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A SUPER turnout from Dave, despite him not being fully CHARGED, just glad you got home safe and hope the AGM went well. Thank you for bringing out 'Bluebird,' well it's the same colour and will go nearly as fast as Donald Campbell's car now. A big welcome goes to James, his first run to the Peak District in his lovely green, Zetec engined Westfield, good choice of car. Also joining us was Andrew, Andy W and Andy and Becky, Bill Senior and Bill Junior, Chris Emm and Ian. That made 9 cars and 12 people meeting at Quackers. Soon expanded when Simon, our Speed Series King, surprised us by turning up with the family. Brilliant, oh it was so lovely to see you all enjoying yourselves, a taste of normality. Cake tasted great too, and yes, Andy Westwood did indeed get the biggest piece of Rolo cake. Don't mention the Rolo! It didn't survive sitting next to me! with my modestly sized almond and rasperry slice After a catch up, my you have all been busy working on your cars, we followed my new Morridge Ridgeline route that I had jiggled a bit from last time by putting us in the opposite direction. We were now going up hill and had the views right in front of us. We were on high ground for most of the way and under the black clouds but it didn't rain enough to put a roof on. We arrived at The Royal Oak, Hurdlow and did the panorama dance The tents are heated and the car parking plentiful Unfortunately the food was not plentiful, they were not serving it, so back in the cars and 2 minutes over the road to the old favourite The Bull I' Thorn. Now why did I change it from there, Julie just stick to cafes. Not quite enough room for Chris to park with us at The Bull Thanks for coming everyone, I see the sun belted out all afternoon when we got home but hey ho. Next weekend is the Bank Holiday so our run out will be avoiding the tourist routes and the chosen day will be decided by the weather but we will meet at 10am at QUACKERS cafe. No run out the weekend after (5th and 6th June) as we are off to the Lake District for a week.

The blasting of the chassis revealed far more hidden horrors than I was expecting and in total the list ran to about 60 defects that needed fixing in one way of another. Most of these were cracks, broken welds and some rust holes so it was surprising that they were all hidden below the fresh paint that the previous owner had applied to the chassis only a few years before. the welder Richard so I’m told is more commonly found fixing up the BTCC and GT grids. He had been an absolute artist with the TIG and brazing rods and put in a late evening yesterday to try and finish it but was eventually beaten by the magnitude of issues which exhausted his supply of brazing rods. One more visit will see it finished so I can then finally get it painted.

I wasn't planning to attend today, due to 2nd Covid Jab at 9:00am at JCB. However as I washed the tin top earlier, the weather was looking like it was drying up and a plan was hatched. Go for the jab in the Westie and go and find my peaky friends after! A great day was had, despite the weather being soggier than planned. Bagpuss achieved a notable milestone today! As always, @Julie Hall - Peak District AO found some great, quiet roads:

Was great meeting you guys, had a good day despite the weather and feeling rough later in the day. My half hood came off at the front on the way back, just caught it in time, so think I might need to try re positioning the channel and studs.

Thought you might like this - the write up just about sums us up!!

Thanks Julie for another great drive and splendid views though the Peak district. I don't know how you keep finding these fantastic routes. It was great to meet everyone again and catch up.

Mine’s in there somewhere amongst the six sevens! lovely weather too 👍

Nothing quite that simple, but right area. 😆 The locknut nearest the bulkhead on the master cylinder pushrod had worked loose somehow. (Was definitely tight, I remember checking it.) and during the run out, eventually began winding itself back up the pushrod towards the bulkhead. As it got closer to the bulkhead, I moved from having too much clutch drag to change gear reliably, to not really having it release at all! Finger tightening it when I spotted it, gave full pedal again. Will use some threadlock this time! However, it really does reinforce a point I usually make talking to others, and that I was just as guilty as, while out at the meet. DO NOT assume you know what the problem is, and that it’s something big/expensive/difficult to reach etc. Start with the basics and work up. Much of the time it is something simple and basic. I needed to get back for the AGM anyway, so wasn’t going to do the full run/lunch. But if I’d followed my own advice in the car park, at best I’d have done a bit of the run, and worst case, I’d have had an easy run home, instead of one of the worst most concerning runs I’ve ever had in a Westfield. (think supercharged S2000, in the rain, on a basic shake down engine map, with no/limited clutch, a lightweight flywheel, and at times only third, talk about concentrating the mind!!)

Pass👊 Now to enjoy.

We are going to come and say hello. But probably closer to 10.30 but if your all eating hopefully your still there.

Finally mot time this morning 🤞

Another great day out with friends, I must admit visibility wasn’t the best today but that could have been down to my wipers not working!!! Take care all and see you soon A & B . Oh @AndrewBClarke I forgot to ask ! Did you slide to a halt behind me at the last junction before lunch 🤔 not that I was looking or listening 🤣

Jeez, too much information.....

