PH east anglian meet 27th June - hoon suggestions

PH east anglian meet 27th June - hoon suggestions

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iandbeech

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2,709 posts

259 months

Saturday 5th June 2004
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As well as the obvious delights of the new venue - could any locals to this area put their thinking caps on and come up with suggestions for a 20-25 mile convoy hoon

As this is a PH democracy, the rest of us can vote on the prefered suggestion and the winner will receive a bottle of Chardonney or Merlot

Rules:

For the bottle of Plonk (Sarsons finest) there should be at least 2 suggestions

The route should take in a town section with big shop windows for the vain amongst us and to help with noise resonance plus have a suitable finishing spot!

vario-rob

3,034 posts

249 months

Sunday 6th June 2004
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From the flying fortress I reckon it may be worth heading towards Needham Market to the good people at Kerridge TVR and Noble (for the time being baring any change of heart) this can be done by any number of nice twisty B roads and maybe a return by a good blast down the A14.

Another nice one would be to go out through BSE cross country to Newmarket and across the gallops which has some fantastic roads and even better scenery with again the return being down the A14

Both are about the right sort of distance

Incidentally the piece of road just north of Bury heading towards Thetford is attracting all sorts of interest from the boys in blue presently. In essence it is a couple of dual-carriage straights connected by two roundabouts and is used late a night by a fairly active road racing community. Most of them of course are Max’d Novas and so forth however a friend who’s in the police reckons they nabbed somebody at 147mph and they have got a web site dedicated to their ’art’. I actually got invited (if that’s the right word) by a couple of them when out in the Scoob surprise surprise, it may be worth a trundle around for interests sake. The local BMW dealership reckon that by the time you leave the first roundabout if the car is worth its salt then the by the time you get to the footbridge you should be past 125mph, allegedly………………….

PS. The '9' will have its new RSR exhaust by then and should be kept away from grave yards as it will undoubtedly wake the dead

iandbeech

Original Poster:

2,709 posts

259 months

Sunday 6th June 2004
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vario-rob said:
From the flying fortress I reckon it may be worth heading towards Needham Market to the good people at Kerridge TVR and Noble (for the time being baring any change of heart) this can be done by any number of nice twisty B roads and maybe a return by a good blast down the A14.

Another nice one would be to go out through BSE cross country to Newmarket and across the gallops which has some fantastic roads and even better scenery with again the return being down the A14

Both are about the right sort of distance

Incidentally the piece of road just north of Bury heading towards Thetford is attracting all sorts of interest from the boys in blue presently. In essence it is a couple of dual-carriage straights connected by two roundabouts and is used late a night by a fairly active road racing community. Most of them of course are Max’d Novas and so forth however a friend who’s in the police reckons they nabbed somebody at 147mph and they have got a web site dedicated to their ’art’. I actually got invited (if that’s the right word) by a couple of them when out in the Scoob surprise surprise, it may be worth a trundle around for interests sake. The local BMW dealership reckon that by the time you leave the first roundabout if the car is worth its salt then the by the time you get to the footbridge you should be past 125mph, allegedly………………….

PS. The '9' will have its new RSR exhaust by then and should be kept away from grave yards as it will undoubtedly wake the dead


Two good suggestions Rob - you have obviously interpreted the rules as 2 suggestions each - either that or you are desperate to win the plonk

I know the bit of road you mean, and can see how it becomes a "race track"!!

Any more suggestions from anyone?

simpo two

85,558 posts

266 months

Sunday 6th June 2004
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If it's cute villages you're out to destroy, scare dogs, impress the kids etc, Lavenham and Long Melford are close together.

If it's cute villages you're out to destroy, scare dogs, impress the kids etc, Lavenham and Long Melford are close together.

Merlot please

Toffer

1,527 posts

262 months

Monday 7th June 2004
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That IS a nice road from BSE to Sudbury through Long Melford...

BTW went to Snetterton yesterday...great day of racing although a bit humid...the "boys in blue" were on slip roads and flyovers so it was a very sedate run down there...almost as sedate as PW's laps in his Tuscan

simpo two

85,558 posts

266 months

Monday 7th June 2004
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Toffer said:
...the "boys in blue" were on slip roads and flyovers so it was a very sedate run down there...

Local plod must see that stretch of road as their equivalent of Omaha Beach. One bloke with a gun, thousands of casualties :sigh:

iandbeech

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2,709 posts

259 months

Monday 7th June 2004
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simpo two said:
If it's cute villages you're out to destroy, scare dogs, impress the kids etc, Lavenham and Long Melford are close together.

If it's cute villages you're out to destroy, scare dogs, impress the kids etc, Lavenham and Long Melford are close together.

Merlot please


I can`t quite work it out - but I`m sure there is some cheating going on

simpo two

85,558 posts

266 months

Monday 7th June 2004
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iandbeech said:
For the bottle of Plonk (Sarsons finest) there should be at least 2 suggestions


Hmm, maybe you should have added 'By different people'... In the meantime, let's see Ian clean out his local supermarket's wine shelves

iandbeech

Original Poster:

2,709 posts

259 months

Monday 7th June 2004
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simpo two said:

iandbeech said:
For the bottle of Plonk (Sarsons finest) there should be at least 2 suggestions



Hmm, maybe you should have added 'By different people'... In the meantime, let's see Ian clean out his local supermarket's wine shelves


Did I say where it would be coming from? Now where`s that Demijohn?!

Toffer

1,527 posts

262 months

Tuesday 8th June 2004
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I have tasted locally produced wine and respectfully suggest that: -

Elderberry (red) is

Oak leaf (white)is

simpo two

85,558 posts

266 months

Tuesday 8th June 2004
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Hope Ted's got plenty of smileys in stock...

Toffer

1,527 posts

262 months

Friday 11th June 2004
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One left Simpo...