ESC TUNNEL RUN VI - 24th October

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18 October 2009, 09:47 AM

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yeah im in on this

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18 October 2009, 04:00 PM

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1. Milamber
1a. James04
2. Bri4n
3. Scoobymaz
4. Wozzaa
5. Scooby Seb
6. TurboAndy & Anita (Beds And Bucks Scoobys)
7. Moley_WRX
8. Steviecrump
9. The BeeSTi's
10. Scooby Blue WRX, Ark & Coz

11. Millzy555
12. Supercue
13. MadOli
14. S600B_DC
15. simon57 + markie mark (no funky bunch)
16. smiffy07
17. xkellyx
18. Leemondo in the cossie
19. Darc174 & Co
20. mneame (Tunnel Run Virgin )

21. Jimlad & Callum
22 dream machine and troop
23. Coz & Shelly (Beds And Bucks Scoobys)
24. -Shane- ( Also 1st tunnel run)
25. alex_00s
26. scooby2004lee
27. StinkyPete
28. Louie
29. Faney
30. N.J.P

31. boobiman
32. wiley
33. TJ666 (Beds And Bucks Scoobys)
34. Gary Tractor boy
35. Drumsing & Lil Chris
36. The Gooners
37. The Gimp
38. Brooksie, Karen & Joe (Beds And Bucks Scoobys)
39. Ian My99
40. Snake + GF (Beds And Bucks Scoobys)

41. Rob (Cumbrian Scoobies)
42. PPP1 (PBailey on scooby city) 1st timer
43. col_2 (kentscoobies/sidc)
44. JDM King
45. EasyRider
46. Shep (KentScoobies/SIDC/SoutheastScoobies)
47. WillJenkins (Sussex Scoobies)
48. JamieWild (Sussex Scoobies)
49. PBailey (Scoobycity)
50. -Shane- (Scoobycity)

51. Gary (Scoobycity)
52. Jim (Scoobycity)
53. Ukarmy83 (aka kev) (Scoobycity)
54. Woodbutch + Lady Woody (MSOC)
55. P1 Daveyboy (MSOC)
56. Luther (MSOC)
57. RickyA (MSOC)
58. Scottydouk
59. darms (MSOC)
60. smiley kylie (Berkshire Scoobies)

61. BGH1R BOB
62. SCOOBDIZZLE
63. The Guvnor (MSOC)
64. maggyfu8kingmoopot (MSOC) + ROZ
65. Scooby Stu
66. Tom 87
67. B4D HK
68. aez
69. Wraggy78
70. Scoobyboy1

71. Roger Moore
72. Wazo'swrx
73. BigFud
74. Bob
75. MY06 PPP Silver
76. Tazman (tunnel newbie)
77. wrx287 (South Wales Scooby's)
78. TomR555
79. bill's sti
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81. ScoobyChick-Sti & bump!
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83. Zorba999
84. Lorraine (if someone could keep an eye on me please, make sure i don't get lost like last time!)
85. Stuart n (TBC )
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91. C17RPA
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105. Scooby_kev (Beds and Bucks Scoobys)
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107. JDM Luke
108. STI Vek (Beds and Bucks Scoobys)
109. Tigerfill
110. scoobyman1982

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18 October 2009, 04:03 PM

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am looking forward to this, never having done a tunnel run before looks like a great night (would put tunnel virgin but that sounds wrong on so many levels

) am new to forum will be good to meet some of you on the night,

Last edited by sti,; 18 October 2009 at 04:05 PM. Reason: i seem to have forgotten how to spell

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18 October 2009, 06:22 PM

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Its a fantastic night, I used to live in Cumbria and every year wished I could do this untill one year I did the 700mile round trip and fell in love with the Tunnel Run.

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18 October 2009, 07:25 PM

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hi u can put my name down too

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18 October 2009, 07:29 PM

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18 October 2009, 07:44 PM

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18 October 2009, 09:15 PM

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18 October 2009, 10:02 PM

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• Meet at Thurrock Services Main Car Park @ 8.00 p.m. (Junction 30 - M25).
• Leave services @ 9.00 p.m. and join M25 towards Dartford Crossing.
• Through tolls and continue M25 to junction 2 (A2 Junction)

• Exit Lakeside Services – at the roundabout take the 3rd exit sign posted M25

• At the roundabout take the 1st exit onto the M25

• Go through the Dartford Tunnel and toll booths – remember to have your £1.50 ready!

• After the tolls the road goes into 4 lanes – keep in the first two lanes, following the signs for A2 London / Canterbury, Junction 2

• Ignore the turning for Dartford A225 (Junction 1b )

• Keep in the inner 2 lanes – follow A2 LONDON, keeping in the right hand lane when appropriate

• Keep in the right hand lane as you approach the roundabout

• At the traffic lights on the roundabout, keep in the right hand lane, but when you drive round the roundabout keep to the left, following signs for BEXLEYHEATH

• Go thru the 2nd set of lights then into the left hand lane through the 3rd set of lights taking the exit A2 LONDON

• Now a 50mph speed limit – please do not exceed the speed limit as the A2 is full of speed cameras!

