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What a day......!!!!

That grin when it's a beautiful day, you find an amazing road and you're in the Westfield 😁😁

Today in the North Yorkshire Moors.

What a fantastic day out, weather was overcast with sunny spells and saw 9 teams plus Brad and Diane who had organised the route for us and to whom we all extend our thanks for making a great day out on roads we wouldn’t normally have ever known about!! To the new members and southern interlopers and the regulars thank you for making the effort to attend and take part . We had one casualty to electrical gremlins at lunch time and we hope your home safe and well and the Caterham’s sorted soon To those who couldn’t make it watch out for next years event and come and have a great time in the Scottish Borders

Road testing Dads pinto. Runs lovely. Thought I’d snap out local castle!

Happy Yorkshire day to all followers of God's own country. 😀

Winnats pass today what a great day to be driving round the peak district. Out with my daughter we had a brilliant day and yes that is a 2CV actually making it up Winnats pass.

My youngest Daughter, Charlotte is delighted to be this month's Calendar Girl alongside @Julie Hall - Peak District AO Great pic @NigelO by your Lee! Taken on the 24th August 2019, from my records!

Strange things happen at car meets, small plastic bags of springs and nails appear on the breakfast table, better than the small foil packages we were handed last week! full of homemade flapjack not drugs I might add. Thank you Andrew for helping to fix the windscreen wiper, which thankfully/unbelievably we didn't need today. Breakfast arrived, I tried something a bit different, posh pancakes. Anyway, here we are at The Bull I Thorn, BillyPee came too in the Porsche but he was too posh to park with us, take note @Andy_R, you will have to park with him when you come. Bagpuss has a new camoflaged alternator bracket. Bonnets Off, a must at a car meet, especially off that wonderful Honda lump Next up it was time to motor, away from the tourist hot spots the roads were empty and we barely saw another car on our way to Wetton OTR We arrived at Wetton and parked in our usual spot And then Photo Bomber Bill came with his Porsche, take note again @Andy_R, I don't want any of this naughty behaviour from you! In the cafe there was more naughty behaviour, from me this time, I seem to have become a 'cake magnet' oops Trifle, now where in the world can you buy trifle, mmm it was lovely, mmm it was Glen's too, but he is a good husband and shared a little bit with me. The Invisible Man was first to leave Cool Box Bill admitted that he was calling in at Tagg Lane Dairy on the way home for big tubs of ice cream, now there's a good idea! Andrew and us took a route home through a fairly busy Matlock Bath. The day didn't end there for Glen and I though, we had a new Coolex radiator waiting to be fitted at home. I knew I would drop my Allen Key in that dish of old antifreeze, and blooming heck, I did. Slippy, slimy stuff, tastes horrible too. We ordered a radiator with Epoxy Resin on, the bobbins were from Westfield. The job was soon done After a good burp it was time to take a test drive in that lovely evening sunshine. The ambient temperature was 19 degrees, so still warm, with empty roads I could get some speed going and the temperature stayed at 80 degrees, remarkable don't you think. Thanks to those that came, I hope that those that couldn't make it enjoy the photo's and maybe we will see you next time. @RobH72 that was an epic day yesterday so I am not surprised you couldn't make today but Wales, oh how lovely Wales is, lucky you.

I remind you that all complaints must be directed to @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO - thank you

Sorry I won't be making this one... Negotiations failed with SWMBO, it's me who has to stay in for the plumber. Apparently me being out 3 days in a row is a serious risk to world peace 😂😂 Looking forward to the pics!

High in the hills looking down on lockdown land 😭😭😭.

A bit warm for me and the westy on the way down but we’re here. Looking forward to a cold one in a bit t shirt weather all the way down to the borders 😃 Now for a good weekend

Big thanks to Brad and Diane for organising one of the best days out in my 16yrs of Westfield ownership. Also like to thank Brian H.7 for the navigation. Had a great day, these are the days you have these cars for.

Don't forget the Yorkshire war cry, "bl**** hell fire, how much"?

Loch lochy! run down into fort William camp with Ben Nevis lurking in the background.

Essex & North Kent Area monthly meet is Sunday 9th August at the Cafe on the Water at the Hanningfield reservoir (Gifford Lane, Downham, Chelmsford CM3 8HX). Meet at 09.30 for breakfast at 10.00 when cafe opens. Open air seating....... https://www.watersideparksuk.com/park/hanningfield/

Hi everybody i'm Marco from Italy i've one Westy SE 1998 with crossflow engine 1.6 90 kW. thank you cheers

I had a lovely drive over the moors yesterday. Even found a lovely spot to cook my dinner away from everyone. Little video showing what the roads are like for anyone interested.

