Advanced checklist
Extra anticipation is needed
to spot unexpected movements
from pedestrians,
cyclists and parked
vehicles.

What the examiner looks for:
Do you drive with
courtesy, especially at
pedestrian crossings?

Drawing by
David Barlow

In this issue

From the Chair page 3
Congratulations 5
Traffic Calming is Good for You? 6
A Skittles Evening 8
Dave's Slant ... 9
Book Reviews 10
23 Times Around the Earth 12
Going through their Paces 12
How did you get that permis de conduire? 13
Mike's Mutterings 14
Committee Members 17
Dates for Your Diary 18
Travel directions 19

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From the Chair ...
Stephen Nelson
Welcome to the second issue of CAM News in 2003. Quite a lot has happened since I wrote my last Chairman's letter, so here goes with bringing you all up to date.
Richard Gardner, who created our excellent website, is on the move. He and his family are off to warmer climes later this year, if all goes according to plan. We shall miss him and thank you, Richard, for all that you have done. Richard kindly handed over the management of the site to Paul Basher along with CDs of the programmes at a meeting held at Richard's house. We are very grateful to Paul for taking on this important job; he has been very busy updating the site and modifying it to dovetail with changes that have been made to the IAM website in London. They have 'gone live' and this caused several of our links to fail. Paul has now restored them and all is working fine now.
I am delighted to report that the post of Publicity Officer has been filled by Anthony Lea. Tony, as he likes to be called, has come to us having been a member of two other groups in the home counties and now lives in Mevagissey. He is very experienced in publicity matters, having handled this for the police; he is a RoSPA Gold holder and may well be involved in observing for us as well. We co-opted him onto the committee on 15 April - so welcome aboard, Sir, we hope that you will enjoy being part of a super group of people.
Mike Doyle continues to add to the Groups' achievements in his efforts with the motorcyclists whose numbers continue to grow. Thank you Mike and whilst on the subject of the riders, following recent discussions between Mike and the committee, it has been decided that the Motorcycle Sub-Group will become absorbed into the main Group and this will reduce the duplication of administration that currently exists and enables us to fully use the database to best effect. Mike will still take care of Motorcycle matters and has a very full social calendar for the Riders over the next year or so. Please contact Mike for further details.
Please note: In response to requests from members, we are changing the venue for the September 30 Group meeting to
The Village Hall, Carnon Downs
The meeting will start at 7.30pm as usual. The speaker is to be John Hamilton. Details of how to get there are on page 19.
The hall is larger than the Lychgate and there is ample off-road parking so we hope that as many of you as possible will come along and enjoy what should be a good meeting. Before then, we have two 'outside' events, at Dales Rover at the end of May, then another at Carrs of Tresillian in June. This is our first time at Carrs and as this is a multiple dealership, it could be very interesting.
I will close this letter with the reminder that we still have to arrange events for next year, so if any of you have suggestions, please send them in to our wonderful Secretary, Diana Smeath, without whose efforts, a lot of what we do, wouldn't get done!
My grateful thanks to our committee as always, they are a super team.

Upward block gear changing
Will all Observers please note that there appears to have been some confusion concerning this subject. According to Bryan Lunn, IAM's Chief Examiner, "The IAM has no objection in principle to upward block gear changing provided that it is done at the correct speed and only when it is appropriate.
Bryan Lunn feels that some drivers do not maintain the vehicle's rate of progress after engaging the higher gear (e.g. third to fifth) and sometimes may even slow down, which can cause danger and inconvenience to following traffic.
I trust that this explanation will help to explain the subject and prevent more confusion. If any Observer has further queries please contact me. David Ede

Congratulations
to those who have recently passed the IAM test
observers' names in italics
Linda Masterson, Mike Galligan Wendy Pyatt, Don Ingham
Tony Bowdidge, Jack Ruse Donald Dick, David Ede
Cynthia Millward, Jack Ruse Maggie Weston, Miles Foreman
Chris Stokes, Mike Stone Anthony Roberts, Diana Smeath
Patrick Hall, Richard Sutton Patricia Hall, Richard Sutton
Jeff Prior, Mike Doyle m/cycle Chris Billing, Mike Doyle m/cycle

