Peak District bikers cafe run, Sat 12 Oct

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

He’s still alive 😂

 

Not long back from another excellent but muddy Peak Run

 

 

 

I best get the car washed and put away 

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

And clean again 😎

 

 

 

 

[CosKev]

Great day out thanks @Julie Hall - Peak District AO 

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

3 minutes ago, CosKev said:

Great day out thanks @Julie Hall - Peak District AO 

Did you get any more rain on the way home, after the brief shower between Leek and mine?

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

@AndrewBClarke starter flies round at a great rate of knots now! I'll leave him to describe what it is. I've tried to record it, however it fired up rather quickly as we'd not been stopped too long. I'll try again next time I see him!

 

 

 

[Scotty72]

Great day out...

Love going on Julie's mud runs 😜

[AndrewBClarke]

34 minutes ago, IanK (Bagpuss) said:

@AndrewBClarke starter flies round at a great rate of knots now! I'll leave him to describe what it is. I've tried to record it, however it fired up rather quickly as we'd not been stopped too long. I'll try again next time I see him!

 

 

 

As part of trying to fix my starting issue I changed the starter to a Powerlite uprated unit which apparently uses considerably less cranking power whilst turning the engine over quicker. Cost £225. Also upgraded the supply cables with the help of @IanK (Bagpuss) and @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary. Now turns over so quick it reads on the Rev counter!  

[AndrewBClarke]

Thanks @Julie Hall - Peak District AO  Another fantastic day out with all of you. Great roads, great route planning and great company. Couldn’t be better. 

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

Yep, a great well planned run as usual @Julie Hall - Peak District AO Thank you 

 

Here's a few of my pics:

@CosKev, called to see if I was 'allowed out to play'

 

 

My youngest, Charlotte was at a friends after a sleep over (Don't get the naming as they always come back very tired! 😄), I TXT'd to advise we were coming past and she took this great phone pic and waved:

 

 

 

 

The usual game of 'follow the leader'

 

 

Parked up at the Yonderman Cafe, Nr. Buxton

 

 

As we're driving round in open top cars, let's dine outside:

 

@Andy Westwood , @AndrewBClarke, @Julie Hall - Peak District AO , 'Non-Joint Member, Intruder Glen', @Scotty72

 

 

My 'lite' snack:

 

 

More 'Follow the leader' in search of Cake

 

 

@CosKev with a 'mirror full of Bagpuss':

 

 

Parked up at Gradbach Mill

 

 

 

@Julie Hall - Peak District AO making good use of the free hot water bottles and blankets!:

 

 

Photoshoot at Gradbach Mill, cars left to right @Trevturtle @IanK (Bagpuss) @CosKev @Julie Hall - Peak District AO @AndrewBClarke @neptune (Martin) @Scotty72 @Andy Westwood

 

Just the cars:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Andy Westwood]

Thanks for another great day cruising around the Peaks and Staffordshire.

Great route and the scenery was amazing so was the food. 

Great company and the mud pack on the cars body work has wonders 🤣

 

[Andy Westwood]

Just a little snack to keep me going Julie 😁

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

Straight at it, Trevor Trouble bombed all my photo's, clearly it was going to be a naughty day, even though I just could not get my hands on the steering wheels, there were 2 to have a go at today as well.

 

Dancing in Ashbourne for the panorama shot

 

And finally I got my photo

 

8 cars and 9 people, all the girls have gone now the temperatures have dropped. Martin, Andy, Scott, Trevor, Andrew, Ian, Kev and us all met at Ashbourne and after a warm in M&S we set off up t'North. Twisting and turning along the sweeping bends of the rather wet tarmac, I mixed it up a bit by turning right in Bakewell for a change, we soon arrived at the Yondermann cafe. There were lots of bikes - good - but that meant the cafe was actually full.

Right, outside then lads, nobody protested, so outside we sat. BillyPee joined us too.

Trevor and Ian guarding their steering wheels

 

Some very large breakfasts came out, which we ate while enjoying the lovely countryside views

 

Andy has a bit of a reputation for being able to eat, he did an eggcellent job of living up to it

 

The Yondermann Car Park

Next, we went along slightly drier tarmac with more of those sweeping bends, until we got to Flash nr Buxton, which is the highest village in the UK at 1519ft. It gets it's fair share of rain up there and the cafe is in the proverbial a... hole of nowhere, so once we turned off the village road the tarmac became rather wet.

We arrived at Gradbach Mill Cafe and parked up.

 

It is outside seating only and unsurprisingly there was no-one there. It closes for the season at the end of October so I was keen to squeeze a visit in here. I was cold when we got there and as I was queuing I was shivering, so it was lucky that I saw the notice offering hot water bottles and blankets, of course I took the opportunity. 

The cake arrived, lotus biscotti, nutella and victoria sponge cake, oh my.

 

Andy, remember him? eats a lot! that's him, well he had to have a hot chocolate with marshmellows as well as cake, as well as a 3 egg breakfast earlier 😁

 

The jam was very jammy, I know, I tried it!

 

 

We all soon polished the lot off. Look at them, guarding those steering wheels still I see.

 

We can't drive past a mill without photographing it though can we? Here we are, proud drivers of our beautiful cars. Thank you to Glen, our only passenger today, for taking the photo.

 

I remembered Nigels advice and got down on the floor to take my photo

 

Ian's photo will be much better than mine though, so good that he had to have a lie down after taking it

 

We were all ready to say goodbye and head off home, until Kev revealed that the Peak District group now has another Duratec. Duratecs are kind of powerful enough, but this one is a 3.5l, V6 out of a Jaguar S Type. Kev had replaced his bike engine with this 200 and umpty (someone correct me please) bhp monster. The engine bay was just all engine.

 

As we set off I found that I had a flat battery, well 2 actually, my left and my right heated glove had now given up. I read the instructions when I got home and it says the first charge is 12 hours, not the half hour that I gave them this morning, oops. 

It has been a fun day, with lots of giggles, great roads and great company. It was dark when we finally came in after cleaning all that mud off the car, outside from 8.30am - 6.30pm happy days xxxxxx 

 

 

 

 

[CosKev]

5 hours ago, IanK (Bagpuss) said:

Did you get any more rain on the way home, after the brief shower between Leek and mine?

 

About the same amount near Nantwich, so nothing to moan about for October👌

[CosKev]

@Julie Hall - Peak District AO great write up😎

 

286bhp🤓

 

PS,

its a 3ltr

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

9 hours ago, CosKev said:

@Julie Hall - Peak District AO great write up😎

 

286bhp🤓

 

PS,

its a 3ltr

@CosKev have you written up your conversion from bike engine to Ford V6, I'm sure many would be interested in it and would be impressed to see the quality of your work etc. Perhaps start a thread here: https://forum.wscc.co.uk/forum/forum/103-build-diaries/