Calling all Briskodans...........

funkyjutel · 07-05-2003, 19:40

Briskodans,

I am thinking of arranging a Midland Briskoda meet.

Anyone interested???????

Probably for Sunday May 24th, or another alternative Sunday?

Last time we had 4 whole, real-life founder Briskodans, namely me, John S, Delcac and Manny. Delcac and Manny travelled from Kent and Herts, respectively to be there (that's dedication folks).

I suggest that we meet in the same place....The Malt Shovel near The NEC (Junc 4 M6, A446 + A45 crossroads) Nr Birmingham

We will then head off to a great pub nearby which has a huge car park (we will need it, won't we!!!!) as there will be so many shiny Skodas to squeeze in.

It's open to anyone who has a Skoda or if not, car must be packed full of Briskodans

So...........Who's up for it???????????? :drive1:

***ncarring*** · 07-05-2003, 19:46

Sounds good to me!!

Quinten · 07-05-2003, 20:22

Sounds good too. Have to drop swmbo and Q-jr off at Luton airport at 6.20am anyways, so I'll be up early in any case.

Q.

**mannyo** · 07-05-2003, 20:33

Doh, At the moment busy that weekend as on Saturday I will be at Jabbasport in Peterborough with the RS on the Rolling Road.

FabiaTDi · 07-05-2003, 20:42

Definitely up for a Midlands meet, although I am at Jabbasport too on the Saturday 24th.

Maybe the Sunday and isnt the 26th the Bank holiday too?

stopan1j · 07-05-2003, 20:51

Funkyjutel,

Do you mean Sunday 25th May?, I am ok for the Sunday - Sat 24th a bit ackward.

John

***ncarring*** · 07-05-2003, 21:39

Maybe what the forum needs is a calendar ...... hmmmm. ColIN!!! :p

Edited to say - as a start why don't we go with Stuart's copy and paste idea from another thread. I'll start a new thread ....

Edited again to say I've found the calendar now - DOH!! :o

I will now shut up and retire to a quiet place. I've left my other post for now.

mellowyellow · 07-05-2003, 22:23

Sunday 25th May is good for me

PS Andre , perhaps you should have looked at a diary before posting

, only joking , it's good you're volunteering to organise it , look forward to seeing you again

devonutopia · 08-05-2003, 08:49

Hmm. The NEC is only two hours from me. I'm seriously thinking about attending that meet, although it is only two weeks away. Is this going to be a kind of long weekend thing, or one day? If it is, I could probably stay with all my relatives back near Leicester...?

edit: Any day good foe me at the moment. Nice to see some other Fabia's there!

(Hope my sticker arrives by then though) - *nudge nudge, Ian

KLB · 08-05-2003, 09:07

Sunday 25th May would be OK for me, too - as long as I can persuade SWMBO that I really, really need a day's driving practice

devonutopia · 08-05-2003, 09:51

Is it stonebridge? I can't see where those two roads intersect... aargh! I see the A45 crosses the A452, but I can't see the A446 anywhere. Heeeeelp!

edit

: found the A446 - Seems to join the A45 on some kind of sliproad style junction. Is that where the Malt Shovel is? Just north of stonebridge?

devonutopia · 08-05-2003, 10:05

Right. I think finally I've got it myself, *phew*

Can someone check out the attached file, which is a map of where the A46/A452 intersect. There is a "PH" on the junction which I reckon is the pub. Can someone confirm this, and I'll know where to go. Cheers

SOD IT! These work PCs are not playing by the book. It saved the file as a .dll and it won't let me view it! OK. - route - Junct 4 M6 as mentioned, head south on A452 until you meet the A45 at Stonebridge. "PH" is on the top left corner of junction as seen on map. I'll have to let you guys/gals look yourself on streetmap or multimap.

Stimps · 08-05-2003, 10:06

Somewhere on here?

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.c...00&coordsys=gb

Edit:
Actually, somewhere near here?
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.c...ut.x=2&out.y=9

There's mention of the Malt Shovel on:
http://www.nextiraone.co.uk/nextirao...ham%20map.html

devonutopia · 08-05-2003, 10:14

Yep, it is Stimpy. If you zoom in on Stonebridge. There's a major crossroads - A45 and A452 I think it was. If you approach from the North on the A452, the "PH" is on the right hand side as you approach the A45. I'm assuming, perhaps wrongly, that that is the Malt Shovel.

