Peak District Run Out, THURSDAY 29th Dec, 10am Quacker's Cafe

[AndrewBClarke]

Thanks everyone for another brilliant Westfielding day. Only 194 miles today but no roof - not bad for December!!

 

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

Fantastic, just what was needed, roaring engines, a great day out and it stayed dry all day. We have been busy making a start on next year's calendar by having a photo shoot and @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman you are gonna regret not risking a bit of E10, the route was fab, the food and the company matched, AWESOME.

 

We met at Quacker's and it seems everyone else had a lie in, the place was empty

 

 

 

 

Still in 'naughty elf' mode, steering wheels went missing and revenge was sought with refrigerated hats, I would never have found it in there!

 

Off we went on our route, Billy knows the roads so he came in the Tesla without hindering the convoy. Rob and Hedley diverted on our apex and carried on South for some dental work, ouch.

 

 

 

 

The roads were salt free, quiet, mostly dry and the air was clear making for good views in the winter sunshine, oooo it felt good to be out. Sludge and cow detritus was in plentiful supply and there were some very interesting potholes that had appeared over the recent cold spell, there was no other nice cars to be seen. 

 

We soon arrived at The New Bath Hotel, Matlock Bath, where Andy (cake meister) and Sue were waiting for us, nice and warm in the tin top.

 

 

Ian still can't park a car between 2 white lines 😁

 

 

I had a table booked, the food and service were excellent

 

 

I had a warmed beef ciabatta with fried onion and triple cooked chips, it tasted as good as it looks, yummy

 

 

The Andrew's are always naughty and they steal my camera while I am fixing my lippie

 

 

 

After lunch we fetched the cars to the front of the hotel for some photo's, out came the staff, some customer's too and everyone loved it.

 

 

 

Ian suggested that a drone would have been useful today, I agreed. Thankfully he was wearing jeans and not the usual shorts, winter has finally arrived in Ian's World.

 

 

Thanks everyone for a great day out, the next event is New Year's Day at Carsington Water for breakfast with the Burton Car Club, if it's raining we will be in the MX5, if it's not too bad we will be in the Westfield. Happy New Year and thank you for supporting the Peak District Area in 2022, love from Glen and Julie (Nora.B) xxxXXXX

[AndrewBClarke]

11 minutes ago, Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative said:The Andrew's are always naughty and they steal my camera while I am fixing my lippie

 

 

 

The Andrew's are always naughty and they steal my camera while I am fixing my lippie

You need to provide proof of the perpetrator before levelling such accusations. 😁

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

Cracking day out, thanks @Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative !

 

@HB46443 and I started early, meeting up just before 9am south of Derby.

 

What a beautiful sky!

 

 

 

The roads were a bit moist after the overnight rain, so it was a fairly steady but fun drive up through the B roads, landing at Quackers about 10am to meet the rest of the gang.

 

 

 

Hedley had a curfew (the dreaded dentist!) so we tagged onto the convoy to Newhaven where we left everyone and pulled into the petrol station.... Hedley needed fuel again as superchargers make for thirsty beasts 😂

 

After filling up, the supercharged beast refused to start 🤦‍♂️. Thankfully we had some volunteers (thanks you whoever you were!) to help me push the car and we got her started again..... sadly not for long!

 

Almost at Ashbourne, Hedley had disappeared from my mirrors! Given he hasn't had the best of luck (nobody mention tractors 😂) I quickly doubled back to retrace my steps and try to find him....

 

A few miles up the road I discovered a red Westfield parked up in a small farm entrance with the bonnet off.

 

The car had spluttered to a stop.... We tried my jump pack (always a good thing to carry) but to no avail as the battery was down to just 11 volts with no load (multimeters are also a good think to take along). The engine would barely turn over even with the jump pack hooked up!

 

 

Figuring it wasn't something we could sort roadside, the "truck of shame" was called. Thankfully Hedley got home safe and it seems to be a faulty starter motor (parasitic drain we think) so an easy fix!

[Andy Westwood]

Great seeing everyone today. Food and company was great. Nice to catch up with everyone. Though you wouldn't catch Sue or myself taking a dip in that pool Julie.🥶. Have a great New year everyone 🎉

[Andy Westwood]

Some more photos Sue has taken

[AndrewBClarke]

11 hours ago, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman said:

Damn it!

 

Had a lovely run as far as Congleton; stopped to fill up and damn it, still no V Power. Sorry, that's me out. I haven't got enough to get back from Leek, if they're out as well, and without knowing which other stations ahead of me have Super, I've had to turn round while I have enough to get home.

 

Will get the Jerry can filled from Tesco in Crewe if there's still no VPower round here. See you at the weekend, hopefully.

I had trouble getting normal E5 on the way home. Had no option so had to put in a ‘get you home’ splash of E10

 

Next fuel crisis on the way - only takes the press to suspect something and there will be panic buying followed by shortages. 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Yep, I can use 95 octane for limp home mode - had to do it once on the way home from a Peaky meet, but it’s not fun to drive, revs right down and light throttle only, otherwise it’s risking the engine going into detonation for me, and melting pistons.

[Labrat]

Looks like a lovely day out.

 

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

6 hours ago, Labrat said:

Looks like a lovely day out

 

Yes it was, you would have enjoyed it, hope to see you in the New Year x