Join the A2 East bound heading for M2/Dover. Follow the A2 all the way until you see.........
The Esso fuel station on the opposite carriage way, you now need to be thinking of getting over to the left hand lane but still have a good mile or so to do so. Ignore the first gantry then you will see...
You now NEED to be in the extreme left hand lane....stay in it Dover is not a very nice place!
Stay left & just to remind you, see ......
Follow the slip road to the LEFT & join the duel carriageway & follow it until you reach a roundabout .....
As you turn left you will climb a hill, as you approach the crest you will see a JET fuel station on the opposite side of the road, just over the crest is another JET fuel station. Be careful as often there is an Artic turning in or waiting to get in.
If you need fuel, this is a good place to stop, you now have 9.6* miles to go or to put it another way 19.2* miles until you come back the other way & can fill up on the other side of the road.
* these figures do not take into account you getting lost on the way from this point onwards. It's not all flat but is a long way to push a Storm!
The Jet Station will be fuel stop on the way out at end of day. Fill up if you need to, remember that if you are working on your bike & it includes taking the tank off....Don't bloody fill it right up!
Back to the directions then.
So after the JET station follow the duel Carriageway..... 1st Roundabout go straight over.....2nd Roundabout go straight over.....at the 3rd Roundabout again go straight over....the road now becomes single carriageway, drops down hill then climbs up hill & at the top is another roundabout........Now you take the SECOND exit........
Now it gets twisty
But you have one more bloody roundabout to go!
Its worth mentioning at this point that it is more than likely that you will have seen one or two Artic container lorries on the way, this is because just out side Grain is Thamesport Container depot. You all saw that on the signs didn't you? After the last roundabout the road is single carriageway & double white lines 40 mph almost the whole way. The good news is....there are opportunities to O/T & the speed cameras are the average speed ones that pick up front number plates.
Just remember be careful in your over takes, you may see the odd roadside memorial! I do not condone illegal overtaking or speeding & it's your licence,don't blame me. There are unfortunately, often police vehicles parked up or on the road mobile. You have been warned!!!
So that last roundabout then, oh yeah SECOND exit again. Less than ten mins at 40 (cough, cough.)
Now just follow the road, there are a few side turnings, the aforementioned artics, farm traffic, the odd cyclist & dog walkers to look out for.
Just after the village of Stoke you will go past a single white cottage on the right hand side, just after this is a new bridge.
As you go over the bridge you will get a lovely vista of all the tank farms & the port cranes! You will be going past all this, you should also see the stack for Grain power station.....
As you drop down off the bridge the road opens up nicely for good observation & is nice & smooth, as you come into the industrial part there is a tight left/right over a level crossing....this is a manned level crossing...Artics often swing out when coming the other way be careful !!
Only a couple of miles to go now......after the level crossing follow the road ahead & you will see the last overhead speed camera which is just outside Thamesport, the road takes a 90* left, Artics turn right at this point......take the left hander & follow the road about a mile & you reach Grain. The last bit from the port to the village is poorly surfaced , there are also several side entrances to the large LNG site on the left, with lots of lost contractors coming & going!!
UPDATE...From the camera by the White cottage there are two more cameras still to pass, one just after the bridge & one just before the port entrance...THESE ARE NOT LIVE. There are no calibration markings on the road & at least one wire hanging down unconnected...I don't believe they are even powered up as at night the infa red lights are not red. This means ...traffic permitting you can give it large & enjoy the sweepers...There still may be 5-Oh, the rozzers, Bill...trundling along at 40...It's your licence...& don't forget the sharp left right over the railway crossing...
As you finally come into the village you will see a Fire station on the right with a practice tower out the back......
Opposite the Fire station TURN LEFT, as you turn left you will see PANNELL ROAD turn LEFT into it... Don't panic if you miss the turn into Pannell, follow it along, going past the co-op, or stopping to buy biscuits if you haven't got them already, go past the pub & take the 1st left, that is the other end of Pannell Road.
Assuming you not stopping at the co-op (to buy snacks & comestibles )...& have turned correctly into Pannell Road follow it around go past Fry Close, as you approach the second turning on the right, Levett Close, my house & home to GrainStorm 2016 is directly opposite.
If you have missed the turn or are stopping at the co-op (to buy snacks & comestibles )....turn in to the other end of Pannell & follow it around & opposite the first turning on the left is MY house.On your right of course......Simples.....
Welcome to GrainStorm 2016.
Are we there yet?
Remember anyone who can't follow simple directions or is coming from another direction please use the phone numbers provided & I will happily talk you in,or confuse you more, which ever is appropriate....
Mac.
and someones nicked your porch
so are there any of you lot going from "good old, every ones been here on holiday at least once, ya cant miss it, coz if ya do ya end up in the sea....Norfolk. If so id love to tag along and maybe get me CCT's done. Cheers