Stimps · 08-05-2003, 10:21

I'm thinking about going btw - most of the trip for me would be along the A14, which is a fairly-okayish road with a distinct lack of speed cameras :-)

devonutopia · 08-05-2003, 12:23

It would be motorway all the way for me. The A30 dual carriageway (basically a motorway with one less lane) starts about 3 miles from me, then its onto the M5 at Exeter, M40/M42 around Brummy-ville, and then the M6 to junction 4. It would be the first time I do a long trip on the new wheels, so it will be interesting to see how the mpg has changed since my little trip to London to pick up the wheels.

I've also decided I'm going - Hope many others are too - That area is very central for most Briskodians I would have thought..?

edit: It may be worth someone starting a new thread in the meets section with the date/area in the title, so people know about it. The title just being "calling all Briskodians" may not entice enough people to look.

2nd edit: I reckon you should do the above, funky, as you started off this thread.

Dmac1969vRS · 08-05-2003, 19:18

Hi all
I might be able to join you on the Sunday , if a 'Northern' Briskodan is welcome , as I am off for the whole week after that weekend! Would be nice to meet you all , and I have driven to the NEC before , so i (kinda) know where I am heading!

funkyjutel · 08-05-2003, 19:21

Well my fellow Briskodans, great to get so many eager replies.

So far interested parties are:

Ncarring - Nick
Quinten
Fabia TDI
Stopani J - John
Mellowyellow
Devonutopia
KLB
Stimps
and me............
Thats 9 then so far

John, you're right it is the 24th......DOH!!!!! I'm blind!!

Let's see if we can get this up to double figures.

Manny that's a really crap excuse . Anyone would think that you are serious about this Skoda thing!!!! Ha Ha, I will be paying them a visit soon too!!!!!!!!

Anyone else up for it??????????????

I was thinking of meeting about 11.00am ish?? How's that sound??

Needless to say a warm Midland welcome awaits all!!

Quinten · 08-05-2003, 19:26

Hold on, is it going to be Saturday the 24th or Sunday the 25th? Or am I the only one confused by

Quote:

John, you're right it is the 24th......DOH!!!!! I'm blind!!

that comment

Q.

Dmac1969vRS · 08-05-2003, 19:40

Judging by this quote

'Probably for Sunday May 24th, or another alternative Sunday?'

Im assuming that its Sunday 25th May?

FabiaTDi · 08-05-2003, 19:57

Probably wont be able to make it if its on the Saturday 24th

Unless we can sort something out for after the ro ro day in Peterborough, although i'm not sure how late this will finish.

Hopefully i can make the next one!

Cheers, Matthew.

**mannyo** · 08-05-2003, 21:21

Oh, go on then.

Keep me a place open, assuming of course its sunday the 25th and not saturday.

Duncan,

Come along you know you want to there are plenty of hotels nearby for 1 night accomodation.

stopan1j · 08-05-2003, 22:22

FunkyJutel,

Please, Please, Please can we do this on SUNDAY 25TH MAY 2003 as it seems most are hoping and can make this date.

Will be excellent as Duncan can make the 25th who was one of the intial Vortex Skoda Forum posters that led to the start of Briskoda.

John

funkyjutel · 09-05-2003, 08:20

I am blind, blind, blind!!!!!!!

IT IS THE 25TH EVERYONE. THAT IS MY FINAL DECISION!!!!

Right glad that's cleared up folks.

Right can we have an up to date total please of whose comin........

:drive1:

stopan1j · 09-05-2003, 15:26

Great,

I am on for the Finalised Midlands meet SUNDAY 25TH of MAY 2003

John

07-05-2003, 19:40	#1
funkyjutel Detail Doctor Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Just round the corner from Willie Shakespeare, close to his mum's gaff and not far from the centre of england.... Posts: 646 Members Car: Yes it's a Skoda..Yes it's fast dear! Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Calling all Briskodans........... Briskodans, I am thinking of arranging a Midland Briskoda meet. Anyone interested??????? Probably for Sunday May 24th, or another alternative Sunday? Last time we had 4 whole, real-life founder Briskodans, namely me, John S, Delcac and Manny. Delcac and Manny travelled from Kent and Herts, respectively to be there (that's dedication folks). I suggest that we meet in the same place....The Malt Shovel near The NEC (Junc 4 M6, A446 + A45 crossroads) Nr Birmingham We will then head off to a great pub nearby which has a huge car park (we will need it, won't we!!!!) as there will be so many shiny Skodas to squeeze in. It's open to anyone who has a Skoda or if not, car must be packed full of Briskodans So...........Who's up for it???????????? :drive1: __________________ Funky Fathering Is Where It's At