Welcome to new Associate Members
Carl Phillips, Falmouth Cynthia Millward, Helston
Christopher Stokes, Redruth Susan Smith, Trenear
Paul Williams, Camborne Leiber McGowan, Camborne
Paul Shearn, Truro Gillian Hill, Launceston
Clive Whittaker, St Austell Nick Morley, Falmouth
Ann Ware, Trencreek Kirsten Pepper, Viryan
Cornelia Bruins, St Mawes Glen Jenkin, Falmouth
Stuart Richards, St Erme Ben Harris, Bodmin
Paul Hopwood, Truro Carol Taylor, Malpas
Robin Blundy, St Just Jess Owen, Falmouth
Caroline Saunders Martin, Cusgarne Lou Varker, Threemilestone

A message from David Ede for All Observers

Many thanks to all observers who attended the recent get togethers.Both were enjoyable with excellent speakers and proved to be great social gatherings. I'll do my best to contact anyone who missed them. For those unable to attend, our immediate objective is to recruit six senior observers (see p.12). Then we will rapidly progress to new observer training and current observer requalification, and have more personnel available to give second opinions, pre-test runs and general observer support.
I realise that for many of you, particularly potential observers, this may seem a slow process but one of the first impressions I received when moving here last year was that there were deficiencies which needed addressing. Rest assured we will catch up and achieve these goals - it's just that all things take time. In the meantime if any observer has concerns I may be able to resolve, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Traffic Calming is Good For You?
by John Pearson
Over the past year traffic calming measures have been introduced on Bodmin Road and Mitchell Hill in Truro. Over nine-tenths of a mile there are now eighteen speed humps, three choke points, carriageway narrowing and a 20mph limit. So are traffic calming measures worthwhile?
Vehicle Damage The local authority has a responsibility to maintain the roads in good condition. Is this compatible with speed bumps? Roadcraft warns us to "look out for irregularities.........which can damage tyres and suspension" and to "slow down to reduce shock and maintain stability as you pass over them". Know Your Traffic Signs, on the other hand, tells us that in 20mph areas we should "adopt a steady speed and avoid frequent acceleration or deceleration". Do we slow down or do we avoid deceleration? Clearly there is a conflict here.
Damage to suspension systems is quite possible but more insidious is the effect on vehicle tracking. The battering of speed bumps misaligns the tracking quite readily, leading to increased and irregular tyre wear. Road safety is compromised and there is an environmental cost in the increased frequency of tyre replacement.
Environment Vehicles are at their most efficient at steady speeds. They then use less fuel and produce fewer pollutants. Tests carried out by the Transport Research Laboratory on a road with humps showed increases in carbon monoxide levels of 70-80%, hydrocarbons of 70-100% and carbon dioxide of 50-60%. Tests in Austria gave similar results and additionally showed fuel consumption increased by about 25%. Humps are also responsible for extra noise as vehicles slow down and then accelerate. Goods can rattle or bang about. (How about the early morning milk float?) So humps don't appear to be particularly good for the environment.
Safety and Vision The area's residents were concerned about safety and the perceived speed of the traffic down the road, hence the changes. Previously there was a 30mph limit which was often ignored. Now there is a 20mph limit which is just as frequently ignored (and probably by the same people). There is however, a big difference in the time drivers and riders can spend in scanning for children and other pedestrians.
Road narrowing at the top of the road has reduced the space for parking, which has concentrated the risk area and reduced vision times. The humps themselves require time to assess. I estimate that for a large hump I spend 3 seconds concentrating on the hazard to the detriment of my general scan. For the cushion humps the time is less, probably about half. In one second at 20mph a vehicle travels about 30 feet. There are 11 major bumps and seven cushion obstacles to overcome. That works is about 1,290 feet when the driver's attention is not solely on a safety scan.
Twenty miles an hour, especially downhill, is a tricky speed to maintain. Drivers need to make more speedometer checks. A speedometer check takes .8sec (or 24 feet). I probably make an extra 3 checks as a result of the slower limit, so that's another 72 feet. Total distance when I am not scanning fully is 1,362 feet. That's 454 yards (sorry, I'm too old for metres) or 28% of the total road length when I can not be as safe as I'd like to be because of speed humps. I should add here that I am not skilled enough to be a motorcyclist, but imagine their problems are even worse.
Emergency Services We all know that minutes are literally the difference between life and death in an emergency, hence the standard target times ambulance services, for example, are expected to meet.
UK research on the effects of humps on emergency service response times is scarce, but more has been done elsewhere, particularly in the USA. Portland Fire Department research showed a delay of 10 seconds per hump. In Austin, travel time by ambulances is doubled when travelling over humps and research in Boulder shows that for every life saved by a hump a further 85 die due to delays to emergency services!
We might not be able to translate those figures directly to the UK however, the Chairman of the London Ambulance Service said in January "For every life saved through traffic calming, more are lost because of ambulance delays". A North Yorkshire Ambulance Service spokesman spoke of being no longer being able to reach the Category A emergency within the 8 minute standard in some areas because of humps. The London Fire Brigade says that each hump delays attendance by ten seconds.
The Canadian Safety Council summed it up nicely: "In one minute a fast burning fire can destroy a building. One minute can be the window of opportunity for a critically injured child, heart attack victim or other emergency.....For fire, ambulance and police vehicles, every second counts. A delay of just one minute due to speed humps....can mean the difference between life and death. Liability issues associated with traffic calming are hardly ever considered."
Which brings me nicely back to the local authority's responsibility.
Safe motoring. Mind the bumps.
Now in receipt of the Winter Fuel Allowance, John Pearson spent 34 years in the RAF mainly as aircrew. Specialising in electronic equipment he flew mostly in Shackletons, Vulcans and Nimrods. Interests include most kinds of motoring but especially driver training and classic motor sport. On the driver training front he continues to take advanced driver training on a frequent basis and over the past few years has been fortunate enough to attend two Snow and Ice Driving Courses at the Volvo Cars Driving Academy in Sweden. Other interests include environmental matters and an abiding passion for accurate reporting based on facts.

