Re: Northern Drive-Out - Coast & Castles Run, Fri/Sat 7th/8th August 2020
Hope you all have a great Drive-Out......and remember to post lots of pics please!
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Hi Norm, just a quick thank you for organising today's run and the weather of course! Paul really enjoyed it too and sent his thanks.Attachment 16633Attachment 16634Attachment 16635
It was great to meet so many of the guys and chat about their cars.
Hope your "Gala" Dinner is a success tonight and safe journeys home tomorrow.
Cheers!
Ade
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Re: Northern Drive-Out - Coast & Castles Run, Fri/Sat 7th/8th August 2020
Hi Norm,
Many thanks for another great run and out especially for starting so close to home nice to catch up with you all again and meet some new faces.
A grand turnout of cars and I hope you all enjoyed the drive.
rgds Bob
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Re: Northern Drive-Out - Coast & Castles Run, Fri/Sat 7th/8th August 2020
Are those pics from today? I've been in North York near Whitby today and it's been grey, breezy and only 17 degrees.
Re: Northern Drive-Out - Coast & Castles Run, Fri/Sat 7th/8th August 2020
Aye, that was this morning.
Best of the weather North of the Tyne today.
Re: Northern Drive-Out - Coast & Castles Run, Fri/Sat 7th/8th August 2020
Lots of Stratos and no rain!
What's going on?!
Re: Northern Drive-Out - Coast & Castles Run, Fri/Sat 7th/8th August 2020
It's the new "Norm"......
Re: Northern Drive-Out - Coast & Castles Run, Fri/Sat 7th/8th August 2020
After last year's ever-so-damp do, we were owed a bit of decent weather! Sun and blue skies all day Sat, bit overcast this morning but that soon burned off and another good day.
The whole thing was a 5-star success (but then, I would say that, wouldn't I...). Hotel was fantastic, food and service irreproachable, and just over the road from the beach. On the run itself, no-one got lost even though we soon got separated, and most peeps did the whole route, which was basically interesting stuff and places for the first part, then into the wilds of Northumberland for some great driving roads and no (or very little) traffic. So summat for everyone! And of course an ace evening to round it all off :)
Having no fewer than 6 Strats was the icing on the cake. That's as many as I've seen anywhere, other than the club stand at the AGM. The line-up outside the hotel was a show-stopper - couldn't believe how many people were looking at the cars, and all with big grins...bet you wouldn't get that with a Ferrari club outing! Spoke to a few kids who were goggling at them and guess what, they all knew what they were too - so maybe there's hope for the future yet! One woman told me how she used to live in Africa and would watch the works cars on the Safari rallies, and seeing "our" cars made her day.
Ade, great to meet ya and have you and 'Er Indoors' drive with us, and your mate Paul in his McLaren...although I didn't get to find out which one it was, cos they all look the same to me! :) And Bob, glad you could make it - not sure I could call it a proper Northern Run if you didn't turn up!!
Anyhow, a Big Ta to everyone who came along, and I hope you'll all do it again next year...wherever that might be!
Re: Northern Drive-Out - Coast & Castles Run, Fri/Sat 7th/8th August 2020
Hi Norm
Many thanks again for organising a great weekend again... even organised the sun !!.... great run, great scenery, great roads, great company, great social.... so overall..... not bad !!!
Cheers
Phil and Helen (Boxster !)
Re: Northern Drive-Out - Coast & Castles Run, Fri/Sat 7th/8th August 2020
Norm
We had a throughly enjoyable weekend it was great to see everybody again in these strange times. It brought back a bit of normality. On the way home we heard an almighty roar behind us, it was the North East’s chapter of Hells Angels that streamed past on their hogs.
David and Pat