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We met at Matlock, there were lots of us and then Rob came with a load more, oh my and wow, what a great turn out. Thank you to everyone that came out in the lovely sunshine with their lovely cars. McDonalds car park We set off in a 12 car convoy looking amazing, through Chatsworth, Baslow, Barlow, up to Owler Bar and to Bradwell, waving at a load of classic cars with rally plates coming in the opposite direction. We had a good run with no issues and arrived at the Travellers Rest just in time for a hearty lunch. Travellers Rest car park Hearty lunch's In the Travellers Rest Most people scooted off in all different directions leaving 3 Andy's (and Becky, Mad Dog Pete and Debbie) to come with us to Adam's Happy Hen's in search of cakes. Luke, Gemma and the girls were just walking down the driveway as we arrived so we all enjoyed a tea party together. Adam's Happy Hen's car park Creme egg smashed onto a cookie, yum yum. Tea party Thank you to everyone for coming today, I hope you have enjoyed it as much as we have, look out for the Easter run out next weekend.

Here’s a few of mine from the start and the lunch stop, I’ll sort out my on the road go pro pics tomorrow 👍 Thank you Julie for organising these road trips, 👍 and thanks everyone for supporting her 😀

Thanks @Julie Hall - Joint Peak District AO, cracking day out as always! Amazing turnout, at breakfast I counted 10 Westfields, 2 MEV's, a VX220 Turbo, 2 Porsches and an Aston Martin!!!

Nice 130 mile breakfast run out today and met a load of you guys from the Essex/Kent section 👍🏼☀️

Thanks boys and girls for another great day out in the Peak District, it’s the best way to spend a sunny Sunday. I know we did a lot of miles today as I had to fill up on the way home ( only the 2nd time on a Peak day out ) I’d also like to point out Becky didn’t fall asleep on the way home and nothing fell off my car 😉 see you soon Andy & Becky

I thought that I would announce to the world that Mad Dog Pete fell asleep on the way home. 😀😀😀

Went for an ice cream with Mrs A.

Had another play this afternoon with my Tig welder that was already gathering dust.... I had previously spent about 3-4 hrs I reckon just messing about and not really achieving much. However this afternoon a fresh approach and yet another new tungsten and this is what happened almost straight away on a lap joint with 2mm thick alloy. I was getting frustrated on my 1st few attempts and it was basic school boy errors..... This time I ensured the 2 pieces of alloy were firmly clamped together with no gap otherwise the alloy would just melt and dissappear and secondly I got myself a makeshift seat and sat down which gave me much better pedal control. I think I'm still going to book a place on that training course but hopefully at least I can rock up with some idea now? I'm not going to claim I'm an expert but I think I should be pleased with these early results?

Mad Dog Pete went for a knap when we got home. At 10.10pm he has now woken up for his evening meal. Tough life. 😀😀

hi all yes thanks julie for another brill run with brill people and there bride and joys im still trying to get my head round this stupid camera lol but i think i sorted the stills out ive just got to sort the vids out

Just to button the temp gauge project up, removed devices and soldered to vero, will order a nano and suitable box for this and another nano for the indicator flasher project. I will post any further aurdunio projects in my garage thread. Thank you for all the comments and hopefully I will learn how to code myself one day. Anyway successful 1st project, even if I did copy and paste the coding and least I now am getting familiar with it.

To be fair he had quite a busy day 🤣

If my oil pickup pipe turns up and I have time to fit the sump I’ll be at Knutsford,

First decent roads since I bought it back in October

Oh I have well and truly been found out, what do you think the temp gauge was for, that will dictate at what temp I need the sun to operate, the Iphone cable is so I can have an app in the car, so it will spin when I get home, the app is quite a load on the phone battery so I needed a charge cable fitting.

This is what all the sudden interest in Arduino's is really for, of course! It's for the controller to move the artificial sun around.

Great to hear you've won the lottery @Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO😉 I hope your new found wealth, doesn't change you!

Getting in nice and early with this to hopefully get a large convoy sorted. For those that have joined the convoy before I have copied directly from previous years. Starting point for this year is Knutsford Services with enough time to fuel up and meet up with the rest of the North West Areas, we aim for a prompt 8.00am departure, so can cars be topped up with fuel and ready to go. A slow down at Sandbach Services, cars usually wait on the exit slip road A brief stop at Stafford Services- to plan photoshoot and swap convoy leaders. A drive through at Hilton Services (No Stopping) We will follow the Balsall Common to Kenilworth route missing Gatso alley Arriving at Stoneleigh for around 10ish. https://goo.gl/maps/byr16te3oWGKaL1u7 We have used Whatsapp's live location feature to good effect and will be using it again for this. Follow the link below to join the WhatsApp group. There will be a few 360 cameras floating round in the convoy so lots of smiles and waves. We will hopefully get some good footage again this year to share. This year entry isn’t free for kit cars so don’t forget to have tickets or cash readily available for arrival. Volunteers I believe still get free entry but I’m not 100% on how that’s going to work. Who's joining us?

Great Turn out 15 Westfields from across the southeast. we need to find a better venue for the next one now we have proved you can cross water............and not drown 😁

North of Stanhope. I’ll head that way next time I’m out.

