Tandem 2022 - UK National Rally - Rally Attendees Info
This page is being updated all of the time as the rally nears and probably during the rally. News app at: TCN2022 News and below.
Bookings for the 2022 National rally at Corsham are now open
Bookings are now open for the TC's 50th Birthday Party happening on the Wednesday at the National rally. The event includes a light, plated buffet meal with tea/coffee, and speakers. There is a small cost and you need to reserve a place.
We are now able to take a limited number of rally bookings for those wishing to stay off-site. Please use the booking form at the bottom of the page
Quick reminder - tomorrow (Monday 2nd May) is the last day for booking onto the national rally at Corsham
Rally bookings have closed - if you would like to come please email tcv2022@tandem-club.org.uk and we will help if possible.
OK, today I have problems with my fingers - the email is tcn2022@tandem-club.org.uk
The bar at the rally is cashless - you will need to bring a card to get drinks!
The link to sponsor Joe on his ride is at: https://gofind.me/272c600d
Please add your pictures for posterity to https://tandem-club.org.uk/showcase?cmd=view&group=&id=120
The Velocio starts from 10:00am to 10:15. Collect your questions sheet from Stuart Hunter in the marquee. Good luck !
Whoops, Velocio start between 10:00am and 10:45am !
Tandem games on now, come up and take part or watch :)
Hopefully men's showers should be hotter in the afternoons now. Note one side could be warmer than the other. Let us (Cath, Terry, Stuart, Ron etc. ) know if they are still cold.
The blue sky is coming :)
Barn dance tonight! Starts at 7:30
For the party this afternoon, can people camping at the rugby club, please bring their own tables and chairs, so the people staying off site can have first access to the tables and chairs provided with the marquee.
Ice cream van this afternoon, 3-5 ish in the car park
Pictures
Add all of your pictures to our gallery at: TCN2022 Picture gallery. These will hopefully be on show in the club house from time to time.
Site Information
The rally site is Corsham Rugby Football Club, Lacock Road, Corsham, SN13 9QG, Map co-ordinates (51.430470, -2.1701634). This is situated about 1 mile East of Corsham on the road to Lacock. Google location is: Here
Information on the club site is given on the link below:
- Site Services Information (includes pictures of preparation for the rally)
Arrivals
When you arrive at the rally site please drive through the car park and just onto the green camping field (unless there is a queue) where someone will welcome you and provide information on your pitch etc. If it is wet please walk over and come into the marquee where the arrivals team will be hiding!
The Social Events
Events are subject to change.
| Saturday | Evening 19:00 | Welcome event with local ale / cider and Strumblebees Ukulele band |
| Sunday | Evening 19:00 | Tandem games |
| Monday | Daytime. Start 10:00am to 10:45am | The Velocio trophy treasure hunt ride, about 13 miles. A fun, timed cycling treasure hunt type of event answering questions on things you see on route. This will finish in car park of the Red Lion pub, by the stables café Lacock, close to where the hill climb competition will start. |
| Monday | Afternoon 12:00pm ish and onwards | The hill climb competition. Something to try out those legs for Tandem teams young and old. After Velocio near Laycock. |
| Monday | 5pm | Bike jumble in the marquee. Bring your spare parts! |
| Monday | Evening from 19:00 | Alex will talk about Charlotte's tandems; Neil will talk about the club rides website. |
| Tuesday | Evening, 19:00 | Local historian Julian Carosi will be talking in the Clubhouse. |
| Wednesday | Afternoon 15:00 | Tandem Club's 50th Birthday party. Note you will need to have pre-booked separately for the Tandem Club's 50th birthday party. https://tandem-club.org.uk/events/tcb2022 |
| Wednesday | Evening 19:00 | Evening barn dance |
| Thursday | Evening | Quiz |
| Friday | Evening 18:30 | Bring your dinner to the marquee and eat in company, with local R&B band. |
On Thursday 2nd June and Friday 3rd June, Dean's Ice Cream van will be visiting the rugby club for us to have cool refreshments after the ride. He will be there from about 3pm to 5pm, and may make it some other days also (but not Monday or Tuesday).
Local Shops
The Rugby Football Club is situated in the countryside but the shops, cafes and pubs in Corsham are less than a 3/4 mile away down a country lane. The larger town of Chippenham is only 5 miles away. Some local places include:
| Londis small shop | 0.7 miles | |
| Co-op supermarket | 0.8 miles | |
| Boots Pharmacy | 0.8 miles | |
| Domino's Pizza | 0.8 miles | |
| Washing Well Launderettes | 0.9 miles | |
| Corsham Hardware (Camping gas) | 0.9 miles | Web link |
| Sainsbury's Supermarket A350 | 3 miles | |
| Aldi A350 | 3 miles | |
| B&Q towards Chippenham | 3.5 miles | |
| Tesco Supermarket Chippenham | 5 miles | |
| Millets Chippenham | 5 miles | |
| Halfords Chippenham (Batteries) | 5 miles | |
| D & J's Solar & DC Leisure Supplies, Chippenham | 5 miles | |
| Allington Farm Shop, (Camping gas, batteries), Chippenham | 5 miles | Web Link |
| BCH Camping and Leisure Trowbridge | 11 miles |
Corsham Tourist Information
Sharon and all the town council, and the staff at the Corsham Tourist Office, have been most helpful in planning and organising the rally. They are responsible for much in the welcome pack you will receive when you arrive. The Corsham Tourist Office's web site is here.
