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WHAT’S ON IN THE SURVIVAL SKILLS UNIVERSE
NEWS - I’m heading back to the south-west again, this time to Devon… if you find yourself near Exminster on Wed 16, I’m sure you would be welcome at the venue, the Swans Nest. Talk is from 7pm. And if you are a member of a motorcycle group, why not mention Survival Skills and my talks to your events team?
If you can’t make it to a live talk, check out my series of ONLINE TALK EVENTS. They alternate between BETTER BIKING talks and SCIENCE OF BEING SEEN presentations. The next, on Wed 6 July, takes a highly practical look at Fixing Cornering Problems. The previous event (overtaking) got excellent feedback and one viewer described it as a ‘masterclass’.
Tickets to all these events cost £5 and you can book up here:
BOOK AT: https://survivalskills.tidyhq.com/public/schedule/events
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COURSES NOW BOOKING - The days have stretched right out and we’ve now had some lovely warm and sunny days. And that means it’s time for EVENING TRAINING too. Drop me a line and see if I can fit you in with a course from my start points around the M25, within convenient distances of much of SE England. Courses for all riders from newly qualified to advanced. Whatever you ride, however you ride, just bring along some enthusiasm!
Choose between various topics and different length courses:
BRONZE one-day: £269
SILVER two-day: £499
GOLD three-day: £719
PLATINUM four-day: £929
LAST MINUTE AVAILABILITY - Save some cash with a last minute booking. Check your diary, drop me a line and find out how much you can save!
ONLINE COACHING
And if that doesn’t work for you, because of cost or distance, why not think about an inexpensive forty minute online coaching session? As Martin Hide explains:
"The online session worked really well, we were able to cover a lot of ground and it increased my understanding of several key areas of Kevin’s approach to safer riding. I would recommend anyone to give an online session a try, I think you’ll be surprised at just how much you’ll get out of it."
I have a range of pre-prepared topics. Alternatively present me with a question or problem, and we’ll take it from there.
ON THE ROAD IN 2022 - mini ride-outs
Here's the idea. I know some riders are put off group riding by the high-speed, crash-happy reputation of big ride-out groups, so I’m planning something very different - limited numbers (five bikes max), leisurely pace (fine for an A2 bike) and relatively short distances (max 100 miles). These will either be:
MORNING RIDES with a decent mid-ride break to rest and socialise over a decent brunch / lunch (not a greasy spoon) and where possible an extra stop at a farm shop in case you fancy some nice produce
EVENING RIDES which will just have a short stop mid-ride
In either case, we'll be starting from locations around the M25 but will quickly get out onto interesting and scenic routes which will mostly avoid the main A roads. Here is the next date in the diary:
Sat AM June 25 - Beaconsfield into the Thames Valley
Sat AM July 30 - destination to be confirmed
BOOK HERE: https://survivalskills.tidyhq.com/public/schedule/events
A couple of other points -
rides will be WEATHER DEPENDENT and if it looks like a wet day, I'll postpone. They're meant to be fun rides.
rides are PRE-BOOK ONLY - no turning up with a bunch of mates on the day. If you want me to put a ride together for you and a few friends, let me know
if a ride is fully booked, drop me a line and I'll put you on the reserve list and offer you a place on a repeat ride from the same location. But if you realise you can't make it, let me know so I can offer your place to someone else.
You'll be riding with an experienced trainer too - whilst I won't be offering any training, I'll be happy to discuss anything to do with riding. And I may just have a few copies of my books with me available to buy.
Daring-do not needed, just come along for a nice pleasant ride!
LAST WEEK’S ROUND-UP
COMMENT June 13 Twenty's Plenty - except when it's 30
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Elevenses 245 Sun 12 Jun
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SoS Jun 11 2022 How do you 'plant' the front on a wet road?
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TRAINING June 10 Don't ignore confidence issues
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Elevenses 244 Wed 8 Jun
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And from the 60 Second Safety series on YouTube…
That’s it for today. Each issue is usually out Mondays but other commitments may mean a change of date. Please feed this newsletter forward to other bikers. And I’d welcome your feedback, as always.
Kevin Williams / Survival Skills
www.survivalskills.co.uk