loserone Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 Hyullo. There will be another one of these. There will be things. Ten AM start at the public car park in Blanchland. A 49 mile run which is neither entirely in Weardale nor 40 miles. Possibly pies. The potential for a guided tour of a mine. Some people, mostly SCTCH who will have been driving for a long time. The English seem to have an issue with getting into their cars or something judging by previous runs, though I know at least one who will be extremely busy and others who can't get out of work etc. Attendees will get a souvenir and may even win a fake twix. @320touring has been left holding the baby with a WhatsApp group, and @MrsJuular has done amazing things with the mines folk. @Jimbob McGregor is I believe still in charge of sourcing the finest pies known to humanity. <Ends> tooSavvy, SilverMachine, Matty and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 This is your chance to smell the Rank Taxi two.. To be fair, anywhere in county Durham should be close enough. Seriously though, grand wee day out, stunning scenery, good roads and guid folks. 113/10 would drive back to 1956 to experience again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted April 26 Author Share Posted April 26 1 minute ago, 320touring said: 113/10 would drive back to 1956 to experience again Keep going and you might find my electric car charger Dave_Q and 320touring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 16 minutes ago, loserone said: Keep going and you might find my electric car charger It's on the right 😁 loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 If I ever get this car working right again I'd definatly come to one of these. Not a million mies from Burnley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMachine Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Awesome! i don't work Saturdays any more! (first time in about 20 years...) less than 30 miles to the start too! loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidfowler2000 Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 This will be the tail end of a holiday for myself and WOMAN_df2k so we'll be in the modrin Golf rather than something interesting. loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Ooh 😯.... May tail along and try driving round the potholes (we know most of them, by now 🤣) Awaiting with interest... 🚙💨 loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted May 9 Author Share Posted May 9 BUMP. It's this Saturday. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted May 9 Author Share Posted May 9 Starting point departing at ~10AM https://maps.app.goo.gl/TxBXavewtz7gTbnSA Leave the carpark and turn LEFT out of the village. Drive over the River Derwent and follow up BALE HILL. Turn right onto The Ml and past the Mill and Presser Pumps. Follow the road around the hairpin right up to Townfield, then take the hairpin left further up the hill towards Rookhope. Once you have descended to the Rookhope burn, turn Right then Left to cross the burn. **Optional: you can pause here and read about the lead smelting tunnel, the remains of which are seen as an arched 'bridge'. Once across the Rookhope burn, follow the road up to the top, and then turn LEFT at the top down into Westgate. At the A689, turn LEFT towards Stanhope, before turning RIGHT towards Eggleston on the B6278. **Optional: If you prefer the quieter single lane road, take a right after the Hare and Hounds in Westgate pub and follow along on the other side of the River Wear. At the B6278, turn right away from the bridge towards Teesdale. Upon descending into Teesdale, take the RIGHT turn signposted Alston, High Force. This will bring you down into Middleton in Teesdale. At Middleton, turn RIGHT onto the B6277 towards Alston. Continue West on the B6277 towards Alston until the right turn after Langdon Beck signposted St. John's Chapel, Weardale. At St John's Chapel turn LEFT on the A689 towards Wearhead, Killhope Lead Mining Musuem. Continue to Nenthead. At Nenthead, turn LEFT and LEFT again into the mine carpark. Continue all the way to the end of the carpark. Full route: 1 hr 40 min (50 mi) https://maps.app.goo.gl/vccwnnnDg7q7rc977 320touring 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Sick as a parrot I'm missing this, but the siren call of domestic duties cannot be denied. Enjoy, shiters. loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieInExile Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 I would have been up for this but then my wife had an early C section and now I have a baby in a hospital. Ah well. I've been to Blanchland, very nice but an angry Scottish man yelled at me for going the wrong way in a wooded area because he worked for whatever minor member of the gentry owned the land. mercedade and RichardK 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted May 9 Author Share Posted May 9 8 minutes ago, GeordieInExile said: now I have a baby Congratulations guys, hope everyone is doing well, you can bring the little one on the next one (but you won't be allowed down the mine, no babies in arms.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted May 9 Author Share Posted May 9 Team Upper Weardale are fit* and ready* to go! GeordieInExile, tooSavvy, jaypee and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popsicle Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Looking at the route just reminded me of Kenny Everett. Hope its a good run out for everyone - sadly too far away for me to join in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 16 hours ago, loserone said: Team Upper Weardale are fit* and ready* to go! Top motor, that... 😎 Jimbob McGregor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 PASS...... Hoping everyone gets a *pie 🎈👍 🚙💨 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted May 11 Author Share Posted May 11 brownnova, Popsicle, yes oui si and 12 others 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 oooff! Lovely and sunny... Smashing 😉👍 🚙💨 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted May 11 Author Share Posted May 11 Not everywhere. A lovely 8 degrees in the mine. tooSavvy and egg 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schaefft Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Some impressions. Thanks for organizing everything and thanks to @Jimbob McGregor and @Jim Bell for letting me have a go in their steeds! The Jag decided it didn't want to go (probably failing ignition coil) so the Z3 had to do, perfect day and roads for it. Jim Bell, MiniMinorMk3, brownnova and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seacow Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Particularly love the megane action Landy Mann and PSAPerv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Had a fantastic day. Well done to all that travelled. The concord de ellegonts result's. The Zoe won best electric in show The A2 won least dynamic of aeros but got new wheels. Thanks to @320touring for rolling round in the gravel with me. Rav 4 won best 4x4 The Rank Taxi won MOST IMPROVED. The 205 won best inca/205/derv This just won best car ever. @richbraith The FUCKING RED VAG won best modern. The Dolomite got best Brit The Amazon Rust forest gets best swede ever. @PSAPerv s megane got best french. It's clean as F The Celica was best Japaneser @loserone had by far the best van. The lads And super thanks to @Jimbob McGregor for the food, which was outrageous. chaseracer, Datsuncog, MrsJuular and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted May 11 Author Share Posted May 11 13 minutes ago, seacow said: Particularly love the megane action That's @PSAPerv. He has a few and would love to find a buyer for some of them. seacow and 320touring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted May 11 Author Share Posted May 11 Also, sorry all the stickers are back to front. I was perhaps a bit stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted May 11 Author Share Posted May 11 Heading into Teesdale out of Bolihope. Coming over Killhope Cross. That poor Audi driver wasn't expecting to be passed like they were standing still at the bottom, but I need a run up. @320touring and Marley and I went GREEN LANING Twiggy, Dave_Q, yes oui si and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieInExile Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Gutted to have missed this and the inevitable fake Twix for second best French that the C6 would have brought my way. Chod speed, all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted May 11 Author Share Posted May 11 Mate, I dunno what happened, but everyone won ACTUAL REAL TWIXES. We had to have fake twixes for tea afterwards. Jim Bell, 320touring, Six-cylinder and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 16 minutes ago, GeordieInExile said: Gutted to have missed this and the inevitable fake Twix for second best French that the C6 would have brought my way. Chod speed, all. I think you'll fuckin find sir, that on site, every Twix (tm) was official, genuine and fully licensed. GeordieInExile and 320touring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Jinx loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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