A Skittles Evening
for members, families and friends - all are welcome
Friday 17 October at Country Skittles, Townshend, Hayle
Three bowling lanes have been reserved for us from 7 to 7.30 and from 9 to 9.30 The cost of the bowling will depend on how many attend. Meals are served between 7.30 and 9 o'clock. Order and pay individually on arrival.
Sample dishes:
Sirloin steak £9.50
Homemade steak and kidney pie £6.50
Sweet and sour chicken £5.95
Tuna pasta bake £4.50
and much more
The cost will be about £.3.30 per person if we can make up a group of thirty. Names and numbers as soon as possible please to Diana Smeath (address on page 17). Travel directions are on page 19.

Dave's Slant ... on motoring, Motorsport and the Universe
by David Ede

I once expressed interest in a Vauxhall Cavalier on sale at a local dealer. However, my interest waned when I traced the previous (company) owner from the V5 logsheet and was informed it had covered over 100,000 miles more than shown on the milometer. 'Clocking' on a grand scale! The only clues I had picked up were a floppy driver's door handle and a slightly tired engine. Cars are better built these days, and the old adage of 'look at the pedal rubbers and seat wear' no longer holds true. My Cavalier had done 146,000 miles and if it hadn't failed the MOT with a rusty fuel tank, I'd still be driving it; but sooner or later you have to decide whether it's prudent to keep spending money on an ageing vehicle. After arranging for a scrap dealer to pick my old car up, I sold it to a local chap for £25. I've bought another Cavalier, my third; it is a '95 2 litre 16 valve GLS which has had two previous owners and genuine low mileage with full service history.
When some of us learnt to drive, odometers only went up to 99,999 miles. I always thought big mileage cars would probably be Nissan Bluebird taxis ... no, there's a VW Golf in Stevenage that has covered over 621,000; but wait, in the USA Volvo P1800 owner Irv Gordon has reached a staggering 2 million miles in his baby! His advice is "start with a car you really like; change the oil and filter regularly using good quality oil and always use branded parts; check the engine each time the vehicle is washed and wax it at least twice a year." He says you don't have to be a mechanical genius to look for low fluids or listen for unusual sounds that might indicate a problem or imminent component failure.
On the subject of second-hand cars, how about the Dinky Toy that sold for 12 grand? I had one of those Foden flatbed chain lorries (one of my collection of over 500); I think mine included some coal sacks but it only remained in the box for a couple of days, and I got rid of all my toys many years ago .. if I had only known!
My time-keeping duties went well on the Tour of Cornwall car Rally and the event retained its friendly atmosphere. I appreciate how approachable even the top drivers are and how superb some of the cars look and go. All rally cars have to be street legal and driven carefully when on the road. Traffic infringements result in penalties. Tommy Makinen was fined 7000 dollars for speeding in New Zealand and had 5 minutes added to his overall times - in rallying terms this is light years and prevented his bid for a podium place.
Best lines: What two things are visible from outer space? The Great Wall of China and the door shuts on a Trabant. "I wasn't asleep, I was looking at the insides of my eyelids."

book reviews

Driving with attitude

Paul Ripley's Expert Driving by Paul Ripley and Peter Amey
published by Elliot Right Way Books, £9.99

