Midnight meet and drive. Saturday 21st June (longest day)

[High flier]

The Midnight Run

Hello all,

I've been thinking about organising this for a while now, and when I mentioned it during a meet last year, it seemed to be a popular idea. The main attraction being quiet roads, and hopefully a warm and dry summer evening/night!

The route will be a bit different to our usual drives, in that it won't start and finish at the same place.
The starting point would be Tesco in Wells, Somerset at 11:00 - 11:30PM (Tucker Street, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2DZ), and then head out at Midnight for a drive. Then after taking in some scenic and hopefully quiet roads, the finishing point will be a car park on Weston sea front, next to the Old Colonial Pub, which having checked last weekend at 1am, will be largely empty. But does have residential properties nearby, so please be keep noise to a minimum. The address for your sat nav is: Old Colonial, 30 Knightstone Rd, Weston Super Mare, Avon BS23 2AW. At the end of the route in Weston, we will go past a Tesco petrol station with 24h pumps (pay at pump, card only), for those who need to refuel before heading home.

Please make a note of the finishing postcode, as then you'll be able to meet us at the finishing point if you manage to lose the group!

If you do attend please be courteous to the residences you drive past, as most people will of course be asleep then!

As a side note this is the same weekend as the 2 day Weston Air Festival, air display ( https://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/News/Pages/Flying-hi... ).

Please also note the following, and drive with care please! And of course, obey the speed limits at all times!

Jayfish said:

Just a heads up in case the routes cross, there's a coast to coast cycle ride finishing in Burnham-on-sea, most should be finished by then (aim is for sunset) but with 205 miles to cover there may be stragglers and they'll be knackered and slow, hopefully I'll not be one of them!
Our route is here http://connect.garmin.com/course/1235599#
Enjoy your drive!
Chances are there will be a few strugglers determined to forge on and complete the ride regardless of time.
~You may encounter oncoming cyclists on the cheddar gorge-mendips stretch, not asking you to not have fun, just look twice before overtaking.

Please add yourself to the list in the post below, and I'll update this one when I can.

Username	Name	Car
High flier	James	Audi TT RS or Renault Clio 182
sleithykeithy	Simon	Volkswagen Golf R32
Benbay001	Ben	Toyota MR2
PoshTwit	Rich	Tango1
Huff	Martin	Fury
Mudskipper	Sandy	Cyril the Abarth
Stuart J	Stuart	Datsun ( + a turbo or 2 )
Robfow	Rob	Fiat Coupe 20vt
russy01	Russ	Honda S2000 or BMW M135i
k22wes	wes	Ford F150 Lightning (if i'm not working)
Wiltz	Sam	HN15 Nissan Pulsar
RSAlex	Alex	Focus RS Mk1
rowey200	Matt	Toyota MR2
Muskycf14	Name	Focus RS Mk1
ironictwist	Umair	Something with a V8
MG CHRIS	Chris	Mk1 MX5
Joshsl	Josh	e36 328i
Kellys Hero	Ed	95 Camaro
mbcx4jrh	Joe	Cayman S
tomsimes	Tom	Honda S2000
NutNut	Sam	Focus RS MK2 or Z4 Alpina
andyt1320	Andy	XK8
ILoveCorners	Haaris	Vw Polo 1.9
Bart 124	James	Ultima GTR or Noble
Pidge107	Daniel	RX7 FC3S (Maybe)
rustbuster	Barn	saab 900/rascal

Edited by High flier on Friday 20th June 10:15

[High flier]

Member	Name	Car
High flier	James	TTRS or Clio 182
sleithykeithy	Simon	Golf R32
PH's username	Name	Car
PH's username	Name	Car

[Benbay001]

Sounds like a good idea.
However i absoultely hate getting a shifty on with dipped beams.
So i will be somewhere back there <--- going really slow.


But as they say, its the taking part that counts.

(and before anyone says anything, i mean even slower than usual )

[PoshTwit]

Member	Name	Car
High flier	James	TTRS or Clio 182
sleithykeithy	Simon	Golf R32
PoshTwit	Rich	Tango1
PH's username	Name	Car

Sounds like fun. Hopefully I won't slow you down too much in the old girl!