• After 8.6miles of the journey, get into the outer 2 lanes

Speed Camera after 9.2miles

Another Speed Camera after 10.5miles

• Make sure you keep to the middle and outside lane, as the inside lane filters off the local traffic for most of the journey

Speed Camera at 11.9miles (behind the green sign)

Speed Camera at 12.4miles (behind green sign)

• (Speed limit is still 50mph)

Speed Camera 13.2miles, just after the 2nd bridge

Speed Camera at 14.9miles (on the central reservation)

• At roundabout, follow road round to the right and go through the lights; road then goes into 2 lanes

• Follow the signs for Blackwall Tunnel

• Keep on the road and follow signs for DOCKLANDS/BLACKWALL TUNNEL – keep on the road, do not turn off yet

Speed camera at 16.4miles

• Keep following the signs for Docklands / Blackwall Tunnel

• Stay in the 3 outside lanes

• Speed limit changes to 30mph on the bridge - move into the inside lane

BLACKWALL TUNNEL – make sure you keep in the inside lane as you will be turning left immediately you exit the tunnel. If you ignore this instruction then you are on your own! Set your sat nav to find the Mcdonald's Restaurant
2 Trafalgar Way
Aspen Way
Billingsgate,
London,
E14 5SP

• We then take the first exit at the end of the tunnel. Keep to the inside 2 lanes on this road.

• Turn left at the lights into Cotton Street signposted Excel

• At roundabout, take the right hand lane through the lights, then take the exit just after McDonalds (Aspen Way)

• Get into right hand lane – 40mph speed limit

• Follow signs for Tower Bridge / Wapping – 30mph speed limit

• LIMEHOUSE LINK - this tunnel has speed cameras high up on the wall –30mph speed limit

• Take right hand lane as you immediately come out of the tunnel – turn onto Butcher’s Row

• Keep in right hand lane (The White Swan should be on your right hand side) – turn right onto Commercial Road and stay in the right hand lane after turning

• Keep in right hand lane as you go under the bridge

• At the lights take the right hand turn to go to the Rotherhithe Tunnel – keep in the right hand lane as it goes into a narrow width restriction road

20mph speed limit in the Rotherhithe Tunnel – speed camera as you exit the tunnel

• At the roundabout, go into the right hand lane, going all the way round the roundabout and back into the Rotherhithe tunnel – remember 20mph speed limit!

Camera just before you enter the tunnel

• As you exit the tunnel, go through the 1st set of lights, keeping in the left hand lane. Basically head back on yourself.

• 2nd traffic lights, keep in the left lane, turning left onto Commercial Road

• Stay in left hand lane and at the traffic lights turn left into Butchers Row

• At traffic lights turn left (onto The Highway) back into the Limehouse Link

30mph in tunnel – cameras in the tunnel

• In tunnel, follow signs for Tilbury / Royal Docks (Basically stay on the main carriageway)

McDONALDS REGROUP

• Now 40mph - once out of the tunnel get into the left hand lane following the signpost Isle of Dogs / Canary Wharf / A102

• Take the slip road and get into the right hand lane on the slip road

• At roundabout go all the way round, exiting at McDonalds to re-group

• Upon leaving McDonalds at the big roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Apsen Way, signposted Tilbury / Excel

• Keep in the RIGHT hand lane and continue through the underpass. (signposted A13)

• Rejoin the A13. Warning, plenty of speed Cameras along this stretch.

• At the Lodge Avenue Flyover, keep in the two outside lanes

Camera after the flyover

• Keep on A13, signposted Tilbury / Dartford Crossing

• Take the slip road signposted Dartford Crossing

• At the roundabout take the 3rd exit, keeping in the right hand lane as you take the slip road

• Go through the DARTFORD TUNNEL - NO TOLL AFTER 10PM
• Go through the tolls and head towards A2 – keep in the left hand lane for A225 Dartford (junction 1b)

• Take the slip road of Dartford A225, keeping in the right hand lane on the slip road

• At the roundabout take the 4th exit back onto the M25

• Go back through the tolls and into the DARTFORD TUNNEL
• Then head back to Lakeside Services

Hurrah, you have now completed the Tunnel Run 2009!!!!

