Gentleman of Verona 2023- a 12 Day Euroblat

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

At Tagg Lane Dairy, Bakewell ready for the off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Safely in Hull

 

 

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

 

 

prizes won already 

 

 

 

[Jonboy]

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

 

 

prizes won already 

 

 

 

I saw you drive past Ian going past Starbucks on the roundabout prior to the port. Any spots open next time I’m happy to join. Enjoy mate.

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

Further updates are available on the Westfield Facebook social media account - time's too short and there’s beers to be drank- we’re in our Hotel in Austria 

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

More ‘prizes’ won 👏

[Captain Colonial]

Judging by the Chairman’s bonnet off and spanner sticker, I’m assuming his car needed repairs?

 

I’m frightened by the stickers of the lady with a cane, wondering if they were run over…

[Robin Parker (Red Spider) - Yorkshire AO]

2 hours ago, Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO said:

More ‘prizes’ won 👏

I'm guessing the stickers are, 

Ice cream, 

Injury, 

Out of fuel, or nearly, 

Got lost, 

And mechanical failure. 

Not sure about the little old lady, but you can't have hit 2, can you?

[Stu Faulkner]

Apologies for the lack of updates but we have been far too much enjoying ourselves to find the time but hear is a brief snip of what’s been happening. What goes on in Austria, stays in Austria. 
 

[Stu Faulkner]

 

[Stu Faulkner]

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

The Grannies of Verona, all delighted  to catch a glimpse of the Silver fox @Greenstreak-Andy DThe ‘Gentlemen’ passed around Verona this morning and are now sat on a train in Innsbruck heading for Düsseldorf 

 

 

[Julie Hall - WSCC AO Representative]

Arriving back at Tagg Lane for the debrief. 

 

 

 

 

 

When is a Westfield not a Westfield, when it's van. It was raining, what vehicle were we supposed to come in? the MX5 is awaiting clips after an altercation with a field at the weekend, so the van it was.

 

 

First over the finish line was Andy, he was also the driest!

 

 

I hope that is rain ingress and not an egress

 

 

The cakes flowed in true Peak District style

 

 

 

And ice creams too

 

 

Drying off

 

 

Bye bye 

 

 

 

 

 

What a fabulous, soooooper, exciting time you guys have had. A big thank you for sharing your photo's and stories with us so we can taste just a little bit of the best flavour, excitement!

 

 

 

 

[LoneWolf]

I think this isn't the correct exhaust position 🤣 what happened @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman 😄 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Apparently my Cat didn’t like seeing a series of consecutive 9k rpm overtakes, after a week of pass bashing, and decided to start failing big time. By the time it came to getting off the ferry, it was building so much back pressure, it just kept popping the link pipe and silencer off. 
 

Not knowing why, initially, as it came off on the ferry hatch so thinking it had just caught, we tried refitting but it didn’t last too long. After the second or third go, now convinced it was at least part blocked. Plan B was hatched, and the last ninety minutes or so of driving were done, with ahem, an open manifold.

 

My ears have only just stopped ringing.

 

To be fair to the car, the cat has done amazingly to survive this long. I was one of a tiny number of Westfield owners to have a faulty ecu loom. So way back in 2015 or so, whenever initial start up was, I had a weird misfire that ended up causing the whole cat to glow white hot, with the shape of the converter core itself, clearly visible through the near “transparent” stainless casing!