Peak District Meet SATURDAY 15th Aug

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

1 minute ago, LukeW said:

 

 

Damn! there goes my plan of thermally probing Bagpuss and Robs Honda car 🙃

Why do you think we're hiding! 😎

[Trevor Little (Trevturtle) - Treasurer]

1 hour ago, LukeW said:

thermally probing Bagpuss 

ooooooo eeeeeeerrrrrrr!

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

2 hours ago, LukeW said:

 

Damn! there goes my plan of thermally probing Bagpuss and Robs Honda car 🙃

 

If only I'd known earlier... I've not been thermally probed in ages!  😂

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

It's gone downhill already and we haven't even got there yet😂

[Andy Westwood]

Happy days just finished refitting my cycle wing.

See you all tomorrow.

[AndrewBClarke]

Thanks everyone and especially @Julie Hall - Peak District AO for a brilliant day today. 208 miles of no roof fun - not to mention the two pieces of cake. Different picture this time from the tracker - satellite version 😀

 

[Andy Westwood]

Thanks Julie and Glen for another great day around the Peaks. Great company and great roads as usual. 

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

Brill photo's Andy, thank you and the nose cone's make for a good viewpoint. We have had another great day out meeting at the popular Bull I Thorn cafe, Buxton.

 

Martin was parked over in the naughty corner so I joined him. He also had polished his car in lockdown, Luke's was even shinier.

 

 

After lots of breakfast's and catch up's it was time to move these magnificent, mechanical machines, that's what we own them for afterall.

I chose the flowing bends of the Bentley Brook road before heading onto the lanes around Dove Dale, where our small cars are perfectly suited to be chucked around, finishing off with the alpine twistyness of the Crowdecote road, perfect. We enjoyed good views all the way and only picked up a bit of traffic in Ilam, cars always turn into the car park there leaving the hill clear. This fetched us straight back to The Bull I Thorn, well, why not? the cakes are good.

Slowly down the hills of Dove Dale

 

Dove Dale

 

On the way to Ilam

 

 

Finding some traffic in the village centre, bye bye as they all turned into the car park

 

Ilam is very pretty with it's swiss style cottages

 

 

Arriving at the Bull the bonnet's soon came off, V8 sounded lovely too

 

 

We chose to gather safely in the car park

 

Bill was first to succumb to the indulgences ahead, conveniently having his own table going on. His car had passed it's MOT so Bill chose the native car this week instead of one from his Germanic portfolio.

 

 

Then it got messy as we wrote off the lemon cake

 

 

The Cake Meister, Andy, at work, although he has competition as the other Andrew had 2 pieces today

 

Indulging outside the Bull

 

 

Chris turned up and it was time to 'Pass the Magnet' to Andy whose wing stay had broken after the run last week. Chris had his new headlights firmly attached this week. Excellent service from Patrick and Jason at the Westfield Factory for both the headlights and the wing stay, the Peak District area is not on commision I might add!

 

This magnet was like a hot potato though as Andy was quick to suggest that Luke should be the holder of it with a loose anti roll bar and a cooling issue anything could happen. Watch out, it might be your turn next! 

Luke had tales having recently returned from his Scottish camping holiday in the Westfield, had he shrunk in the rain? having lost 2 stone and looking about 10 years younger, reminds me I must buy some lettuce. Well done Luke.

 

 

Dave's car had passed it's MOT so he was able to join us too

 

 

We stayed and tyre kicked for a good while, the sun even made an appearance at one point until it was time to go home, where does the time go?

 

I have just had a new Coolex radiator on my car and having fitted bobbins it has placed the rad further into the nose cone, resulting in the pipe not being long enough. As shown below it is a bit of bodge job to lengthen the bottom hose to the radiator.

 

 

Glen does not do bodge jobs so decided we needed a more permanent solution. He got a longer piece of Aluminium pipe made up like this

 

 

When we got home the coolant was drained, again, and it went from this jumble of hoses, pipes and jubilee clips

 

 

to this, one length of pipe. Miraculously nobody got burned as we dodged hot pipes with arms and legs.

 

 

Thank you to everyone that came and enjoyed the day with us, especially for your flexibility when I changed the day to dodge the rain, hope to see you next weekend for more of the same. Don't forget, watch out for that magnet!

[LukeW]

Thanks @Julie Hall - Peak District AO & Glen 

great to be back out with like minded folk.

No pictures from me to add though as I was too busy watching my temps  & dodging all the lumps and bumps in the road that’s loosened off my ARB 

 

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

Great turnout, sorry I couldn't make it 😭

 

That magnet is sure making the rounds... Hopefully I don't get it back anytime soon! 

 

On a positive note, I think I've finally tracked down my coolant leak! Woo-hoo!

 

While I was helping my son recommission the JCW Mini (they make Westfields seem robust!), I thought I'd drop the nose cone off the Westfield to copy @Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO's front number plate solution (imitation is the best form of flattery! 😉)... While digging around I noticed some moisture on the rad near the bottom hose I hadn't noticed before, a few replacement Mikalor's and I think it's sorted!!! Now to finish off the number plate....

 

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

Mikalor? I think that is Spanglish for Jubilee Clip, you learn something new every day.

 

That's the best part of club meets and where you get the best value for your membership when you pick up good idea's from other club members. These tips cannot be googled or taught at college, they are life lessons, learned by living your life, getting out into your cars.

 

We were quick to advise Chris to put a spacer underneath his headlights to lift them up away from the nose and wings.

 

With a spacer fitted

 

 

Here are a few more photo's of you guys living your lives

 

 

 

 Front seat view

 

 

Avoiding obstacles

 

 

I couldn't find the launch control button in Martin's Duratec engined Westfield, despite seeing it in action in my rear view mirror. Very growly too.

 

 

Luke's Hot Rod with Bill's classic next door

 

 

Woke up to drizzle this morning so in hind sight it was the right thing to change the day. I think we will try for next Sunday, same time same place, depending on the weather again, I will set a post going later.

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

10 hours ago, Julie Hall - Peak District AO said:

Mikalor? I think that is Spanglish for Jubilee Clip, you learn something new every day.

 

I use these things where I can, stainless steel ones made by Mikalor.

 

They have a small range (4mm or so) but clamp tighter than normal jubilee clips (especially the cheap Halfrauds chinesium ones!)