Xmas Break Meet

[MrC986]

MrFQ - PM'd you although 08.45 (ish) at McDs Uttoxeter (ST14 5AA).

LukeH - keep your at the ready in case we see you around the general Leek/Buxton area

MrVert - oh well....build those brownie points for the next time

DavidT & anyone else? - same mtg point as last time, albeit at 08.15 (WS14 0QP)

Edited by MrC986 on Sunday 1st January 13:47

[David.T]

MrC986 said:

MrFQ - PM'd you although 08.45 (ish) at McDs Uttoxeter (ST14 5AA).

LukeH - keep your at the ready in case we see you around the general Leek/Buxton area

MrVert - oh well....build those brownie points for the next time

DavidT & anyone else? - same mtg point as last time, albeit at 08.15 (WS14 0QP)

Edited by MrC986 on Sunday 1st January 13:47

OK see you then my dad said he'll probably make it as well in his Golf GTI Mk4.

[MrFQ]

MrC986 said:

MrFQ - PM'd you although 08.45 (ish) at McDs Uttoxeter (ST14 5AA).

[David.T]

Really sorry fella's we're not going to be able to make it anymore.

Hate letting people down late notice but logistics aren't working in my favour for tomorrow.

Hope you have a good ride out - weather looks to be superb.

[MrC986]

David.T said:

Really sorry fella's we're not going to be able to make it anymore.

Hate letting people down late notice but logistics aren't working in my favour for tomorrow.

Hope you have a good ride out - weather looks to be superb.

No problem....see you soon.

Right, here's the list of "possibles"

Start point
MrC986
Robvx
Hungrymc

Uttoxeter
MrFQ
RossP

Edited by MrC986 on Sunday 1st January 19:46

[MrVert]

Looks a bit wet tomorrow

[MrC986]

MrVert said:

Looks a bit wet tomorrow

I didn't see you as the jealous type! My Accuweather forecast for both the starting point & the area we'll be heading to is completely different! We'll get our "sunnies" ready & take a few snaps for you & post them up either at the coffee stop or when we're back just before lunch

#noshoppinghere #HNY17

[MrVert]

Have fun!

[Robvx]

Hi ,
I am not gonna no to be able to make it as now either ..... sorry
No real excuse other than spending time with my children, packwood house wellie walking

Rob

[RossP]

Hi guys. I was only a maybe and also spending last day of hols with family today.

[MrVert]

MrC986 said:

MrVert said:

Looks a bit wet tomorrow

I didn't see you as the jealous type! My Accuweather forecast for both the starting point & the area we'll be heading to is completely different! We'll get our "sunnies" ready & take a few snaps for you & post them up either at the coffee stop or when we're back just before lunch

#noshoppinghere #HNY17

I'm never using Meteox again......ever.....

[MrC986]

Thanks to MrFQ & Hungrymc for joining me to welcome in 2017 & say goodbye to 2016. It was a cool/slippy start but we were being looked down on favourably & the roads we wanted to cover were generally good & gritted.

to the Lotus group we met en-route ("the hills were alive to the sound of Lotus") & we hope you had a good extended run out & here's the evidence for those that couldn't come that the "sunnies" were needed #driveit #farewellmarmite

Edited by MrC986 on Monday 2nd January 12:18

[MrFQ]

MrC986 said:

Thanks to MrFQ & Hungrymc for joining me to welcome in 2017 & say goodbye to 2016. It was a cool/slippy start but we were being looked down on favourably & the roads we wanted to cover were generally good & gritted.

to the Lotus group we met en-route ("the hills were alive to the sound of Lotus") & we hope you had a good extended run out & here's the evidence for those that couldn't come that the "sunnies" were needed #driveit #farewellmarmite

Thanks for organising and good to meet you both, a good run out on some great roads, until next time

[Eviltad]

I recognise that yellow Evora!

[MrC986]

MrFQ - HUD malfunction I think..... (& "v.posh")

[MrFQ]

Haha, a must have in any executive saloon

[Luke H]

Good to meet you chaps today - Cottage kitchen is just up the road from me so is a regular start point.

Stunning weather but 'interesting' conditions in places! Still great fun to get out, some of the cheeky stuff was untreated so didn't go for a major adventure but still managed to get in a fairly traffic free loop and shook some foundations in Bakewell on the way home

Managed to nab a couple of quick snaps.

[Hungrymc]

Thanks for the company and navigation today chaps. Looking forward to some of those roads when there is a little less ice about!


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[MrC986]

LukeH, good to meet you & hear the hills alive to the sounds of Lotuses! You're car looked far too clean but I guess that'd be because you're local! Will have to organise a coffee/start from the Cottage Kitchen next time with you - it's v.posh compared to the Little Chef that was there before it It's the first time I'd called at the Cottage Kitchen btw & great pics you've taken too

[Luke H]

MrC986 said:

LukeH, good to meet you & hear the hills alive to the sounds of Lotuses! You're car looked far too clean but I guess that'd be because you're local! Will have to organise a coffee/start from the Cottage Kitchen next time with you - it's v.posh compared to the Little Chef that was there before it It's the first time I'd called at the Cottage Kitchen btw & great pics you've taken too

I'd probably done about 8 miles by that point, I can assure you it was absolutely rancid by the time I got home!

Haha yeah slight step up from the old Little Chef and its well positioned as a starting point, always keen for a run out although i've filled my ice/frost driving quota for 2017 in that car!

Were you just leaving the cafe when your heard them going up towards onecote? I knew my car was loud but thats about 3/4 of a mile away