Kent/E Sussex dawn run - Sun 25th February

[kiethton]

See all tomorrow at the Toby Carvery (opposite Polhill) at 6:30

Plan is to leave to start at 6:45 so if any issues please let me know on (zero)7502333659

K

[NewNameNeeded]

Afraid I'll have to miss this one or follow along much later and maybe catch you up - got to take my son out earlier than planned.

BTW - it looks a fab route kiethton. Thanks for organising and sharing. Have a fab run.


1 - Kiethton (Kieran) - Lotus Exige or BMW M135i if raining
2 - TDTF (Russell) - Old Mercedes or an MR2 depending on various things.
3 - Sparks 85 (Ben) - M3 CS
4 - Sparks 85's brother (Sam) - Mini Clubman
5 - 7184c - Cayman
6 - CLCRocky - BMW M135i
7 - CSully94 (Callum) - Porsche 991
8 - Rossi1-BMW e36 328i Sport (Might be with ZM Roadster also)
9 - Dalto123 (Philip) - TVR Chimaera - Slowly at the back of the group!
10 - Red Devil - MR2
11 - Ghiblicup - GT4 or JCW if it's like today
12 - Del mar - something Italian
13- padc1 (Spencer) - TVR or M3 CSL
14 - Ash-gt - Astra VXR
15 - gtidriver BMW 125i
16 - seyre- Audi S3
17 - Junky - 981 Cayman
18- Hol - EvoColt or Meg R26
19 - Mav281 - BMW M4
20 - NiceCupOfTea - BMW 330 Touring / BMW 323 convertible / Saab 900 T16S
21 - nosuchuser - e36 328i
22 - Ryanchan - 981 Cayman
23 - Newnameneeded - Audi R8

[Hol]

I’ll have a empty passenger seat, if anyone still wants to attend, but not in their PH car.

[nosuchuser]

Ah. I got drunk and played pubg till stupid o'clock. Completely forgot to update the list...

Hope the run was good, too bleeding cold for me

[Too Drunk to Funk]

Hope it all went well. Sorry I didn't make it. Thick ice on the cats water bowl outside told me all I needed know about driving conditions.

[Ash-GT]

Excellent morning drive, thanks for organising it ashame traffic slowed progress at times. Im looking forward to another one when the weather is slightly warmer, Ash in the vxr.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Overslept I'm afraid. Looks like a beautiful morning for it, but depressing traffic spoiled the party. Just how early do you need to get up on a Sunday in winter for a clear run?

[Dalto123]

Was good to see you guys this morning. Was having to take it easy as the TVR isn't the best on bumpy Kent roads.

Sods law that we got to the decent roads, then the bloody thing decided to gain some extra 'character'. Still, I had a nice breakfast while waiting for recovery.

[kiethton]

Thanks to all those that made it out this morning, apologies for shooting from breakfast!

Glad you made it back ok too phil!

Maybe better waiting until the weathers a little warmer to the next one....although ok in the majority there were a few arse clench moments!!!

[ncs]

Dalto123 said:

Was good to see you guys this morning. Was having to take it easy as the TVR isn't the best on bumpy Kent roads.

Sods law that we got to the decent roads, then the bloody thing decided to gain some extra 'character'. Still, I had a nice breakfast while waiting for recovery.

Bit of a stranger on these forums lately but been here almost since day one!

I've been watching this thread & hats off to the organisers, I know how hard it is to pull stuff like this together.

Did you get the Chim sorted? Hope all is ok but if I can be of any help pleaase let me know as we're neighbours!

Nick

[Hol]

kiethton said:

Thanks to all those that made it out this morning, apologies for shooting from breakfast!

Glad you made it back ok too phil!

Maybe better waiting until the weathers a little warmer to the next one....although ok in the majority there were a few arse clench moments!!!

Thanks for organising it Kieran.

[Dalto123]

ncs said:

Did you get the Chim sorted? Hope all is ok but if I can be of any help pleaase let me know as we're neighbours!

Nick

Thankyou Nick - The dashboard suddenly went dead, thinking it was a fuse issue, I pulled over, that's when I saw some smoke from the nearside coming out of the bonnet.

It was dropping what looked like coolant underneath (slight fishy smell). So it's off to Taylor TVR next week.

[ryanchan]

Was good to see you all today, think we have to leave even earlier next time lol.. Thanks Kieran for organising and looking forward to the next one!

Ryan (Black cayman)

[Red Devil]

Too Drunk to Funk said:

Hope it all went well. Sorry I didn't make it. Thick ice on the cats water bowl outside told me all I needed know about driving conditions.

No problem AFAIC. Believe me, it was much better than damp roads with lots of leaf fall!
The worst bit I found was the very early part: dazzle from driving head on towards the low risen sun.
The wind on top of the Downs was a bit fierce as well.

kiethton said:

Maybe better waiting until the weathers a little warmer to the next one....although ok in the majority there were a few arse clench moments!!!

The only potentially 'interesting' bit was that patch of ice on the left hander...
Other than that nothing, so I have no idea what any others may have been.
Mind you, I didn't see you for much of the run.

The element of surprise from unscheduled route deviations was something I hadn't anticipated.
In particular the Porsche led 'mystery town tour'. All is forgiven though: tunnel run!

ryanchan said:

Was good to see you all today, think we have to leave even earlier next time lol..

I didn't actually notice but I think we left later than the time Kieran originally intended.

ryanchan said:

Thanks Kieran for organising and looking forward to the next one!

+1. Although it wiil be date dependent for me. Calendar is filling up fast

@Hol. Apologies about the return journey. Caught all the traffic at exactly the wrong moments.
In particular that horsebox: it properly knackered one of the best bits.
Mightily relieved when it went the other way at that junction

[NiceCupOfTea]

Dalto123 said:

ncs said:

Did you get the Chim sorted? Hope all is ok but if I can be of any help pleaase let me know as we're neighbours!

Nick

Thankyou Nick - The dashboard suddenly went dead, thinking it was a fuse issue, I pulled over, that's when I saw some smoke from the nearside coming out of the bonnet.

It was dropping what looked like coolant underneath (slight fishy smell). So it's off to Taylor TVR next week.

Fishy smell can often be hot plastic, check your relays in particular.

[Junkalus]

Fantastic Run..
Absolutely loved that route..
Thanks to Kieran for organising..
Great roads (what ice?)
Great Weather (if a touch on the ‘chilly’ side)
Great Car Line Up
Great company
Good to meet you all..
I look forward to the next 1
(Hope the TVR is a cheap fix)

[kiethton]

Yeah it was mainly that corner TBH - LH bend, off camber and slush ice invisible until your on it, coupled with an oncoming car - no idea how I got round on the R888's tbh, even kept it vaguely straight!

Anybody got any pictures? I decided against it considering the (poor) quality of my phone!

[m4tti]

Any chance in could have the directions please. If I’m bored I might try the route on my own one Sunday morning.

Stops any 10 pint Saturday night cider session

[kiethton]

This was the plan (ex-the accidental diversions I took) and part 3 we didn't have time/traffic would have killed

Part 1:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Polhill+Garden+C...

Part 2:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Ditchling+Beacon...

Part 3:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Billy's+on+the+R...

[NewNameNeeded]

I'm gutted I missed this. Definitely up for a future one - the route looks great. I ended up having other commitments, but it did allow for about an hour out in the car early Sunday morning. Road conditions were good, no traffic to speak of, so had a great time. Would have just been nice to share it with a few likeminded souls! Next time ...