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Yup been to the meets and starting to get involved with the club but their ride (from 10 green bottles bar in leigh) is just too early for me after i get home from work, its on a monday if anyone is interested, can't wait until the games are over and the games can begin !

Yeah,..thats what I think..bit of a rush home from London !..Some days I work late so impossible..plus of course our lovely weather

Andy

3 -4 weeks to go,than we will up in Southend -Hadleigh.
Is anybobdy knows what`s going on up there:

1:Is there a public viewing ?
2:The Southend on sea festival is going on.
What`s happen on the festival:
Bands --theatre
3:On wich days are coming the olympic mtb participant to get train of the olympic mtb course.

After 8 weeks shit wether ,the time is coming for a change

Dude, welcome to Southend but you wont see a single thing of the MTB without a ticket, the place is like fort knox !! write it off and ride Danbury etc instead.

1. Only public viewing will be with ticket or from helicopter, although i guess you may be able to ride around the general area (outside the big fences) on the day, although you wont see much/anything, better watching it on TV

2. Is there a Southend Festival ?. Cant see anything specific listed > http://www.visitsouthend.co.uk/whats-on ... 12&mstat=0 but always quite a lot happening, depending what you like and where you wanna go.

3. Good question, havn't seen this mentioned but I'd assume they would be there a few days before at least, if not weeks.

Andy

Might still get in as I cant see their being many Security Guards on the gates

Like they say above most of the course is in the middle of Hadleigh Country Park. and can not be seen from anywhere outside, it's rather good as no view is spoilt

But the Dog Walking Fraternity are kicking up a stink, so not only from there pooches but them self see linky >> HERE
Some choice comments...

I was there today.
MY GOD! i know i work for the same company but what a shambles!

I hope when i go as a spectator its better than going there for work!

Yeah..but you risk getting machined gunned by a soldier instead.........or who fancies a Steve McQueen style jump over the fence ?

Andy

No need, if you speak english at them, they wont know what your saying and let you in. worked for me

LOFL ^^^^

we have them in the foyer of our office, they do the fire alarm tests and know body understands what the hell they are saying

I was standing there with the main gate guy, their manager and he still didnt understand why i was there. more worryingly was he couldnt work out how to use his radio to call for help!

Olympic legacy for the English people to last in memory forever... But all the jobs went to foreigners who can't even turn up work or know what there doing... Sheeeeeeeeeesh

Its all kicked off on the local paper's website about the legacy thing, some cracking comments being made (same link as above) - http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/castlepoint/9798526.Keep_your_hands_off_our_precious_Hadleigh_country_park_/

Great stuff..I mentioned it on Hadleigh MTB facebook page too, another letter in todays paper from some miserable old git moaning that its a lot to build for only 80 competitors and that no-one 'he knows' is interested, that explains why its a sell out then !. God theres some moaning gits around here....well Benfleet especially.!

Andy

That's because its a bit of a backwater (no pun intended) and all of a sudden the world will be looking in !