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He’d be as convincing as Tim Healy in Benidorm Rita is Glen’s car that he lets @Julie Hall - AO Representative, Peak District AO Use to chauffeur him around in

You git! You’re only reminding Julie ‘cause you know you’re safe and not there, what about us poor devils that will feel the edge of the death stare reserved for Mr K?

@Martyn Vann - Joint Warwickshire AO I hope Sue is feels a bit better soon, hopefully we will see you both at Curborough Breakfast meet next Saturday, I am hoping to do a run to the Okeover Arms in Ashbourne afterwards, fingers crossed. Jon, your car might be a little slower but have you factored in that you are driving it! I will bring some postcodes for places to join back up, just in case. Plus we will need a wee stop half way as it is an 80 minute journey and I will never make it that long. Excellent photo's Nigel, no-one has ever managed to capture the Edensor church in Chatsworth and, every time I rattle over the cattle grid, I think that I must stop and photograph that timber cottage on the edge of Edensor village. That just leaves Mr K, I have you to cope with, never mind Ali who is also never a 'good boy' , and then Glen eggs you all on, oh deary deary me, I'm off to sharpen my wits.....

I've been a 'good boy' and have done my chores to earn a day out. See you at the wheatsheeaf

It was tricky ensuring Rita wasn’t visible in any of the pics! Moral of this story is to check your Odo before and after you work!

Here is my first Westfield. Purchased a couple of weeks ago now and already have a huge wish list. It's got a 2ltr zetec lump in it which brings a smile to my face every time I look and drive it. It's next to my wife's defender 110 which I also dabble with. I now have parcels arriving at the house for 2 cars .. Thanks nick.

With perfect timing for tomorrow's Peak District run out, Lee has got some photos up on FlickR Lee's FlickR album

@IanK (Bagpuss) is either very brave or off his trolly. Did you see his FB comment saying he thought @Julie Hall - AO Representative, Peak District AO was a dragon? Sparks will fly! Have a good day one and all. Only slightly jealous.

Depends on how many Blyton Specials Gary eats, Tom

I've been busy so not had chance to come on here, but I finally bought my first Westfield I opted for a Megablade as it suits my driving style and since owning I've loved taking it out when I can get a spare hour. The pictures below are my first drive out in it. I've then started making a few changes starting with clear front indicator lenses as one of the orange lenses was cracked. Next I've swapped the wheels for 7x13 Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 with Toyo R888 tyres, which has given me a nice weight saving over the previous wheels. Next up I noticed the radiator was getting a little worse for wear and I plan doing track days with it so changed that out along with all the pipe work for a larger aluminium radiator. While I had the coolant drained I've given the engine a flush out, new coolant, new oil, new oil filter, new iridium plugs. Next I've fitted a rear view mirror Next jobs are to change the brake fluid, diff oil and the reverse gearbox oil. I must admit I'm enjoying tinkering with it just as much as driving it, but need save a few jobs for winter and get driving it whilst the weather is good! I need to try and get alot to some meets now

My recently purchased Megablade, which im really enjoying at the moment

Absolutely no intention of using it on the road - trailer it to and from trackdays. It is SORNed So no need to add that weight back, but I have hatched a design for a rear strut/harness bar which is going to put some weight back in The offset against that is peace of mind. I am just not comfortable with having harnesses coming out that back of a bucket seat and then diving down at a fairly steep angle to connect to a rear seat belt pick up point. Have you bought a tin top to strip yet.......

I recognised that pub. Fine lunches served there....

These ones https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-75-Inch-Motorcycle-5-3-4-LED-Headlight-Hi-Lo-For-HARLEY-Davidson-Daymaker/332572675369?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649 taking a chance on the import duty and VAT but at worst that will be another £35 including fees.

I have a Samsung S7 which is waterproof, and I run the Tom Tom app which I've been very impressed with. Around £30 for 3 years - bargain compared with a dedicated Sat Nav. Also use free app called Ways which is great for fun / country routes incuding just asking it for a circular blat within parameters you set.

