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Down in the paddock at Curborough we found Garry Bunn talking to Paul and Alison, founders of WSCC, also to Stephen, while Derek was busy tickling the car. Supercharged Honda giving 430 bhp and weighing 540kg, you do the maths. 430+540=awesome Come closer Pete Goulding was there in his single seater Phil Williams was happy to show us his Hayabusa engined car Stickymint had his bonnet on when we arrived But not for long, another Hayabusa engined Westfield guess who arrived next overview of the paddocks with the Everall brothers in the foreground Back in the parking area next to the track there was 11 Westfields Now I can introduce the Peak District followers to Pokey, Stuarts car, you met his matching trainers earlier. Parked next to Andy and Sue's, with Bill's in the background Overview of the parking area with the track on the right and the viewing area Soon we were ready for the off, but what's this? my passenger has shrunk. Glen was taken off for a Honda Experience Day by Ian, while Ian's daughter, Charlotte, jumped in with me. Meanwhile Andrew had a start issue and received a bump start to get going. Nigel led us a lovely route past the JCB factory, over Blithfield Reservoir and into Ashbourne without passing a single speed camera. Thank you to Nigel for doing a great job and it was nice for me to follow for a change, it is a lot, lot easier. Lee took lots of photos as we travelled along and we will look forward to the results. Glen rather enjoyed the Honda ride, 'what a car' he said and sends his thanks. I took the lead in Ashbourne to guide us along the back lanes to Wetton. We crammed the cars into the car park and along the lane It was a table for 18 and this is the only cafe that I know that would accomodate that many people on a sunny Bank Holiday weekend. The service was excellent and so was the food. Food, did I mention food? that will include cake then and this place knows how to do cake. Which might also have a little bit to do with my choice of location. Decisions, decisions Orange and chocolate was popular Bill broke the trend with the lemon cake, slices only come in one size - huge It made sense for some of the more Southerly people to turn around here and the rest of us headed North on a super route to the Travellers Rest. Ian exited in style by giving us all a fighter jet sound track as he overtook us to pick up his route home, put it on your bucket list if you have never been overtaken by a Honda engined Westfield. At least he remembered his steering wheel before sitting in the car this time, even though somebody had hidden it, he did walk out of the cafe without it and I was wetting myself waiting for the penny to drop. He tells me revenge is sweet and I must admit that I am rather dreading the repercussions. On arrival at the Travellers Rest, John found a speck of dust on his car and immediatley tended to it 😀 Bill's clutch cable had broken as he arrived at the pub so it was all hands on deck to try and sort it, to no avail and the RAC was called Bill's car had to be moved and a driver was called for, as I was the lightest I thought it only right for me to volunteer and I got behind the wheel of the MIGHTY crossflow, while the others pushed. It was lovely sat outside the pub but soon HMP Barnsley needed it's inmates back so the Yorkshire Terriers departed John and Jacky Des and Debs Steve Johno and his mate Much later Andy and Sue made tracks too After a good while later Andrew and us headed East, leaving poor Bill to wait the last bit on his own and board the truck of shame. It has been a very enjoyable day, so varied starting at Curborough with the Speed Series, lots of driving, chatting , eating and even a bit of mechanicals. Best of all we have had a good laugh and that is because you are all great people, thank you for sharing your day with us xxxx

Hi, Since last friday I own a Westfield Sport 2000. Its build in 2005 and has a Duratec 2.0 engine with 190 bhp. Excellent to drive the car. Have different things to do with the car, but we have nice weather here in the Netherlands. So just started with driving. I'm Edwin de Vries from the Netherlands, 49 tears old and living in Almere (nearby Amsterdam). I will learn, post and react. Want the best for my Westfield!

Tan hill inn pennine way, stoped to take a picture bet it's a wild place in winter, got the tool kit /survival kit out to help a biker his radiator was hanging off, then off to Barnard castle, back home via kirkby Lonsdale fantastic roads, around 180 miles round trip and sun burnt arms😎 Tony

What a great photo! 😀

What a fantastic day out. Thanks @Julie Hall - Peak District AO for organising and to everyone who turned up and helped make the day. Here are a few snaps from the start of the day at Curborough.

Thanks to Brad and Diane for organising - really enjoyed it up until 11:54 when white van wummin ruined my day. Grateful thanks to Jim and Jean for curtailing their morning to make sure I was OK, and to the many unknown and unnamed people who stopped to speak to me during the next SIX HOURS whilst I waited for the breakdown truck. Thanks to Phill in the cottage next door for keeping me topped up with water throughout the day. Good to catch up eventually at Barony Castle, just made it in before the kitchen closed 😉 I'll look forward to next year once I've got the car fixed and the planned modifications made ...

