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Rampdale Takes a Dive! 03/07/09
Early in the morning of 2 July, Managing Director John Coates took a group of us to an airfield in Chatteris, Cambs. to do a 12,000ft sponsored tandem skydive for each of our nominated charities.
Team Rampdale" From left to right; John Spatz (broker), Esther Coates, John Coates (M.D.), Emma Harnett (broker)and Mike Wandsworth (I.T. Manager).
It was a nice warm day, with clear skies and plenty of sunshine. After a training session with the well experienced instructors (where not to put your hands, not to pull cords etc.), we set about the task of waiting for our bacon sandwich and our names to be called to get ready for the jump. Unfortunately, that bacon breakfast would have to wait as we were among the first jumps of the day!
Harnesses on, we were ready to board the plane, a 14-passenger 'Nomad'. It took about 20 minutes to get up to 12,000ft, at which point the door on the side opens and we all line up to jump (more like fall from a sitting position) out of the plane. None of us chickened out, although there was quite a bit of colourful language from one or two jumpers.
The free-fall stage took about 40-50 seconds, falling in excess of 120mph, until we got to about 5,000 feet and the parachute was deployed. with a bit of a jolt, the 'chute slows us down so much that it takes nearly 5 minutes to reach the ground. The view from this height is nothing short of amazing.
We all reached the ground safely, with such a buzz that we all wanted to go back to the plane and do it again!
All the sponsorship money we collected went to various charities such as MacMillan Cancer Support, Cancer Research UK and the R.S.P.C.A.
All in all we had a fantastic day and we would all love to do it again!
We'll keep in touch about our up-coming charity events and post details on this site.
RPD Winners - Central Scooter 11/06/09
Rampdale are happy to announce the first winner of the Rampdale Prize Draw is Central Scooters of Stourbridge in the West Midlands.
Neil Gibbons the owner of Central Scooters who specialise in the BTM models was pleased to receive their prize of £100 gift vouchers and were happy to inform our dealer team that they are planning to branch into the Peugeot brand as well.
If you would like to browse Neil’s BTM bikes feel free to visit his website before coming back for the all important insurance quote!
Rampdale rewards longest customer 29/04/09
20 years ago Sheila & Leslie Snelling came into the Rampdale offices to set up an insurance policy. Today 20 years on Mr & Mrs Snelling are still using Rampdale for their insurance, and to mark the anniversary Rampdale’s company director John Coates decided it would be a great time for Rampdale to offer Mr & Mrs Snelling a FREE insurance policy as one of our most loyal customers.
On 27th April Carwyn Llewellyn and Dion Ling from Rampdale went to visit Mr & Mrs Snelling to give them their free policy. They also brought for them 4 cans of beer which may sound unusual but as John explained “20 years ago when things were a lot quieter they called into our office which was then based in Finchley, North London. I spent some time arranging the required policies, monies were handed over and proposal forms duly signed. Half an hour later Mr Snelling popped back with four cans of beer as a thank you. Needless to say a couple of cans were cracked open and 20 years later our relationship still continues”.
Mr & Mrs Snelling were extremely touched that John had remembered their kind act and along with being given the free policy explained that nobody had ever done anything like this for them before.
Mr Snelling related to Carwyn and Dion stories of his time riding bikes and spoke of his fondness for the old British bikes such as BSA vehicles. He also spoke of his many trips to America and how while spending time out there he became a fan of Harley Davidson.
John said he was delighted to offer such loyal and lovely people as Mr & Mrs Snelling a free policy and looks forward to many more years of service.
Rampdale Expo 2009 01/09
It was another successful Expo for Rampdale and we would like to thank everybody who stopped by for a chat with us over the three days.
