Peak District Run, Sun 29th May 10am, McD's

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

@RobH72 - I’ve got that spare wishbone for you from Si, though I think there’s a chance Si may make it, anyway, but it’s not 100%.

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

25 minutes ago, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman said:

@RobH72 - I’ve got that spare wishbone for you from Si, though I think there’s a chance Si may make it, anyway, but it’s not 100%.

 

Lovely, thanks 👍

[Andy_R]

Sorry folks but I can't make tomorrow as I need to take my daughter to LGI 😞

 

I will still be picking up the courier wings from Mr Pudding first thing so they will get to Northampton on Monday.

 

Enjoy and I'm gutted I can't make it.

[Stu Faulkner]

3 hours ago, RobH72 said:

Hi, 

 

A few of us are heading up from the Derby area, feel free to tag along of you are coming our way 👍

 

Pre meet at the A38/A50 services (DE65 6DX) for a 9am departure.

 

We'll run up the A38 to the Shell station on the A6 (DE22 2DG) aiming to leave there about 915-920.

 

We will then head up the Wirksworth Road (hopefully traffic free so we can get a wriggle on 😉) and top up with fuel at Wirksworth Co-op before getting to Matlock McDonald's (DE4 3AU) about 10am to meet everyone else 👍

I’ll be there for 9:00

[neptune]

Thanks to Julie for another Fab rub out today and amazing that we all managed to stay together

 

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

Brilliant day out, big thanks to @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative  for organising it 👍

 

Us "southern softies" met up near Derby to convoy up to Matlock, I was expecting 4 or 5 cars and ended up with 10! Amazing turnout!

 

 

Gary peeled off in Matlock to head home and Glynn had a bit of clutch trouble (hope its an easy fix mate!), but we still had 16 cars flying in formation when we landed for lunch near Ashbourne 👌

 

[AndrewBClarke]

Bit of fun. Caption time. I’ll go first. 
 

Do you think the car can take it if I have another piece of cake??

 

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

A great day indeed. Here's a few pics from me:

 

 

 

[Stu Faulkner]

7 minutes ago, AndrewBClarke said:

Bit of fun. Caption time. I’ll go first. 
 

Do you think the car can take it if I have another piece of cake??

 

Will he notice if I hide my chewing gum under here?

[Glynn Walters]

37 minutes ago, AndrewBClarke said:

Bit of fun. Caption time. I’ll go first. 
 

Do you think the car can take it if I have another piece of cake??

 

Must have air ride! It was much lower when Glynn was in it!

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

1 hour ago, AndrewBClarke said:

Bit of fun. Caption time. I’ll go first. 
 

Do you think the car can take it if I have another piece of cake??

 

 

Ooooh Glynn! You have such smooth undercarriage!

[AndrewBClarke]

1 hour ago, AndrewBClarke said:

Bit of fun. Caption time. I’ll go first. 
 

Do you think the car can take it if I have another piece of cake??

 

Even @Big Andy’s big feet won’t fit under here. 

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

With 18 cars and well over 20 people coming on half term holiday week I had a last minute panic for where to go that would fit us all in, the landlord of the Bentley Brook had been very welcoming last time we went so I rang him up and he was straight there, 'Yes come along, we can feed you all, I will block the top car park off ready for you' so a quick change of route and all was well, phew.

 

We arrived to see Glynn, not only could he not find that cake he had hidden under the bonnet earlier 😄 but also his hydraulic clutch was not working. He couldn't get the gears and thought that removing a washer would change where it bites and fix it.

 

 

Dave E was quick to give advice with IanK and RobH quick to lend their mole grips. I was the clutch peddle pusher of course, any excuse to try out the driving position of another Westfield.

 

 

A test drive around the car park, btw Glynn, it sounded good!

 

 

We were many cars, 18 I think, in McD's car park

 

 

We did filled a good section of the McD's restaurant too

 

 

 

Next, we set off for a major pose through Matlock Bath, where we got plenty of views before setting off on the open country roads. Glynn waved as he went past shouting 'Clutch not good!!.' and headed for home. Another pose through Bakewell before going onto the really empty country roads, past all the motorbikers that now all seem to congregate in Monyash, before taking that last amazing Bentley Brook Road. 

 

We followed 3 TVR's for a while and saw lots of motorbikes, more than normal, but saw no other interesting vehicles en route. The weather stayed dry with a mixture of sun and cloud, better than Monaco hey.

 

We arrived at the Bentley Brook Inn, 16 cars in total, what a great drive we had.

 

 

The Bentley Brook Inn. The carvery was on as well as the full menu, the food is excellent here, it is well staffed with quick service too. Great fangs 🧛‍♀️ there John at the head of the table.

 

 

But what a wonderful surprise, Glynn (at the head of the table) had popped home, jumped in the tin top and came back to meet us for lunch, how lovely.

 

 

Luke had only got one wing on his car so couldn't make it out but did say to come and see him on our way home. Where was he? at Adam's Happy Hen's of course, so off we went.

 

One of @HB46443 Hedley's friends was there too😃

 

 

Adam's Happy Hen's

 

 

Luke, Gemma and Libby helped us to empty the shop of traybakes and ice cream.

 

 

Yep, another super fantastically fun day out, thanks folks and a big thank you to Rob for bringing so many and looking after them.

 

Next weekend is the Jubillee so I will be really careful to avoid it, for instance, the Bentley Brook Inn has live music and a BBQ on next Sunday, that will mean - busy. Join us if you can ❤️

 

 

 

[Si.Dalziel]

Absolutely gutted I missed today. It looked like a fantastic run. A lack of sleep and midwife duties today meant I just couldn’t come to play.

 

That being said the S2000 demo rebuild fund is growing quite well.

 

 

Names so far are head refurb, timing chain kit, super charger and turbo. At least 2 more to come too lol.

[Stu Faulkner]

44 minutes ago, Si.Dalziel said:

Absolutely gutted I missed today. It looked like a fantastic run. A lack of sleep and midwife duties today meant I just couldn’t come to play.

 

That being said the S2000 demo rebuild fund is growing quite well.

 

 

Names so far are head refurb, timing chain kit, super charger and turbo. At least 2 more to come too lol.

My dogs called Sprocket 😊