2022 RTTL Pembrey trackday extravaganza. Sept 2/3/4

[Couchy]

All the ''Signing On'' E mails have just been sent out this evening - if you've not got it or have a question please E mail direct [email protected]

ta

Alan

Alan. Space in fast group ? Friend has an 09 blade race bike that has a full akrapovic, has a baffle what’s your thoughts on noise ?

[2xtwins]

Friday's event cancelled

Kev

[2xtwins]

Just got this from @Alan PBTD

"Please note our planned event for this Friday – 2nd September is CANCELLED – but the Saturday and Sunday events will continue as per schedule.
Having received 10 cancellations / postponements today it’s has made a tight event ( and from experience more to follow ) totally unviable to operate. There are now 2 choices :

1.0 A refund for the Friday event

2.0 A date change to either of our remaining 2022 dates : Saturday 3rd/ Sunday 4th / Saturday 24th / Sunday 25th / October 15th / October 16th"

Real shame but I can understand the reasons.

We have a decision to make - I've got hotel bookings for the Thursday and Friday too.....hey ho

Kev

[weeksy]

Yeah Alan mentioned that to me an hour or so ago.

Shame but is very much the way trackdays are going for all organisers at the moment. I'll see how that affects our getting into circuit on Fri afternoon or whether we're all now rocking up Sat morning

[Alan PBTD]

IMPORTANT

It's only relevant to a couple of you lot but we've cancelled Friday's Trackday - but will continue with Saturday and Sunday as arranged. Friday's have been a hard sell and it was tight but having received 10 cancellations / postponements earlier today it makes the event financialy unviable. It is frustrating for both riders and ourselves especially as so much work has already been done, but there were are. Sign of the times I suppose, just frustrating that it always happens in the week before the event..

Off the record, Funeral Directors must be making a fortune...

I've e mailed the RTTL riders booked for Friday earlier but if you have any questions drop me a line @ [email protected]

And Couchy - Thoughts are... it'll be best kept in the back of the van...If it's a complete race system it'll read 102 / 105 DB static and a DB killer ain't gonna bring it down enought to get to 96DB Drive by. Educated guess but he needs a long Pipeworks pipe or MHP and possibly a remap. The instructors ZX10 and R1's are smack on the limit - my Harley just looks the biz parked up..

[Tricky]

Friday's event cancelled

Kev

Have just got the email- not somethng I've had happen before (Covid lockdowns etc excepted)- F. annoying, particularly as Friday looks to be the dry day of the two

@Alan PBTD - the way I read the email, it's as there have been 10 cancellations/postponements today, which I take it means it's now finacially unviable for you, so, what happens if you get a stack of Saturday cancellations in next day or so- will that be canceled too?

[Alan PBTD]

Yeah Alan mentioned that to me an hour or so ago.

Shame but is very much the way trackdays are going for all organisers at the moment. I'll see how that affects our getting into circuit on Fri afternoon or whether we're all now rocking up Sat morning

Dear All - The only small change for Friday is u can only arrive at Pembrey between 6.00pm and 10pm Friday night as aposed to rocking up Friday afternoon. Sat am gates will open @ 7.00am as normal - when I get there..

And we're booked x 2 for supper Friday night ?

ta

[Alan PBTD]

Friday's event cancelled

Kev

Have just got the email- not somethng I've had happen before (Covid lockdowns etc excepted)- F. annoying, particularly as Friday looks to be the dry day of the two

@Alan PBTD - the way I read the email, it's as there have been 10 cancellations/postponements today, which I take it means it's now finacially unviable for you, so, what happens if you get a stack of Saturday cancellations in next day or so- will that be canceled too?

No, even if get 10 plus cancellations for Saturday / Sunday it'll run. If it's COVID it might be different...

[weeksy]

Yeah Alan mentioned that to me an hour or so ago.

Shame but is very much the way trackdays are going for all organisers at the moment. I'll see how that affects our getting into circuit on Fri afternoon or whether we're all now rocking up Sat morning

Dear All - The only small change for Friday is u can only arrive at Pembrey between 6.00pm and 10pm Friday night as aposed to rocking up Friday afternoon. Sat am gates will open @ 7.00am as normal - when I get there..