Great to run into you all at Adam's Happy Hens this afternoon. Iw ill make it out for a run very soon

Well done Glen, I have never owned a welder be that TIG , MIG or Stick. Something I wished I had got into years ago but hey ho, not too late to join the party but I have too many new skills to learn this year so taking those one at a time. Keep it up 👍

Ah , that will be my new explaination then thankyou. Far more romantic than 'it rubbed on some stuff'. Still awaiting on nextdoor as to wether is can made me a nice stand for it yet but I know he is a busy chappy 🙂

I would consign that one to the dustbin of useless facts! "The light patch is where every relative back to the day it was bought, have given it a little rub for good luck, when visiting your great grandfather and the following generations" Families are full of great historic titbits like this, and for the better. (And yes, a big proportion aren't actually true, but that doesn't matter)

As long as it had penetration/strength, (not always easy to tell from a photo), I'd be well happy to manage that, even as a beginner, let alone one of my first attempts.

Thank you Ian, it looks like I am half way there already then, I too don't have a relay (in the conventional sense) to produce the flash rate either, and I also don't have a separate hazard one either, that too uses the original flash pulse that the normal indicators use - just bridged to flash both sides at once using those diodes I mentioned to prevent backfeeding when using a normal left/right turn. I am sure I can integrate an ardunio in there somewhere to act as the self cancel, my freind who suggested the ardunio stuff in the first place said he would give it a go, as he has far more experience at coding than I have after two days 😄

Without knowing the engineering specs of the material used, it’s not 100% possible to say. Personally, though, even if it was a nylon loaded with carbon, I’d feel more comfortable if the bolt holes had steel or aluminum inserts/bushes that took the compressive load from the bolts. That way, even if the plastic were to relax or deform with time and heat, the wheel would not come loose. As always with these sorts of things, the critical failure to consider isn’t the normal day to day use scenario, it’s the “what happens in an accident” situation, where you end up wrenching or pushing at the wheel with more than just your normal body weight; in a head on, for instance, even with full harnesses, unless you have them at race tightness, you will may well hit the wheel with a number of times your own bodyweight, the last thing you want is for the plastic to compress, wheel wrench free, and for you then to strike the end of the column on the rebound. If the material used is just an ordinary PLA, with all its heat issues and strength restrictions, then I wouldn’t have thought it at all suitable for the load bearing aspects.

I don't have a problem with plastic, but wouldn't personally be comfortable with a printed part as a spacer with any significant thickness for 2 reasons - compressive strength and temperature resistance, depending on material and density. Eg a PLA part with a low infill density would be structurally weak. For longer bolts, my preference is for 12.9 class Unbrako brand: https://www.westfieldfasteners.co.uk/BO_ScrewBolt_Unbrako_SHCsk_M5.html

Perfect for someone with a dodgy knee, @Julie Hall - Joint Peak District AO.

I Designed mine during my build and aimed for both pre and post IVA operation. Hence some things like Hazards and side lights needed to work with ignition off. I don't have a flasher relay, the flasher is done in software Some of my switches are momentary (e.g. left and right indicator).others are latched (e.g. hazards/light) as the latched switches combine two functions-1 digital input to the Arduino and 2- 12V power to the regulator which supplies the Arduino. see attached circuit diagram for my interface PCB. You'll see the Arduino can be powered from 3 different sources- 1 - ignition, 2 - light switch and 3-hazard switch, all autioneered with diodes. Heres' the factory scheme (2004 onwards) for the hazards/indicators- You should be able to split the left and right indicator feeds away from the hazard relay and factory left/right toggle and feed via Mosfets (controlled by the Arduino) as I have. IK Arduino Dash Controller V2.0 Jan 2017.pdf

Q#1 guess what I did today? 🤔 Q#2 guess what i did today? 🤔 . . . . . . . A#1 taxed the Westy 😀 A#2 filled up with fuel 😮 see you all tomora 👍😀

Not sure if anyone is interested but I'll have this passenger foot rest with me tomorrow morning if anyone wants it. It was custom made for me by a member in Yorkshire and has a nice lip at the back to allow for storage of a small bag (I used a small black cooler bag as it was hard for anyone to see I had anything hidden behind the step). There is velcro on the bottom to stop it slipping. It was made for the wide bodied and fitted both my X-Flow & SEiGHT. It cost me a beer so if anyone is interested all I'll want for it is a drink or slice of cake when we stop for lunch.

Our first time back at Curborough in over 2 years and it was great to see you folks there and have a good old chin wag. Ian and Ali's car, ours and Rob's Rob's car and ours Burton Car Club Gary in his Zetec engined MEV A WSCC member on track Gary's MEV We travelled there down the M1 and A38 to try out our new half hood, which was a bit unsuccessful as it lifted at the near side corner and I had to stop twice, once to push it back into place and a second time to take it off. I don't use doors and I think the consistent speed was too much for it. The press stud at the front is not the best fit either. The route home was through a dry Dove Dale and on to Wetton Tea Rooms for lunch, afterwards we came out to a couple of spots of rain so we put the half hood back on and then proceeded in driving through a rainy/slushy Matlock Bath, it was freezing too. Car looked like it had been rallying by the time it got home😂

Are you using it to power your new artificial sun for your sundial?

Don't polish it! However yes clean it. Warm water, a bit of mild detergent and an old toothbrush would be as far as I would go, then dry thoroughly, and whatever it then looks like is what you will end up with. Just my opinion.