'BIKERS' NITE'TM Pub List 2024
Proudly supporting the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity since 2002
~ COTSWOLD'S Biggest BIKE MEETS FOR ALL BIKERS ~
Organized by Steph Shaw
Fundraising collectors: Beth Farmer & Jeannette Bond
Head Marshall: Cliff Jones
Contact: 07974 860624 or email: bikersniteuk@gmail.com
All Welcome, on whatever you ride.
From 5.30pm - Wednesday Evening Bike Meets
24/07/24 - MINERS ARMS, Whitecroft, nr Lydney. Forest of Dean. GL15 4PE
PARKING: After 5.30pm you will be able to park on the concrete in front of Forest Tyres and along that stretch of car park, but please leave space for Richard from R K Performance to leave his garage.
Plenty of space across the road, but again leave space for the ambulances to come and go.
FOOD: The pub will be serving food for us. Also, the yellow bus 'Only Food & Sauces' will be open.
BEWARE! Sheep with their Lambs live on the roads in this area. Quite often you will see wild Bore and Deer darting out of the bushes to run across the road in front of you! The sheep and their adolescent lambs have attitude! They will not move out of your way unless you stop and whistle which is difficult whilst wearing a helmet. They do not respond to sounding your horn, flashing your headlights or revving your engine. They are difficult to see when the light falls because their wooly coats or soft skin does not reflect the light. Please ride slower once you turn off the main road heading for Whitecroft and especially on your way home, and look out for the forest wildlife. Be prepared to stop!
As always, the Longest Distance Competition!
A few things for sale inc. bike books and a part for a BMW 1200GS
Please remember to bring CASH for 'BIKERS' NITE' sales and for a donation for the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity when you arrive.
Raffle tickets - £2 per strip or 3 strips for £5. Called around 7.30pm
Orange Seasonal Pin badges - Reduced from £20 to £16.
Official 'BIKERS' NITE' T-shirts from size S to XXXL- £16.
(I could do with help with parking the bikes whilst Cliff helps marshal the junction. If you could help out for a bit please do! See Steph or Cliff, thanks.)
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31/07/24 - GOLDEN BALL, Lower Swell, near Stow-on-the-Wold. GL54 1LF
PARKING: There's a big field almost next to the pub, with a temporary foot bridge for us to use as a short cut. To enter the field, drive past the pub with it on your right hand side for 200 yards. At the bend turn right into a field, follow a short track into the next field which should lead you into the field near the pub. The grass should be cut short. Remember to bring a puck or something to place under your stand.
If you have problems walking you may park your bike in the pub's car park.
Cars, please park in the field.
From 5.30pm
07/08/24 - LOWER LODE, Riverside, Forthampton, nr Tewkesbury. GL19 4RE
14/08/24 - THE MILL, Withington, Cheltenham. GL54 4BE
21/08/24 - KINGS HEAD, Birdwood, A40 nr Huntley, Gloucester. GL19 3EF
28/08/24 - Mystery venue booked! A new one that you're gonna love!
04/09/24 - tbc. A Cotswold town.
11/09/24 - CHELT. NORTH RFC, Stoke Orchard Rd, Bishop's Cleeve. GL52 7DG
18/09/24 - ANCHOR, Epney, Glos. GL2 7LN. (Severn Bore, rated *** at 20:15 Newnham-on-Severn)
25/09/24 - HOBNAILS, Little Washbourne, Tewkesbury. GL20 8NQ
02/10/24 - tba. if the weather is suitable.
30/10/24 - tba. Halloween Meet.
07/12/24 or 14/12/24 - tba, Christmas Meal.
01/01/25 - tbc. 12 noon. New Year's Day Meet. KINGS HEAD, Bishop's Cleeve.
~~~ PARTICIPATE ENTIRELY at your OWN RISK! ~~~
The management or organizer will not accept responsibility or liability for any accidents, incidents, damage or loss incurred whilst travelling to or from these meets or whilst attending them.
Please take a look at 'THE RULES' from the Menu Bar.
If you come in your car please give priority to the motorbikes parking close to the pub unless you are disabled. Thank you.
The BN pin badges will be available for you to buy during the bike meets. Alternatively, please put a donation in the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (MAAC) pot when you arrive.
The bike meets will still go ahead even if it's raining.
During many of our bike meets we hold a raffle, all the profit goes to the MAAC.
All prizes donated for our raffle are gratefully received.
It doesn't matter what time you arrive, but people start to leave around 8pm unless it's a warm, dry evening then they stay for a little longer.
Many thanks to everyone who has supported us over the past 22 years.
I hope you enjoy the bike meets and have discovered some new pubs which you really liked and might return to with new biker friends that you may have made.
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Help is often needed with Marshalling at some of these busy bike meets and likewise with volunteers to collect for the MAAC.
Please, offer us your help on the night if we are busy.
Whilst every effort has gone into creating this list correctly, errors may occur and one or two pubs may not be able to accommodate us when the time comes,
so please be aware that this list is subject to change.
You are welcome to share or copy to friends, but
please update any changes I may need to make, accordingly.
____________Thank you!____________
LOWER LODE, FORTHAMPTON, nr Tewkesbury. GL19 4RE
Here are the directions to get to the pub because Sat Nav will take you the wrong way and you'll end up on the wrong side of the river!
Do Not turn into Lower Lode Lane near Tewkesbury Borough Council or the Leisure Center where there's a sign saying 'Lower Lode Ferry'.
You need to go through Tewkesbury town and then :-
FIRST EXIT at the 'Black Bear Inn' roundabout A38. Follow road for a short distance.
TURN LEFT A438 Ledbury Rd. Go over the Mythe Bridge with traffic lights. Follow this road for 2, 3 or 4 miles.
After you see the dead tree on your left, passing the Garage on your right, TURN LEFT for 'Forthampton' - sign posted.
TURN LEFT at the T- junction. Follow road for about a mile.
Go STRAIGHT OVER at the cross road, (look out for tractors near the farm house on the left).
Follow twisty road/lane until the end, the Lower Lode Hotel is there, next to the river Severn. Beautiful location.
IMPORTANT PARKING INFO at THE MILL:
The road narrows as you approach The Mill Inn on your left and has a bend towards the top of the hill which is quite a tight squeeze for 2 cars to pass with a brick wall almost jetting out next to the road!
Therefore, with the pub on your left side, please park on the left side of the road only, that's if the car park is full, but PLEASE don't park on the bend further up the road/hill. This gap will allow other road users to pass each other and for a large vehicle to get around the bend with the brick wall.
If bikes park in this awkward area they might have to be moved by helpful Bikers without asking for permission to move the bikes first - sorry.
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