Oh and good on you
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Hello all. I have recently moved to the area from the south coast, and I can already see there is a significant LCBs presence in the Derbyshire/Notts
area. I am thinking of arranging a meet and drive out for anyone who is interested. This thread is to gauge interest and begin forming a plan!
As a starting point, shall we consider somewhere like Matlock? Plenty of good roads nearby, lots of pubs and fish and chips and reasonable to get to
from all directions. So please reply and let me know if you would be keen, so we can gauge rough numbers and begin forming a plan....
Tim
I only live 25 minutes (less if there is no traffic) away from Matlock so would be up for a meet.
I wish my car was on the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by omega0684
I wish my car was on the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm interested!
Meet at Frank Halls chippy in Matlock Bath.......
Possibility here availability and car allowing
Oh and good on you
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I'd be up for that weather dependent.
[Edited on 20/8/15 by shane159]
A weekend in early September then?
Hi
There is a large meet on September 5th. It's an annual event but not sure who organises it. Meet up in ripley I believe at esso petrol station
with McDonald's next to it then drive all round Derbyshire. Have done it twice now and been good fun.
I come from northwest and follow few cars down but this year, my car is off road so will hopefully get a passenger ride with someone up here.
Sure there must be few people on here who have been on this organised event
I'd be keen to join in, keep me posted.
I would be up for that - weather and availability dependent.
Matlock Bath could be a meeting point but it gets quite busy at the weekend, so parking as a group might be hard. However, the car park at the start
of the Cromford canal (just around the corner from Matlock Bath) usually has sufficient space and it also has a cafe.
Ok after further investigation, I have the following info.
Meeting point is the junction of A52/A38 at Markeaton Park island on the Ashbourne Road, use the McDonalds car park. Fuel is available on site at the
Esso filling station.
Meeting time is 10.30 for 11.15 set off, run only totals 67 miles.
This is the 7th year it has been done and the past ones I have been on, there have been in excess of 20 various kits, well organised and great fun.
Hope this helps
Great, thanks for the info. Hope to see a crowd there on the 5th.
Just had a thought, there's a pub just between Claycross & Alfreton in a village called Oakerthorpe called The Anchor, this would be a good place to meet as the owners welcome car/bike meets also, I've been to other forum meets there in the past, it has a large car park for a meet and serves really nice food to: http://www.anchoratoakerthorpe.co.uk/photos/gallery/outside_1_b.jpg
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Originally posted by steve8274
Ok after further investigation, I have the following info.
Meeting point is the junction of A52/A38 at Markeaton Park island on the Ashbourne Road, use the McDonalds car park. Fuel is available on site at the Esso filling station.
Meeting time is 10.30 for 11.15 set off, run only totals 67 miles.
This is the 7th year it has been done and the past ones I have been on, there have been in excess of 20 various kits, well organised and great fun.
Hope this helps
Thanks for all the replies chaps. I will almost certainly be there on the 5th assuming anyone is welcome - if anyone obkws who runs this event that
would be useful!
As for an alternative meet, would it need to be a weekend, or would a week night make sense? I ask as the roads would be quieter on a week night, bit
I appreciate by the time people finish work, get home and het out again, it might be tricky. Thoughts?
As for a meeting point, the Anchor would be good. Randomly I moved into a holiday let just a few hundred metres away from this pub whilst we were
having building work done. Alfreton is very easy to get to as it is just off the M1. Equally, as I came through Matlock Bath last night, there is a
large car park just outside the town which would be a good meeting point. Either way, I am pleased that my fellow LCBs are keen!
If we can get consensus on mid week vs weekend, I will set a date imminently (and book the sunny weather!).
Westfield owners website - Tiger day
Can anyone with a wscc membership comment on that thread, and get an email address of the organiser?
Like I say this is the 7th time they have organised this event and always well organised so doubt they will move meeting point and especially at such
a late time.
The event is indeed open to everyone. I have seen people there in all sorts of kits and even some fancy road cars.
It is organised by a tiger kit group but not sure which one.
I am amazed if no one of here has not been to this event over the years.
I am not proposing asking them to change anything - I wanted to contact the organiser to get some more info, and give a heads up that I/we might
gatecrash!
I am still keen to sort out another meet/drive as discussed above.
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Originally posted by twybrow
If we can get consensus on mid week vs weekend, I will set a date imminently (and book the sunny weather!).
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
What he said!
Shall we pencil in a drive next week then chaps? The long range forecast looks good, with a high pressure building.....
I should be OK for Mon-Wed, possibly Thursday.
I'm away at a conference Tuesday to Friday. So if it falls out of those times I should be free.
Yep, that works for me. Cannot make Saturday the 5th September though.
I will look at the forecast on the weekend, and make a call for an evening next week. The aim would be a meet up and drive. I am toying with either
Matlock or Alfreton as the meeting point at this stage.....
also, please make sure you have seen the other event I am planning to attend!
Tiger event
[Edited on 28/8/15 by twybrow]
So who is up for a drive tomorrow evening? And where?
Count me in. How about meeting at Cromford and then up to the Buxton road? Or meet around Ripley and head the same way?
Fingers crossed I'll be joint you guys soon.
Thought I'd join the thread so I can get updates and come along when I can.
Guess we're going to start struggling with evenings soon so may switch to weekend meets?
Henry
Cromford sounds good. Then up the Via Gellia road.
7 o'clock??
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Originally posted by SPYDER
Cromford sounds good. Then up the Via Gellia road.
7 o'clock??
I would be happy with earlier than 7pm as I agree it will be getting dark not much long after that. How about 1830 at Cromford canal car park? I am also available to meet a little earlier somewhere like Ripley if anyone wants to drive in convoy. Sainsburys petrol station in Ripley at 1815?
I could do sainsburys, as long as it's not got speed bumps! See you there.
It does have speed bumps, but my car has terrible clearance and I can past them. They are lumps rather than a hump that run right across the road, so you can mostly avoid them.
Still making the prop blades Tim?
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Originally posted by prawnabie
Still making the prop blades Tim?
I'll do my best for 6-30. Might be a few minutes after.
Thanks for a fun drive tonight chaps! And big thanks to SPYDER for his help when one of the cars kept popping off a fuel line!
Thanks for encouraging us to get together. I'm still learning where the grip is on my car so I was never going to keep up with you on those
twisty roads, great fun non the less though. Cannot wait for Franks Blyton track day so that I can find out where the limit is without worrying about
someone coming the other way or drifting into a dry stone wall.
Sounds like I missed all the entertainment when I left. It was dark by the time that I got home - first time that I have driven my car in the dark
and I was quite pleased by how bright and effective the lights were.
Just realised I missed this 😞
I'll keep a better eye on this for next time.