28/02/2010 - Ladybower

[Curley]

Im thinking about going to this meet 'The Boosh' is organising if someone wants to come with.

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=484117

Take a look and get back to me if you are interested.

 

[boomerbang2006]

Im thinking about going to this meet 'The Boosh' is organising if someone wants to come with.

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=484117

Take a look and get back to me if you are interested.

I`m up for this,getting new brakes tomorrow so using them for serious driving will be a challenge.,count me in.

 

[Curley]

I`m up for this,getting new brakes tomorrow so using them for serious driving will be a challenge.,count me in.

Bed them in good first

Once a few more people are up for it we'll discuss the convoy

 

[boomerbang2006]

Bed them in?,i`m guessing this means the same as run them in first,will do.
And yes a deffo on the convoy,but i only follow,dont lead.​

 

[Davis]

thanks for the pm curley, ill be up for meeting up then convoying up! were you thinking of meeting first?

 

[Curley]

Im going to wait nearer to the time and see where else people are coming from.

Open for ideas though

 

[Curley]

1. Curley (Coventry)
2. bmh.01 - Maybe (Nuneaton)
3. boomerbang2006 (Walsall)
4. Davis (Leicester)

 

[Davis]

which way are you thinking of going up? m1? or m6?

 

[Curley]

I was thinking M1 would be best but come off at junction 29 instead of going up to 31 like the route google maps gives.

Boomerbang2006 is from Walsall though. Would you mind meeting us on the M1 or would you prefer going the M6 way?

Any more ideas?

 

[Davis]

M1 is good with me! Ill get on the m1 at j20 so if you lot come down the m6 to the m1 then I can meet you! Yeh j29 sounds good as if we were to get off at j31 it takes you through the center of sheff!

 

[boomerbang2006]

Boomerbang2006 is from Walsall though. Would you mind meeting us on the M1 or would you prefer going the M6 way


Either way is fine by me just have to set out earlier if we are all meeting on the M1.

 

[keo]

Hi everyone i might come this if i am welcome, havent met anyone yet i am from stoke on trent

 

[Davis]

more the better mate! just keep an eye out for were we are meeting! were abouts are you from?

 

[Curley]

M1 is good with me! Ill get on the m1 at j20 so if you lot come down the m6 to the m1 then I can meet you! Yeh j29 sounds good as if we were to get off at j31 it takes you through the center of sheff!

J20? where abouts in leicester are you from lol

Hi everyone i might come this if i am welcome, havent met anyone yet i am from stoke on trent

Stoke on trent is a tricky one.. can you show me the route you would take on google maps and we'll see where is best


Im working out some meeting points now so i'll 'BRB'

 

[Curley]

Either way is fine by me just have to set out earlier if we are all meeting on the M1.

I was going to say for you to meet us on route at Markfield just past leicester on the M1 but it is actually shorter and quicker if you travel down a bit and meet us at Junction 20 where Davis has said.

How does this sound to you?

This way the majority will be meeting at the same point and we have a good smooth run to the RB meet

 

[keo]

i dont mind meeting where ever is easiest for the majority of people, i havent the best sense of direction so will be relying on the sat nav lol

 

[boomerbang2006]

I was going to say for you to meet us on route at Markfield just past leicester on the M1 but it is actually shorter and quicker if you travel down a bit and meet us at Junction 20 where Davis has said.

How does this sound to you?

This way the majority will be meeting at the same point and we have a good smooth run to the RB meet

That sounds ok with me,so its M6,then M1 and junc 20,have i got that right.

 

[Curley]

Yeah, might not need to join the M1 though..

Meeting point is 2 seconds from Junction 20 of the M1:

The Elms Pub
Rubgy Road
Lutterworth
Leicestershire
LE17 4BW

Pub is bottom right of this link:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&s...s=en&q=LE17 4BW&oq=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl


We will be leaving around 10:45am

 

[Curley]

Hi everyone i might come this if i am welcome, havent met anyone yet i am from stoke on trent

Let me know if you are coming then pal. If you will be can you meet here at 11:30am?


http://maps.google.com/maps?client=...ocal_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CAoQnwIwAA


PM'ing everyone with the meeting point now

 

[Curley]

1. Curley (Coventry)
2. bmh.01 - Maybe (Nuneaton)
3. boomerbang2006 (Walsall)
4. Davis (Leicester)
5. Keo - Maybe (Stoke)
6. Tomo182 - Maybe (Coventry)

 

[boomerbang2006]

Yeah, might not need to join the M1 though..

