Skipton area garage day Saturday 3rd May 2025

[hollytree]

Hi all.
Looks like Phil may not be settled in his new abode for his traditional May garage day and so I welcome you all to the badlands of the North on Saturday 3rd May.

If you fancy coming, please reply and I will update this post #1 with names (so I can order enough sausage rolls from the butcher)



Norm in P******
Tim. (Cant make it Alfa problems)
Neil
Man. who purchased Norm's car ?
Dave B (Basher) as Navigator for Neil
Peter H and Julie
Dave Jowsey and Chris Jarvis
Steve Greenwood (will try to make it)
Gordon Caro
Steve Sellars (in Salisbury - cant make it)
Steve Gregory
Kevin Redfern shakedown run for his other car
Martin Crikey (subject to MoT)
Richard Craig - (No Strat Richard as he is now known)

Possible Hotels if people are stopping a night
Skipton Hotel - formerly know as Rendezvous. Dont know what it is like, but car park always full. About 4 miles away https://www.skiptonhotel.co.uk/
Steeton Hall Hotel - Dont know what it is like, but Hugh Jackman (Wolverine) stayed there last year. About 2.5 miles away https://www.steetonhall.com/
Coniston Hotel, Skipton - not the lake district. About 20 mins drive. Never stayed but we go to lunch there, Very nice meals. https://theconistonhotel.com/

[Normb666]

Go on then, I'll dive in first to help you out with the disposal of those sausage rolls. Won't be in any sort of Stratos though, and could well be Porsche-shaped....

[westonTB]

Count me in, just round the corner from Betacar... those were the days?...

[hollytree]

In the language of the young, experienced internet users **BUMP**

[LOFT6.6]

Hey Steve. Thanks so much for stepping into the breach left by Phil's property move. It's up North as well, which makes it almost local. Unfortunately we're heading to Northern Ireland that weekend for the NW200, so sorry won't be able to attend mate.
Cheers though!
Ade

[Neil63]

Morning Steve. Looking foward to it. Might drive up Fri
All the best
Neil

[Gordon Caro]

Steve and Tree have raised the bar with their hospitality, instead of self service it was silver service. Many thanks for hosting your garage day.
Gordon

[Normb666]

A fab day indeed. Spoiled by the ace nosh and continuous drinks supply. Fortunately managed to make it as far as Tebay on the return trip before bladder relief was required A65 closure was still in effect when I passed through and I suspect I went the same route as Martin, through Rathmell. What fun.

A good turnout, with an interesting collection of cars spanning different Strat rep solutions, altho my fave was the yellow machine to the right of the 1st pic Great to see everyone, and a big surprise that Steve Greenwood turned up, who I've not seen since 1991....good to see he's still making with the odd socks (which i forced him to display to confirm his identity)

So, many, many thanks to Steve and Tree, and looking forward to the next one!

[Phubb]

The 160 mile drive for us was worth the effort. Many thanks to Steve and Tree for being fabulous hosts in a fabulous setting. As always it was great to meet up with old friends and meet some new ones. The bacon rolls - OK baps ? were a welcome start to the day followed by pasties and then ice creams all washed down with tea or coffee.
It was the first big outing since Craig had replaced the front suspension on my Allora - which vastly improved it of course.

Pete and Julie

[Normb666]

I improved my Allora back in '92 by replacing the whole thing with an Integrale. Made a massive difference.