Aston owners Autumn outing

[George H]

mikey k said:

What about The Forest of Bowland

You're onto a winner there!

[Jockman]

Be very careful Mr K ..... You may be talking us into letting you organise another one

[mikey k]

George H said:

mikey k said:

What about The Forest of Bowland

You're onto a winner there!

That was me suggesting not volunteering
As it is local to you maybe you could do it and order in some bacon butties a well
I may not make it as we are in the Pryenees & Alps for 2-3 weeks in the Autumn
Who ever takes it on needs to avoid the school holidays to prevent mayhem

[George H]

mikey k said:

That was me suggesting not volunteering
As it is local to you maybe you could do it and order in some bacon butties a well
I may not make it as we are in the Pryenees & Alps for 2-3 weeks in the Autumn
Who ever takes it on needs to avoid the school holidays to prevent mayhem

I could do it, but you seem so much more experienced at organising runs out

[mikey k]

I've alreay got another 3 sorted I'm not sure everyone can make them

[bob1179]

I'm actually moving up to Aberdeen with work in June, therefore I too vote for Scotland...

There are some fantastic roads up that way, it really would be rude not to.

[Captain Beaky]

mikey k said:

Buttertubs can get very busy

I've never known Buttertubs to be busy but I haven't been over during the school holidays. There are some excellent roads in that area, hence the plethora of motorcycles. Some roads may feel rather narrow for the unaccustomed however

[mikey k]

Captain Beaky said:

Some roads may feel rather narrow for the unaccustomed however

+1 some are worse than the narrowest on the N Wales run!

[George H]

yeti said:

Or... and bear with me... A quick jaunt over La Manche through the tunnel and a drive around northern France?

Opinions?

Too far! It's over 300 miles just to Dover for me, then add in probably 200 miles in France and 300+ back. Best part of 1k miles done

[mikey k]

George H said:

Too far! It's over 300 miles just to Dover for me, then add in probably 200 miles in France and 300+ back. Best part of 1k miles done

I did 580 miles over Friday & Saturday & loved it

[Jockman]

yeti said:

Or... and bear with me... A quick jaunt over La Manche through the tunnel and a drive around northern France? Maybe some quiet roads around the Le Touquet area, I have a contact with some lovely routes and the hotel Westminster does a good group dinner. Plus there's a casino in town

Opinions?

Really good idea le Yeti, so long as you can get a few numbers.

And the fact that it is too far for Georgio...well...cake meet icing, icing meet cake

NEVER organise a meet up around the Georgeous One

[v8woollie]

Jockman said:

Really good idea le Yeti, so long as you can get a few numbers.

And the fact that it is too far for Georgio...well...cake meet icing, icing meet cake

NEVER organise a meet up around the Georgeous One

I think I have to make it one of my life goals to meet George. He sounds like an enigma.

[lady topaz]

mikey k said:

I did 580 miles over Friday & Saturday & loved it

800 for us though it may have been less if my Sat Nav had left me on the M6 for a while longer instead of insisting I took in the scenic delights of Cheshire on the way to Wales.

Di

[lady topaz]

v8woollie said:

I think I have to make it one of my life goals to meet George. He sounds like an enema.

Sorted for you.

Di

[Captain Beaky]

George H said:

yeti said:

Or... and bear with me... A quick jaunt over La Manche through the tunnel and a drive around northern France?

Opinions?

Too far! It's over 300 miles just to Dover for me, then add in probably 200 miles in France and 300+ back. Best part of 1k miles done

It's not the distance for me, it's the tedium of dragging through the south of England. Now 300 miles up to the Highlands is a different matter...

[yeti]

Captain Beaky said:

It's not the distance for me, it's the tedium of dragging through the south of England. Now 300 miles up to the Highlands is a different matter...

I find it less tedious when you're driving in a convoy, somehow just seems to make mundande M-way work a pleasure

Indeed I won't work a trip around george... sounds like he's got a reputation for being a no-show...

Plus that lifetime 10k mile limit on his DB9, he needs to STOP DRIVING IT NOW!!!

[George H]

yeti said:

Plus that lifetime 10k mile limit on his DB9, he needs to STOP DRIVING IT NOW!!!

Over 4100 miles to go - enough for 2 years more

Think of it like a motorbike. Take it out for say 50-100 miles only on sunny weekends. 2k miles per year is perfectly acceptable then

Jockman said:

And the fact that it is too far for Georgio...well...cake meet icing, icing meet cake

I've done the trip down to Dover before in the ML. It's so unbelivably dull

[Captain Beaky]

yeti said:

Captain Beaky said:

It's not the distance for me, it's the tedium of dragging through the south of England. Now 300 miles up to the Highlands is a different matter...

I find it less tedious when you're driving in a convoy, somehow just seems to make mundande M-way work a pleasure

Agreed.

[Jasper Gilder]

Think AMOC Portugal Region have a jaunt planned for last two weeks in October - starts at Portsmouth I understand
Details probably in AMOC News

[t1blk]

I used to enjoy the tunnel runs around London in the TVRs on a sunday morning, mad childish grins all day but I guess it's just not the done thing in a group of Astons.