RTTW - Last Message
Last message before next weekends event......
Graeme
Dear Participant
Thank you for registering for Ride to the Wall.
Detailed below is the information I have for the day. This will be added to the website (Front page , Main information for the day ) as will any last minute news so please keep checking the website regularly.
Registration/Merchandise
Full registration and Merchandise will be available at Drayton Manor on the day.
Green Sticker
Did I mention to put the green sticker on your headlight BEFORE YOU GET TO THE START AT DRAYTON MANOR.
Speed Limits
Drayton Manor is 5MPH . The ride will be 40 MPH and the National Memorial Arboretum is 5MPH . Please observe these.
Please , Ride with Respect – Not to impress
Drayton Manor
We will start receiving participants at 07.00 hrs. Ensure you arrive IN PLENTY of TIME. Please plan to arrive no later than 10.00 hrs or you will actually cause issues both in Fazeley and Drayton Manor Park because the exit and entry are on the same road.
Flag bearers
Please make yourself known to the Marshalls at Drayton manor BEFORE going into the parking area so you can be directed to the Flag area.
Cars
Drayton Manor - No cars will be allowed in the Bike Area and must park in the other car parks at the Theme Park. Please remember that the Theme Park is open to customers on 2nd October
NMA - There will be a Park & Ride to the National Memorial Arboretum from 8:45. No cars other than authorised vehicles will be allowed on site. The Park & Ride is free and situated at Catton Hall. There will be yellow signs showing you where to go, toilet facilities will be available there also. If you can use the A513 from Tamworth you'll not get caught up in the ride itself as that comes from the A38 onto the A513.
Blue Badge holders to go to Park & Ride, where specially adapted buses will be used.
Toilets
There are 3 toilet blocks within an easy Walk at Drayton Manor. The NMA have arranged extra toilet facilities for the day also.
Wreaths
If you ordered one from the NMA these can be collected from the large Marquee at the Arboretum.
If you wish to order one direct then you'll need to contact Lyn at the Arboretum to discuss and place the order. She can be contacted on Telephone 01283 792333.
Parking at the NMA
This year we can use the area around the Wall itself to park on. Please follow the directions of the marshals.
If you don't want to stay for long please use the Haulage Yard Car park, ask the Arboretum marshal's to point you in the direction (it's down the road from the Arboretum). I'm told there should be a Burger van there also .
Food
Drayton Manor has a dedicated food outlet for RTTW . Details will be on the website.
The NMA will have 3 extra concession outlets to supplement their restaurant facility.
Access to the Wall
The NMA ask that you use the access steps or walkway to access the Wall. Please do not use the grass slope
Smoking
Sorry but the NMA is a non-smoking area.
The NMA point out that many 'Fag ends' were left in the Armed Forces Memorial last year.
Programme - This will be available as a download from the Website
Friday 1/10/2010
1800 hrs Camping at Drayton Manor (Please book directly)
We have arranged for Food and Bar facilities to be available within the grounds close to the camping area
Saturday 2/10/2010
Drayton Manor
0700 hrs - Site opens for arrivals- Put the green sticker on your headlight BEFORE YOU GET TO THE START AT DRAYTON MANOR.
Please observe the marshals who are all volunteers and whose aim is to get you parked in the correct area safely.
The parking team will place any non-stickered bikes into a different parking zone to the stickered ones and they will not be able to re integrate into the group.
If you wish to ride alongside your friends, please arrive with them and make sure they have a green sticker too (last day to do this is today, Saturday 25th ) because it will not be possible to change position in the line-up once at the assembly point.
There is a 5 MPH speed limit at Drayton Manor and we ask that you observe this.
0730 hrs - Breakfast Service available until 1100 hrs
Registration opens. Registration on site will be £10
Merchandise opens
1000 hrs - Please get to Drayton Manor before this time ready for leaving (and it gives you time for a toilet break/ drink etc )
1030 hrs - Prepare to depart
1100 hrs - Ride begins to leave for the National Memorial Arboretum
The Ride to the Wall
Joining the ride this year are Margaret and Tony Boote of Birkenhead, the parents of Corporal Steven Boote, who was killed in Nad e-Ali, Afghanistan in November 2009. They have honoured his plans to customise his beloved BMW motorcycle into a trike and they will ride it together to honour his memory. A team of uniformed Royal Military Police outriders will accompany them on the ride
In Fazeley you will see children waving coloured flags. As part of the ongoing engagement of the local community in Ride To The Wall two local schools Longwood and Millfield have incorporated Ride to The Wall 2010 in the their school curriculum as part of Key stage 1-4 History, English and Citizenship. Ride To The Wall donated patterned blank waving flags for the children to colour in during their class work and to bring on October the 2nd to wave as the cavalcade of motorcycles rides through their community on the way to the service of Remembrance at the NMA.
NMA - Order of Events
1130 - First Bikes arrive at the NMA
Please observe the marshals who are all volunteers and whose aim is to get you parked at the NMA safely .
There is a 5 MPH speed limit at National Memorial Arboretum and we ask that you observe this.
1300 – 1400 hrs - Prince of Wales Division Band- They will March to the Wall just before the service
1425 hrs - Pipers
1430 hrs - Flypast- Details TBC
1435 hrs - Short address by our Patron
1440 hrs - Service conducted by Dave Cooper
1450 hrs - Short passage read by Mia Felton, wife of Brigadier Felton, Commander of Task Force Helmand, Afghanistan.
1455 - hrs Last post
1500 hrs - Wreath laying led by Our Patron , Founder and Mia Felton, who will be laying a wreath from Helmand Province , Afghanistan.
Drayton Manor
1700 hrs - Tea time service from Barbeque service / poss. Curry etc
Bar service from 1700 – 2300 t.b.c
1900 hrs - Evening event with live music from Dementia
Harley Davidson have supplied some jackets to auction on Saturday night to raise more money for the cause.
Sunday 3/10/2010
0800 hrs - Breakfast service until 1100 hrs at Drayton Manor
Do you have a question about RTTW that has not been answered?
If so please drop me an e mail so I can find the answer and let everyone know. You can bet someone else is probably thinking it as well.
Thanks again
Dave & all of the RTTW Team
