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SATURDAY 5th December 2009
You may bring toys, but the Children's Hospice has asked for us to think "Days out throughout the year". If the weather is fine we will have 2 to 3 hundred bikers delivering possibly 6 to 7 hundred presents, that is a lot for them to deal with.
On the days out side, Bristol Zoo Farm will let us have tickets £6 each (see home page) and Bowlplex will do gift tokens.
Bristol Zoo proper do a season ticket for £174 which we will be collecting for on the day and after that the Showcase Cinema do a book of 50 tickets for £220.
So we are encouraging people to bring money, cash or cheques payable to The Children's Hospice Southwest on the day as well. So in answer to your question you may do as you wish, but obviously we do not want to overwhelm them with toys.
BRIDGWATER ROUTE
Meet McDonalds (Link
to Multimap) car park from 9.30am,
leaving car park at 10.00am
Travel up the A38 to Highbridge
railway station car park driving
through at 10.15am
Travel up the A38, turning on to the
Weston Super Mare road at the East
Brent roundabout
Meet at the Victoria Cafe on Weston sea
front from 10.30am leaving at
11.00am
Travel along the toll road turning
left in Kewstoke and following the
signs to Bristol going out through
Worle on the Queens road passing
over junction 21 of the M5 and onto
the A370
Pick up from the lay-by on the left
300mtrs after the junction at
11.15am
Continue along the A370 onto the
Long Ashton by-pass and at the end
of the by-pass turn off to the Park
and Ride. Arrive at the Long Ashton
Park and Ride at 12.00 and proceed along the Cumberland Basin and onto the Portway turn right to go up to the downs stopping at
Parry's Lane (by the coffee vendor) on the downs.
FROME ROUTE
Meet at 9.00 am at Nunny Catch Cafe. Leaving at
9.20 to head off to the Globe
Meet at the Globe, Newton St Loe, Bath from 10.30 and be picked up from ride through at 11.00 am and arriving at the downs at 12.30
GLOUCESTER ROUTE
Meet at the Stonehouse little chef near the M5/A38 junction from 10.00am leaving at 10.30am and
arriving at the downs at 12.30pm.
CINDERFORD ROUTE
The run will be taking place again this year and I would like to invite bikers from the Forest to meet in Cinderford at the Rugby Club at about 08.45 -09.00am with a leaving time of about 09.15am, ride on to meet a group in Gloucester, ride down as one large group to Parry’s Lane on Bristol Downs where all the groups assemble before riding ‘on masse’ to the Children's Hospice Southwest, Wraxall.
Cinderford contact Terry on
07967 981472.
TAUNTON
The run is from outside Hein Gericke on Wellington Road. Meeting from 9am and setting off at 9.30 prompt to join
the guys at Bridgwater for 10am start, contact Sue,
susanp@richuish.ac.uk
or telephone 07511 661292.
If you are willing to organise a start point then tell me and I will help advertise it and send you some posters and/or flyers as you require. From Long Ashton Park and Ride car park we will then travel to Parry’s Lane on Bristol Downs.
The planned route from Parry’s Lane will be.
Leave Parry’s lane for 1pm round White Tree roundabout, across the Downs to Blackboy Hill and down White Ladies Road, through the Triangle turning right down Park Street. Around Bristol Centre back onto Anchor road along to Hotwells over Cumberland basin onto Brunel way turning left to the Long Ashton Park and Ride. We will re-group in the Long Ashton Park and Ride before continuing onto the Children's Hospice for 2pm.
The Hospice have kindly offered tea and cake on our arrival.
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