Meeting point is 2 seconds from Junction 20 of the M1:

The Elms Pub
Rubgy Road
Lutterworth
Leicestershire
LE17 4BW

Pub is bottom right of this link:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&s...s=en&q=LE17 4BW&oq=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl


We will be leaving around 10:45am

Is that rugby road or rubgy?

 

[Curley]

Rugby.. i copied and pasted but didnt check lol

 

[boomerbang2006]

Never mind it is late tbh.

 

[keo]

Let me know if you are coming then pal. If you will be can you meet here at 11:30am?


http://maps.google.com/maps?client=...ocal_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CAoQnwIwAA


PM'ing everyone with the meeting point now

hi mate, ignore my pm i will meet at this meeting point as it is closer for me, saves me going back on myself

 

[Curley]

Just read the PM and thought you were crazy

 

[keo]

lol i opened your pm first before i read the topic

 

[not normal dan]

i'd be up 4 it chaps could meet u lot at east midlands airport services if u lot ok with it saves me goin back on myself an its on m1

 

[Davis]

what junction on the m1 is the airport services? is it j23ish the donington park services?

 

[not normal dan]

yes mate i'm pretty sure its 23

 

[Curley]

Davis: You got a decent sat nav? Mine s**t itself a while back and im using my mums old brick and i dont trust it lol

Best rely on something decent if we're making a few stops

 

[not normal dan]

would be great help for me an would mean i wouldn't have to come back on myself

 

[Davis]

i did have a brilliant sat nav until i got made redundant on monday lol! ill try and get borrow one of my mate though!

 

[not normal dan]

i might be able to get hold of a tom tom of me mate an its always seemed handy when i have used it

 

[Curley]

Here is the route that has been planned. Might be a bit costly in petrol for us coming from coventry/midlands!

Right, I've got you all a route sorted. Sadly I can't join you all, I'll just be there for the pub, but hopefully no one will get lost :rasp:

I've kept A roads to a minimum, mainly cus they're crawling with speed camera vans on a Sunday, and B roads are more fun. Part 1 takes you past Chatsworth house, and some awsome little back roads. The end of Part 1 has an epic view as you drop down some tight hairpins down the side of a valley.

Part 2 will see you round Buxton, avoiding the busy bits, down the A54, and back up to Macclesfield. From Macclesfield you'll then be going over the Cat & Fiddle, back towards Buxton. Then it's back up along some B roads to Ladybower.

The route covers about 140 miles, and should take 2 to 2 and a half hours. It can be cut shorter by skipping out the Cat & Fiddle though.

I've tried to include the best bits of the peak district in there, so I don't know if you want to print off a map or whatever, but some one at the front will need to know the way really.


One last thing to remember, two of the roads in this route are in the top 10 most dangerous roads in Britain, the A54 and the cat and fiddle itself, just bare it in mind and keep stupid driving to a minimum. No accidents please.



Part 1
Part 2

 

[boomerbang2006]

Curley surely it will be best to drive straight to ladybower,i think the boosh is planning a trip and he`ll more than likely include the cat and fiddle in it?

 

[boomerbang2006]

Curley surely it will be best to drive straight to ladybower,i think the boosh is planning a trip and he`ll more than likely include the cat and fiddle in it?

Just ignore what i`ve written above as i`m stupid and dont realise the obvious sometimes,lol,ddddoooohhhh.

 

[Jonff]

*Posted in the wrong place*

 

[Davis]

curley reading in the other thread they are meeting at the strines inn which is the new meeting place now not the ladybower, so we can still convo up as planned just to a different meeting place!

then they have planned 2 'drives' i think im going to do the first drive get some pics then come back as ill have my own sat nav, and looking at route 1 they have planned it kinda comes back out way!

what you all think? whos still up for it?

 

[not normal dan]

i'm still up for it an i might only do the first run too tbh especially if it kind of comes back our way an depending on how much fuel i comsume an the weather.

 

[boomerbang2006]

1. Curley (Coventry)
2. bmh.01 - Maybe (Nuneaton)
3. boomerbang2006 (Walsall)
4. Davis (Leicester)
5. Keo - Maybe (Stoke)
6. Tomo182 - Maybe (Coventry)

So is it the 6 of us then still meeting at the elms by juc 20,m1?
Just so i know for sure,i`m taking the sat nav anyway,need it to get me here,lol.