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21st International West Kent Run
April Update (4.4.05)

• Entries
• Arrangements at Aylesford
  • Breakfast
  • Camping
  • The Barn conversion
• The route
  • Coffee
  • Lunch
  • Tea
• The website
  • Translated pages
  • Who has been looking ?

Entries

The printed forms were delayed but now entries are coming in quickly.  36% are pre-war machines. Oldest, so far, are 1921 AJS, BSA and Martinsyde.
31% of the entrants are from overseas.  Entries from Spain, Poland and the Czech Republic are expected soon.
We have a limit of 350 entrants (with pillion riders that makes ± 500 on the road).  If you are hoping to enter - hurry !. 

Arrangements at Aylesford

2004 was our first year at The Friars. We learned a lot and, following your suggestions, we have made some changes.

• Breakfast - Full breakfast will be available every morning in the Pilgrims Hall.  You will be able to pay when you have breakfast - no more tickets from Alan Abrahams (hooray !)
  A light breakfast will be available from the thatched barn cafeteria on Saturday and Sunday mornings. 
   
• Camping - The camping field will be bigger this year so you will have more room.  We shall probably locate the marquee nearer to the camping field too so you will not have to walk so far to get your beer.
   
• The Barn conversion - The old barn (next to the cafeteria) is being rebuilt.  It is due to be finished before our event but we cannot be sure it will be.  We shall have a marquee for our social events as before.  Next year we hope to use the barn.

The route

David Brindley is planning our routes this year.  A lot of riders have chosen to follow the 70 mile route. We are heading eastwards and hope to reach roads that we have never used before.

• Coffee - We shall visit the Rare Breeds Centre at Woodchurch for our coffee stop.  We were made very welcome in the year of Foot and Mouth Disease and look forward to a less restricted visit this year.  The Canterbury Oast Trust, which runs the Centre, does very valuable work with people with learning disabilities, several of whom will be working  on the day of our visit.
   
• Lunch - We shall make a return to Beech Court Garden, Challock for our lunch.  Mrs. Miller-Thomas was very pleased to welcome us back.  It is several years since we were last there.
   
• Tea - The tearooms will be open longer this year so everyone can get a cup of tea at the end of the run.

The website

• Translated pages - I have attempted to translate the important website pages into the common European languages.  Please let me know if you spot errors so that they can be changed.  I would like the pages to be as good as they can be.  Czech (what a language !) and Danish pages are coming soon, once I have had the drafts checked.  I hope the pages will help to reach overseas riders and encourage them to join us.
   
• Who has been looking ? - People in Canada, Australia, Japan, Argentina and Brazil.