The Saturday Convoy

[gemini]

should we organise a Sat convoy from the North East down to PF - collecting others on the way?

Im in North Yorks so is there anyone further North going thats heading down the A1?

I think the route will be A1 / M1 etc

If there is someone further north on that route drop a line as we can then judge times



>>> Edited by gemini on Tuesday 17th June 10:50

[minimax]

I'm not being funny (I mean that!) I'm in the north east and would like to meet up en route, but would it be out of the question to cover some B roads? Plus I wouldn't want to suddenly forget you were BiB, drop to third & away....may not get very far!

[gemini]

B roads?

we do want to get there on saturday dont we?

Re BiB - I think youll find that I dont see all when out in a line of cars!

[minimax]

fair play! well I suppose I'm over excited...the B roads we have up here are so much better (awaitsflaming) than down there Maybe we could detour onto the old A1 (just by knaresborough IIRC) for about 4 miles - it runs alongside the A1/M and carries non motorway traffic - good surface, good visibility, not much traffic and some very nice bends...:drool:

of course all those motorway could run alongside on the actual A1/M - best of both!

[tvrbob]

Hi Richard, Dexy and I are travelling up on Saturday morning. We'd love to hook up with your North Yorks lot. We're north-east of you so anywhere early on route would work for us. By the way, where's your PF banner? it looks like you haven't got tickets yet.

[gemini]

tvrbob and dexy - noted

no banner yet as only ordered tickets today

If we get this thing off the ground then Ill post a list of times and places

(LM - Ooooooh!)

[mrs fish]

gemini said: tvrbob and dexy - noted

no banner yet as only ordered tickets today

If we get this thing off the ground then Ill post a list of times and places

(LM - Ooooooh!)

Hi there Gemini, so I get to meet you at PistonFest then...Mrs Carzee said I would be in for a treat

[gemini]

yeh great to meet mrs carzee (escorted by Flasher through car park - what a gent)
will see you at PF - drinks ?

[mrs fish]

gemini said: yeh great to meet mrs carzee (escorted by Flasher through car park - what a gent)
will see you at PF - drinks ?

Of course, and plenty of them I expect

[griffless]

Hi Gemini,
Jeff (JerryHatTrick) & I will be joining the A1 at Scotch Corner (leaving from Glasgow), & would love to meet up with you guys if timing permits.
Mairi

[minimax]

griffless said:

Hi Gemini, Jeff (JerryHatTrick) & I will be joining the A1 at Scotch Corner (leaving from Glasgow), & would love to meet up with you guys if timing permits. Mairi

I will be doing the same except joining at the A68 junction - the A68 goes right past my house up corbridge way....some folks have all the luck...:sigh: happy to meet up

[griffless]

Hi Minimax,
We just checked the map, might it be possible to meet you at the hotel car park / layby that's just off the roundabout at Scotch Corner? If so, will you be in your gorgeous green mini?
Mairi

[gemini]

were picking west yorks up at wooley edge services

[minimax]

griffless said:

Hi Minimax, We just checked the map, might it be possible to meet you at the hotel car park / layby that's just off the roundabout at Scotch Corner? If so, will you be in your gorgeous green mini? Mairi

serpently - I dunno what time yet though - what do you suggest?

[gemini]

Shall we work out what time we want to be there then work backwards?

[tvrbob]

gemini said:

Shall we work out what time we want to be there then work backwards?

Don't want to lose too much time getting there. I, for one, would like to be parked somewhere near my tent and I'm guessing it's first come first served.

Lets plan three strategic pick-up points but bearing in mind there are some further north than us.

I'd suggest places like
Scotch Corner?
Wetherby?
Garforth?
By that time we'll be so big that others will know we're the PH convoy (oops sorry not allowed to say convoy)

[gemini]

what time do we want to be there then


Like it re the "c" word = a group of cars that happen to be travelling to the same location

[tvrbob]

gemini said:

what time do we want to be there then Like it re the "c" word = a group of cars that happen to be travelling to the same location

Let's aim at 15:00 and see if that's plausible. Some may need to eat en-route too. Guess there's lots of planning needed here. Is 'Bob the Planner' coming?

[gemini]

Bob is but from the other end of the country

3pm a bit late?
lots to do and see and there is drag racing to take in - tents to errect (oh err)etc

>> Edited by gemini on Wednesday 18th June 11:56

[tvrbob]

gemini said:

3pm a bit late? lots to do and see and there is drag racing to take in - tents to errect (oh err)etc

I was being kind to the far north folk. I'm an early bird(bloke) so earlier won't bother me. If I were home now I'd use AutoRoute to see how times pan out. It's been a few years since I last visited Stratford so I'm a bit rusty regarding journey times.