A vastly experienced advanced driving instructor, Paul Ripley will be known to many of you for his articles in the Daily Telegraph or his television appearances. Peter Amey is a former senior member of the police driver training establishment. Together they have written a welcome addition to the all too few available advanced driving books. In doing so they have turned for advice to Sir John Whitmore, former European saloon car champion and respected sports and business psychologist.
From the start the book is concerned with attitudes, a theme which continues throughout. Hopefully, as IAM members most of you will have a fair idea about these but there is still much for all of us to learn. For example, the influence of stress, anger and fatigue on our mental state is considered as the authors set the scene for the more practical aspects of the work.
The driving plan recurs throughout the book and emphasises the preconditions of 'safety, legality and consideration'. Intrigued? Good. There are chapters on skills, with emphasis on skidding, braking steering and adverse conditions. Circuit and race techniques are examined to see what relevance they might have to daily driving situations. Some of this many of you will have met before, but this is a book to be read with an open mind. As the authors freely admit, some 'traditionalist' advanced drivers may not be entirely happy with some of the suggestions.
Some of you may feel that the IAM pass is as much as you can reasonably achieve. Others may wish to continue up the advanced driving ladder, but are not sure which step to take next. Whatever your feelings, this book should give you a feel for what can be achieved in the quest for better driving and safer roads. I thoroughly recommend it.
John Pearson
Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow - is it past its sell-by date?

Forward Drive by Jim Motavalli
published by Earthscan at £18.99

The familiar suck, squeeze, bang, blow cycle of the four-stroke 'infernal' combustion engine has been with us since the earliest days of motoring but its days may be numbered.
Throughout its life it has undergone continuous development. From early side valve engines to modern overhead camshaft design, from simple carburettors to computer controlled fuel injection systems, from simple magneto ignition to memory mapped twin spark ignition systems.
But throughout this time there has been no major technological breakthrough in its fundamental design - with the possible exception of the ill fated Wankel rotary engine. It still requires the taking in of hydrocarbon substances, burning them, and passing the waste product out through the exhaust pipe into the atmosphere. Ever tighter emission regulations are going to make its position untenable in the future.
The world's supply of oil has only a finite life. Current estimates give this at around 50 years at the current rate of consumption. This can only be a best guess as it will depend on the rate of oil consumption remaining constant and does not take into account the two factors of the take up of vehicles by emerging countries and the possibility of new oil fields being discovered.
It would therefore seem that the car which advanced motorists will be driving in the future will have a very different power source from the one we drive at the moment. Only time will tell how much of a difference we will be forced to make to our advanced driving techniques in view of this.
Most of the information in this article has been drawn from the excellent book Forward Drive by Jim Motavalli. This provides an overview of the current alternatives to petrol driven cars and in what direction the manufacturers and governments are going. It is recommended reading for anyone interested in alternative fuel sources for cars of the future.

Peter Hester
23 times around the Earth

Thanks to Pat Pascoe of Falmouth who has sent us some statistics drawn from government reports and official surveys and published in Top Gear magazine last year.

The average driver passes the driving test aged 19.2 years and will

- spend 600 days behind the wheel in his lifetime
- drive 578,100 miles in his life, or 23 times around the Earth
- own seven cars if male, five if female
- drive past 37 fatal or very serious road accidents
- shift gear 3,931, 080 times in his life
- jump 181 red lights
- make 2,915 visits to a petrol pump
- pay attention to only 35 percent of road signs
- wash a car 866 times
- spend 7,750 hours motionless in traffic jams
- eat 21lbs of chocolate behind the wheel

Going Through their Paces
Stephen Nelson
We have been very busy creating Senior Observers and currently have six people going through their paces to achieve this position. They are: Chris Ambrose, Roy Bullen, Paul Basher, John Bullen, Jack Ruse and Mark Brodrick. Thank you to all these gentlemen and also to David Ede for all his efforts in bringing this programme on to its present situation. David is now trying to arrange for all these people to have their final assessments carried out by Andy Poulton, Staff Examiner IAM, as soon as this can be set up in the county. More news on this, next time. I must, however, thank Don Ingham for his initial efforts in getting things moving on this front. The Group had not had any training/retraining for many years so to start this up and get it all in place, is no mean achievement.
We have arranged and held two very well attended Observer meetings. At the first we were addressed by Rodney Grigg and at the second by Russell Jackson. Both gave us a valuable insight into the world of our IAM Test Examiners and I know from the feedback that our Observers felt that it was time very well spent indeed. Thank you gentlemen, we look forward to hearing from you again in due course.
At the time of writing there had been 22 IAM Test passes in our Group since last November which is very good going indeed. Congratulations to all of those Drivers and Riders and a huge thank you to all the Observers who have made this possible. If all goes well, we will soon have some more Senior Observers bringing on stream some new Observers to help in this important aspect of our Group's activities.
Stephen Nelson

How did you get that permis de conduire?

