Northern Run - Damson Dene Hotel, Lake District, Fri & Sat, 11th & 12th August 2023

Here's the directions for the Saturday jaunt....hopefully not made any cock-ups :) - but check back nearer the date just in case I've had to revise them!


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No idea why it's uploaded two copies of the file - maybe it's so both driver and navigator get their own copy.....

Or we could go round twice !!

The danger is that if you print them both off, they'll cancel each other out and you'll end up going nowhere :)

Thanks Norm,

I will try and plot it in Rally Navigator and upload the result

Hi Norm et al,
Our friends from Italy have to return home a week earlier than originally planned due to business commitments so we can now make the Lake's run. Hotel is booked and Annalisa and I are really looking forward to another great weekend with all our SEC friends.
Cheers Steve

That's amazing news, Steve - I didn't know you had any friends!!

Good to hear you'll be along to the Lakes a week on Friday. I'm performing all sorts of arcane rituals to the weather gods....if I've done them right it'll be nice, if not, floods, possibly even as biblical as the 2019 Keilder Run ones...

**** An update on the gig: ****

Visited the hotel today to make sure my list of who's going tallied with theirs. It initially appeared there was no reservation for Robin T-M....until we realised he and Carol are going a day early so didn't appear on the Friday list! (doh!) Only other "gotcha" was that Richard's room was only for one, so maybe a discussion needed in the Craig household? ;) Anyway it's been amended to 2 now :)

Now, stuff everyone needs to be aware of:-

Check-in time on Friday is 3:00pm earliest.
Dinner both nights is at 8:00pm.
Breakfast both mornings is at 8:30am.
Pool opening times are 8:00am to 9:00pm.

And, we've got a dedicated room for dinner, but we're in with the hoi polloi for brekky (so we don't have to walk too far to the buffet) :)

So, all looking good, now just gotta hope my entreaties to the Gods of Weather pay off :)

See y'all there a week on Friday!

- Norm

Report from the advance party, Norm has excelled this time and moved us up market substantially since the Rice Crispy incident at the Shap Wells!!! And they even have Gluten Free Sausage at breakfast!!

Only one thing wrong, it is raining now, but set to improve.

Enjoy the weekend guys. Sorry we won't be there, but it's a family Birthday Weekend - brother and Stepson.