Chimay planning

So is it *absolutely* necessary to camp out on the site if the weather
is truly horrendous? have alternatives been pushed around?

We had 3 consecutive thunder storms cross Leeds today. I haven't seen
anything like it, even at sea or in Florida. The cloud cover was down to
100ft and the thunder was ear splitting. I went out in full PVC
construction waterproofs and hard hat to experience it. Just like
standing under a waterfall. You couldn't see more than a few metres and
the flooding built up like a rip tide. All the traffic had to stop.
Nurses in white uniforms were running in various directions, skimpy NHS
uniforms see through within seconds ;o) All the roof gutters were
overwhelmed and cascades started to pour off the buildings. I ducked
back inside when the lightning turned from sheet to forks.

So given that it's not entirely unlikely it could follow one to
Chimay..... thoughts?

<insert faggot comments here>

 

I guess if the weather's that bad, there'll be no racing, so we all go
wherever we feel like.
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Ah, good point

 

You big poof.

I've re-waterproofed my tent, and I'm taking my army-surplus poncho.

 

What are your travel plans. I haven't made decisions between a Thursday
night or Friday tramp down from Leeds yet.

 

Thursday night:
Newcastle -> Newport Pagnell

Friday:
Newport Pagnell -> Folkestone -> Tunnel -> Calais -> Chimay -> Beer

 

If anyone wants the spare room thursday night in sunny[1] Oxfordshire then
you're more than welcome.

d w b r o w n [ a t ] r m [ d o t ] c o m

[1] - Hmmmm.......

 

There is no hotel accommodation spare at Chimay on the weekend. Trust me
on this.

If it's pigging awful, then it's head for home and find a Campanile
hotel for the Saturday night, for me, at any rate.

 

Aye, they're normally bunched with a Premier Class so accommodating a big
bunch shouldn't be a prob.

<makes mental note to pack hotel guides, before departure in case of
emergency>

 

In message

Forecast has got even worse for Charleroi now - rain and storms, unless
that changes I can't even see me Col and Dan coming at all. I can cope
with one day heavy rain, but I see no point in putting up with all that
only to abandon the Saturday anyway.

Anything going on UK wise this weekend?

 

More flooding, apparently.

 

The weather's changing so quickly at the moment that it's not worth
trying to plan for it in advance, just deal with whatever it throws at
you at the time.

Veggie Dave's party; bring your own chain.

 

<considers packing airbed to use as a lilo.>

 

Couldn't you have posted a link here?

 

Would that be a silver lilo?

 

Well I guess waking up in Mauberge on Saturday will make the follow on
plan obvious.

 

It erm... might.

Every clown has a silver lilo.

 

It will.

I'll be deciding if I go tomorrow after finding out if I need another
weeks worth of bloody pills for this stupid throat infection. If I
can't drink *and* it's pissing down with rain, then a night in a French
hotel with pissed up UKRMers, before a day's ride home in the wet
doesn't appeal all that much.

 

Perzackly.

I can just see you surging through the tumultuous flooded streets,
flashing through the spume, leaving those less fortunate in the
massive wake created by the propulsion power of your mighty rotating
clown shoes.

 

I'd better load a copy of wipe-out onto my ipod, dude.