Went to Paris with my husband and daughter. Taxi from the Gâre du Nord to the rue de Courcelles. Not very far but a hair-raising ride. There was barely room in the back seat for the three of us and no effort was made to clear the accumulation of rubbish from the front passenger seat. So squashed together and with the luggage safely in the boot we departed. There followed a shocking display of aggressive and irresponsible driving.
With his road map open on the steering wheel, our cabbie drove at speed through crowded streets, narrowly avoiding cars, buses, bicycles and apparently not seeing pedestrians on crossings. He drove so close to one man that he put his hand through the open window in anger, but on we went. To cap it all he had to swerve violently to avoid a heavily pregnant woman - thank God she was wearing a brightly coloured dress. We arrived at our hotel unhurt but shaken.
I must brush up my French so that next time I can deal with such things. Did I say next time?

Polly Tatum

Mike's Mutterings

Summer's here again and if the recent weather is anything to go by it should be a good one. Once the good weather is here, people's thoughts often turn to using the bike more often and perhaps planning the odd excursion away to foreign climes. Virgin tourists often ask us for advice on what special precautions they need to take (and what they need to take with them) on that first long trip "Sur le Continong". So here is the first of three beginners' guides written by a friend of mine Barry Kirkham and first published in my London Clubs magazine Progression.

Tours Without Tears - Part 1
Firstly, a couple of editorial general points: know your own limits (miles and hours in the saddle) and plan accordingly; prepare the bike (thorough service, new tyres? Decent luggage); take out overseas breakdown cover (AA Five Star is good but expensive, MAG's cover is good and cheap) - if you never need it, the peace of mind alone is worth the cost.
The Breakdown Kit 1
The days when motorcyclists almost expected to break down on every trip have (thankfully) long gone. And so have the times when they knew … or, at least, claimed they knew … how to re-build broken suspension with fence wire; reset ignition timing with a fag paper, etc.
Good old days? B******s! But have things gone just a little too far in the opposite direction? Poser once told me that his "tool kit" consisted of the Ducati warranty and a Platinum Amex card. Seemed actually to be proud of the fact that he didn't even know what his tyre pressure or chain tension should be.
Somewhere between these two extremes lies a happy medium. It's a fact (ask your friendly neighbourhood AA or RAC man) that most call outs to fix so-called "breakdowns" don't spring from some complex electronic or major mechanical engineering problem; they are much, much more likely to be:
· Ran out of fuel (associated problems; filled with wrong fuel, contaminated fuel).
· Puncture (associated problems; defective valve, poor bead seal).
· Flat battery (associated problems; poor earth connection,
short, broken leads).

