Rideouts

The Runs for 2008

The Theme is Mines and Museums

Contact any of the committee for more details. Click on the map for a larger view. Click on the hyperlink (underlined text) in the Run or Starting column to download a map to import into AutoRoute and an image to view on the screen. Note that the maps are compressed to a .zip file, so you will have to save them, unzip them and then you can access the files. All Autoroute files are compatible with Autoroute 2006 and Autoroute 2007. If anyone wants TomTom or Garmin itinerary files, please email alan@manhoc.co.uk

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Date	Run	Explanation and other points of interest	Map	Starting point
4-6 Jan	G-MEX Show	Head for the G-MEX centre in Manchester	N/A	N/A
13th Jan	Matlock	A leisurely ride out	Map to follow	Poplar 2000
10th Feb	Pancake Run	It's famous throughout the world.		Haslingden 10:30 start
24th Feb	Attenborough Nature Reserve	Click here for details		Poplar 2000
16th March	Blue John Mines	Click here for details		Poplar 2000
6th April	Rheged Discovery Centre	Click here for details		Haslingden
27th April	Around Wales	Playtime in the Welsh hills	Gary will tell us as we ride	Poplar 2000 10am start
18th May	Laurel and Hardy Museum	Click here for details		Haslingden 10:00 start
8th June	Mablethorpe Seal Sanctuary	Click here for details.		M62 Birch Services E 9:30 start
29th June	National Space Centre	Click here for details		Poplar 2000 10am start
20th July	HOC Lunch at How Stean Gorge	Click here for details	TBA	Haslingden 10:00 for 10:30 start
10th Aug	Newark Air Museum	Click here for details		Birch Services W 10am start
31st Aug	Woodside Falconry Centre	Watch the racing pigs! Click here for details		Birch Services W 10am start
21st Sept	Round the Lakes	Just a ride!		Haslingden 10am start
12th Oct	Great Orme Mines	Click here for details		Poplar 2000
2nd Nov	Cars of the Stars	Click here for details		M61 Services N 10am start
30th Nov	NEC show	The show to end all shows!	Probably down the M6	Poplar 2000 10am start
14th Dec	Ponderosa	Good for lunch.	Map to follow.	Poplar 2000

Note: fill up well before we leave please to save time. We want to try and leave promptly at the time shown above. If you are late, we may go without you.

Birch Services – on the M62 between J18 and J19. Remember that Eastbound is towards Leeds and Westbound is towards Liverpool.

Poplar 2000 services. On the M6 at J20 (Lymm turn off) or the M56 J9.

Little Chef, Haslingden. On the A56, just North of the end of the M66. Go left at the first roundabout and it's on the right.

M61 services. There is only one set of services - just after J6 going North and just after J7 going South.

All runs start at 10:30 unless otherwise stated. Do not use the times in AutoRoute as a guide.

Contact any of the committee for more details

Click here to download an Excel Year Planner with all the run and meeting dates for 2008.

Note that we will make every effort to go on the runs unless the weather is dangerous. This means snow, ice and freezing temperatures.