07-05-2003, 19:46	#2
*ncarring* Don't talk, drive! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The B roads of Britain Posts: 12,965 Members Car: 1983 Porsche 928S / 1972 MGB GT Thanks: 17 Thanked 96 Times in 79 Posts	Sounds good to me!! __________________ Nick North Wiltshire RoADAR

07-05-2003, 20:22	#3
Quinten Crossdresser Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: fast lane Posts: 10,000 Members Car: Citroen C-Crosser 2.2HDI Thanks: 25 Thanked 40 Times in 37 Posts	Sounds good too. Have to drop swmbo and Q-jr off at Luton airport at 6.20am anyways, so I'll be up early in any case. Q. __________________ Awooga!!!

07-05-2003, 20:33	#4
mannyo BRISKODA Staff Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Stevenage Herts. Posts: 11,478 Members Car: Octavia 2.0 TDi Elegance Thanks: 58 Thanked 362 Times in 333 Posts	Doh, At the moment busy that weekend as on Saturday I will be at Jabbasport in Peterborough with the RS on the Rolling Road. __________________ Manny 2005 Octavia 2.0TDi Elegance combi my skoda website http://www.octaviars.co.uk Join the briskoda.net folding team click Here for more info

07-05-2003, 20:42	#5
FabiaTDi VT5 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 2,001 Members Car: Fabia vRS Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Definitely up for a Midlands meet, although I am at Jabbasport too on the Saturday 24th. Maybe the Sunday and isnt the 26th the Bank holiday too? __________________ Was: 2003 Allard Tuned Fabia vRS VT5 Turbo Conversion Now: 2008 Audi A3 Sportback TDI

07-05-2003, 20:51	#6
stopan1j Briskodian Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,215 Members Car: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Funkyjutel, Do you mean Sunday 25th May?, I am ok for the Sunday - Sat 24th a bit ackward. John

07-05-2003, 21:39	#7
*ncarring* Don't talk, drive! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The B roads of Britain Posts: 12,965 Members Car: 1983 Porsche 928S / 1972 MGB GT Thanks: 17 Thanked 96 Times in 79 Posts	Maybe what the forum needs is a calendar ...... hmmmm. ColIN!!! :p Edited to say - as a start why don't we go with Stuart's copy and paste idea from another thread. I'll start a new thread .... Edited again to say I've found the calendar now - DOH!! :o I will now shut up and retire to a quiet place. I've left my other post for now. __________________ Nick North Wiltshire RoADAR Last edited by ncarring; 07-05-2003 at 22:17.

07-05-2003, 22:23	#8
mellowyellow Briskodian Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In the land of Stella . Posts: 2,378 Members Car: Yellow Octavia vRS Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sunday 25th May is good for me PS Andre , perhaps you should have looked at a diary before posting , only joking , it's good you're volunteering to organise it , look forward to seeing you again __________________ See , the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis , and only enough blood to run one at a time !

08-05-2003, 08:49	#9
devonutopia Mongreller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Exeter / Devon Posts: 30,109 Members Car: Skoda Fabia Mongrel Images: 5 Thanks: 75 Thanked 353 Times in 296 Posts	Hmm. The NEC is only two hours from me. I'm seriously thinking about attending that meet, although it is only two weeks away. Is this going to be a kind of long weekend thing, or one day? If it is, I could probably stay with all my relatives back near Leicester...? edit: Any day good foe me at the moment. Nice to see some other Fabia's there! (Hope my sticker arrives by then though) - nudge nudge, Ian __________________ Jason - Only a Skoda. Custom Fabia Bonnet Lifter Kits - £45! Click Me.* Cheesy bonnet lifter video to "raise me up" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnGECEi5Oc See the mongrel's 260bhp Dyno Video! Last edited by devonutopia; 08-05-2003 at 09:45.

08-05-2003, 09:07	#10
KLB Discordian Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Newport, Newport - so good the Post Office named it twice Posts: 1,962 Members Car: Octavia vRS hatch, 1.8T Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Sunday 25th May would be OK for me, too - as long as I can persuade SWMBO that I really, really need a day's driving practice __________________ Mike

08-05-2003, 09:51	#11
devonutopia Mongreller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Exeter / Devon Posts: 30,109 Members Car: Skoda Fabia Mongrel Images: 5 Thanks: 75 Thanked 353 Times in 296 Posts	Is it stonebridge? I can't see where those two roads intersect... aargh! I see the A45 crosses the A452, but I can't see the A446 anywhere. Heeeeelp! edit : found the A446 - Seems to join the A45 on some kind of sliproad style junction. Is that where the Malt Shovel is? Just north of stonebridge? __________________ Jason - Only a Skoda. Custom Fabia Bonnet Lifter Kits - £45! Click Me. Cheesy bonnet lifter video to "raise me up" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnGECEi5Oc See the mongrel's 260bhp Dyno Video! Last edited by devonutopia; 08-05-2003 at 09:57.