Therefore, let's deal with the BIG 3 first.
1. Running out of fuel
No of course, it will never happen to you. You keep a careful eye on the gauge; always fill up as soon as you've turned to reserve; never push your luck on an unfamiliar road late at night when the red light starts blinking. You're not the sort of Wally who puts derv into a petrol tank, keeps old fuel in a Jerry can and then tips it in using a funnel in the pouring rain are you? But your riding companion may be. And one of the real bonuses in being prepared for "breakdowns" is being able to help others … it really cheeses them off!
Do not carry a couple of litres in a plastic Evian bottle in your top box "just in case". Better by far to have a decent length (one-and-a-half metres is ideal) of proper hose rated for fuel use. (You do remember how to siphon don't you?)
2. Flat Tyres
Yeah, OK, you and I have Ultra-Sealed our tyres (haven't we?) But those other amateurs may not have! So how do we fix it? The following list will deal with 99% of tyre problems at the side of the road in less than a quarter of an hour. (And the others are going to need taking to a specialist.)
· Tyre pressure gauge - use every day to prevent problems. Electronic digital gauges are consistently accurate, robust, last a lifetime and cost a fiver. You do check your tyres before each day's ride, don't you? - and not just for pressure?
· Tyre Weld foam. Finnegan's or the like. The guy who changes the tyre won't like it and some of them will try to kid you it makes a vulcanized repair impossible. But that's a debate we can have over a cuppa in a nice warm workshop tomorrow; for now lets get the damn' thing sealed, inflated and rolling!
· Puncture repair kit - tubed and tubeless tyre kits are different. More long-term safer repairs than the "get-you-home" foam, but needs a little skill to use properly. The neurotic among you might actually practise on an old tyre a couple of times before you leave home.
· Spare valve. They don't often fail - but when they do neither the foam nor the puncture kit will do the job.
· Valve core tool. 'Cos you can't get the old one out without it! Some dust caps have one built in.
· Compressor. 12v mini compressor will get tyres up to full pressure (foam aerosols and most CO2 kits won't.) Of course, a hand pump would too, but the compressor takes up no more space and is soo much less effort.
3. Electrickery
You need different kits for different problems, but the most vital are:
· Jump leads. Not just a length of twin flex - proper, made-for-the-job copper ones with clamps on the ends. You don't need 10 metres of heavy-duty stuff for a bike, though; short, lightweights will do the job and take up much less valuable space.
· Spare bulb kit. Make sure it's for the correct model and year of your machine. This is one area where I would recommend buying the manufacturers O/E version. They cost around a tenner and it's hardly worth buying the individual bulbs and wrapping them in rags to save pennies. Besides which, in some European countries it's a legal requirement to carry one and it's easier to prove you are when its all in a neat labelled little box! (Ever been asked to show the bulb kit? Me neither, but maybe some day…)
· Lens repair tape. (3 colours)
· Small cheap electrical multi-meter. But only if you know how to use it and think you'd bother trying to deal with shorts and power breaks yourself.
· Fuses / wire / miscellaneous crimp terminals.
· Insulating tape.
· Spare spark plug (2-strokes only)

In the next instalment, Tours without Tears will cover the essential Medical Kit ("In the bush every man has to be his own doctor") that can make the difference between a riding day and a trip to the ER. Part three finishes off the breakdown kit and the final chapter covers the General Preparation and Paperwork needed to ensure a hassle free holiday. The complete article will be published on the bike section web site at: www.cornwall-advanced.co.uk

Dates for your diary

Group meetings are now being held in different places -
please be sure you know where you're going!
[meetings start at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated]

Wednesday 28 May
at Dales Rover, Scorrier
Tuesday 24 June
at Carrs Tresillian

Tuesday 30 September
at Carnon Downs Village Hall, speaker John Hamilton

Friday 17 October
at Townshend, Hayle
Skittles-nothingtodowithdrivingorridingjustfoodandfun, see p8

Wednesday 29 October
Awards Evening - venue to be advised

Tuesday 25 November
to be announced

The Regional Liaison Forum meets
on 28 June in Bath and
on 25 October in Bournemouth.

CAM Committee meets ten times a year.

Occasionally events beyond our control may necessitate our making changes to the advertised programme.

Your Questions

Your technical questions should be sent to:
Cornwall Advanced Motorists, Orchard Cottage, Greenwith Rd,
Perranwell Station, Truro TR3 7LX

Travel directions
to Dales Rover at Scorrier (on the old A30) 28 May
From the A30 westbound come off at junction shortly after Chiverton Cross roundabout SP Scorrier. At end of slip road turn right and go back over the A30. Dales is on the roundabout that leads back onto the A30 in the other direction.
From the A30 eastbound go to Chiverton Cross roundabout and take the first exit to Blackwater. Go through Blackwater and Dales Rover is situated on the roundabout that leads back onto the A30 towards Chiverton Cross

to Carrs at Tresillian 24 June
Carrs is at Tresillian on the main A390 road between Truro and St. Austell. It is on the right hand side of the road from the Truro direction and on the left hand side if coming from the St Austell direction.

to Carnon Downs 30 September
From Truro A39 Falmouth Road out of Truro, climb up Morlaix Avenue to roundabout t the top, keeping in left hand lane. Turn left at roundabout [still A39]. Follow the road past the double roundabout at Playing Place [Shell garage on left] and at next roundabout at the top of Carnon Downs by-pass turn right. Almost immediately turn left at the mini-roundabout. Entrance to Carnon Downs Village hall is on the left at first cross roads.

From Falmouth A39 towards Truro, past the Norway Inn, up the Carnon Downs by-pass and left at the roundabout at the top. From there follow the directions from Truro given above.

To Country Skittles 17 October
From Hayle or Helston take the B3302 [from Camborne B3280] to Leedstown, then take B3280 to Townshend Village. Turn right at crossroads. Country Skittles is on the right about 3/4 mile from the village.
Tel 01736 850209