Peak District Run, Sun 24th April 10am McD's Matlock

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

Today's road side pics were taken by- Road Runner Pics

 

 

 

 

A squeaky bum moment for our convoy today- 

 

 

 

[Scotty72]

Yes, Great route today @Julie Hall - Joint Peak District AOWas nice to see you all again and ready for the next one!

[si_salisbury]

Thank for the great route and great ice cream 🤤.

 

had a little down moment on the way back.

Coming around rainworth on the A617, had a terrible noise coming from my drivetrain😖, with the car juddering which goes when the clutch is pressed in. 
time for the truck of shame, sitting in a gateway for two hours. 

[Lee Bennett]

Brilliant day and a fantastic run, thanks Jules and great to see everyone.

[Lee Bennett]

[Lee Bennett]

[Labrat]

Great to see everyone and have a Westfield to drive in too. The view from the back of the convoy was amazing- the colours were really popping with the full sunshine. Sorry we missed you at Happy Hens this time- I was busy being hoodwinked into having a tropical freshwater aquarium.... watch this space.

 

A different angle from the carpark in Matlock (complete with finger tip!)

 

See you next time.

[NigelO]

For a sunny Sunday, the roads were remarkably free of dawdling Sunday drivers an errant cyclists. This was one of the fastest runs I've been on, and the whole train of a dozen Westfields (after Labrat baled out early for family duties...) stayed pretty much together for the whole run - remarkable.

 

As anyone who has been on a multi-car run knows, the people at the back have to work pretty hard to keep up. Seeing as the roads were so empty, I have it on good authority that Julie may have drifted ever so slightly above the posted speed limit on one or two (or more) occasions. This meant that the back of the convoy was having a great time exploring the upper limits of grip round some of the twistier bits....

 

Good fun 😁

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

1 hour ago, NigelO said:

above the posted speed limit

I challenge anyone to go through those bends at more than 50 mph, although @Scotty72 I was tempted with that last overtake on the way home and stopped myself as we were already doing the speed limit.

 

I can say that this morning I feel like I had a good work out yesterday and my fitbit tells me I did a hours cycling 11:00-12:00😮

 

 

[Labrat]

4 minutes ago, Julie Hall - Joint Peak District AO said:

I challenge anyone to go through those bends at more than 50 mph, although @Scotty72 I was tempted with that last overtake on the way home and stopped myself as we were already doing the speed limit.

 

I can say that this morning I feel like I had a good work out yesterday and my fitbit tells me I did a hours cycling 11:00-12:00😮

 

 

That's a lot of heel toe then

 

[Scotty72]

36 minutes ago, Julie Hall - Joint Peak District AO said:

I challenge anyone to go through those bends at more than 50 mph, although @Scotty72 I was tempted with that last overtake on the way home and stopped myself as we were already doing the speed limit.

 

I can say that this morning I feel like I had a good work out yesterday and my fitbit tells me I did a hours cycling 11:00-12:00😮

 

 

Speed limit? 🤣

[neptune]

So glad I changed my mind.

Definitely the best run this year so far

Thanks Julie

 

[neptune]

18 hours ago, si_salisbury said:

Thank for the great route and great ice cream 🤤.

 

had a little down moment on the way back.

Coming around rainworth on the A617, had a terrible noise coming from my drivetrain😖, with the car juddering which goes when the clutch is pressed in. 
time for the truck of shame, sitting in a gateway for two hours. 

Hope it's not too serious Si 

[si_salisbury]

7 hours ago, neptune said:

Hope it's not too serious Si 

It’s going to be off the road for a while😭, taken the prop of tonight and the noise is still there, I suspect the output shaft in the gearbox has failed. It’s looking like a new gearbox is needed.

[Big Andy]

Just testing something 

Part of the run out