Peak District Xmas Curry Run Out, Sun 29th Dec, Matlock 10.30

[RallyVW]

Yes we'll be there

[BillyPee]

Sorry @Julie Hall - Peak District AO but I can’t make Sunday due to a prior commitment. Have fun!

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

I just need to confirm the table numbers, @RobH72 are you a 1, a 2, or a 3? @MattV are you coming? are you a 1 or a 2?

 

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

@Julie Hall - Peak District AO Two for me please, amazingly my 16 year old has committed to awake from the dead in time on a Sunday morning! The wonders never cease 😂😂

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

Have fun folks. I won't make it out this weekend 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Have fun guys, I can’t make tomorrow , I’m afraid.

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

Another fun run out in the Peaks today!

 

A couple of mishaps that I'm sure @Julie Hall - Peak District AOwill elaborate on 😁

 

Before we even started I had to use my portable battery pack for the first time when the car wouldn't start at Matlock Sainsburys petrol station! Had to do the push of shame 😳 so I could pop the bonnet and get to the race gel battery (I may have to sacrifice some weight for reliable starting 😢). I'd recommend everyone gets one of the battery packs/power banks, certainly saved the day for me 😂

Had a good look at Julie and Glens relocated battery solution, looks really neat (as does everything on their car!) and something I'll investigate further. 

 

My 16 year old son Lewis came along for the first time today and loved it (although didn't seem too enthusiastic at 8am when I woke home though 🤣)

 

Great roads, great company and a very tasty West African curry for lunch! What more could you want on a winters day! 

 

Happy new year! 

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

That is a great photo of the railway bridge on the Monsal trail, makes a great noise too when we drive under it!!

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

Well @OrangeCrush I don't know where he gets his bad habits from, but the first thing Tangoman did was to be unfaithful to me and jump over to the car next door that he rather fancies, 'Oi, get back here!'

 

After we all introduced everyone to everyone Max wanted to experience the panorama dance, I got it right first time, I should, I practice it enough!

 

 

Rob and his 16 year old son, Lewis, Andrew, Matt and his 11 year old son Max, Richard and his better looking  younger brother, Stuart met us at Sainsbury's

 

Glen was keen to show off his rather shiny engine bay, I wondered why he has been in the garage a lot over Christmas

 

 

We showed Rob that we had done away with the small motorcycle battery and put in a full fat sized car battery instead, plus Glen has sited it down in the middle of the nose cone too.

 

 

A crowd had gathered to wave us off and film our departure

 

 

Through Chatsworth we went

 

 

Over the bridge, if you went fast here you could take off, all 4 wheels I reckon

 

Through the parkland, deer on one side and the magnificent house on the other

 

 

Chatsworth House

 

 

Silly little sticks on the grass verge

 

 

Richard locked up his brakes, applied a bit of defensive driving to avoid bumping into Matt, and ran into the silly little sticks, we all pulled up while he sorted his indicator pod out, anyone got a spare one for sale?

 

 

We were soon back up and running and within 2 minutes my rear view mirror emptied again. I presumed that Richard had a problem and turned around to find that Andrew had broken down. We all pulled off the road and it was found to be a problem with the fuel pump. We later found out it was the relay to the fuse that had broken. In true Top Gear style we left Andrew to wait for a tow truck and went for curry, there are less pretty places to breakdown though.

 

With all this palaver we were running late, so I cut out a bit of the route and got us the the lunch stop only 10 minutes late. We were greeted by this very happy lady who has a passion for cooking and was welcoming and wonderful to us. Apparently a photo of our cars is on instagram already??

 

 

 

The curry is as hot as you wish to make it as she puts a small dish of fiery sauce out to help yourself to. Max was a bit worried about if the curry would be too hot, so we let him try the sauce. It was hilarious, he is such a lovely character and after putting a single drop on his tongue he was reaching for not only the water but the milk as well

 

 

Richard and Stuart ladled the sauce on and were looking rather red for doing it. Stella was happy to photograph us all enjoying her food.

 

 

West African chicken curry with proper imported ingredients was a taste sensation, yum, yum

 

 

She was disappointed that we weren't staying for pudding but I explained that we were chasing ice cream to cool our tongue's down, she laughed and loved that one, bless her. Maybe we can return for coffeee and cake in the near future as it is in a lovely setting, quite in the middle of nowhere.

 

We had a less dramatic run to Tagg Lane, no stops, no dramas and made some good progress, steady round the slippy corners, hammered it on the straights.

 

 

@Andy Westwood has trained us to eat a lot, so it was cake AND ice cream, although I opted for the custard cream ice cream and the bounty ice cream because I just couldn't choose between them

 

 

A 'dad and lads' moment is so sweet to see. Matt and Max

 

 

Rob and Lewis, you are a week late, it's not the Santa Run today

 

 

After much merriment it was unfortunatley time to head home, I hate the short, dark early days. Bye bye to Richard and Stuart

 

 

Bye bye to Rob and Lewis

 

 

And following us back, bye bye to Matt and Max

 

 

The weather has been very benign today and once we got home we cleaned our car to a beautiful sunset

 

 

Thank you to everyone who joined us, it has been lovely to have a bit of a family day and I hope that everyone enjoyed it as much as we have xxxx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

I really do hope we do the curry trip again some point, really sorry to have missed it, looks lovely.

 

Looks like you had a great day though, what a spectacular sunset, to round it off.

[MattV]

Thanks for organising @Julie Hall - Peak District AO, great day out.

@RallyVW - Richard, thanks for your quick reactions; I hope the damage is minimal and you get it sorted quickly.

 

Here’s hoping for many more in 2020; Happy New Year All.......

[RallyVW]

Well what a day. Thanks to @Julie Hall - Peak District AO For a great run out as usual. Well @MattV I can only say I'm glad I was taught by one of the best drivers I know, it's a shame he's no longer with us to tell me off for going off but he would of been proud of the fact I chose the grass.  Pesky sticks didn't do too much damage thankfully and in true Westfield style a quick snip with the wire snips to remove a floppy indicator and some brute force to straighten the cycle wing bracket we were on our way again. Apologies if we gave you a fright @MattV. Kids in bed now so car stripped and ready for some new parts before our next adventure. 

[LukeW]

@RallyVW 

i have a couple spare indicator pods you can have FOC if they are the standard WF ones? 

[LukeW]

Looks like a great day all, I’m with @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary Hoping for another Peak District curry run soon 👍🏼 

Happy new year all! 

[Andy Westwood]

Julie that's a great photo of the red sky. Satan has finally caught up with you and Glen .👹

Looks like you all had a fantastic day out. 

Have a great New Year