Peak District Run Out,Sun 23rd June, Matlock 10.30

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

Meet at Sainsburys, Matlock, DE4 3SP, 10.30am, fuel, toilets and refreshments are available. Then it's a scenic route North to the Rambler Inn, Edale for lunch at midday. 

All welcome, who is coming?

[AndrewBClarke]

I would love to but probably not able to . 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

I need to get some last shake down miles on the car over the weekend, so depending how it’s going, I might be able to pop along!

 

Am I OK to confirm Saturday afternoon/evening?

 

 

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

yes @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary fingers crossed, will it be in MVZ?

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

It will, to finish everything I wanted to do properly, there’s still plenty of little (and one not so little) jobs still to do on the Honda, plus it needs mapping and geo.

[Trevor Little (Trevturtle) - Treasurer]

Sorry .. a family Sunday is planned. I can't join you.

 

Have a good day

[aeg]

We’ll be there😉 remember to bring the sunshine! Andy and Becky

[Andy Westwood]

Sorry can't make this one. 

[Ali and Gail]

Already got plans. Our Harley group is taking a young lady with terminal breast cancer out for a ride on a Harley to tick one on her bucket list and a pub lunch. 80 hairy bikers and we will all be blubbing! 

[BillyPee]

I'll be there.

[BillyPee]

3 hours ago, BillyPee said:

I'll be there.

 

Spoke too soon. Radiator is leaking and new one won't be here until next week. 😢

[NigelO]

I thought I might be able to make this, but domestic duties mean I can’t get a pass-out - I’ll be replacing floorboards and ceiling while you’re blasting around the peaks

 

have a great day

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

Meeting us at Matlock were Ian, Dave, Andy and Becky. Dave was in his new Sigma engined car and very quickly the rumours began of an unfinished Honda project coming up for sale soon as spares or repairs, now that he is realising that FORD is the way forward 

 

From there we took a scenic route down the Elton Essess, posed through Bakewell, over Surprise View, up Winnats Pass and finally down Mam Nick to land us at The Rambler Inn, Edale. There was a large Lotus gathering in the Peak District today and, much like the other week when it was the TVR's, we waved at all the Lotus cars coming in the opposite direction. At a guess there were 40 or 50 of them. It was a twisty route on fairly big roads so we made decent progress and arrived just in time for the pub to open, resulting in an empty car park.

The best parking spot in front of the pub.

 

Bottoms up

 

 

Lovely views from our table in the garden area

 

We attracted a crowd and Ian soon became crowd control manager

 

 

Andy's car had a little hiccup at The Rambler but with experts on hand it was soon restarted and after lunch we took another twisty and scenic route past the Monsal Head Viaduct, back through Bakewell, up the Elton Essess, over the Via Gellia to bring us to the Blue Lagoon cafe for cake. We got the prime parking spot again.

Boy, do they know how to make cakes.

 

Andy and Becky guarding the cakes

 

Dave's exhaust is on the drivers side and seems a long way off the car, Glen says it is 'two feet' away, that's my 2 feet.

 

Chatter was exciting with Dave and Ian about to go to Austria in their Westfield's, Andy and Becky about to go to Devon in theirs. The rest of the conversation went a bit wayward, practice for the pending lads week away I think.

Ian gave us a smile as he left

 

so did Dave

 

 

 

Thanks for coming everyone and I hope all you folks that couldn't make it had a good day, we look forward to seeing you all next time xxx

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

Winnats Pass, courtesy of Becky

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

On 22/06/2019 at 11:34, BillyPee said:

 

Spoke too soon. Radiator is leaking and new one won't be here until next week. 😢

I've done more miles with leaky rads than without. Get a better excuse!