Welsh Borders run Sunday 15th July

[Jockman]

Yup, great weekend - Thanks Molly (and Rob and TJ of course) !!

I ate so much cake at Afternoon Tea....it was if the Cockernee were looking over my shoulder

So many lovely new amigos to go with the great bunch from Hever.

Special thanks to Tony and Jamie for tolerating my slowness at the rear. At one stage I'm sure I was consuming at a rate of 38 mpg

Regards from my stunning wife too

[AMDBSNick]

What wicked fun that was. The best bunch of guys and gals you could ever wish to meet. Thanks a million to Rob and Amanda for organising. On a side note it seems Molly is quite handy behind the wheel after suggesting I follow her to Hereford !!!! Time for a glass of Vino Catch you all in the week

[B4rnst4ble]

Just got back at about 7.45 ish thanks to everyone for making the weekend very memorable new faces and old, and a big thanks to rob gt and Molly gt ! Now I have just got to remember not to floor it every time I see a national speed limit sign, had a play with an xkr between the motor way and home he came away with his tail between his legs cheers mike

[yeti]

AMDBSNick said:

On a side note it seems Molly is quite handy behind the wheel after suggesting I follow her to Hereford !!!!

Indeed, was a fun little blat to the petrol station (again) for me!!

Roof off back to London, exhaust in stealth mode and suspension set to 'cossetting'. Very relaxing.

Great to see the usual suspects and some new faces, wish I'd ploughed into those cakes more now Jockman ate Johng39's share anyway

And non-Devon people, for reference; cream goes onto the scone first (it's a luxurious butter substitute), then a dollop of jam on top. If the jam is sliding off, you're holding it at the wrong angle!!

[897sma]

Sorry Lewis I have to disagree, along with the Ritz

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/jam-or-cream-first-...

[Jockman]

yeti said:

...Jockman ate Johng39's share anyway

And some, mon ami......Karen and I are just eating our cake doggy bag now

[Jockman]

897sma said:

Sorry Lewis I have to disagree, along with the Ritz

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/jam-or-cream-first-...

Sconegate

[johng39]

Jockman said:

Yup, great weekend - Thanks Molly (and Rob and TJ of course) !!

I ate so much cake at Afternoon Tea....it was if the Cockernee were looking over my shoulder

Was someone else paying for it then?

Glad you all had a great time, sad we were not there but sitting ready to fly to Italy

[johng39]

Jockman said:

yeti said:

...Jockman ate Johng39's share anyway

And some, mon ami......Karen and I are just eating our cake doggy bag now

The difference is that she can afford to eat cake

[F1 NDW]

Excellent event, excellent evening and meal, excellent company, excellent drive. Thanks Molly and Rob, will certainly do it again. Thanks to everyone for being such a great bunch. Captain Slow (Les) drove home so we never did catch Stirling Moss Jockman up.

[Andyz4MC]

Hi Molly, Rob, just keeping in touch, good to know you all had a great day, all i need now is an Aston and I could have enjoyed the cakes too. Looking forward the hearing the new improved 'S'

[Molly GT]

AMDBSNick said:

What wicked fun that was. The best bunch of guys and gals you could ever wish to meet. Thanks a million to Rob and Amanda for organising. On a side note it seems Molly is quite handy behind the wheel after suggesting I follow her to Hereford !!!! Time for a glass of Vino Catch you all in the week

Thanks everyone for the lovely comments & feedback. Rob & I had a great time too.

A couple of things have made my day today. One was a particularly nice PH'er (he has NDW on his number plate ) who gave me a birthday/thankyou gift of a bottle of red & and bottle of white ( very nice too!!). The other was acknowledgement from 2 respected members of our forum that I can drive too - which means more to me than you might think!

Thanks also to Token Jock (John) and his sidekick, Andy and Tony (V12V) and his son, Jamie, for being mid and rear gunners with the walkie talkies. We had a plan and it worked out! Thanks guys

[mikey k]

Jockman said:

897sma said:

Sorry Lewis I have to disagree, along with the Ritz

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/jam-or-cream-first-...

Sconegate

Devon = cream then jam
Cornwall = jam then cream
As I was instructed on the cream tea tour

Glad you all had a good day but

[Tony V12V]

Oi you lot
Just got home after a slight detour to Newport to visit family.

What a great trip, Great company(again) new and old faces to meet /catch up with, great roads, great cars and BRILLIANT organisation. Molly and Rob did us proud.

Will catch up more tomorrow, time to unpack, shower and bed its been immense guys (and girls)
Round trip of 550 SMILES Newport S/Wales to Sandringham Norfolk 220 miles just under 3hrs. Tut forgot I wasn't following Jockman or would have put my foot down

Big hi and thanks to all of you from Jamie too for making him so welcome - He really enjoyed it.
nighty night

[jamesc12]

Great run guys - absolutely superb organisation, route, people, cars, hotel, meal, country... I could go on.

Thanks to Molly & Rob for all their hard work - must have been terrible tracing the entirety of the Brecon Beacons in your Aston searching for that route! Hats off to both of you.

I'll leave you, for now, with this passing shot...

Edited by jamesc12 on Sunday 15th July 23:52

[jamesc12]

PS let me know if you want me to remove the plates... I just whacked it up before bed but can fine tune and get the rest up tomorrow!

[F1 NDW]

The evidence!



Dinner



More dinner



Money man.



Regrouping



Enjoying the view

[F1 NDW]

Great sight



Mount up



Ready to go




On the road



Journeys end & don't mention the divit's.

Edited by F1 NDW on Monday 16th July 05:48

[robgt]

Monday has dawned and it's pis..ng down again! We were so lucky to have such good weather. Thanks to you all for your company and kind words. Molly and I are so pleased.
Keep the photos coming!

[madmover]

Big thank you to TJ, Rob and Molly for all the Organizing and effort they put in! Made my weekend/week for certain, haven't had afternoon tea in such a nice location for quite some time! I'll post some of the poor iphone photos I took later on when work isn't so busy. Hope everyone had a safe trip back, look forward to seeing some more great photos!