FAQs
This list be expanded as we receive more questions.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the earliest I can arrive on site? | 10am on Saturday 28th May |
| Will there be spare copies of the cue sheets at the rally? | No - you must print your own copies of the rides cue sheets |
| Will the site be manned throughout the day? | Not guaranteed – it is possible that no one will be on-site during the day, so you are highly recommended to secure your valuables and spare tandems/bicycles. |
| Are there any electric hook-ups available? | None. But there are USB and electric bike charging stations and mains power points in the clubhouse and in the marque. The clubhouse will be locked overnight and opened first thing in the morning. See: Site Services Information |
| Are portable generators allowed? | No |
| Is the site level? | Yes |
| Is there a motorhome service point? | No - you will need to bring a container to get fresh water from the taps to your pitch, and a separate container to move grey water to the hedges. |
| How do I dispose of chemical toilet waste? | We are hiring a dedicated tank for disposal of toilet waste. Do not empty portable toilets in the rugby club as they have a septic tank and chemical toilet waste would cause problems. |
| Are BBQs allowed? | No BBQs on the grass area at all. On Friday evening you may use your own off-ground BBQ on the paved area next to the clubhouse. |
| Is there a fridge/freezer available? | There will be a fridge available for individuals to use, and some access to a freezer for freezer blocks. Bring your own freezer blocks and make sure they are marked with your name. |
| Where can I wash dishes? | We are setting up an outdoor sink (cold tap only) for washing up. |
| Car parking | For those staying on site please park on the right hand side of your pitch as you look at it from the drive ways. For offsite people there is a small car park area for about 15 cars but please make sure plenty of room is left for emergency vehicles to the campsite and club house. Also we need to leave room for staff, caterers and the bands etc. There is some additional parking at a small car park a few hundred metre to the west of the site. |
Ordnance Survey maps for rides
Linda has kindly prepared this summary of which maps are used on each ride.
| Route | Distance | Day | Elevation | OS173 | OS172 | OS163 | OS183 | OS184 |
| Orientation Ride | 18.2 miles | Saturday | +605 ft | y | ||||
| East Short | 26.7 miles | Sunday | +1092 ft | y | ||||
| East Medium | 39.2 miles | Sunday | +1319 ft | y | ||||
| East Long | 56.8 miles | Sunday | +1782 ft | y | ||||
| Velocio | 16 miles | Monday | y | |||||
| South Short | 34.2 miles | Tuesday | +1588 ft | y | y** | |||
| South Medium | 50.6 miles | Tuesday | +2496 ft | y | y | |||
| South Long | 66.3 miles | Tuesday | +3303 ft | y | y | y*** | ||
| North Short | 32.5 miles | Thursday | +1201 ft | y | y | |||
| North Medium | 48.6 miles | Thursday | +1711 ft | y | y | |||
| North Long | 65.7 miles | Thursday | +2234 ft | y | y | y* | ||
| West Short | 33.7 miles | Friday | +2032 ft | y | y | |||
| West Medium | 47.9 miles | Friday | +2571 ft | y | y | |||
| West Long | 64.7 miles | Friday | +3303 ft | y | y | |||
| Shorts | y | y | y** | |||||
| Mediums | y | y | y | |||||
| Longs | y | y | y* | y | y*** |
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* OS163 - North Long - only needed for 3 squares with following co-ords in bottom left corner of each square: 010950 / 020950 / 020960
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** OS183 - South Short - only needed for an approx A5 landscape sized section of the top right corner (larger area required for South Medium & Long)
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*** OS184 - South Long - only needed for an approx A5 landscape sized section of the top left corner
Routes and Places Viewable and Downloadable
The following is the list of rides with maps showing the ride with statistics and places of interest on the routes. If you click on the ride it will show that ride on a map with height profile and more information and places of interest on the route. It also provides you with a link to download the route GPX and route sheets..
At the end of the rides list there are links to be able to download the complete set of GPX files and route sheets as well as show all of the rides on a map. (All rides on a map).
Only those booked for the event and logged into the website will be able to access these. The system checks for this using your website login account's email address and this needs to match up with your rally booking. If you want a second person to be able to access, let us know their email address once they have setup a website login account.