Yesterday morning we all met up at Happendon services for our mystery navigation run, where after a chat and introductions we were briefed on the days run by Brad and Diane. Issued with our navigation notes . So all loaded up the first car headed off into the unknown at 10.00 prompt, followed by the other “ intrepid explorers” at 2 minute intervals The first loop saw westies passing each other in different directions, which played tricks with your mind , but the notes and Trina’s instructions kept us going. We had a couple of mistakes partly due to differences in trip meters, partly due to the driver not listening, but it really is easy to get your mileage reset at a T junction and then adjust the pace note numbers on the fly , we had one small deviation at a fork in the road where we met Jim and Jean coming down and we turned at the farmyard to and returned to take the other fork We laughed and joked as it was obvious at times we were looping around and the people in villages laughing and waving too as we passed them again in a different direction. Stopping for our compulsory 30 minute lunch break we heard that Brian had unfortunately had an accident, being hit when almost stationary by an oncoming car! Fortunately Brian is ok and the car will sort. After lunch and talk of the mornings fun and adventure , we were off again. Filling up with fuel and enjoying some great border roads we arrived at the finish line in Peebles after 200 miles ( plus mistakes ) of fun filled driving and we even had the sun out to make the day even better. Then it was off to the hotel where everyone was meeting up for a debrief and dinner, where we were joined by Brian who had had a long wait for recovery and a hire car, but true to spirit instead of heading home he came and joined everyone for the evening Summing up a BIG thanks to Brad and Diane for organising this run it’s the first time we’ve done this and definitely won’t be the last It’s not a race so was done at your own pace with absolutely no emphasis on time or speed The roads were absolutely stunning from narrow country lanes to moorland peak roads with grass growing up through the tar, such little traffic they see. Strangely enough despite being in an area that is a lot higher populated than where were from there was very little traffic And normally on a run you have your route planned out but to drive 200 miles whilst being unaware of where you are or where you are going put a whole new fun factor on the day And thank you to all who came and supported the day , let’s double or treble the numbers next time.

At Barony Castle after our mystery navigation run

Thanks all for another lovely day eating our way around the Peak District. Only one photo to add and just in case you can’t read it it says 40.5!

Fun day had by all, great weather and everyone loved the roads. One casualty, Brian got swiped by a car on a single track road, got recovered back to Jedburgh, but is aiming to drive his road car to Peebles for tonight - in true Scottish style (and dedication to the McWesty Clan), he's booked the hotel and he's damn well going to use it! About ready to go down for dinner and drinks, so more detail and pics of the run to follow.

Well that’s us home today we did 225 miles from Peebles, home we took a heap of back roads, mountain roads and some which I doubted if they should be called a road ... So totting up we’ve covered 655 miles this weekend stayed in 2 castles and had a brilliant time with the Clan on our mystery navigation run Roll on the next one

Checkpoint Charlise (Diane) - midpoint on the morning leg, with Colin and Leanna, their carbed Pinto and big grins, having a ball. Checkpoint picnic, complete with tartan rug, waiting for the cars to come through, Brian's demise just a couple of mile back up the road.

A few more pictures of some of the cars

Certainly not MPG!!

@AndrewBClarke MPG or degrees Celsius

Thanks for letting us join you today, had a fantastic day, great to meet everyone, Des n Deb

An utterly amazing win - well done Mr Stokes!!

I think Nige enjoyed the pie to ! He was shattered after signing autographs all day long

Hi Edwin, next Saturday morning seven westfield's will be disembarking the ferry in Zeebrugge, then journeying on to Achen, if you fancy a little run with some fellow Westfielders.

i'm 99% up for this, i just need to get this German trip out of the way, back on the 7th then i can commit.

Great day, some young members too.

Not necessarily that bad! We have had two Busa engined cars on euro tours and in multiple Scottish highland tours - they managed just fine. Personally I went for a car engine as best of both worlds - but have been surprised at how well the BECs have coped on our many 1-2k mile tours.

I've just come back from canada. I used Alamo. We had a dodge charger and a ford Taurus. Both great luxury effortless cars. Alamo were great as Alan says you just pick a car from a lane of your price. Buy the cdw waiver unless you are a risk taker. We had a cracked windscreen unidentified at pick up (a tiny chip on a wet windscreen in a dark car park collection,that spread when you drove the car....)they were going to charge us until I reminded them. Not many usa or Canada rental cars have sat nav. Japanese ones are most likely but dont assume a certain price level guarantees it. Check each car. Petrol is cheap. In Canada it's 1 dollar 14 a litre on a 1.55 a change rate so you can afford to enjoy it. Cheers Jon

well worth the trip down only thing is I am apsalutly shattered and so is jacky and off to bed what a great day and the fantastic roads to drive on hope to have a run again before winter with you night night john and jacky

Thanks for another great day. I totally agree with Ian great people,roads and weather. Thanks for the direction home and we saw something unexpected at the side of the road as you can see.

Glad you got home ok. Hope the cable change goes well.

Made it home eventually. Thanks everyone who helped me out, really appreciated.

Good Afternoon All, Last bank holiday of the year!! The ease your pain we are offering 10% discount. Use code: AUGUST10 Starts from today until Sunday at midnight. Must sign into your account to take advantage of discount code. *Offer cannot be used in conjunction with special offer items. Any orders received where parts have two offers applied will be reviewed manually. **If for any reason it hasn't worked (I've checked on 3 different devices all working at present) Please send an email into parts@westfield-sportscars.co.uk and we will honour the disocunt. We hope everyone has an enjoyable bank holiday and it's forecasted dry so enjoy getting your Westies out Best Regards Patrick, Jase & Westfield Sportscars Team