where to meet? now with poll

Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

ha, what a cool idaer that be.

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

i've always said i dont care where we do the meet, have car will travel Smile

if its in bonnie scotland i would prolly drive up friday night and grab a few hours kip en route so i would be there for sat morning.

now i do need at least 6 weeks notice cos this trip with petrol is gonna be costing me something like Â£200, could fly up to glasgow for cheaper but i love the idea of getting as many of RR members cars there as poss Smile

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better get my car in good working order soon then Laughing

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

yeah cars r a must ...we are a car club after all....am gettin slightly excited Very Happy

maybe scotland should just be the ben nevis thing then....so a lot of ppl dont have to travel all the way to scotland twice ie me. then anyone who doesnt make that can meet another time when we try and do one in england/wales/ireland.....

and ...am lovin the new years in ireland idea too!...look out chet!

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

just get u in the mood ppl...

Gay Rights Activist Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 1268

Fucking awesome! well up for this

*runs to garage to finnish clio engine*!

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Neo, you'd have to come past me on the way, we could race all the way to scotland Very Happy

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

LOL!

i dont have to come past you thou, i could go A127, M25, M11, A14, A1, M62, M6 up to scotland if we are heading glasgow way.

wonder how many miles it is from urs to the meet (where ever that is)
would be quite a challange thou, like a mini gumball hahahaha

*goes to tune the 19*

Gay Rights Activist Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 1268

well its 330miles to carlisle from swansea, then another 90miles to glasgow

i'd imagine the detor to swansea from the north is about the same as that to you Neal. so a rough estimation would be 400/450 miles

Gay Rights Activist Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 1268

and it takes me about 4-4.5 hours to get up home

Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

blimy..

tis going to be MILES for me then!!

damn you!

a good 8 hours driving i would of thought.

id rather get up in convy with people tho..

sounds the better idear.

but i reckon ill end up flying instead.

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

u can try to keep up with n e a l and me roger hehe

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

stan wrote:

well its 330miles to carlisle from swansea, then another 90miles to glasgow

i'd imagine the detor to swansea from the north is about the same as that to you Neal. so a rough estimation would be 400/450 miles

it's 500 miles dead on from here (southend) to Dundee, i know, i've done it lol

Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

were is the nearet airport?

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

drive up u pussy, u can convoy with neal and me, we'll meet u at a services on the M1 or something or drive round to neals and come up with us, drive up with one of us and back down with the other.

M1 would be the easier way to go up the country cos it gives us the choice of east or west depending where in scotland we are meeting, i assume its gonna be near Chris so m1, m6 which takes us to the scottish borders and up to glasgow

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 589

I do Southampton to Glasgow alot in my "very thirsty" 21t and i spend Â£50 one way, and thats using super unleaded aswell,

if anyone comes up the M40 to Birmingham id reckomend using the new toll, its only Â£3 and saves alot of time and there is a motorway services on it aswell,

Neo ....are you not better going on the M25, M40, Toll, M6 to Scotland ?, the way you are saying would take alot longer,

If Ben Nevis is the final choice then you should know it will take alot of hours to get to the summit, i do some hillwalking now and again and one of the hillwalking books i have says "Approx time, 7-9hrs" and that the grade is a "Strenuous hill walk", the distance from Achintee House (parking area) to the summit and back is 20km,

Quote from the book ...."For many, Ben Nevis represents a simple challenge - to climb to the highest summit in the land. At 1344m above sea level thats not a challenge that is easily met, or rewarded. It involves a long and tiresome toil up a rough track to a summit which on most days is shrouded in cloud. In summer you have to share your experiance with hundreds of others, and in winter the conditions are generally artic. More poeple die on Ben Nevis in winter than on any other mountain in Scotland"
...... so make sure you bring your warm kit lads ...and ladettes, if there's any Wink

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The photo is abit blurred but the red line is the route, the start/finish point is the blue blur Laughing

on the left edge (car park, Achintee house)

Ben Nevis ........ Razz

Site Subscriber Joined: 04 Mar 2004 Posts: 196

Wooooooah who said anything about fookin mountain climbin! Surprised

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Looks a tad too nippy for my liking Laughing

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 589

dont worry, if we end up in there then someone cant map read Laughing

and the Sea Kings will be coming for us Embarassed

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Chris H wrote:

i reckon scotland meet soon as in within 6 weeks

then after june an england meet then welsh un then we can all go and stay at Chets for new year, sounds like a plan to me!

sounds like a fair way of doing things to me chris