| 28 Feb, 2010 - Out to Lunch - Organised by John and Bernadette Holden |
An enthusiastic turnout for our first run of the year. The weather was kind, if a little on the cold
side, with the odd glimpse of sunshine.
Twenty two cars came to Huntleys for coffee and a chat before the start. A number of members
were keen to find out more about the IOM trip and luckily Chris Haywood was on the run to
give them information. It was good to see some ‘older’ members back after a break and a good
few newer members.
Huntleys was very busy and we were scattered round the cafe, so Marian and I were a little late
for the start and ended up near the back (unusual for me not to be ready for a racing start near
the front).
Most tops were down for the start and remained so throughout the day. As we left Tim and
Sandra arrived, so it was just “turn round and straight off”.
The first part was nearly forty miles of twisting roads once we had covered the four miles of
main road to get into the country. As usual, it was impossible to keep as a whole group. We
were in the middle of a group of ten cars, but this broke up over the delightfully twisty
Bentham road, where there was still plenty of snow at the sides, and suddenly the car in front
waved us past and we were leaders. At that point my navigator realised she hadn’t been
concentrating so we led a line of five cars an impromptu route through Clapton to Ingleton.
We all wandered off looking for refreshments and loos, with strict instructions from our “dear
leader” to be back by one. As we walked into the car park most were already leaving so we
ended up near the back again.
The second half of the run, just over forty miles, was more good MX5 roads ending up at the
Norman Jepson Beefeater close to the M6. Some said their goodbyes in the car park but a good
number stopped for a break, and many for a meal, before heading for home.
Peter and Christine Haslam joined us at the pub for a meal.
When we left we followed Stuart and Sarah to their place to avail myself of Stuart’s services to
top up our Air-Con.
Our thanks to John and Bernadette for knowing such a good selection of roads and planning it
all for us. Nice to see some thank-you posts on the Forum.
Jim & Marian Varnom
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