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18 October 2009, 10:04 PM

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19 October 2009, 11:00 AM

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Not going to be able to drive but I've found someone I trust enough to drive so see you all there

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19 October 2009, 10:01 PM

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Count me in please ...... time I busted my tunnel cherry

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20 October 2009, 05:19 PM

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20 October 2009, 06:40 PM

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20 October 2009, 07:32 PM

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20 October 2009, 09:47 PM

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21 October 2009, 10:25 AM

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3 days
10 hours
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to go

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21 October 2009, 11:31 AM

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and I'm not nervous at all

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21 October 2009, 11:36 AM

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and I'm not nervous at all

why??

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21 October 2009, 11:49 AM

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why??

Done it a million times now but still get nervous before the day

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21 October 2009, 01:30 PM

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Chris, Dont forget the speed camera once out of the Limehouse Link tunnel, before the flyover when heading for Mcdonalds. Its pretty much opposite billingsgate.

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21 October 2009, 01:36 PM

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If we make sure there's a classic in front at that point then no danger of going over the speed limit

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21 October 2009, 01:39 PM

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If we make sure there's a classic in front at that point then no danger of going over the speed limit

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21 October 2009, 01:59 PM

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Chris, Dont forget the speed camera once out of the Limehouse Link tunnel, before the flyover when heading for Mcdonalds. Its pretty much opposite billingsgate.

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21 October 2009, 04:30 PM

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If we make sure there's a classic in front at that point then no danger of going over the speed limit

new age all the way!!
brrrrrooooooooooooooooooooom!

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21 October 2009, 06:37 PM

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I'm a bit confused about the beginning of the route. from the directions it appears we are going over the bridge to the south side (tunnel only for north bound traffic!) then back through the tunnel but then it says to come off at junction 2 and head into London on the A2 which is the south side of the tunnel?

Meet at Thurrock Services Main Car Park @ 8.00 p.m. (Junction 30 - M25).
• Leave services @ 9.00 p.m. and join M25 towards Dartford Crossing.
South bound over bridge i presume?

• Through tolls and continue M25 to junction 2 (A2 Junction)

• Exit Lakeside Services – at the roundabout take the 3rd exit sign posted M25

• At the roundabout take the 1st exit onto the M25

• Go through the Dartford Tunnel and toll booths – remember to have your £1.50 ready!
this puts us back a junction 31 on the north side of the river.

• After the tolls the road goes into 4 lanes – keep in the first two lanes, following the signs for A2 London / Canterbury, Junction 2
this will be a bit difficult as its on the south side of the river?

• Ignore the turning for Dartford A225 (Junction 1b )

• Keep in the inner 2 lanes – follow A2 LONDON, keeping in the right hand lane when appropriate

Can you please clarify this !

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21 October 2009, 06:42 PM

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I'm a bit confused about the beginning of the route. from the directions it appears we are going over the bridge to the south side (tunnel only for north bound traffic!) then back through the tunnel but then it says to come off at junction 2 and head into London on the A2 which is the south side of the tunnel?

Meet at Thurrock Services Main Car Park @ 8.00 p.m. (Junction 30 - M25).
• Leave services @ 9.00 p.m. and join M25 towards Dartford Crossing.
South bound over bridge i presume?
YES

• Through tolls and continue M25 to junction 2 (A2 Junction)

• Exit Lakeside Services – at the roundabout take the 3rd exit sign posted M25
IGNORE THIS

• At the roundabout take the 1st exit onto the M25
IGNORE THIS

• Go through the Dartford Tunnel and toll booths – remember to have your £1.50 ready!
this puts us back a junction 31 on the north side of the river.
NO, NEARLY EVERY YEAR THEY HAVE CLOSED THE BRIDGE AND WE HAVE HAD TO SUE THE TUNNEL BOTH WAYS

• After the tolls the road goes into 4 lanes – keep in the first two lanes, following the signs for A2 London / Canterbury, Junction 2
this will be a bit difficult as its on the south side of the river?
YOU WILL BE TOO

• Ignore the turning for Dartford A225 (Junction 1b )

• Keep in the inner 2 lanes – follow A2 LONDON, keeping in the right hand lane when appropriate

Can you please clarify this !

See above in green. I will amend the route plan later tonight, thanks for pointing this out.

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21 October 2009, 07:07 PM

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just as an idea would it not be better to go over bridge turn around at J2, go back to north side through the tunnel and head towards blackwall on the A13 then trough blackwall towards greenwich do a u-turn and back through blackwall to McDonalds

that way we can guarantee go through the dartford or are they closing the bridge especially?

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21 October 2009, 07:17 PM

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Not with 200 cars, we used to go through the middle of London but it's just impossible with that many cars.

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21 October 2009, 07:28 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GuruPG

As far as we know the bridge will be open on Saturday night. It keeps the traffic flowing better but not as much fun as the tunnel twice.
We have tried and tested various routes over the past couple of years, and this route seems to work, but can never legislate for roadworks (2007 on the Highway and the bridge closure) and last year around mcdonalds, but we always cope!

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