North London/South Herts activity?
Discussion
Hi,
No sooner had I put something similar on the Kent and Essex forum, did I find out I might be moving to North London shortly. Enfield to be precise. So, is anyone nearby and is there much activity?
I'm hoping to have a TVR to play with by the time I actually move over (looking for an S at the moment...) and I guess being near the TVR Centre in Barnet is likely to produce some local happenings! I'm also going to be minutes from the A10 (just inside J25 of the M25, so hopefully not too bad to get out)
The other thing is roads....
I've always lived in relatively rural areas before and I'm going to miss having a hoonable comute
Are there any nice roads (quiet enough to enjoy) in the area? I suspect north London is going to be an element of culture shock. On the upside, I might get a bigger garage!
No sooner had I put something similar on the Kent and Essex forum, did I find out I might be moving to North London shortly. Enfield to be precise. So, is anyone nearby and is there much activity?
I'm hoping to have a TVR to play with by the time I actually move over (looking for an S at the moment...) and I guess being near the TVR Centre in Barnet is likely to produce some local happenings! I'm also going to be minutes from the A10 (just inside J25 of the M25, so hopefully not too bad to get out)
The other thing is roads....
I've always lived in relatively rural areas before and I'm going to miss having a hoonable comute
Are there any nice roads (quiet enough to enjoy) in the area? I suspect north London is going to be an element of culture shock. On the upside, I might get a bigger garage!I lived in Brookmans park until very recently and now Hatfield - there are some good road running off the A1000 from Potters Bar to Hatfield, Kentish Lane (towards Essendon from the A1000) for instance is a good hooning road if a little bumpy.
Seems a few S.Herts/N.London people are coming out of the woodwork. We should arrange a gathering.
Jonny.
Seems a few S.Herts/N.London people are coming out of the woodwork. We should arrange a gathering.
Jonny.
dougc said:
Hi Chris. There are plenty of good roads. Just need to know where to look. Ask Graeme about the Buntingford run 
Will be good to have another S in the are too. Hows the hunt going?
Hi Doug,Will be good to have another S in the are too. Hows the hunt going?
Things have been so busy recently I've only had a chance to look at one - an S1. I absolutely loved it. Predictably fun to drive, but so much more docile, user-friendly and well felt like a production car (as indeed it is). However, the guy was asking decent S3-money and despite a good chassis etc. the car needs quite a lot of cosmetic tidying, so I've yet to make my mind up on that one and want to have a look at a few more. Even found one locally to invesigate: http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/347079.htm
Having lived in atleast vaguely rural areas for the rest of my life I was a bit apprehensive about moving to North London (gf needs to be there for her job...), but then I realised that our combined income could get somewhere quite reasonable. More to the point somewhere with a garden to have the occasional pint or BBQ in after work and a garage .....a big garage and a driveway to do work on. That has rather eased my concerns about moving to the big city!
Edited by Chris71 on Thursday 24th January 15:56
Hi Chris! Glad to see a name I recognise from the few other areas on PH I go to moving into the area Why not venture into N. Herts?
It's quick to get to on the A1M and we generally have a meet up once a month or so.
Some of the roads are good too if you're willing to spend a little longer getting there.
A few N. Londoners on this board come up too - you could have a mini convoy
Getting to MK meets is also doable and fun if you go on the right roads, and I'm sure we're due another meet soon!
ETA - I'd be happy to zip further down and into the dark (S Herts) for a drink and tyre kicking session
Edited by Foolish Dave on Thursday 24th January 15:17
Foolish Dave said:
Hi Chris! Glad to see a name I recognise from the few other areas on PH I go to moving into the area Why not venture into N. Herts?
It's quick to get to on the A1M and we generally have a meet up once a month or so.
Some of the roads are good too if you're willing to spend a little longer getting there.
A few N. Londoners on this board come up too - you could have a mini convoy
Getting to MK meets is also doable and fun if you go on the right roads, and I'm sure we're due another meet soon!
ETA - I'd be happy to zip further down and into the dark (S Herts) for a drink and tyre kicking session
Edited by Foolish Dave on Thursday 24th January 15:17
Thinking I might go and take a look at the car linked above tomorrow evening (I've got the right link now in case anyone was wondering why there was a flat there before!!) I'd be very happy to see anyone who knows their TVRs down for an opinion. Particularly if you can give me a lift - I'm not sure a dealership will take me seriously in an 1100 Saxo.