I've given the car a good going over.. checked the valve clearances, and fitted wet tyres in preparation for Monday. Ready to go! 😎

I’ll eat on the way then. 😀.

Managing to avoid the rain in Scotland!

Meet at Thornbridge Hall, Baslow Road, Ashford-in-the-Water, DE45 1NZ at 10am on Saturday. QUACKERS CAFE. After a catch up there will be a run round before stopping for lunch and finishing early afternoon. All members welcome and, as ever, if the weather forecast changes dramatically from the current 'light cloud' then I will review the situation. Who is joining us?

Wish I could convert cow **** to fossil fuel, it has a natural attraction to my car in the Welsh lanes.

try now

Thanks will give that a try tomorrow

I’m entered hopefully the engine will be back in and a trip to Daytuner before hand 😬

Welcome, not far from you, Just north of Oundle

On the plus side, it'll be lighter now!

Thanks Andrew however weather looks moist.. so packing all my wet weather gear.. new discs are on so will be good to give them a try and will soon know if the mounting holes were drilled centrally!! At least I have the tyres on ready for dry wet damp or monsoon... although in fact they are showing some wear from Cadwell.. Have fun the other side of the border

And that's the AGM done for another year. Thanks to those that participated!

I am officially excited.

Something stuck under the clutch pedal??

Thanks Brad, For breakfasts we will probably use the Real food cafe in Tyndrum like last time, and DIY at the huts for Friday night. Cheers Dave.

Good luck for the day chaps .. hope you get weather, reliability, and not too many numpties. 😎 ..from the wscc trackday group (Northern branch) 🙂

Tyndrum Inn Restaurant booked for Sat 7pm. Initially for 8 people - anymore will be on a separate table, let me know sooner than later. If you have paid a deposit for the Wigwams, but aren't coming for the weekend, you will need to organise your own refund. So far... Brad-Diane Jim-Jean Dave-Jen Brian

Electric Classic Cars in Newtown.

gonna be a No show from me chaps, had a better offer for Sunday/Monday involving drinking beer, Have a great time and hope the weather holds out for you.

Hi Julie I'll be there as long as the weather is ok. Really looking forward to seeing everyone.

Oh you lot are in for a treat, breakfast has arrived at QUACKERS cafe. What a difficult choice it will be though, all cakes and sausage rolls are made in their on-site bakery from the finest ingredients. What a shame @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO isn't bringing his own Kinderella, Charlotte, she would have loved this cake. Let's hope we can sit out here as we will be more than a group of 6, wrap up warm. Don't you just love a car park with no kerbs, please behave, donuts are not on the menu😄.

Moray is in level 2 from midnight tonight so no problems driving through 👍

Providing the weather stays as predicted I'm in. Will be my first peaks meet

Renewed again, thanks @A-Plan Insurance THATCHAM

Another thumbs up for @A-Plan Insurance THATCHAM👍, easy to deal with, great service and good pricing so have renewed the Westy and my Discovery Cheers

Are you all set for Monday Luke?

Some pointers and observations from my journey. 1. If it’s got broken rear uprights for the Sierra callipers they are quite hard to find. So get ready for changing to the newer style for golf callipers. 2. If any of the wishbones are bent in any way I would advise that you don’t try repairing and just replace. 3. If an insurance company have written it off higher than a CAT C you WILL have to replace the chassis as I did. This will then require a complete IVA test after you have rebuilt it. In fact I still think it will have to be put through a test if it’s been written off to a lower level but I may stand corrected on this. 4. Westfield did offer to supply me a new chassis on enquiry but I was very lucky to find a kit that hadn’t been built up yet. 5. Whilst everything is in bits replace bearings and seals where you can and make sure everything is supper clean so it looks like new. Purchase a decent paraffin washing station. 6. If you need to rewire the car there other options than buying a loom from Westfield. 7. Don’t rush into it until you have done the maths. There is no point in going through the pain if you end up with a car that cost more to repair than buying better one that’s in full working order.

Well the first shake down run of the blue beast was eventful to say the least! Firstly though, thanks to Julie for arranging this. Secondly, a huge thank you to everyone that gave me a push back up the hill in the carpark, after my clutch decided it wasn't going to play ball! (Checked fluid levels in the carpark, thinking I may have a leak or poor seal, but no, all good). Apologies for just having to leave without saying good bye, - i found I'd got too much clutch drag to sit there in gear/engine running, and as it later turned out, the only way to get first was to turn the engine off and select it! After a rather eventful trip home, with steadily fewer and fewer gears able to be selected while rolling - the last mile was in third only! I made it. ....And after putting preconceptions of what expensive item had failed, and whether it would be an engine out job, I found and fixed the problem in two minutes! Extremely embarrassing, and totally self inflicted!

On a pub crawl with a friend and the dogs, Enjoy your cake Then I'm camping for the following 3 weekends (different locations)