purplebargeken Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Hope you all don't mind me posting this here.... I will be taking part in the Club Triumph Round Britain Reliability Run 2020 with my mate the moustached and permanently debonair Mr John Bateman! This is a 48 hour 2000 mile drive in my Triumph Toledo built in 1974 (the only Toledo entering)!!!! What could possibly go wrong! The Run starts in Hertfordshire, we will trundle to Lands End and then upwards a bit to John O Groats. The Run will end back in Hertfordshire. So if you see a load of Triumphs on the road over the 2nd, 3rd and 4th October 2020, it'll be us (and 124 other brave* souls) so give us a toot on the horn and a wave. The deserving charity chosen this year by Club Triumph is the Motor Neurone Disease Association. I would ask all of our friends, family and colleagues to support this worthy cause by donating some Coin of The Realm, dosh, moolah via our Just Giving page. https://www.justgiving.com/team/TeamAreWeThereYet We now it's nearly Christmas and we have Bre*it to think about (or not) and an Election looming too but please help us to raise money for the MND Association. The amount donated doesn't matter if it's a Pound or whatever but whatever you can spare would be gratefully received and hugely appreciated. Thank you very much indeed Inspector Morose, BorniteIdentity, Angrydicky and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianbmw Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Hope you all don't mind me posting this here.... I will be taking part in the Club Triumph Round Britain Reliability Run 2020 with my mate the moustached and permanently debonair Mr John Bateman! This is a 48 hour 2000 mile drive in my Triumph Toledo built in 1974 (the only Toledo entering)!!!! What could possibly go wrong! The Run starts in Hertfordshire, we will trundle to Lands End and then upwards a bit to John O Groats. The Run will end back in Hertfordshire. So if you see a load of Triumphs on the road over the 2nd, 3rd and 4th October 2020, it'll be us (and 124 other brave* souls) so give us a toot on the horn and a wave. The deserving charity chosen this year by Club Triumph is the Motor Neurone Disease Association. I would ask all of our friends, family and colleagues to support this worthy cause by donating some Coin of The Realm, dosh, moolah via our Just Giving page that will be set up shortly. We now it's nearly Christmas and we have Bre*it to think about (or not) and an Election looming too but please help us to raise money for the MND Association. The amount donated doesn't matter if it's a Pound or whatever but whatever you can spare would be gratefully received and hugely appreciated. Thank you very much indeed When you know the checkpoints, can you post them? Me and my son really enjoyed Turweston last time!Sent from my SM-A530F using Tapatalk purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 An AS version of this would be interesting. Cavcraft, davehedgehog31, purplebargeken and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted December 7, 2019 Author Share Posted December 7, 2019 I'll post a route once it's all confirmed ianbmw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 Mods, would it be possible to action this thread as a sticky please, good cause/charity stuffs and all that?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianbmw Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Mods, would it be possible to action this thread as a sticky please, good cause/charity stuffs and all that?.And most of us will forgetSent from my SM-A530F using Tapatalk chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 I've wanted to do this for years, sadly the stars never align... Also the fact the start/end point is so far away I'd nearly be doing it twice... GJR 11L, Aston Martin, BorniteIdentity and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 minute ago, captain_70s said: I've wanted to do this for years, sadly the stars never align... Also the fact the start/end point is so far away I'd nearly be doing it twice... You be going home on a flatbed anyway? ? GJR 11L, HillmanImp, purplebargeken and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 30 minutes ago, Aston Martin said: You be going home on a flatbed anyway? ? In the 70s the AA would repair it at the roadside using genuine Lucas points and condenser and do your tappets for fun. Aston Martin and purplebargeken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 I’ve seen this with my own eyes before - couldn’t work out wtf was happening for a while!! Good luck, Kenneth ! purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Is this the triumph that is not yet in the uk, or another one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 This will be the black one, the 4 door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldo135 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 On 12/7/2019 at 5:26 PM, chaseracer said: An AS version of this would be interesting. Would that be London to a pre booked mot in Scotland? stonedagain, DSdriver, chaseracer and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 Only if via Lands End Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughant Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Mate