Summer Valley Run (Elan Valley / Blackmountain) 11-07-15 (PIC HEAVY)

[Dano']

Put this in general media, seeing as (in true cliosport fashion) there were only a couple of clios and the rest, well.. they were not lol

The day for me, started by leaving the house at 6:55am to drive up to Merthyr for 9am.. didnt want to be late, managed to arrive at 8:40ish

Sat waiting a short while and slowly a few others started to arrive.. Happys days.. anyway.. we set of for Elan valley and thats where I started taking photos.. My GoPro SD card corrupted, so my video footage of the day is gone 😧 - sorry!

If some one would like to tag all the people who came, I didnt catch everyones name! @Filters

had the camera set to auto, and using photobucket, not the best quality but you get the idea!

From here we moved on abit, and got stuck behind a coach, on the narrowest, twistiest road of the day.. so we decided to pull over and wait for it to feck off for a while so we could have abit more of a blast up the road..

This is where I stopped taking photos and got the gopro out, im truly gutted all my footage is dead.. after lots of miles of 3rd gear 7k rpm boosting, we stopped for food, and from here, some went home, and a few of us carried on up the black mountain! we had a hoot!! and then we stopped at what felt like the top of the world! what a view!!

While sitting around a little while and taking in the scenery.. Filters decided to go hunt a red R35 GTR.. the noises from down the valley were exciting, I caught a few snaps from his return lol

I guess the excitement really got to him.. he wet himself! (told you it was going on the forum)

We moved the another spot where you could see for miles!! and of course, it wouldnt be wales without sheep!

And filters felt like a king.. for a moment at least lol

And thats pretty much where we ended the meet, we split up and went our separate ways.. What can I say.. 250 odd miles, lots of booooooost, smiles, and a few.. interesting moments.. I had a blast.. but sadly.. it ended rather badly for my self

I knew the car had been using oil, but I was keeping an eye on the levels all day, and even now the level is showing bang on the full marker

on my way home (15 miles from my house) cruising at 60mph my engine cut out and I lost all power, despite trying to restart her, she was having none of it, so I coasted to a safe location and called the RAC, after a van turned up, and a quick inspection we think the engine has seized.. so I had the car towed to my mates garage where it will live until I decide to rebuild her, or break her for parts.. we'll see!

and thats where the day ended for me, returning home at 11:45pm... a long day to say the least, but ive really enjoyed it and it was nice to meet some new faces!

who knows what the future will hold but I will be up for the run again, in what ever car I end up in next..

Cheers all that came! and cheers for taking time to read my story and see my photos..

Thanks.

 

[Rickwood]

Brilliant mate. Good to meet a few normal people. And the crazy angry bike man obviously.
Next time i wont have the c2 i'll have a clio haha. Good day though cracking drive but sadly i twisted a driveshaft on the way home haha

 

[Philip.]

Looked like fun, the state of your engine does not sound like fun. Lol.

Bad luck dude

 

[Dano']

I'm actually amazed how well the c2 held its own against the 'quicker' cars, pretty good fun!

I'm also amazed how much abuse my scoob took, on the narrowest, twistiest, quietest roads, in the middle of literally no where, with no chance of phone signal or people getting passed if I did break down.. And then she lets go on the widest, busiest, slowest stretch of road on the way home..

It's just mad :/ cracking day tho so I'm not upset about the car

 

[Ali N]

Brilliant mate. Good to meet a few normal people. And the crazy angry bike man obviously.
Next time i wont have the c2 i'll have a clio haha. Good day though cracking drive but sadly i twisted a driveshaft on the way home haha

Aww sorry here about the driveshaft maybe we were peddling a little to hard on the single track road near devils bridge

 

[Ali N]

Was a good day , sorry had leave early , I enjoyed giving the 182 a blast

 

[Rickwood]

Aww sorry here about the driveshaft maybe we were peddling a little to hard on the single track road near devils bridge

Yeah dont think that helped haha. Great fun though nice meeting you mate. Atleast sophie (the pale one) feels better today as she has to drive now haha

 

[SharkyUK]

Cheers for the pics and story mate, but sorry to see and hear the bad news about your engine. I would have loved to join you but I'm stuck until I get my car back and it could be a while yet

 

[Clio172Powell]

ah man can't believe your car broke down! was a good day! nice meeting you lot

 

[Ali N]

Yeah dont think that helped haha. Great fun though nice meeting you mate. Atleast sophie (the pale one) feels better today as she has to drive now haha

Haha she was Casper , yeah nice meeting u give us a shout if u fancy a spin or that

 

[Dano']

Well I've doing a lot of research and asking fellow subaru enthusiasts, it may not be a dead engine, I'll find out for sure tomorrow

Had such a good day with some proper nice people, it was a laugh! Strangely not upset about the car, but it's early days yet haha

 

[josh11490]

Fingers crossed I can make the next one, wether it's in my 182 or track GTi I'll be there [emoji16]

 

[msremmert]

Sorry to hear about the Scoob though. I hope it's an easy fix.
A friend of mine in Carmarthen mentioned you stopped by to see him as well!
I hope it's not a dead engine... though I've now cleaned all the oil off my windscreen that your car shat out :tongueout:

 

[Dano']

Dan?^ He's a good mate lol

It's definitely a new engine job, sorry about the oil haha

 

[Ali N]

Hope u get it rebuilt buddy

 

[Ian_182]

Nice pics and thanks for sharing.
Shame about the car.