nd exit (signposted Thirsk) In 0.9 mile at roundabout forward

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64.8 1.0 A61 Junction with B6265
At roundabout take 2nd exit In 0.6 mile at roundabout forward

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65.8 1.0 A6108 Junction with A6108
At roundabout take 1st exit A6108 (signposted Leyburn, Masham) In 0.1 mile at mini-roundabout turn left and cross River Ure

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66.3 0.5 A6108 Junction with North Street (clock tower)
At clock tower turn right

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67.8 1.5 A6108 North Lees


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69.1 1.3 A6108 (entrance to) Lightwater Valley Theme Park (on left)
You have reached your destination.

Gridlock Mikey

Nice one

Give it a few days and folk will start posting

Mikey

SCOOBY TOWERS

iTrader: (7)

Watch out on the A59.
Now being targeted by mobile cameras between Clitheroe and Gisburn - My thanks to all the bikers going to Devils Bridge at Mach 2.
Usual spots are
1. On top of the hill (2 lane up, 1 lane down)by Sawley(Just after Clitheroe).
2. Just on the otherside of the same hill (as you speed up after assending hill) in the country foods entrance.
3. Stirk house entrance just before entering Gisburn.
Then its over to West Yorkshires finest for them to fleece you - Erm - I mean help reduce accidents / keep you safe.

All the above is from the horses mouth (Cheers uncle PC Gary)
Camera's set at 10 % + 1 MPH over limit.
You have been warned!

lordharding

iTrader: (1)

Cheers CDCO

For starting the official PRESTON INVASION TO the NBO *****

boomer

Also watch out for the new GATSO in the (new-ish) 40mph limit section of the A59 at Osbaldeston, as well as the old faithful GATSOs in (40mph) Copster Green!!!

I believe that the section between the Petre Arms roundabout (near Langho) and the Whalley roundabout is also a favourite revenue generating area

mb

snowy95wrx

I`m in

snowy

cdco

Thanks for the warnings gents, knowing the sunday traffic on the A59 it wont be a gung ho blast any way, you know caravans, chrch goers etc...... several dozen scoobs should wake em up thou.

Any Idea's on an RV time any one?

hendy

i will have a bit ov that all i need is time date ps my m8 s the manager of the swallow hotel lol cheers grant

cdco

hendy, Is ur name on the main NBO list that Lordharding's pulling together? If u dont know the date I guess it isnt and if not hurry and put it on. I recon looking at the other grouops a 9.oo am start looks god aiming to be at LWV round 11ish at the latest - any chance of breaky if ur m8ts the mgr???

john_s

iTrader: (1)

Right guys, we def. need a Preston-ish based convoy, so here's some thoughts....

cdco: without getting the map out (too late to be bothered tonight!) i think that's probably the route i'd take.

Would a hotel take kindly to a bunch of scoobs turning up on a sunday morning (any loud zorts folks?). We might have a better idea when we see what kind of response the thread generates.

hendy: perhaps you could ask your mate if he'd mind?

If not, we could meet on the Boddington Arms car park, which is just round the corner on the A59, opposite BAE's main gate. Have met there before on a weekend morning for a run.

Cheers guys.

John

sly fox

Boddington Arms sounds a good idea,

Or an even better one is the new McD'd just out side of clitheroe, could also get some breakfast before we go from there

sly

Gridlock Mikey

hendy

right put my name on the nbo list cheers grant

john_s

iTrader: (1)

Sly: How about both... could meet at the Boddington Arms, then have a Preston NBO convoy raid on maccy's for brekkie.

John

hendy

mmmmmmmmm sausage and egg mcmuffins lol

sly fox

sounds a good idea john,

I think my idea of McD's breaky has got some interest too... lol

sly

hendy

are we going to have a meet one weekend before the nbo like john s said any takers grant will

cdco

Right Gents, so at the moment we have the following convoying from the Preston area :
CDCO
SNOWY95WRX
HENDY
John_S
Sly Fox

RV at the Boddington Arms for what 9ish then on to Clitheroe MacD's for Brecky ?

RLE

iTrader: (2)

I'd be interested in meeting you guys near Beamsley Hill. Definitely one to watch out for. Three police Scoobs patrol here, one marked, plus unmarked silver & blue. Who knows could get them to join in??

Evo 1 also in tow if thats ok?

cdco

RLE, Ta for the warning on the police scoobs, can't see any reason for you not to join us, dont know what time we'd be getting there though, its probably best to sort moby numbers nearer the day.

Also Ive asked Karak to email me the lancaster scoobs route to see if we can join convoys some were.

Carl.

Rusty Festa

john_s

iTrader: (1)

Hi Jon.

Fancy seeing you sat there in the corner.

John.

john_s

iTrader: (1)

Just a thought... will the McJobbers be able to cope with a convoy of scoobs passing through? Or will they be so busy wetting themselves with excitement that service will slow down to KFC standards?

John

cdco

Right Gents any one for a pre meet at the Boddington Arms next sunday morning (1st June) ? just so we know who's who etc then maybe a little jaunt over the tops to devils bridge. Meet at say 9.30 ish??

Any one intrested?

hendy

yep me in

john_s

iTrader: (1)

Not sure what i'm doing next weekend yet, so put me down as a maybe.

(Updated 27/05/03 @ 20:48ish)... sorry guys, think i might be in south wales this weekend

John

[Edited by john_s - 5/27/2003 8:46:41 PM]

cdco

Ok Hendy see u there... sorry u cant make it john but see u before the nbo ANYWAY... Rusty Festa fancy joining as and doing the devils run backards? along with naughty but nice n bob mac?

Gridlock Mikey

Boing

cdco

you lost me with that one gridlock

Gridlock Mikey

By posting on a thread, it "bounces" the thread back to the top of the forum. Statistically, people will only look properly at the first 5 thread titles if browsing and reply to the first three. Anything else is more likely to be ignored.
This is why the for sale section is so active, to post and leave it, consigns it to page 2 within minutes, people don't want to look at another page.
So in short, it turns a thread into the top of everyones agenda for a few minutes.

Mikey