Ramrod On Tour

[eddyramrod]

Another month, another trip to Bonnie Scotland.  This time we will be at the Premier Inn at Edinburgh Airport from Monday night, to have Christmas with family.  We're heading home on Boxing Day.  If nothing else it'll give the Jazz Club a run out!

[danthecapriman]

Enjoy yourself Eddy! And have a safe trip up.

[eddyramrod]

Well I'm back.  And I brought you all a few photos.  Let's start on Monday morning, with a quick stop at my nearest little Tesco, oh look!

Who would have expected that?  MrsR loves an old Golf Cabbie.

Here we are at Tebay Northbound.  Cramped, poorly laid out, criminally overpriced, with inadequate seating.  But you know: Tradition, Old Charter, etc.  Just a pity I didn't have an old Volvo around me because I was heading into their turf.

Erm... heading nowhere.  North of Tebay there was some sort of crash, which closed the motorway for a bit.  Overall it probably set us back an hour or so, could have been worse.

The rest of the pics are family, so I won't be troubling you with those.  We spent the rest of Monday, and the bulk of Tuesday and Wednesday with them.  Came back Thursday, taking about four hours including two stops: Gretna Services for a cuppa, and, when I realised we would be in time, the Lakeland Motor Museum where there was a Boxing Day meet.  There always is but this is the first one I've been able to show up at.  Many of the cars had gone, in fact we'd already seen some on the road.  But hey, it was still good to see those that were left.  And no, I didn't shoot any snaps. 

Jazz Club proved mostly adequate.

There's more to tell, over in the Open Forum side.  It's not pretty.

[doug]

I was at Lakeland on boxing day as well.

[Dobloseven]

32 minutes ago, eddyramrod said:

 

Jazz Club proved mostly adequate

  Nice!

[eddyramrod]

Aaaand we're away again, just for one night.  We're at the Ramada at Charnock Richard Northbound, M6, with Jazz Club again.  

More holidays than Thomas Cook, this bloke....

[FakeConcern]

[eddyramrod]

We haven't just randomly come away.  This is my Christmas present; not the hotel but what I've been doing this afternoon, which was another driving-experience day at Wigan.

No, not the General...

Not the Mustang...

That's MrsR's finger creeping in, and my car is in this pic too.

Police Interceptors, season 578, ep2!

And on the way down there was a car boot sale, so I picked up a souvenir...

50p!

[lesapandre]

Looks fun.

Is that part of a community outreach project ( I see it's BTP) or a decommissioned vehicle? You you get to use the blue lights?

 

[eddyramrod]

I didn't find that out, I'm afraid.  Some Shiter I am, I didn't even ask the spec!  It was a petrol auto though, I suspect probably a 330 or thereabouts.  And no, I wasn't let use the blues.  When I drive the DB5 in August I don't expect I'll be allowed to use the gadgets then either.

[danthecapriman]

Looks like you had a fantastic day! It’d be interesting to know the spec’s on the BMW. Certainly looks the part.

Omega looks a bargain too👍

[eddyramrod]

Omegas ARE a bargain!

1/1, if you can find one; 1/43 is more a case of when than if.  Many, many more were made than the real thing, and they were sold as toys, so can be found in played-with condition.  But it's an under-used casting; I've only ever seen it as a police car.

1/1, well I've had mine three months already, and still not seen another in the flesh.

[eddyramrod]

I'm home now, having found a boot sale on the way back.  Diecasts were bought, and will be viewable on my Sale thread in a bit.

[eddyramrod]

It's that time again!  We're on a road trip dahn sarf, starting next Tuesday, so if anyone would like to meet up, the first overnight stop will be the Premier Inn at Oldbury.  That's quite far enough for me to drive in one day, and we will be enjoying a decent meal in the restaurant.

[eddyramrod]

And here is "Next Tuesday!"  We'll be on the road before midday and should get to Oldbury by 4 or so, M6 permitting.

[eddyramrod]

Arrived at Oldbury  

[eddyramrod]

Oldbury abandoned this morning; Dartmouth now attained.  We're here two nights.

[eddyramrod]

Well Oldbury Premier Inn was nice enough, but unremarkable...

Three hours on the M5 then a few* miles of pretty lanes brought us to Dartmouth, our home for two nights.  Have some random views...

And the same building with MrsR...

A car-park twin spot, and neither is ours!

[Bren]

1 minute ago, eddyramrod said:

Well Oldbury Premier Inn was nice enough, but unremarkable...

Three hours on the M5 then a few* miles of pretty lanes brought us to Dartmouth, our home for two nights.  Have some random views...

And the same building with MrsR...

A car-park twin spot, and neither is ours!

Dartmouth is beautiful. When ever we visit I hear the theme to the onedin line.