Massive thank to Brad and Diane for yet another superb Mystery Tour. Can’t thank you enough for all the time and effort you put into this event for everyone else’s enjoyment. Organisation was meticulous and pace notes were flawless (can’t say the same for my interpretation of them, should have known the M74 wasn’t likely to have played any part 😳). Loved meeting everyone old and new. Glorious roads and spectacular scenery. Had a fab day. Thanks again. Everyone else, put it in your diary for next year. Hopefully we’ll all be in a better place then.

Or a slightly better version,

Very jealous of the day! But not a chance of making it, ended up even busier than expected. And still looking forward to brekkie at the new venue!!

Poor Nigel, wishful thinking eh. I have spent all of July looking at the great photo of Bill's Mighty Crossflow, thinking what a wonderful day out that was (not for Bill maybe). I can now spend all of August looking at that photo and remembering that day, we started at Curborough Sprint Course and worked our way up into the PD, great driving in lovely weather with excellent company, especially little Charlotte, what a sweetie she is.

Yeah i saw your earlier post, good on yer! Trouble is it showed rain in Buxton early doors and it finished me😄

I was expecting a slightly different photo with a thread title like that..... 😉

That’s nothing! 2hrs 15mins to the start for me 😀. Set off from home this morning at 6.30am and was still slightly late. Good fun tho. Not much traffic around at that time.

You mean the side that gets all the rain, has no mountains but at least you can use the M62 to head east into heaven🤣

Been clearing out my garage ready for my build. Test fitted the old mans car to make sure it all fits

It's the back road from Bala to Lake Vyrnwy. Takes you east from a little village called Rhos-y-gwaliau (near Bala) to Rhiwargor at the west tip of Vyrnwy. While very narrow, it's stunning 👍

That's because they keep spending their money on pointless things like the West Yorkshire Museum and closing Northgate to road traffic 😅

Hope you’ve got better weather than the heavy rain that just hit round here,

Hope the ascent of Ben Nevis went well. I love walking up the British mountains and will be interested to hear how you got on.

Think I have one give me a couple of days to look for it

We’ve got 3 in Rochdale and ones a Warehouse. Beat that!

We were there in Feb 2014 - magical place. Could live there in a heart-beat, but it's tough to emigrate there. Reminded me of NZ alot, (not the permafrost), the fact they are a remote island nation that are reasonably self-sufficient and resourceful. Booze is extortionate, utility bills are ridiculously cheap.

Bagpuss ready to roll and it's started to rain here..........gr..........

Well no going back now. The carbon infil looked awful. Just need some mesh now.

Forgot to add its lowered floor and wide body...bit like the wife actually!

Croft 2020........

Beautiful weather for a run to the Horseshoe Pass 😎

My dash2 config needed a tweak or two to get the correct values with some help from @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO Now got it to within 1C of the ecu value. Fan comes on at 95 off at 88. Hope your RR session on Monday answers some of your questions. p.s. Welcome to the club.

I'd not worry about the low end really. The Dash2 software allows you to enter data points to plot a curve and you're limited to circa 12-15 points, so I calibrated mine with readings around the normal engine operating range circa 80-100 degrees C, as this is where we need the accuracy. Send me a PM with an e-mail address and I'll send over what you need by wetransfer. Note you can't read out of the Dash, only send from Laptop to the Dash. It's only circa 227bhp in the Westfield chassis due to restrictions with the exhaust manifold in the Westie. But yes, good idea to check Vtec is engaging correctly. You should notice the change in exhaust note as it switches over.

Evening chippie run out to Mersea Island with @Kevin (Mr T) and Jim @Fat Thor

If look closely you can see @Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO on a hot lap. He finished it last week!

FINALLY. After shielding since mid-March I could wait no more. Blat in the hot sun to a country pub, a big burger and a pint of Peroni in the pub garden, just like normal. So good to once more drive my gorgeous baby and stretch her legs, to grin like a loon and feel human, even if it was technically two days early (screw it). Happy days that I wondered if I’d ever see again.

Beautiful day for a run up the Peaks! Matlock, Chatsworth, on to Ladybower (stopped for bacon butties) and then a blat over Snake pass 😎

Tuesday evening run around the Cheshire lanes. Chocolate cake by Jane Curtis, route by Mike Curtis. Good use of the boot box.