And we're booked x 2 for supper Friday night ?

ta

I've not booked a table yet, but I'll round up numbers this week and book one. Don't forget, we're in the West one on the roundabout. But yeah Friday 6.30 works or whenever suits everyone.

We'll be in bar before that I expect

[dern]

@Alan PBTD... Emailed to say could I switch it to Sunday but could I change my mind and just have a refund please for the Friday.

Thanks,

Mark

[Dodgy69]

I'll roll up to circuit about 6pm then, with tent and beer.

[Asian Boss]

I've got my kids that weekend and I think we're going camping so I won't be there. I hope you all have a great time, I'm sure it will be grand.

[2xtwins]

@weeksy ...if you're in Llanelli West, I've booked the wrong one .

Kev

[weeksy]

@weeksy ...if you're in Llanelli West, I've booked the wrong one .

Kev

Lol I did tell the thread lots of times, honestly

[2xtwins]

@weeksy ...if you're in Llanelli West, I've booked the wrong one .

Kev

Lol I did tell the thread lots of times, honestly

Hey ho.. that decides it, then. I've asked @Alan PBTD for a refund. Will catch up another time - shame about the hotel, but it's only money, eh?

Galling thing is I turned down a Spurs v Fulham ticket this Saturday as I had booked the Friday TD (separate from the thread).

Kev

[Bigyin]

Off the record, Funeral Directors must be making a fortune...

I guess being required to provide proof of a positive Covid test to get your money back for a possible damp days "testing" when you wanted dry weather means a deceased relative is the next best option as you cant exactly ask for proof by email

Shame for those who had planned a Friday day to make a weekend of it but pointless to try and run it at a loss financially as that one days loss will have an effect on the TDO days for other future events

Still looking forward to this but might be carrying a bit more options of kit for the day and 700 mile round trip

[dern]

Thinking about this overnight I don’t know why you’ve cancelled the day for people who cancelled their place within 7 days of the track days. Surely you’re under no obligation to return their money when you’ve got the rest of the people who have paid up and easy to go? Anyway, it is what it is but it is disappointing on the circumstances.

[weeksy]

Thinking about this overnight I don’t know why you’ve cancelled the day for people who cancelled their place within 7 days of the track days. Surely you’re under no obligation to return their money when you’ve got the rest of the people who have paid up and easy to go? Anyway, it is what it is but it is disappointing on the circumstances.

I'm assuming all these people hit it exactly on 7 days to go and guessing their T&Cs say 7 days are OK (admittedly i've not checked that)... but personally, i'd have told them to bugger off as well... However, i'm not in customer services type role and being a 'people person' isn't sometimes my strong point. I'm good with mates, but with people who try and wangle out of things because of rain, well, personally i think they'd get a very short discussion with me and told "don't come back again"... But that's why i work with computers, not with people.

My concern for 'us' though is that there's a longer term situation either with PBTD and their desire/ability to run places. Or with RTTL members who say "well i'm not going next year"... With the lack of the Wiltshire lads this year, our numbers have dropped from where we'd normally expect to be and with the others like @2xtwins pulling due to the cancellation etc, i wonder if next year we as a group will bother with a trackday,.. that is, if it's even viable.

I've not seen anything from @singlesman yet but i know this will screw up a chunk of his and his lads plans as they couldn't do the Sunday at all due to family stuff and they were booked on the Sat.

FWIW, me and @Welsh Muffin are still going, along with our lad...Nothing has changed there for us.... well, apart from an extra jumper being needed if it's horrible lol. I still wanna go, see some mates, catch up with people.... but well, it'll be an expensive trip out for that.

[dern]

The email said that they received ten cancellations today, that is Monday. That’s only five days before the cancelled day.

Anyway, I like Pembrey a lot, will still be there this weekend and looking forward to more days the next year.

[Dodgy69]

Good point Mark and ten folk over 3 groups ain't that bad assuming the order book was full.

and another thing...

the sun will shine.