of mine did this last year, really enjoyed it..... Until the Toledo went bang around about Cumbria on the way back. Had been faultless up until then though which is completely remarkable really. In its defence there were possible issues with the head prior to leaving which would have canned it for me but Ian is a really good mechanic and a clever chap who managed to get it going and (nearly) all the way back. purplebargeken and stonedagain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 2020 will be the third time for a couple of my mates, they did the 10 Countries one earlier this year and had a ball. Am looking forward to this, it'll be knackering but what the heck, it's for charity and should be a hoot as well brownnova 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted December 14, 2019 Author Share Posted December 14, 2019 You be going home on a flatbed anyway? ? Think of the fuel saving for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Good luck with that Ken. I've done it five times in three different 1300TC's. The first in 1992 and the last in 2016. Having done three in a row I'm currently having a break for a few years. My gearbox is a bit noisy at the mo and I want to sort that before I enter another. The last time I was rather annoyed that they've fitted average speed cameras to the A9 from Perth to Inverness. 108 miles of staring at your speedo at 3-4AM is no longer fun. But it's still a great event and I will do another one at some point. From 2016: At John O'Groats. Skiach Services north of Inverness. Pez station shot. Tebay services, southbound. LightBulbFun, GJR 11L, Aston Martin and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 Oooooh, FWD with Sp*int wheels!!! Yoss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 Nice pez station shot! Got a mate down your way, a real FWD and Dolly fettler and licker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 It's not Justyn is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 It is!!!! Yoss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 Thanks for all the encouragement and comments folks. I'll post the route as soon as I can confirm it, so any Shitters out and about can wave, gesticulate rudely, etc, etc. If anyone would like to sponsor us then please do so via the link. Any and all donations are hugely well received and will obv be going to a worthwhile cause. https://www.justgiving.com/team/TeamAreWeThereYet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Calendar shot!!! purplebargeken and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi paul Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Sounds like fun. Have donated a couple if quid. Also donated to rob burrow , Leeds rugby league player. He has just been diagnosed with this. Think he is 36. Awful condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted December 24, 2019 Author Share Posted December 24, 2019 Cheers fella, much appreciated. Yep, horrible condition. I am sure it will be a blast to participate in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 1 hour ago, purplebargeken said: I am sure it will be a blast to participate in Mostly. By the Saturday night you'll wish you'd never started. Here's how it works. You obviously have at least two drivers. You can have three, I've even seen the odd four man crew in the big saloons but I think two works best in the small saloons, after all the people in the Spitfires, TRs etc have no choice but to have a two man crew. I've done it with two and three but I think two is best. So you're supposed to take it in turns driving and sleeping, or at least resting. But Friday night you're all full of adrenaline and excitement so can't sleep. Most of Saturday you're in Scotland and don't want to miss the great roads and scenery then Saturday night is the great slog south and you all just want go to go to sleep at the same time and start thinking what a bloody stupid idea this was. Never again, you think, but when the entries for the next event open just over a year later you only remember the good bits and are all eager again. After breakfast at Lands End you do feel revived and the run back to London is enjoyable even though you do feel shattered. Sort of like the windscreen is a television and you're not really there. Like I say good luck. purplebargeken and chaseracer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motown Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 On 12/7/2019 at 5:26 PM, chaseracer said: An AS version of this would be interesting. YES!!!! purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 12 hours ago, Motown said: YES!!!! I'm taking that as a genuine expression of interest! Motown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motown Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 1 hour ago, chaseracer said: I'm taking that as a genuine expression of interest! An autoshite rally whether for charity or not would be amazing an should be organised immediately! Am sure others would be interested... For example Sheffield to Brighton i would leave the wife at home an take my 827 ? chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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