Just got my bank statement through - looks like I'm good for S3 money if I do see something good. Feel a slight pressure to locate one before it gets warm and sunny (and expensive!) though.
Probably going up to the midlands over the weekend - there's one car I want to see in Leamington and one in Brum.
Graeme_Gman said:
Well I'll keep an eye open for you. I live in Potters Bar, but frenquent round the Enfield area as the better half is from there.
Hi Graeme,Just took a nose at your profile and noticed you're a mountain biker. Is there anywhere worth riding around there? I got bored of Trent Park in one go and I've taken to riding through Hilly Fields near Enfield lately.
Im around the area too. As for hooning roads.. Like much of the rest of the country, many have scamera's on them now, or are riddled with pot holes.
However.... There is always the M10 It cant be more than 3 or 4 miles long but it rarely has much traffic on it. Never seen any police on it, and certainly doesn't have any camera's on it. Can certainly have a quick hoon and stretch a cars legs there. It goes from Radlett/StAlbans'ish to the M1 near Hemel, and back again of course 
P,
However.... There is always the M10
It cant be more than 3 or 4 miles long but it rarely has much traffic on it. Never seen any police on it, and certainly doesn't have any camera's on it. Can certainly have a quick hoon and stretch a cars legs there. It goes from Radlett/StAlbans'ish to the M1 near Hemel, and back again of course P,
Chris71 said:
Graeme_Gman said:
Well I'll keep an eye open for you. I live in Potters Bar, but frenquent round the Enfield area as the better half is from there.
Hi Graeme,Just took a nose at your profile and noticed you're a mountain biker. Is there anywhere worth riding around there? I got bored of Trent Park in one go and I've taken to riding through Hilly Fields near Enfield lately.
Blib said:
There's a similar thread in the London section btw.
Going off topic again - Hilly Fields doesn't have any serious terrain (or even anything close to that), but it's considerably closer (for me), much, much quieter and there's enough singletrack footpaths to keep me entertainined on a 45 minute trraining ride. Did see someone with a very nice looking Specialized blasting down the one vaguely interesting trail in Trent Park the last time I was there, but even that one is over in about a minute and involves dodging walkers.
Anyway, back to cars! Off to see the next TVR tomorrow, so hopefully a step closer to having something interesting to bring along to any local meets. There was one (an S3C) advertised down the road in Edmonton, but that sold pretty quickly and I never got a chance to look.
mogv8 said:
PJR said:
There is always the M10 It cant be more than 3 or 4 miles long but it rarely has much traffic on it. Never seen any police on it, and certainly doesn't have any camera's on it.
P,
Except someone was caught doing 120mph there not too long ago !! Unmarked car. It cant be more than 3 or 4 miles long but it rarely has much traffic on it. Never seen any police on it, and certainly doesn't have any camera's on it. P,
In the meantime, shhhhhhhh - not that many people know about it and at 2 in the morning
chris71 good luck with the tiv if you havent bought it yet i can put you in touch with a few owners for advice , we (herts and beds tvr ) have members from as far afield as wembly/reading/milton keynes and a few in enfield .we know some nice roads which we use regularly on our run ins 3rd sun of month starting from south mims services normaly leave for 11am , as for biking look up chicksands woods beds (i think spellings right) that is the nuts for biking the whole woods are designed for m/bikes ramps,race tracks,jumps,seesaws etc
spyschim said:
chris71 good luck with the tiv if you havent bought it yet i can put you in touch with a few owners for advice , we (herts and beds tvr ) have members from as far afield as wembly/reading/milton keynes and a few in enfield .we know some nice roads which we use regularly on our run ins 3rd sun of month starting from south mims services normaly leave for 11am , as for biking look up chicksands woods beds (i think spellings right) that is the nuts for biking the whole woods are designed for m/bikes ramps,race tracks,jumps,seesaws etc
Nope - on my third S-Series viewing currently (and looked at a wedge a while back too), finding a good one seems to be pretty tough. The fist car I saw (an S1) was fairly good, but I found the extra performance of the later cars really noticeable so I'm really trying to track down an S3. Might be tempted by a V8S or Chim if the decent sixes continue to prove ellusive! Please give me a shout if you know of any appearing.Keep meaning to get down to one of the South Mimms meets, but the past couple of weekends that I've been free it's been that or going to look at a potential purchase.
I'll check out Chicksands! Found a few other local(ish) rides on this page - http://www.leisurewheels.co.uk/sitepage.php?id=6 - must check out Epping Forest too.
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