[Huff]

High flier	James	TTRS or Clio 182
sleithykeithy	Simon	Golf R32
PoshTwit	Rich	Tango1
Huff	Martin	Fury

Sounds like a giggle. I can follow the orange glow.

[MudSkipper]

High flier said:

High flier||James||TTRS or Clio 182||

sleithykeithy	Simon	Golf R32
Benbay001	Ben	MR2
PoshTwit	Rich	Tango1
Huff	Martin	Fury
Mudskipper	Sandy	Cyril the Abarth
PH's username	Name	Car

I'm interested, the OH isn't working that night so assuming we're not away anywhere shall be there.

ohh and I re-added Huff as it looks like he got dropped off the list

[High flier]

Cool, and ta muchly!

High flier	James	TTRS or Clio 182
sleithykeithy	Simon	Golf R32
Benbay001	Ben	MR2
PoshTwit	Rich	Tango1
Huff	Martin	Fury
Mudskipper	Sandy	Cyril the Abarth
PH's username	Name	Car

[Digitalize]

Sounds interesting, I should be able to pop along! Might see if a few people I know are up for it, who will be in more interesting cars than mine

High flier	James	TTRS or Clio 182
sleithykeithy	Simon	Golf R32
Benbay001	Ben	MR2
PoshTwit	Rich	Tango1
Huff	Martin	Fury
Mudskipper	Sandy	Cyril the Abarth
Digitalize	Matt	E91 320D
PH's username	Name	Car

[High flier]

The more the merrier!

[MadRob6]

Great idea. Being 2 hours away from me and the weekend after Le Mans I'll probably be broke but I might be up for it if I can afford petrol and I haven't joined the zombie horde.

[High flier]

Haha! Hopefully it'll be worth it! Do you want me to add you to the list?

[TDIfurby]

Tempted! Doing a full trackday at Castle Combe the day before, so hoping my car survives!

[MadRob6]

I'd hold off for now, need to see if I can get the car finished. Don't really fancy it in a Passat or a Golf, want something a bit more special.

[High flier]

TDIfurby said:

Tempted! Doing a full trackday at Castle Combe the day before, so hoping my car survives!

Cool, hopefully you can make it mate! I'll add you to the list either way!

[High flier]

High flier	James	TTRS or Clio 182
sleithykeithy	Simon	Golf R32
Benbay001	Ben	MR2
PoshTwit	Rich	Tango1
Huff	Martin	Fury
Mudskipper	Sandy	Cyril the Abarth
Digitalize	Matt	E91 320D
TDIfurby	Jason	Skoda Fabia TDI Mongrel
PH's username	Name	Car
PH's username	Name	Car
PH's username	Name	Car

[Stuart J]

Random thought but is stopping at Stonehenge or Glastonbury or similar mystical places for sunrise a thought, still time to get to Weston for brekkie JUST a random thought no more

Can you put me on the list as Possble

Stuart J Datsun ( + a turbo or 2 )

[High flier]

Stuart J said:

Random thought but is stopping at Stonehenge or Glastonbury or similar mystical places for sunrise a thought, still time to get to Weston for brekkie JUST a random thought no more

Can you put me on the list as Possble

Stuart J Datsun ( + a turbo or 2 )

That could be done after the midnight run, or maybe as a separate run in itself, as it sounds like a good idea. Although I'm not sure how many people will still be awake by sunrise!

[High flier]

High flier	James	TTRS or Clio 182
sleithykeithy	Simon	Golf R32
Benbay001	Ben	MR2
PoshTwit	Rich	Tango1
Huff	Martin	Fury
Mudskipper	Sandy	Cyril the Abarth
Digitalize	Matt	E91 320D
TDIfurby	Jason	Skoda Fabia TDI Mongrel
Stuart J	Stuart	Datsun ( + a turbo or 2 )
PH's username	Name	Car
PH's username	Name	Car
PH's username	Name	Car

[Digitalize]

The idea of seeing sunrise is pretty cool, but if you consider most people will still be on a regular sleep cycle, and have to get home, that could end up being an almost 24 hour day, and I'd rather not be at the wheel at that point.

[High flier]

Yeah that's what I was thinking to be honest. It'd be a bit ott to do it all in one hit. But it'd be a good plan for a separate run!