Stonking drive out - Sunday 14th

[electronerd]

only one i'v been on was an early morning drive before last years Malton big breakfast arranged on here.

[burriana]

MOD500 said:

Please can I come along tomorrow. Hopefully will not be too wet. Martyn

Martyn - you always have a seat at the top table mate. It's been to long. Harrogate area start though. Will email details later when I get in.

Also to you Adam. 06:00 start ??

Edited by burriana on Saturday 13th June 23:08

[gemini]

Woo hoo
Martyns back!

[burriana]

Emails just sent to Adam and Martyn. It will be on even if it is raining. Still be a spectacular run.

Sunday 14 June
06:00 - 08:30 + breakfast
120 miles through the Dales and moorland

burriana - Z4
Rob - Impreza Type-R
Turboman- R8 v10
Giblet - Galant VR4
Ali355-Jaguar XFR
Johnfm - BMW 850
Electronerd - Megane Cup
Mod500 - SL65 AMG or something else suitable

[benjj]

Have fun and take it steady up here. Roads very greasy after rains today, especially up the way you're probably headed.

[burriana]

We'll be driving Miss Daisy me old chum ;-)

Shame you're otherwise occupied. Like I said, what's wrong with the uber-barge?

[sonicbloo]

burriana - Z4
Rob - Impreza Type-R
Turboman- R8 v10
Giblet - Galant VR4
Ali355-Jaguar XFR
Johnfm - BMW 850
Electronerd - Megane Cup
Mod500 - SL65 AMG or something else suitable
sonicbloo - (Paul) - lardy ass yank tank (the car, not me!)

Been to Leeds tonight, but will set alarm and cross fingers that (a) I hear the alarm, and (b)it's not tooooo wet

[burriana]

Dry in Harrogate and forecast looking good :-)

[giblet]

Good stuff, I hope Mr Sonicbloo makes it. Never seen a Viper on the roads before.

[electronerd]

Sorry guys I slept in, got no chance of making it on time (52 miles in 30 mins ain't going to happen) I'm still going out for a drive though.
hope you all have fun ☺.

[giblet]

Perfect way to spend Sunday morning despite the weather! Lost count of the amount of times I scraped the front end of my car and the amount of dead bunnies







Must remember to upgrade my brakes for the next one. Cheers for organising it Al.

[turboman786]

I'll second that.....thanks to Al for arranging and leading the way (al...do you actually know the route off the top of your head or were you assisted by satnav?....I'd have got lost after the first turning! )

The route was a bit rough and ready and rob tells me my car was airborne at one point.....but it was good fun and I'm already looking forward to the next one!

Very friendly group too which always makes the day

[burriana]

Absolute pleasure, and many thanks for the breakfast, much appreciated but honestly, no trouble organising a run on roads that, granted, I usually ride around under pedal power!

Those yumps between Gunnerside and Reeth seem quite innocent on a push bike

The climbs are harder though.

Nice to see P20 ORK out again

[burriana]

turboman786 said:

...thanks to Al for arranging and leading the way (al...do you actually know the route off the top of your head or were you assisted by satnav?....I'd have got lost after the first turning! )

Yep, like I said, a lot from riding the bike. The route from Grassington round to Masham is actually the same route as last year's stage 1 of the Tour de France.

I rode it last month. This is coming over the bridge that we went over this morning at Bainbrigg, on that lovely sweeping fast stretch between Aysgarth and Hawes

[robbhp]

What a great morning, thanks Al and everyone who made it so much fun.

I won't ever forget seeing your back end lift Ash, pardon the expression! Twitchy to say the least!

Apologies for getting caught with my trousers down pre-buttertubs chaps, that will go on my list of epic fails

Looking forward to the next one

[sonicbloo]

Great to meet everyone today, 'twas a very pleasant and gentle start to a Sunday morning

I was too far back, so missed some of the fun, flames and 'U.A.T.'

I've discovered Vipers are probably more at home on the freeways of California (although my lack of ability/bravery didn't help!)

No more damage sustained on the front fascia than was already there, so great trip out all round.

see you all soon

[ali355]

Have to say that was a cracking drive- given that I thought I would either hold everyone up or stack it into a wall it went much better than expected. Great mix of cars - the sight of the flames coming out of the Impreza's exhaust combined with the vicious sounding downshifts from the R8 will live long in the memory! As well as the couple of moments when my car decided to head skywards off the tarmac... Special mention for Rob's dash from the back of the pack whilst pulling his trousers up, not really what you expect to see at that time in the morning! Cheers for organising it Al, and great to meet you all in the real world.

[burriana]

And there was me thinking that he'd given us a deliberate head start so he could give it some gusto over Buttertubs :-)

[Martin_Hx]

Glad you all had fun, i will be there next time. I was properly shattered after the 3 day stag do in Spain!

[burriana]

All that jazz said:

Those organising - just give it up guys! You're completely wasting your time and effort as the SAME thing happens EVERY time.

Ahem. Turned out quite nice