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Dear Members, The Club invites you to join the 2024 TLWN2 tour which is a 2-day weekend event covering 330 miles of the best driving roads in the UK 😎 The Club successfully ran The Long Way North Tour back in 2008 so we thought it was about time for a re run! Based on the route of the Pennine Way, our tour takes in some spectacular scenery and some of the UK's best driving roads as we make our way north from Edale, Derbyshire to Berwick-Upon-Tweed in the Scottish borders. The route will cover: 150 miles on Saturday 22nd June (meet at 9am set off 9:30am approx) from Rushup Edge car park at the top of Winnats Pass near Castleton to Scotch Corner. and 180 miles on Sunday 23rd June, travelling from Scotch Corner (set off from Hotel at approx 9am) to Berwick-Upon-Tweed. The Club will provide a comprehensive roadbook for this event as well as promotional clothing and stickers. The roadbook is a very detailed explanation of the route. It uses a combination of tulip diagrams, road signs and descriptions of the road ahead and also includes fuel stop locations. The roadbook is guidance only and further instructions on navigation will be included within the roadbook to be issued closer to the event. Ideally you need a driver and passenger to help navigate the route along the way. Here is an example of what you will receive: Another example to demonstrate its not all cattle grids! Saturday evening (22nd June 2024) will be a social stay over at Holiday Inn Darlington A1 Scotch Corner. Guests are free to use the Active Life Leisure Centre, with its swimming pool, fitness centre and hot tub. A range of beauty therapies are also available. The Club has secured 20 discounted rooms (see current allocation below) to suit our preferred booking options as per details and costs below, please note bedrooms are non refundable after 30 days prior to arrival. The room rates include breakfast and should the guests require dinner, this will be a £30 supplement to the bed & breakfast rate as below: · £120 per Double bedroom, based on 2 guests sharing · £140 per Twin bedroom, based on 2 guests sharing · £110 per Single bedroom, for Sole Occupancy · £30 dinner supplement, per person to include 3 courses. If you are interested and want to participate in this event you must book your own accommodation direct with the hotel - please phone the hotel Reservations Charlotte Gregory Emma Hughes Reservations Manager Tel: (direct) 01748 828612 (working hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8.30-16.30) or email reservations@hidarlington.co.uk and state you are with the Westfield Sports Car Club Group booking on Saturday 22nd June 2024 to ensure you get the discount rate. Charlotte has advised your card details are noted but payment is not taken until 30 days prior (unless to wish to pay on booking). Once you have booked your accommodation please let @Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator know so the club can keep a tally on numbers attending. Hotel bookings are on a first come first served basis although we do have options to increase the number of allocated rooms if required. The start point is Rushup Edge car park at the top of Winnats Pass near Castleton. The nearest 24 hour petrol station for folks to fill up and have a toilet break before hand is Texaco Hope valley S33 0EB and there is also a Morrisons in Chapel-en-Le-Frith SK23 0HZ. Please note this is a non-competitive event! Thank you and hope we have a good turn out and decent weather 😎 WSCC - event team Confirmed tour club members with hotel booking for Saturday evening (22nd June 2024): 1) @Stuart 2) @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative +1 3) @DomWash 4) @Andy Westwood +1 5) @Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator +1 6) @aeg +1 7) @Glynn Walters 8 ) @ianali +1 9) @Steve Bosworth +1 10) @neptune 11) @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman 12) @W Shep +1 13) @Jim cunliffe +1 14) @tex (No hotel as lives local - with garage, lifter and mig welder!) 15) @Markh80 (Sunday only) 16) @Insuranceman +1 (Sunday only) 17) @Tim.Coles +1 18) @MGG (Sunday only) 19) TBC 20) TBC

Meet at Quacker's cafe, Bakewell, 10am for refreshments before going on a run around the Peak District, finishing at our new venue The Tap Room, Riverside Brewery, Buxton Road, Bakewell, DE45 1GS. The only food served in the Tap Room is pizza, see here https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0075/9939/0831/files/Pizza_Menu_dec22_sml.jpg?v=1671213919 It is a brewery and we are all responsible drivers, so I must say that both hot and soft drinks are available extra to the beers that are brewed on site. Bottled beer is on sale to take away too. The current weather forecast is good but please check before Sunday when we will have a more updated forecast. Who is coming?

Ali was excited when she saw mention of a jacuzzi in the hotel 👍

@MGG we will be aiming to leave the Hotel at Scotch corner approx 9am 👍

Carlos Sainz and Bubbles you mean.🤣

For reference, standard rack is 2.9 turns lock to lock, but if lock stops are fitted then the number of turns is reduced to about 2.7. Quicker racks from Rally Design are 2.4 & 2.2. Should be able to buy a full wide kit from RD as well.

Brighton itself has gone to the dogs, unfortunately. I commented on the Argus webpage about my disappointment and at least a dozen or more agreed:

The Westfield presence at the Gold Cup is organised by the local area, Wirral and North Wales. This year it's being opened up to the wider areas. Unfortunately there are no local hostelries that we know of, or can recommend, as most members are local and commute daily. Easy for us. Google is your friend, good luck. It will be worth it, a truly fab event.

Thanks @John Williams (Panda) - Joint Manchester AO for organising a good night, not a Westfield in sight but a good catch up with @John Williams (Panda) - Joint Manchester AO @W Shep@Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator @Terryathome and the other halves/bosses for a good chin wag, drink and curry 😎 After a couple of pre drinks in the hotel bar we set off from the digs in bad weather luckily @Terryathome aka Ranulph Barber was prepared 😅 The chosen curry house in Gargrave was that small couples ended up segregated which I think the Ladies preferred ! and the boys struggled a bit tbh.. A lady who worked in the hotel took this picture of us all, we were telling her how we all got to know each other.. Happy Days! and hopefully we can get more folks attending if we do this again in the future 😎

Hi guys, I’ve applied for a club permit. When approved I’ll send out the code for members to book tickets. Unfortunately tickets are no longer free but we do get a 50% discount. The Gold Cup is one of the best Oulton Park events, the club has had a presence at the meeting for the last 15 years. Always popular. John. Apologies to Marcus, should have kept you informed. 🫣

Monthly meeting 7.30pm onwards at Re:Fuel Cullompton. See you there for pizza and chats!

Not me this time 😉