Peak District Run Out, Sat 18th Jan

[Scotty72]

16 minutes ago, Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO said:

My pain continues : fridge is in but wooden door won’t go on 😱

 

original fridge had piano hinges on. New one doesn’t and hence when the door is opened the wooden door hits the cabinet.

 

 

 

 

Oops 🙈

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

1 minute ago, Scotty72 said:

Oops 🙈

I can't swap the piano hinges off the faulty fridge, either as it's those that have failed leading to replacement!

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

It was fridge cold out there today 😈 stop it Julie, don't mention the fridge.

Andrew, Trevor and Steve arrived early so the only dynamic photo I got was of Bill's Porsche. 

 

He obviously got up to a summers morning and dressed accordingly, we all thought it was like an ice box 😈 out there.

 

We went in the cafe for a warm because it was Kuhlschrankahnlich 😈 today, before setting off from Sainsbury's car park

 

 

We made some noise

 

Did a tour of Andrew's favourite breakdown places

 

on we went

 

past Chatsworth House on the right and a massive herd of deer on the left

 

 

We took the lovely twisty road, driven with care as it was now salty, slippy, wet and cooler 😈 than usual, towards Buxton. My aim was to drive under a beautiful viaduct but can you blinking believe it, the road was closed. Umph, you carefully plan these things and then it doesn't happen, so we skirted ugly Buxton town instead of being on a lovely, empty country road. Here is a photo off the internet of what we should have seen.

 

 

Next we diverted off the big, boring A515 onto nice roads to drive past the Dragon's Back. It looks like a Stegosaurus don't you think?

 

 

That led us onto the Crowdecote road, blimey, it's January and we are doing switchback's!  Next we went on a new road, I had reseached it extensively, but sshh don't tell anyone, I had never actually driven it before. It was better than I thought it would be, I was really pleased and we are definitely incorporating it into future routes, have a look for yourself

 

 

Lovely smooth tarmac, no cow crp and the gorge is deeper as you go along it, we saw 1 car on it and no ruddy cyclists.

 

 

We had a 'train' to catch and parked up 

 

 

Just in time for our midday reservation in the dining car

 

 

With excellent views out of the window

 

 

Hot dinners arrived all round, except for Bill who had soup and a sandwich as he was eating later, that's Bill who had 'chip envy' again 😀 Andrew had the pie, with chips of course

 

This is a lovely place and we came here a couple of years ago, there are dining cars in a restaurant and it is just different, we should come more often

In the restaurant, on the 'platform' outside of the dining cars is nice too

 

In the dining car

 

 

I am not sure who is in Car 6 but I hope your exhaust gas is not smoky

 

Bill took a much more rude photo, I bet he daren't post it up

Outside

 

In the car park

 

 

There was more empty roads a calling and we needed cake, proper home made stuff

 

It was a toss up between Wetton and Tissington, this time Wetton won. The road to Wetton is bumpy and in the past my car has banged and bottomed out here. It was a good test for my new suspension as the car just glided over the imperfections.

 

 

 

 

Good choice, they had all my favourite cakes on and it was a killer trying to choose what to have. They do takeaway cakes and Bill SAID he was taking some home for Sarah, yeah righty ho then Bill, we believe you

 

 

This was Trevor's choice, the Victoria Sandwich

 

 

but I had to go for the Bakewell cake with it's almond flavour and a cherry on top

 

 

Someone had pie AND custard

 

 

As it is lighter for a whole 10 minutes longer than 3 weeks ago, I decided Andrew and us would head home with Trevor and Steve towards Ashbourne, before breaking off with just Andrew in convoy along the lovely road that follows the Bentley Brook back to Matlock and then home.

It has been a wonderful day with the lovely weather, quiet roads and yummy food. The best bit is always the excellent and interesting people we get to spend the day with, we look forward to seeing you all again soon xxx For Rob, Ian, Scott and maybe others my fingers are crossed that the stars will line up for you next time.

 

 

 

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

Wow, looks like I've missed a great day out 😂

 

Glad @AndrewBClarke's car is performing as it should!

 

My day's improving too. I've had some good cupboard support from @Andy (Sycho). He's helped me establish that the cupboard door needs fitting to the cabinet for the type of fridge I've bought! He then mentioned a special tool required to cut out the hinge holes in the door- drat!

 

Lady luck is on my side for once. Luckily I saved all the spare hardware from when the kitchen was fitted and I've got plenty of hinges and the door already has the hinge holes cut out (covered by a plastic blanking plate!).

 

 

 

It will all be wonderful tomorrow!

 

 

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

Definitely missed out ☹️

 

That new road looks "gorge"ous, another hidden Winnats Pass?! 

 

On the plus side my new Momo and quick release is all fitted and the roll bar is about 80% done so I should be out next time 👍

 

Might have to do a solo extended test run tomorrow 😁

 

[Oily Steve]

Big thanks to @Julie Hall - Peak District AO and Glen for organising another great day out. 

 

I had second thoughts when I set of from home with frozen cars around me and slippy roads but it soon improved.

 

A good steady drive with the usual Peak District views, great company and good food.

 

My car is dirtier than ever. I will have to think about washing it sometime! 😀

[Andy Westwood]

Looks like you all had a great day. 

[AndrewBClarke]

1 hour ago, Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO said:

Glad @AndrewBClarke's car is performing as it should!

Thanks @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO

Julie did take us on a route to display all of the recent break down sights

Car worked fine. I was a little nervous before leaving but neither of the recent breakdowns were avoidable - broken radiator and a wire pinched in construction. 
You missed a good one. 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Great to see the car’s going strong again Andrew!

 

 

[AndrewBClarke]

7 minutes ago, Andy Westwood said:

Looks like you all had a great day. 

Thought for the day. When @Andy Westwood joins us he undoubtedly gets served with the biggest portion of cake. Julie has commented that this is due to his ‘boyish good looks’.

This has been disproven today as Glen got the biggest bit. 
Andy Westwood clearly has a talent hidden from the rest of us that only surfaces when some poor unwitting sole wealds a knife over a cake. 
:)

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

Job done, after a bit of fridge levitation 👍

[BillyPee]

Thanks for organising another great event @Julie Hall - Peak District AO 

 

Was it this photo you were talking about?

 

 

😀

[Weekend Warrior]

Looks like you all had a great day ,I couldn’t make it yesterday but that picture of a viaduct got me thinking ....... 

I had a spare couple of hrs  today so went for a run under this one.

Invigorating sums it up in this weather ,it’s good to be alive . 

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

Lovely photo @Weekend Warrior xxx

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

Well I took her for a test drive today. Very icy out there, bringing the wheel closer to me definitely made her easier to catch despite the wheel still not being completely straight 🤦

 

Beautiful sunny day at home but the fog was like pea soup at Blithfield Reservoir! Unfortunately my photo isn't as good as yours @Weekend Warrior , apparently there's a huge lake out there in the fog! 😂

 

Oh and it looks like I've now developed a slight coolant leak from somewhere near the rad. Not had chance to track it down yet, hopefully just a hose!