London Dawn Raid - 8th May 2016

[Cjg62]

[quote="Andrew300"]
[quote="Chris Gleave"]
I just tried to download the .itn file for a tomtom from Bruce's links above and id takes me to a website holding page.

Does anybody the file they can email me?

Cheers, Chris
ins2016@211211.co.uk
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Did you receive the one I just sent you
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[Bruce Fielding]

[quote="Sir Nick"]
How do you get just a list of the waypoints rather than a turn by turn?

Or just the address of the collections points?
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In order to get the route as smooth as possible I used something in the MyRoute toolkit called 'expand'. This adds waypoints to make the route more reliable in itn files or 'routes' The track is the actual track of the route, hence the most accurate.

Here are the collection points:

Collect Londoners: 14 Thurloe St, Kensington, London SW7 2ST, UK

Next collection Point: 1 St Katharine's Way, St Katharine's & Wapping, London E1W, UK

Next Collection Point: 5-7 Chesham Pl, Belgravia, London SW1X 8HP, UK

Final collection point: 55 Beresford Ave, Wembley, Greater London HA0 1NU, UK (ace cafe)

[Sir Nick]

Loverly jubbley!!

Here is the Google Maps for those collections points for those with just a smart phone:

https://goo.gl/maps/fW5bT4BKuZ52

[bodnet]

Right i've put five waypoints in my phone because thats the most it will take! I guess i'll be following other people mostly too!

The three collection points are Thurloe Place, Kensington SW7 2ST, St Katherine's Way E1W 1LD, and Chesham Place, Belgravia, SW1X 8HP


Bod

[bodnet]

Bristolians - are we driving up together?

[Sir Nick]

[quote="Bod "]
Bristolians - are we driving up together?
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Hi Bod.  I'm planning to leave home at 0415. Which will put me at J18 at 0430.  I will be pulling off the M4 at Reading to fill up at the Shell station.

[julian]

I will be in the BP on the A4 after the Hogarth and before the Hammersmith flyover. I will pick you up as you come through from Heston.

Woodsy, I will have your pannels.

Julian

[dc5ian]

wish i could come but my car is out of action for a while

[bodnet]

[quote="Sir Nick"]
[quote="Bod "]
Bristolians - are we driving up together?
[/quote]

Hi Bod.  I'm planning to leave home at 0415. Which will put me at J18 at 0430.  I will be pulling off the M4 at Reading to fill up at the Shell station.
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I'll hopefully see you there!

[AMH 142]

Spotted by my daughter this morning...weather looks great!

[Bruce Fielding]

Great weather. Great turnout. Great sights. Route was a bit hit and miss though...

Suggestions welcome for the future, but I think that we need to avoid Buckingham Palace (that always screws things up), and we probably need to find another collection point to the east - possibly revert to MacDonalds. View is nothing like as good, but at least we won't be turned away by snotty security. In the meantime,  I'll see if we can source another gathering point with views.

Also, although it's great having that many cars, I think that we should at some point break into more manageable chunks - say four / five cars. No way we can keep track of a dozen or more, although the effect on the public must be quite something I wouldn't know as I am usually the first to pass them and by the time the midfield arte passing, the look of awe must be er... awesome.

Happy with the South Ken collection point. Highlight was possibly the looks from the public on the Kings Road cruise, and the civilised collection point at the 96 Club. Thanks to Suzi for allowing the ASBOs amongst the classics. The Ferrari 250 was a great addition to the tour.

Also, I am selling a hardly used TomTom Rider 400 if anyone wants one.

[julian]

Thanks for organising Bruce, you did your best with the route, great meeting place in South Ken. Good to see old and new faces, great turn out.

I tried to follow route but couldn't get on with new Tomtom. I didn't get to do Kings Road which is a shame as its a great cruise. Enjoyed the break with 96 club.

I hope Tomtom is just a teathing thing, don't want to sell just yet.

Really enjoyed regardless.

Julian

[SvenTheHammer]

Thanks for organising today Bruce.

Really enjoyed my first Dawn Raid, and look forward to doing it again, hopefully soon.

Best

Sven

[jpswift]

Glad you had fun boys

Was planning on hooking up midway as not that far for me.....but just didn't happen

Any pics?

[jpswift]

I note on the Vimeo  kermits scaffold lorry  had sneaked into the convoy

Followed by the po po