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Walshy Day advice
Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:16 pm
by ExigeKen
Thats Neil, Bertie and I booked on Walshy Day on Friday 21st September - yippee cant wait.
Looking for advice on the best roads to drive up and down and a good place to stay for the two nights either side? Also good beer and food places please
Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:40 pm
by robin
From Edinburgh I would use the A72/A7/bonchester bridge road/A68 all the way to the A1 (the A696 gets you to the A1 at Newcastle quicker, but terrible queues around Newcastle on A1 sometimes, so you may as well go across the A69 and continue on down through Bishop Auckland and onto the A1).
If it were me, I would stop somewhere fairly far South on or near the A1 rather than the closest travel lodge to North Weald, 'cos it's sh*t and there's no attached pub.
Harlow is pretty near North Weald and has plenty of hotels of various types and should provide somewhere to get some food and a beer or two. Don't have too much though, or you are wasting your money the next day!!
My choice would just be to drive home after the day, but you can obviously pick anywhere to stay on the way home - if you fancy a few beers, you may as well stay near by and go for it ...
Enjoy your day ...
Cheers,
Robin
Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:41 pm
by craigs135s
We took some nice roads on the way to newcastle to pick up scott at Dans. Then the rest of the way was moterway due to one of the cars haveing a few issues. Took us about 9 hours all in with a fair few stops.
Cheers
C
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:35 pm
by Jo23
Is walshy the guy to go to for handling techniques etc? I had an accident in my previous Elise, in rain conditions, due to inexperience of driving such a car. I would like to gain some experience of how to handle my new Elise, with someone who comes highly recommended and this guy seems to be on here.
If this is the guy to go to for this, can someone pass on some contact details please?
Thanks, Jo
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:38 pm
by kenny
Jo23 wrote:Is walshy the guy to go to for handling techniques etc?
Yes!
http://www.carlimits.com
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:40 pm
by Victor Meldrew
Walshy is a driving God...
Some people say he has a white race suit and a white helmet and appears on some TV show...
All we know is he likes a beer or two
and we call him "Walshy"
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:58 pm
by craigieb
robin wrote:...the closest travel lodge to North Weald, 'cos it's sh*t and there's no attached pub.
... the travelodge is rank!
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:04 pm
by minkypotglory
AND, HE IS NOT GETTING TO GO NOW.......................
Mags
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:07 am
by ExigeKen
minkypotglory wrote:AND, HE IS NOT GETTING TO GO NOW.......................
Mags
Who Walshy or Neil
