TA EAST E-NEWS SEPTEMBER 25TH 2013
To TA East members and friends
From Ferg Muir

Reminder – entries close this coming Tuesday (1st October) for the time trials at the Lincoln Wheelers Trike and Tandem Weekend. However those interested only in the touring and social aspects have a little longer)
Thanks to Pete Holland for the following updated details:
Lincoln Wheelers Trike and Tandem Weekend 2013 
Events open to solo trikes, tandem trikes and tandems
Saturday 12th October 10 mile event – C10/17 entry fee £7.00 1st man off 13.00hrs
Sunday 13th October 25 mile event – C25/3 entry fee £7.00 1st man off 10.00hrs
Event Secretary trikes Peter Holland, Stepping Stones, Dunston, Lincoln LN4 2EZ
Tel: 01526 322633 e-mail: happy_holland@btconnect.com 
Event Secretary tandems Richard Parker, 26 High Street, Carlton le Moorland, Lincoln LN5 9HT
and tandem trikes Tel: 01522 789630 e-mail: richard.parker@gmail.com
closing date for entries Tuesday 1st October 2012
NB use standard CTT entry form (2012 edition) – you must be a member of a CTT affiliated club or organisation
Social Weekend Programme
all welcome including those not riding the events
Organisers as above – please ring if you need additional information
Friday 11th October evening – informal arrangements to be made on the day
Saturday 12th October from 4.00pm after the event: Bernard Rosen Memorial ride and tea party
at Willow Farm, Swinderby Road, South Scarle, Newark NG23 7JW
£4.75p per person (tel 01636 892349)
evening meal at Bottle & Glass PH, Harby
Please ring organiser for details of menu
NB Bookings for tea party and evening meal to Peter Holland by 5th October please
Sunday 13th October Lunchtime meals are available at ‘Pride of Lincoln’ Steak house on A46 – no need to book
Accommodation
B&B available at tea venue at South Scarle – singles and doubles £25 per person (contact as above).
There are also other B&B’s in the area
Nearby Hotels Ibis Hotel – booking online www.accorhotels.com
Travelodge – booking online at www.travelodge.co.uk
Camping Thorpe Park Holiday Lodges, www.thorpeparklodges.com
Tel: 0800 612 2777. Ten hard standing pitches with electric hook-ups and toilet facilities.
(NB tents will need extra long electric cables to reach points from grassed areas).
Caravans £17 tents £12 per night
All booking of accommodation must be done direct with venue

There was a good attendance at the EAST AGM – thankfully, as there were some tough decisions to be made .
With no Breckland “12” in 2014 and several reports of worrying traffic conditions in the only alternative, the Eastern Counties CA 12, there will be no TA East 12, with rides in any UK 12 counting for the East BARs.
It was decided to run the 50 only so long as a non dual-carriageway partner event could be found*.

The 100 – We have agreed with the TA National Executive’s request that we run the 2014 TA East and Fliss Beard 100s alongside the CTT Championship. This is in Norfolk in July, on a new circuit course based at Swaffham and including some of the beautiful unclassified roads through Cockley Cley..

* With East District dates having to be with CTT only three days after the TA East AGM, this did not prove possible, so the 50 will miss a year – and we have time to make considered arrangements for 2015.

FOR SALE If you are looking for a small trike – you may be interested in one of these two –

1957 HIGGINS 20½” black frame on 700C wheels, 10 speed. £600 ono.

1988 LONGSTAFF 20½, blue with red forks, but needs respray. 27” wheels; triple chainset 18 gears; double freewheel axle. £180 ono

Contact East member Dave Cannon 01508 538166 (Bramerton ,near Norwich)

FUTURE DATES:

Saturday October 19th
East Meet for coffee at The Osiers Cafe, Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket.

Saturday November 16th Meet for coffee at “The Lock” Heybridge Basin, near Maldon. CM9 4RS
Heybridge Basin is signed off the B1026 between Heybridge and Goldhanger, Grid ref TL872069.

Saturday December 14th Meet for coffee at Corncraft, Monks Eleigh. Grid Ref TL973476 On the A1141 just on the Hadleigh side of Monks Eleigh IP7 7AY.

2014

Sunday February 2nd. East Lunch at The Manger , Bradfield Combust.
Bradfield Combust is on the A134, 6 miles south of Bury St Edmunds Grid Ref TL893574, Postcode IP30 0LW. Lunch organiser: Martin Badham 01603 897738 – {Cost is likely to be £14}

Best wishes to you all
Ferg Muir 01603 615000 fergusmuir@btinternet.com