Griff, ta fro the info on the distillery, but I'd already booked the stopoff at the Filling Station in Keswick. Might consider the L.D. if I get round that way again (although it looks a bit posh for people like us, haha!)

Anyway, 'twas a good run, with 7 cars turning up - 2 x Boxsters, 1 x 911 Carrera, 1 x Focus RS (new one), 1 x Focus ST, 1 x Audi S1 and a BMW 1-series that came down from Glasgow. None of you lot though, shame on ya! :-P
It was a bit wet and stormy, with visibility on the heights of the A6 before Shap down to 10 yards in the clouds. Didn't cause any probs though, as we soon dropped out and ran up to the A66 at Penrith. Then it was down the A66 to Keswick and a cuppa/burger for an hour, followed by the run up and over th Whinlatter Pass and into Cockermouth. Looped around via the A595 and the A591, but because of roadworks at Keswick we re-routed vis the A66 and the road through St John's in the Vale before picking up the A591 again at Thirlspot and a run down to Bowness, headign out vis the Lyth Valley, where we finished up at the Damson Dene for a couple of drinks before heading for home. Great time had by all, apart from the poor guy in the 1-series who got a 2" puncture on the A66...no spare and too big for the supplied repair kit, so BMW assist to the rescue with train tickets back to Glasgow while the motor got carted off to Carlisle.

So that's it for 2017, and the next do will be early May next year - plenty of time to think up excuses galore...