Kent Run 2: Sunday 15-Oct-06

[groomi]

Just finished waxing up the Jag ready for tomorrow although going out tonight and can't resist taking it, so it'll probably be filthy again by the morning.

[Damiencbr]

Hi All,

Great time today, thanks to Barry and Jamie for leading and organising. Sorry i had to bolt at the Linton crossroads, i was nearly out of petrol and only 2 miles from home so thought it was a good time to leave. Next time we will need to petrol stop

and before anybody says or thinks why did i not fill up before hand, I did it is only a 5 gallon tank in the Tiger and we were upto around 130 miles!

Hope everybody else enjoyed it and much as i did, it actually gave me a chance to use the car properly

I will post the pics up on a fresh link shortly.

Cheers
D

[Damiencbr]

Link to pics.

D

www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=65&t=316745&p=1

[Bob m]

Hi there and thanks to everyone involved. A case of good roads driven on today with some great cars.
Sorry I had to leave on the A26 as my time was up on the petrol front and tonbridge called.


Thanks for a good outing
Rob.

[groomi]

A great drive this morning, particularly the first stint with no traffic and no navigational errors!

A real eclectic mix of machinery too, yet seemingly well matched.

[barry_j]

groomi said:

A great drive this morning, particularly the first stint with no traffic and no navigational errors!

No such navigation problems for Team1 (makes a change!). The second stint was definitely better than the first - sorry you guys in Team2 didn’t get to see it properly. I'll make sure that me and RM synchronise tomtoms better next time…

Damiencbr said:

we were upto around 130 miles!

That must have been some detour - the whole run was 110 miles, let alone 130 miles to Linton!!

Nice pics Damien
Did anyone else take some? ...Evil Dr Fish?

Edited by barry_j on Sunday 15th October 19:09

[evil_dr_fish]

What a laugh!!!

I was about to say that I'm amazed I'm still conscious but I pretty much wasn't!!

Came home and crashed out for 3 hours straight!

...Well the tunnel run last night was bonkers (got to bed just before 3am, in time for my alarm to go off at 6:30! ) and I've got to say this was utter, seat if the pants, hell for leather, breakneck blasting at it's best from beginning to end!

Thanks Barry & Jamie for leading us around - that was a great run! I can't believe I kept up! LOL (or was that... I can't believe that I WAS up?! )

[Damiencbr]

barry_j said:

groomi said:

A great drive this morning, particularly the first stint with no traffic and no navigational errors!

No such navigation problems for Team1 (makes a change!). The second stint was definitely better than the first - sorry you guys in Team2 didn’t get to see it properly. I'll make sure that me and RM synchronise tomtoms better next time…

There is going to be teething problems when getting these things started. My only resquest is a petrol station around the 100 mile point!

D

[barry_j]

Damiencbr said:

My only resquest is a petrol station around the 100 mile point!

D

There was one (at the 80mile point) - we were waiting there but you lot never turned up. We found a nice Mustang there though

[Damiencbr]

barry_j said:

Damiencbr said:

My only resquest is a petrol station around the 100 mile point!

D

There was one (at the 80mile point) - we were waiting there but you lot never turned up. We found a nice Mustang there though

I was following the leader , i even looked at the print out thinking, i'm sure we should have stopped at a service station in cranbrook.

Not to worry really enjoyed it and it was good to meet with you all
D

[Damiencbr]

barry_j said:

groomi said:

A great drive this morning, particularly the first stint with no traffic and no navigational errors!

No such navigation problems for Team1 (makes a change!). The second stint was definitely better than the first - sorry you guys in Team2 didn’t get to see it properly. I'll make sure that me and RM synchronise tomtoms better next time…

Damiencbr said:

we were upto around 130 miles!

That must have been some detour - the whole run was 110 miles, let alone 130 miles to Linton!!

Nice pics Damien
Did anyone else take some? ...Evil Dr Fish?

Edited by barry_j on Sunday 15th October 19:09

Detours

I kept having a dejavous, i kept seeing the same post office and pub, and we went past them the same way each time

[L888DER]

was such a great morning. 2nd stage was undoubtably the best. felt like i should have paid an entrance fee listening to the bangs and pops from the tvr cerberra...i will pass you one day. really was an awesome run even if the 4rse did twice roud a damp bend.. nice for mr devil to witness though. glad tp see my 1.8 keeping with with the turbo and v8 fellas. LOVING the tiger too. a little disapointed that not many people styed at th woodman but certainly an awesome run.... best moment was tvr leavin front pack, loving the rubber layown. ENJOY and thaks again to jamie and barry

[nigelb777]

Hi all thanks to Jamie and Barry a great drive out. Looking forward to meeting up with all you guys soon.

[evil_dr_fish]

Sorry I piked out early from Ide Hill

I was gutted to see all the others arriving (and you) as we were leaving - I was half tempted to turn back!!

...but the lack of sleep really had started to kick in and the last thing I wanted was to drive with poor concentration - the potential consequences don't bear thinking about!

[groomi]

evil_dr_fish said:

Sorry I piked out early from Ide Hill

I was gutted to see all the others arriving (and you) as we were leaving - I was half tempted to turn back!!

...but the lack of sleep really had started to kick in and the last thing I wanted was to drive with poor concentration - the potential consequences don't bear thinking about!

Ah, but three meets in 12 hours is pretty dedicated. :tuhmbup:

[chalky white]

Thanks to Barry and Jamie, no probs keeping up this time. First half of the run was the best for me. Great weather, great cars, great roads, nothing broke/fell off and I didn't get lost. (well not on my own). must invest in one of those Tom-Tom things then I can run over the same fox more than once more often.

[romanymagic]

Damiencbr said:

barry_j said:

Damiencbr said:

My only resquest is a petrol station around the 100 mile point!

D

There was one (at the 80mile point) - we were waiting there but you lot never turned up. We found a nice Mustang there though

I was following the leader , i even looked at the print out thinking, i'm sure we should have stopped at a service station in cranbrook.

Not to worry really enjoyed it and it was good to meet with you all
D

I was concerned the "road kill" the first time around wasn't actually "road alive" - it's the animal lover in me (if you know what I mean).

Yes sorry Team Dos for the run around, as Barry mentions above, for the next one we will sit down together and make sure both navigation systems correlate.

As we approached Argos Hill (again) I did have a sinking feeling

Other than that I hope you all had a good time and hope you can all make the next one.

Cheers

RM

[Tripps]

Guys, a great hoon with some excellent cars yesterday, really enjoyed it and am looking forward to the next one already

By next time I should have a new toy car so won't have to fight to keep up in the 172

[DamienCBR]

Tripps said:

Guys, a great hoon with some excellent cars yesterday, really enjoyed it and am looking forward to the next one already

By next time I should have a new toy car so won't have to fight to keep up in the 172

What did you think of the Tiger? Something that you might be looking at?

D

[romanymagic]

groomi said:

evil_dr_fish said:

Sorry I piked out early from Ide Hill

I was gutted to see all the others arriving (and you) as we were leaving - I was half tempted to turn back!!

...but the lack of sleep really had started to kick in and the last thing I wanted was to drive with poor concentration - the potential consequences don't bear thinking about!

Ah, but three meets in 12 hours is pretty dedicated. :tuhmbup:

As mentioned on Sunday I think you should post up this fact as a new thread as 3 meets/runs in 24 hours has probably never been achieved before!!