The Great Plains Run - August 19th 2007

[wasted years]

E2DJH said:

wasted years said:

Let me know if you guys will be in the West Berks area. If so I'll try to meet up.

Come down to the meeting point Gary, its not too far from you

Tempting, only my satnav has given up the ghost. Will give it some thought. On the positive side Dave, car is fixed and having been tested to Hull and back inc. lengthy traffic jams performed perfectly!

[E2DJH]

wasted years said:

E2DJH said:

wasted years said:

Let me know if you guys will be in the West Berks area. If so I'll try to meet up.

Come down to the meeting point Gary, its not too far from you

Tempting, only my satnav has given up the ghost. Will give it some thought. On the positive side Dave, car is fixed and having been tested to Hull and back inc. lengthy traffic jams performed perfectly!

Great news on the car Gary.
If you are free, i strongly reccomend this run - i went on the recce run and there are some superb roads. If you are worried about finding the start place, why not pop over to me and run over there with me and Angrys3owner, its only 10 minutes away.

Give me a call if you fancy it

[wasted years]

Will do David! Thanks.

[Baldylocks]

Here you go John (this is pretty much correct ASFAIK. It may have been revised a little since the recce)

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Nick's CTR]

Going to have to miss this run due to other commitments. Looking forward to seeing the pics.

[AngryS3Owner]

See you at the pub everyone, it's been a long day, but hopefully my car will be happier now it has some new oil and bits.

[E2DJH]

So, the current list of runners is:


1. turbofun (organiser)
2. verysideways
3. Baldylocks
4. E2DJH
5. angrys3owner
6. Andy CTR
7. GG33

Possibles:
GolfGT_girl
john_r
Wasted Yeers

With a fair wind, and improved weather, this will be a great run.
Beauty sleep beckons, see you all at the Lord Derby (thanks Ben )

[GolfGT_Girl]

Going to miss the run as the driver isnt fit and the car needs looking underneath at.Hope the weather is good for all of you

[Andy_CTR]

I'm going to have to miss this, as I've got water flooding from the water tank in the loft and am under strict instructions not to bugger off until it's fixed lol and I haven't got the foggiest!!

I've managed to turn off the supply to the tank, but does anyone know a decent plumber nearby?

[Robatr0n]

Have a great run guys!

[Dizeee]

Well, hope the 4 of you enjoyed the run... I made it back home, but only just... I came off a junction early through stupidity, and a section of road back to Woking was closed off meaning I was 1) slightly lost and 2) almost out of fuel... But in the end it all worked out.

Ben, that moment on the M3 will stay with me for a while nothing like making an entry

Pete what happened to you?

E2DJH shame to miss you, hope things improve...

[Baldylocks]

I see the excuses have already come flooding in....

Well I overslept. Bugger!

[GG33]

Then there were three! - I got as far as Andover and discovered a rear punture when it started to go sideways on a roundabout. Fitted the space-saver (Thanks to no assistance from the AA) and limped home at 50 :-(
Now frantically searching for a supplier that who opens on Sunday - Think I've had it for today.

GG

[AngryS3Owner]

PISS POOR you lot

Greg, nice to meet you and hope you get the tyre sorted soon

Well that was a giggle, top effort Nathan.

The few that made it to the hotel:




The return trip:

[Turbofun]

AngryS3Owner said:

PISS POOR you lot

Greg, nice to meet you and hope you get the tyre sorted soon

Well that was a giggle, top effort Nathan.

The few that made it to the hotel:


The return trip:

Hi All,
I big thanks for everyone who came out the in the rain, especially to Greg who made a special effort with his car, because he said he Car has not been out in the rain for 7 Years !!!! Also my commiseration to Greg again who got a puncture soon in to the run ! i hope you get the tyre sorted and that you will be joining us again soon.
.....soon I might be up for a drive run out next weekend...is anybody going to be around around....????
Pete...what happened to you ...were you Tied Up....??? :whstle:

Edited by Turbofun on Sunday 19th August 18:51

[stevieb]

Coiuld be up for a drive! but depends which day really! Dont think i will be able to keep up though!

STeve

[Baldylocks]

stevieb said:

Coiuld be up for a drive! but depends which day really! Dont think i will be able to keep up though!

STeve

In a Scooby?

You'll be fine

I'm definately up for a run after my poor show today. Starting to get hooning withdrawal symptoms

[john_r]

stevieb said:

Coiuld be up for a drive! but depends which day really! Dont think i will be able to keep up though!

STeve

We only drive to what the conditions allow... which on the UK's roads tend to make for spirited driving well within the limits of most of our cars; sometimes not so sure about the drivers limits though!

Last man standing rule tends to help too - i.e. as long as you can see the PH'r behind then keep going! And we also use radio's to stay in touch if we get split up; however they tend to mostly be used for generalised abusing of your fellow PH'rs, random banter and pointing out any worthwhile 'scenery'...

Edited by john_r on Monday 20th August 19:47

[john_r]

A few of my pics, not that we took many!


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[Dizeee]

Its just as well I didn't come after all, there is no way I would have bought myself to park on that sh1t anyway lol