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It was cold this morning, but clear and dry and the first breakfast meeting at the Swan and Cygnet went down well. Good turnout of cars due to the good weather and a good breakfast, although we did get the poor waitress flustered 18 people turning up unannounced. After a chat with the manager, we'll be welcome back next month. Good to meet with @Morley and Sam finally, get you into a Westfield soon. So, that's a new venue sorted for the breakfast meeting, The Swan and Cygnet, Denby Dale Road, Wakefield, WF4 3BB.

Thanks for organising another great event @Julie Hall - Peak District AO Was it this photo you were talking about? 😀

Looks like you all had a great day ,I couldn’t make it yesterday but that picture of a viaduct got me thinking ....... I had a spare couple of hrs today so went for a run under this one. Invigorating sums it up in this weather ,it’s good to be alive .

Job done, after a bit of fridge levitation 👍

I have just been going through a load of memory cards and found a few clips that I had left from our trip into Italy / France / Switzerland. I cobbled this together with them rather than just delete them straight away.

Big thanks to @Julie Hall - Peak District AO and Glen for organising another great day out. I had second thoughts when I set of from home with frozen cars around me and slippy roads but it soon improved. A good steady drive with the usual Peak District views, great company and good food. My car is dirtier than ever. I will have to think about washing it sometime! 😀

Well I took her for a test drive today. Very icy out there, bringing the wheel closer to me definitely made her easier to catch despite the wheel still not being completely straight 🤦 Beautiful sunny day at home but the fog was like pea soup at Blithfield Reservoir! Unfortunately my photo isn't as good as yours @Weekend Warrior , apparently there's a huge lake out there in the fog! 😂 Oh and it looks like I've now developed a slight coolant leak from somewhere near the rad. Not had chance to track it down yet, hopefully just a hose!

Thought for the day. When @Andy Westwood joins us he undoubtedly gets served with the biggest portion of cake. Julie has commented that this is due to his ‘boyish good looks’. This has been disproven today as Glen got the biggest bit. Andy Westwood clearly has a talent hidden from the rest of us that only surfaces when some poor unwitting sole wealds a knife over a cake. :)

Thanks @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO Julie did take us on a route to display all of the recent break down sights Car worked fine. I was a little nervous before leaving but neither of the recent breakdowns were avoidable - broken radiator and a wire pinched in construction. You missed a good one.

It was fridge cold out there today 😈 stop it Julie, don't mention the fridge. Andrew, Trevor and Steve arrived early so the only dynamic photo I got was of Bill's Porsche. He obviously got up to a summers morning and dressed accordingly, we all thought it was like an ice box 😈 out there. We went in the cafe for a warm because it was Kuhlschrankahnlich 😈 today, before setting off from Sainsbury's car park We made some noise Did a tour of Andrew's favourite breakdown places on we went past Chatsworth House on the right and a massive herd of deer on the left We took the lovely twisty road, driven with care as it was now salty, slippy, wet and cooler 😈 than usual, towards Buxton. My aim was to drive under a beautiful viaduct but can you blinking believe it, the road was closed. Umph, you carefully plan these things and then it doesn't happen, so we skirted ugly Buxton town instead of being on a lovely, empty country road. Here is a photo off the internet of what we should have seen. Next we diverted off the big, boring A515 onto nice roads to drive past the Dragon's Back. It looks like a Stegosaurus don't you think? That led us onto the Crowdecote road, blimey, it's January and we are doing switchback's! Next we went on a new road, I had reseached it extensively, but sshh don't tell anyone, I had never actually driven it before. It was better than I thought it would be, I was really pleased and we are definitely incorporating it into future routes, have a look for yourself Lovely smooth tarmac, no cow crp and the gorge is deeper as you go along it, we saw 1 car on it and no ruddy cyclists. We had a 'train' to catch and parked up Just in time for our midday reservation in the dining car With excellent views out of the window Hot dinners arrived all round, except for Bill who had soup and a sandwich as he was eating later, that's Bill who had 'chip envy' again 😀 Andrew had the pie, with chips of course This is a lovely place and we came here a couple of years ago, there are dining cars in a restaurant and it is just different, we should come more often In the restaurant, on the 'platform' outside of the dining cars is nice too In the dining car I am not sure who is in Car 6 but I hope your exhaust gas is not smoky Bill took a much more rude photo, I bet he daren't post it up Outside In the car park There was more empty roads a calling and we needed cake, proper home made stuff It was a toss up between Wetton and Tissington, this time Wetton won. The road to Wetton is bumpy and in the past my car has banged and bottomed out here. It was a good test for my new suspension as the car just glided over the imperfections. Good choice, they had all my favourite cakes on and it was a killer trying to choose what to have. They do takeaway cakes and Bill SAID he was taking some home for Sarah, yeah righty ho then Bill, we believe you This was Trevor's choice, the Victoria Sandwich but I had to go for the Bakewell cake with it's almond flavour and a cherry on top Someone had pie AND custard As it is lighter for a whole 10 minutes longer than 3 weeks ago, I decided Andrew and us would head home with Trevor and Steve towards Ashbourne, before breaking off with just Andrew in convoy along the lovely road that follows the Bentley Brook back to Matlock and then home. It has been a wonderful day with the lovely weather, quiet roads and yummy food. The best bit is always the excellent and interesting people we get to spend the day with, we look forward to seeing you all again soon xxx For Rob, Ian, Scott and maybe others my fingers are crossed that the stars will line up for you next time.

Here's another option...

Meet at Sainsburys Matlock 10.30am for a run around the Peak District discovering watering holes along the way, who is joining us?

What do you think? This will be brilliant on a warm summers evening. It is even safe for use in a car wash.

Sold. brand New. Supplied by hispec. Spare set I never needed. part ref; padmdb189044m40 £60 from hispec plus the inevitable wait! yours for £50 posted

Well maybe. Measure the current ride heights as use that as a baseline. Then whatever you change, be it tyre depth, wheel diameter or wearing two pairs of underpants, you have a reference point to refer to...

https://tiresize.com/comparison/ Put the two tyre sizes in this comparison and it'll tell you the different dimensions and impact on speedo readings

I blew a head gasket in Central France. I had RAC breakdown giving up to around 30 days in Europe. With one call my car was collected by a local garage within the hour. It was taken to a ferry and picked up and bought home on a UK truck. In about a week.. It was taped up and as I left it but dirty. Because its a specialist vehicle no attempt was made to repair it in France. I was impressed by the action taken regarding my car. However they did sod all for me but that's another story!

Looks like a great trip, I would love to join one of those trips in the future.

Can I have the fuel pump please. PM on its way.

Hi, can I have the oil cooler please - pm on way

Late July is good for me 🥵

Hi mays out for me as we do another trip with friends at the end of May so in all probability we’re probably looking at late July just remember the sunscreen 😁

Or if we want hot then end of July beginning of August?

Around 18 psi cold as a start?

Looks like you all had a great day.

Definitely missed out ☹️ That new road looks "gorge"ous, another hidden Winnats Pass?! On the plus side my new Momo and quick release is all fitted and the roll bar is about 80% done so I should be out next time 👍 Might have to do a solo extended test run tomorrow 😁

For us there was cake And replacement fridge hinges that will never break And slippery roads

don't tell @Julie Hall - Peak District AO 😎

It's somebody hacking accounts and listing lots of car on that account very cheap hoping to trick people into parting with cash thinking they are getting a cheap deal It happened to my account about 6 months ago