LoT - Donington & Oulton - 28-29 Oct 2019

[robin]

Remember you already have a space in my room bookings. If you ever make it back from the bar...

Ah! well I am unlikely to be in the bar particularly late as I actually have to drive a car the next day I actually think I've booked some rooms via Mr Gravel's Travel too (completely forgot!). Let me check.

[campbell]

Stu Pollock needs roomz too, so you could work out between you. I’m cool who I share with

[Stu160]

All booked up, and a list of parts order to prep the car.... I will be busy

[C7Steve]

All booked up, and a list of parts order to prep the car.... I will be busy

I hope that you have ordered enough sets of brake pads.


Steve.

[C7Steve]

Campbell,

What is the A68 road from Edinburgh to Darlington like?


Steve.

[ed]

Campbell,

What is the A68 road from Edinburgh to Darlington like?


Steve.

Its awesome!

[ed]

Hi Ed, do you mean Saturday? The track is Mon/Tue, unless I am wrong (as usual!).

Anyway, see you all there, yes please for curry bookings.

I had planned to go down on Saturday to stay with a mate but hes just cancelled so I will be joining the Sunday crew.

[C7Steve]

Campbell,

What is the A68 road from Edinburgh to Darlington like?


Steve.

Its awesome!

Any suggestions for lunch meeting point if you know the area?


Steve.

[ed]

Its so good I never stop!

[C7Steve]

Its so good I never stop!

Steve.

[campbell]

It’s a decent road with some cameras to beware of. If you stay on it to Bishop Auckland ish, it avoids A1 Newcastle bypass car park.

Poss less of an issue on a Sunday though.

Looking at lunch ideas in due course.

[hendeg]

I'm sure there's a fantastic route down the middle through the Pennines, Dales and Peek District but I imagine it would take quite a while.

[campbell]

I'm sure there's a fantastic route down the middle through the Pennines, Dales and Peek District but I imagine it would take quite a while.

There sure is. In my younger days, I plotted and enjoyed exactly such.

But didn’t think it would be appreciated !

Plus some bits could be dire with cake hunter Sunday drivers

I’ll see what I can do though...

[TarmacTerrorist]

a68 is good but you need to be early. It's so twisty and there are few good passing places. You can easily get held up behind a train of traffic if the guy at the front has no intentions to overtake and doesn't leave enough room for anyone else to... you're better off turning off the 68 and onto the 697 coldstream road. Much faster with plenty of overtaking places/long straights. Again, mind the cameras whichever route you take

[campbell]

This might be a good compromise ^

Use it a lot en route to North Yorks.

Plus could book lunch at Village Inn, Longframlington