Midlanders Late Autumn Blast

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Anyone up for it, similar to the late spring blast, but maybe not Snowdon this time. Throwing ideas about here...

date: end of November early December
meeting point: M6 Jct 16 again (K50DEL take my mobile number this time!!!)
route: M6, to Horseshoe Pass, to EVO Triangle then erm...dunno, just ideas?

Anyone???

Regards
Iain

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Was wondering about BTaP, 26/27th Novermber you say. Ok, will the wallet/hangover be cured by the 3rd/4th???

That could be a good date actually, any earlier than BTaP and it may be a bit soon for peoples diaries, any later and Christmas parties etc may get in the way.

Regards
Iain

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Fortjefferson said:

I'm up for it if I'm allowed? I'm new to Piston head's. Shall I just follow this thread? JOHN

Go for it mate 'course your allowed, which part of the Midlands are you in?
Regards
Iain

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v15ben said:

I will be there in spirit guys! The last one was a great fun weekend, but I will be stuck in New Zealand for the whole of December - its a hard life

Good, Micra's arent allowed anyway

Nah, sorry you can join us this time, enjoy NZ, (crap it's almost a year since i did the same in Canada!)

Regards
Iain

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Right is Saturday 17th too close to Christmas for everyone, although the roads should be empty with everyone shopping?

Can you post youre prefered dates 3rd, 10th or 17th in order, by the end of this week, otherwise I'll make an executive decision.

Regards
Iain

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I was planning just the Sat, but I'm game for an extension!!! I guess it depends on how many say yay or nay. For the last one we had about 8 cars on the Saturday, then three went in convoy out to Snowdon on the Sunday.

Regards
Iain

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Ok the 17th it is then.

Hands up all those who want to have a (sensible) blast round North Wales (EVO triangle etc) and meal just before Christmas? If the weather is bad it will be more meal than blast, if it's good it will be more blast than meal.

Copy and paste the list and add your name!

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Lexie?
EmmaP?
Dodgy?
Uncledave?
Heebeegeetee?
Pentoman?
Fortjefferson?
Nick1181?

Regards
Iain

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heebeegeetee said:

Er, sorry to be obyuse, but which month are we talking about? Doesn't matter either way, just want to save meself from any embarrasment and a severte nobby no-mates feeling.

December the 17th dear chap, December!!!

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Lexie
Dodgy
Fortjefferson
Davrian

EmmaP?
Uncledave?
Heebeegeetee?
Pentoman?
Nick1181?

I'll speak to a couple of folks about orgainising the EVO route and also food.
Regards
Iain

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Martin, glad you can make it, thanks for the tip re food. I'm going to get intouch with Simon to sort the EVO route.

When you next see Quinny and WeeMan get them along, I'll drop both of them an email.

oooOOOooo....I'm suddenly feeling this is going to be an excellent day...remember folks it is December so wrap up warm and when were hooning be sympathetic to the conditions.

Regards
Iain

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fortjefferson said:

What! don't you're cars have heaters?

Not all of them no

fortjefferson said:

and ESP?

Nope non of them

fortjefferson said:

and ABS?

Again non of them

fortjefferson said:

and four wheel drive?

Oh yeah, one does, I might take that and a tow rope...



Regards
Iain

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Emma, Dug, you have each others phone numbers, I imagine eachothers emails, chuffing well use them to sort out your bickering, not on a thread that is totally unrelated. Please have the courtesy to delete your irrelevant posts on this thread.
Your both grown adults please dont use PH as a 5yo's playground.

Regards
Iain

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No, Emma has deleted her post. If you want to have a moan about things get your own FKING thread and quit hijacking where the only connection to the middle east is that were going for a drive in a differnt country, (although my Canadian grandparents did once ask if they needed to bring their passports to visit Wales...)

Discretion is the better part of valour, use some once in a while. Kindly delete your posts or I'll ask a mod to do for for you. That done; all this ranting will be deleted, and all this will be forgotten about.

Regards
Iain

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I dont remember, the point is its gone now, kindly do the same.

I wish i could see things from your point of view but i cant get my head far enough my own arse. Why you should choose to turn a thread about a driving and food into a personal discussion on foreign policy I dont know. Isnt the pie and piston where such discussion takes place? I have no issue with the points either of you were making, I'm sure they are very valid in both of you minds, however there is a time an a place for such opinions, and it isn't here.

If you wish to talk about the drive on 17th December around the EVO triangle then please type away, otherwise go play on the monkey bars or the swinging tyres

I have nothing further to say on the matter, if you wish to continue it will be met with the silence and contempt it deserves.

Regards
Iain

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fortjefferson said:

What's this EVO triangle Iain?

Bit like the Bermuda triangle, but in Wales and involving cars, you can go missing in there for days on end before you're eventually found with an almighty grin on your face...

Its where Evo magazine do alot of their testing.

Regards
Iain

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M6 Jct 16 Little Chef/Travel Lodge carpark (where all the sqiggles are) for the folks coming from east of the M6.

not sure on time yet, still making enquiries, will be mid morning though.

Regards
Iain

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Yup, and please if your doing to be late, give us a call! I'll post my phone number nearer the time.

Regards
Iain

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EmmaP said:

Eh? I stayed for the whole weekend last time and didn't get back to Nottingham until about 1am on Monday morning.

Yes but headed off to Stoke on the wrong part of the A500 as soon of we left the Little Chef... bloody advanced motorists

Regards
Iain

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Snapper7 said:

I migh be interested in coming along for this run, which would be my first Piston Heads Run. (It might be a bit weather dependent with Yoko 48's because they are rubbish if there is standing water) Anyone been on one before? What is the state of peoples driving like? I don't mind quick drivers, but I hate bad or dangerous drivers.

In my experiance of group driving, not just PHers, worry about your own driving and everything comes good, if you see someone infront about to overtake round a blind corner or the like, back off give yourself plenty of escape options etc. Of those coming I know, everyone is a 'safe' driver on the road with cool heads.

Hope you can make it.
Regards
Iain

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'Course you're invited if you can make it you'd be most welcome!

Regards
Iain

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Right I've done some planning. The day should unfold something like this (times to be arranged)

Meet M6 Jct16, drive A-roads to Evo Triangle (here www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=294400&y=353960&z=5&sv=294400,353960&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&dn=553&ax=294400&ay=353960 ) have lunch at The Sportsman's Arms, continue around Triangle, find some more nice roads to travel east again in the afternoon.

Regards
Iain