Talking of putting weight on, I am putting some weight back in on the Mini. Today a knocked up a harness mount bar which is just drying off before I fit it So that is going to add 2.7kg to the car. Running total now 46.55kg

You don’t need Riders to get the windy roads feature. It’s present on quite a few of the Sat Navs now. The Go 5xx and 6xx Series, programmable from the on line Tom Tom My Drive facility have it and I’m sure quite a few other models do. It has different levels of setting, if you change your routes from fastest to “thrill” you’ll find you have a twistiness setting with three levels available, and a hilly/mountainous terrain setting, again, with three levels of extreme ness available. you need to have a care for the level of extreme ness you select though! I tried the maximums once, and four hours later, I’d covered about a quarter of the way to a destination normally only an hour away, and had to turn back, out of time! It found some great bits of road, but really twisty, is really twisty! To be fair, the Riders shouldn’t really send bikes down roads like that, as roads to twisty for Westfields are utterly crap for fast bikes. But the Riders, when I last looked into them a few years ago, did suffer a little bit from being on the older mapping software to preserve compatibility with Tyre softwares route planning system via Tom Tomas old itinerary files. The good thing, is that the GO’s with the My Drive functionality all have the new equivalent off the route and track planning and recording facilities, so you can do all that without having to have a Rider. The latest Riders May have already moved to these maps though, if they list My Drive comparability they have!! Check on what Audio options the current Rider has, again, it’s a few years back, but I gave up in the end last time, cause they all seemed to be Bluetooth to headsets only, with no audio out jack and no built in speaker. (And they were allegedly picky about which Bluetooth head sets they’d sync to if you wanted the full functionality.)

You'll be missed.

We will have to give this a miss I'm afraid, not ready for a long run yet so we are staying local! Hope you all have a great day out.

Yes. Bike ones are better for our cars for the reasons mentioned. I have Garmin Zumo. Great bit of kit.

It has different settings so you can change it for different vehicles and also surfaces. I have had TomTom’s for years but this really is a serious bit of kit.

Bike.

Hi Ali. I looked at the TomTom Rider but decided on a Garmin 595LM. Only has it a couple of weeks but so far seems a brilliant piece of kit. Well suited to a Westfield and touring so far.

IMHO, yes I have a TomTom Rider; winding routes is great but check it first as it WILL add in roads that ONLY a bike should be sent down! Otherwise, given the outdoorness of our travels, it works a treat. I have mine ram-mounted on the bar that runs behind the dash with a cut out for the ram mount arm on the dash (yes it's still hardboard so what do I care).

While I can believe you've done your chores, the first part of that sentence seems soooo out of character...

Looks a good route Ian! Glad weather was favourable too. Blindingly hot in Ibiza, well into 30’s! Dare I say it, almost like Le Mans 2017!

Just what I was picturing

I'm on auto trader now looking at French metal. Plans for next year now though plenty of research time.

Rita? Is that @CraigHew 's stage name when he's in drag?

like this...bit of garage envy too. mines pretty good but not up to your shiny floor standards

Thanks for the heads up new LED headlights and 10L of oil for me - finally going to get rid of the Venom 5:1s (providing I can get the halo indicators to work)

Welcome to another Seight owner, I'm sure your car has plenty of upgrade potential, spent 20 years upgrading mine, really should do more driving and less upgrading...…. Its an amazing car, that can be driven for sound alone, not always speed, although that's fun too, be careful but most of all enjoy. regards scott

Glad you're enjoying your new "toy", looks very smart. Based on my experience would highly recommend going along to local meet, found members to be very welcoming and friendly. Also opportunities to join in with runs/events as a group, with good social side too.

Great run out,thanks a lot @IanK (Bagpuss) @CraigHew that sausage roll was delicious

Fab route Mr K, I might be biased though, the best of the Peak District on the high ground in this lovely weather. Rambler Inn - good choice. As you probably know I have been at work today, but my retired husband is wondering if his invite has been lost in the ether I have just fainted over the thought of him driving my car while I am not in.

Cheeky! Wait till you get to my age and we will see how you look

Sadly my radiator core was delivered faulty and now a replacement is not coming until Tuesday...... Sorry to miss this one Jon