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The car museum was super busy, it was a 'meet' plus they were celebrating the Mini being 65 years old today and I think a 'good weather Bank Holiday day might have helped too. Ollie on the gate looked after us and directed us to a natty little parking spot, out of the way but still on show, I like it and we will park there again. here we are. After a bit of tyre kicking we mgrated to the cafe for a quick brew before our run out. Just as we were about to leave @ben1975 and @Exige man Ben and Allan arrived, they had come to the museum event and were not coming on the run, so we swapped parking places. Our run out avoided Matlock Bath and Bakewell, it was busy out there and there was even traffic on our usually empty little lanes. I did my first emergency stop for a while, I knew that ruddy woman was going to pull out on me, I knew it. I was glad Big Andy is a good driver and also managed to stop, thank you buddy. We managed to make good time and landed at Wormhill for cake, 'What before lunch?' I hear you ask. Yes it was how the route planned out and you wouldn't want to miss this would you? Just in case you missed the actual size of this home baked lovliness from the local village ladies, have a closer look. Real stuff, that's where it was stuck to the tin, that flaky bit. With a distinct lack of Andy's @AndrewBClarke @aeg @Andy Westwood, who usually get the largest slices of cake, we bought our own Andy, @Big Andy who obliged. Next was a pop over the hill for those far reaching views, a tickle through Litton, up the twisties and we arrived at The Cow Shed for lunch, we were hungry after eating all that cake. Cow Pie Chris had one of those Bagpuss style number plates James MX5 supercharged engined Westfield which I really enjoyed travelling behind me That's All Folks, I think James and Jake carried on up to Ladybower but the rest of us scooted off home to beat the traffic before it all decided to leave the Peak District in one go at tea time. We had a good run back with Big Andy and a ruddy good day out, thanks for coming everyone, especially to Terence and his wife who promised at Malvern to pay us a visit.

Brilliant videos @HB46443 You know that it is difficult to ‘unsee’ things. Try this one - Sunday evening, Olly Murs on stage. At the front of the crowd, @Glynn Walters was being very thoughtful by putting the vertically challenged @HB46443on his shoulders, jigging about when @HB46443 produces a large poster with ‘Olly will you marry me?’ I can’t get that vision out of my head. 🤪 Good time thou.

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A big thank you to @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative from me and Kate too, for organising a great run out and meeting everyone who attended! We really enjoyed it and will try and get to more of these in future. Steve

Thanks @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative another amazing run in the peaks really enjoyed it and the rest of the company was amazing aswell See you all soon Andy

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Good day at the Festival yesterday, but hopefully next time more sun and less wind! Much gratitude to @Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator for coordinating and for my free tickets. Great to meet up with some old and new faces. Here's a few photos from the day: T This one was parked elsewhere and looks like it took part in one of the Festival's runs, anyone on here? On the Westfield stand I can't help but be intrigued by the Tipo 184: Sitting astride the gearbox with a remote stick on the RHS might take some getting used to, but the main thing I see is that, as present, the front of this particular car would never make it through IVA without work on the edges. I'd love to have a go at one of these but £27.5K + VAT for what you get sounds steep. For something which uses so much donor componentry I'd be looking for a lower price point. Here's a few more things that took my fancy or fall into the oddball category, in no particular order:

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Hard to compare costs to anyone else as they don’t live in your house and have the exact same car etc. But my 2L Zetec, 2016 value of 16K cost me about £150 with my wife also named on the policy. Full no claims and Fully comp. If you need to drop the premium a little try dropping the annual mileage.

My Westfield insurance is due for renewal, must give Howdens a call. I do notice that no-one is mentioning £ figures though? I was pleasantly surprised today when my renewal for my Jag XK came through and had gone DOWN! £184 for a 5.0 V8 seems good to me. Shame I can't say the same about the absolute rip off cost of road tax! 😤

Just saved over £100 on my buildings and contents insurance after calling Howden. My advise is give them a call for all insurance needs as they will probably surprise you.