If there are a few updates to rides - we'll keep you informed on the tcn2022 news page at: https://tandem-club.org.uk/news?group=tcn2022 and shown at the top of this page. You can set the news system to give you email alerts if any news is added and you can add news items as well.
The ability to download all the rides, by a member, in a zip file will be available once the rides have been published here.
15 random places within 30 km of the area are given below. Click on the title above to see all places and for more info
Note the ride maps show all of the places on routes as icons on the maps.
Full place listing. |
Id: 5607 Category: food/cafe Map Reference: 51.45959, -2.11713 Show on a mapAdded by: Linda Stinchcombe |
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Id: 727 Category: food/cafe Map Reference: 51.17759, -2.20934 Show on a mapAdded by: Neil Wheadon |
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Id: 4210 Category: food/cafe Map Reference: 51.62878, -2.40204 Show on a mapAdded by: Terry Barnaby |
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Id: 5350 Category: food/cafe Map Reference: 51.32074, -2.20696 Show on a mapAdded by: Neil Wheadon |
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Id: 6910 Category: food/shop Map Reference: 51.22145, -2.32151 Show on a mapAdded by: Linda Stinchcombe |
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Id: 5357 Category: food/cafe Map Reference: 51.18648, -2.27769 Show on a mapAdded by: Neil Wheadon |
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Id: 6740 Category: food/cafe Map Reference: 51.31879, -1.92554 Show on a mapAdded by: Neil Wheadon |
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Id: 7127 Category: food/icecream Map Reference: 51.42091, -2.11284 Show on a mapAdded by: Linda Stinchcombe |
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Id: 7057 Category: food/cafe Map Reference: 51.26183, -2.22024 Show on a mapAdded by: Linda Stinchcombe |
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Id: 3763 Category: food/pub Map Reference: 51.21484, -2.25893 Show on a mapAdded by: Neil Wheadon |
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Id: 8550 Category: food/cafe Map Reference: 51.23175, -2.32428 Show on a mapAdded by: Neil Wheadon |
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Id: 6797 Category: food/cafe Map Reference: 51.36299, -2.01417 Show on a mapAdded by: Neil Wheadon |
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Id: 5088 Category: food/pub Map Reference: 51.33872, -2.28128 Show on a mapAdded by: Neil Wheadon |
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Id: 6991 Category: food/farmshop Map Reference: 51.45067, -2.1754 Show on a mapAdded by: Linda Stinchcombe |
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Id: 4279 Category: food/cafe Map Reference: 51.20752, -2.2574 Show on a mapAdded by: Neil Wheadon |
15 random places within 30 km of the area are given below. Click on the title above to see all places and for more info
Note the ride maps show all of the places on routes as icons on the maps.
Full place listing. |
Id: 7007 Category: interest/museum Map Reference: 51.3498, -1.99358 Show on a mapAdded by: Linda Stinchcombe |
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Id: 90 Category: interest/garden Map Reference: 51.32904, -2.28738 Show on a mapAdded by: Neil Wheadon |
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Id: 4384 Category: interest/historic Map Reference: 51.31953, -2.28317 Show on a mapAdded by: Neil Wheadon |
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Id: 205 Category: interest/historic Map Reference: 51.69908, -2.30546 Show on a mapAdded by: Neil Wheadon |
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Id: 3824 Category: interest/historic Map Reference: 51.58722, -2.33008 Show on a mapAdded by: Neil Wheadon |
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Id: 7056 Category: interest/house Map Reference: 51.43047, -2.18384 Show on a mapAdded by: Linda Stinchcombe |
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Id: 4368 Category: interest/historic Map Reference: 51.39269, -2.19893 Show on a mapAdded by: Neil Wheadon |
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Id: 1832 Category: interest/house Map Reference: 51.63635, -2.31771 Show on a mapAdded by: Neil Wheadon |
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Id: 7004 Category: interest/picnic Map Reference: 51.40347, -1.97349 Show on a mapAdded by: Linda Stinchcombe |
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Id: 39 Category: interest/house Map Reference: 51.3678, -2.20208 Show on a mapAdded by: Neil Wheadon |
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Id: 6996 Category: interest/industrial Map Reference: 51.46248, -2.09746 Show on a mapAdded by: Linda Stinchcombe |
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Id: 4381 Category: interest/church Map Reference: 51.29981, -2.28773 Show on a mapAdded by: Neil Wheadon |
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Id: 7000 Category: interest/museum Map Reference: 51.42369, -1.99516 Show on a mapAdded by: Linda Stinchcombe |
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Id: 7009 Category: interest/historic Map Reference: 51.35249, -1.99556 Show on a mapAdded by: Linda Stinchcombe |
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Id: 3820 Category: interest/picnic Map Reference: 51.61309, -2.43966 Show on a mapAdded by: Neil Wheadon |