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by tut » Mon Mar 17, 2014 9:04 am
Well remembered Campbell, it was a great weekend, March 10th 2000. Here are some of us that were there but I may have missed some. I remember how proud I was when Club Lotus presented me with the first "No Fear" sticker.
Scottish Elise
Lawrence Hoy + 1
Robin
tut
Campbell +1
Ross
Kelvin
Peter
Keith
10 total
Club Lotus
Stewart Milne
Ray Marra
Alan Laing
Robbie Moffat
Andy Dolan
Kenny
Derek
Eddie
Dougie
Ian
Phil
12 total
It was also my first bollocking from Robin.
Stewart,
We too had a great time - thanks.
<moderator-hat-on>
As joint moderator of this list it is my duty to chastise you for the
racist joke. In the pub is one thing, but in print I must ask you (and
others) to refrain from this, please!
Tut - that goes for you too (repeated references to poofters)
Keith - even the English are not fair game!
<moderator-hat-off>
Cheers
Robin
Kelvin's report sums it up well:-
Campbell is currently preparing a full highlight report of this weekends
activities (well it keeps him happy) so I'll keep this short. (-:
I joined everyone at Scotch Corner services on Friday at lunchtime, which
was just as well judging by the number of speeding tickets that might get
issued to everyone that came down the A68! Not unsurprisingly Tut created an
impression on our Club Lotus contingent who presented Tut with a NO FEAR
sticker on Saturday night. I won't explain as I'm sure you can all figure it
out (-: Full marks must also go to the Vauxhall Omega Lotus owners who tried
in vain to keep up with the Loti, to no avail (obviously) much to some of
his passengers relief.
The actual event itself was very good. All the obvious companies were in
attendance flogging their wares and much haggling was done by Peter, Keith
and Laid Back Lawrence to get some bent bits of metal vaguely shaped like
exhausts. Anyway, they seemed to get a good deal. No doubt one of them will
post the results. There were a couple of companies doing Elise wheels (both
new and shagged - but useable) I noticed a couple of fronts for 50 quid each
a rear at 90 and another rear at 75. Campbell got the contact details for
some of these people so we may have a source for some cheap rims. Robin
bought a couple of sets of EBC Green stuff brake pads so we'll soon know
what they are like as well.
We went for a drive on Sat PM through the Peak District and came across some
excellent roads which we drove within the speed limits, keeping a safe
distance and no overtaking........not! hee hee. We were probably the topic
of a couple of hundred conversations for the rest of the day as we blasted
past yet another convoy of slow moving Micra drivers having lunch on the
move while looking at the countryside. On the Sunday Campbell and I planned
out a fantastic route home taking in some excellent roads (-: Unfortunately,
so did the rest of Yorkshire making it a very tortuous journey. We got a bit
mixed up just before the Dales and, as time was getting on, decided to leave
that road for next year. That said, we were only 4 miles or so from Bolton
Abbey which was our intended stopping point but, the Chinese was good if a
little strange.
There were a few hairy moments. The main one for me was coming down Snake
Pass. Robin blasts past the the Z3 followed by me then Keith. Of course by
this time we are right on top of the next corner and I could see the whites
of Keiths eyes as his Elise squirmed under some very heavy braking.
Tut's overtaking manoeuvre at the end of the pass was a sight to behold. We were
stuck behind a whole bunch of slow moving cars on a very twisty steep
descent. Tut was at the back of the Elise convoy. The next thing I see (and
hear) is Tut hammering past everyone darting in and out of the traffic.
The funniest thing for me was when chasing Robin, Peter, Keith and Tut across
the A65, they had left our stopping point about 5-10 mins earlier. By this
time it was dark and the A65 has few passing places so progress was slow. I
came up behind a Ford 4x4 that was doing it's best not let me past and he
was driving up the arse of the car in front. After a bit of a tussle I
passed him and the other cars as did he. He then switches on his full beams
and I think, what a wa&%$r, as he rapidly becomes a bright dot in the
distance. Of course little did I know that he had just been buzzed by 4
other manic Elise drivers only a minute or so earlier. When he saw me coming
he must have thought that there is no effing way I'm letting this one past.
On the last leg of the journey we pulled off the M74 onto the B7076. A few
miles along this road Campbell suddenly swerves to avoid a rabbit. I managed
to miss this one only to flatten it's mate 30 secs later. I thought about
picking it up for Tut 'cause I suspect he intends feeding us all roadkill
when we go up to visit to him later on in the year (-:
Special thanks and much respect to Lisa (GPS Gill) who did most, if not
all, the navigating for the entire weekend. I told Vicky about this as she
knows only too well what it's like. She has been her clans chief European
navigator since she could say "take the next left".
It's also worth mentioning the camaradrie and general frivolity. My sides
are sore from all the driving and all the laughing (-;
Kelvin.
Nothing lasts for ever, but 14 years is a good run, and still going strong.
tut