08-05-2003, 10:05	#12
devonutopia Mongreller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Exeter / Devon Posts: 30,109 Members Car: Skoda Fabia Mongrel Images: 5 Thanks: 75 Thanked 353 Times in 296 Posts	Right. I think finally I've got it myself, phew Can someone check out the attached file, which is a map of where the A46/A452 intersect. There is a "PH" on the junction which I reckon is the pub. Can someone confirm this, and I'll know where to go. Cheers SOD IT! These work PCs are not playing by the book. It saved the file as a .dll and it won't let me view it! OK. - route - Junct 4 M6 as mentioned, head south on A452 until you meet the A45 at Stonebridge. "PH" is on the top left corner of junction as seen on map. I'll have to let you guys/gals look yourself on streetmap or multimap. __________________ Jason - Only a Skoda. Custom Fabia Bonnet Lifter Kits - £45! Click Me. Cheesy bonnet lifter video to "raise me up" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnGECEi5Oc See the mongrel's 260bhp Dyno Video!

08-05-2003, 10:06	#13
Stimps Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Colchester Posts: 5,091 Members Car: Fabia 1.4 16v Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Somewhere on here? http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.c...00&coordsys=gb Edit: Actually, somewhere near here? http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.c...ut.x=2&out.y=9 There's mention of the Malt Shovel on: http://www.nextiraone.co.uk/nextirao...ham%20map.html __________________ Steve « Nature Green 1.4 16v Fabia Comfort » Last edited by Stimps; 08-05-2003 at 10:13.

08-05-2003, 10:14	#14
devonutopia Mongreller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Exeter / Devon Posts: 30,109 Members Car: Skoda Fabia Mongrel Images: 5 Thanks: 75 Thanked 353 Times in 296 Posts	Yep, it is Stimpy. If you zoom in on Stonebridge. There's a major crossroads - A45 and A452 I think it was. If you approach from the North on the A452, the "PH" is on the right hand side as you approach the A45. I'm assuming, perhaps wrongly, that that is the Malt Shovel. __________________ Jason - Only a Skoda. Custom Fabia Bonnet Lifter Kits - £45! Click Me. Cheesy bonnet lifter video to "raise me up" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnGECEi5Oc See the mongrel's 260bhp Dyno Video!

08-05-2003, 10:21	#15
Stimps Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Colchester Posts: 5,091 Members Car: Fabia 1.4 16v Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm thinking about going btw - most of the trip for me would be along the A14, which is a fairly-okayish road with a distinct lack of speed cameras :-) __________________ Steve « Nature Green 1.4 16v Fabia Comfort »

08-05-2003, 12:23	#16
devonutopia Mongreller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Exeter / Devon Posts: 30,109 Members Car: Skoda Fabia Mongrel Images: 5 Thanks: 75 Thanked 353 Times in 296 Posts	It would be motorway all the way for me. The A30 dual carriageway (basically a motorway with one less lane) starts about 3 miles from me, then its onto the M5 at Exeter, M40/M42 around Brummy-ville, and then the M6 to junction 4. It would be the first time I do a long trip on the new wheels, so it will be interesting to see how the mpg has changed since my little trip to London to pick up the wheels. I've also decided I'm going - Hope many others are too - That area is very central for most Briskodians I would have thought..? edit: It may be worth someone starting a new thread in the meets section with the date/area in the title, so people know about it. The title just being "calling all Briskodians" may not entice enough people to look. 2nd edit: I reckon you should do the above, funky, as you started off this thread. __________________ Jason - Only a Skoda. Custom Fabia Bonnet Lifter Kits - £45! Click Me. Cheesy bonnet lifter video to "raise me up" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnGECEi5Oc See the mongrel's 260bhp Dyno Video! Last edited by devonutopia; 08-05-2003 at 12:27.

08-05-2003, 19:18	#17
Dmac1969vRS Briskodian Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,160 Members Car: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi all I might be able to join you on the Sunday , if a 'Northern' Briskodan is welcome , as I am off for the whole week after that weekend! Would be nice to meet you all , and I have driven to the NEC before , so i (kinda) know where I am heading!

08-05-2003, 19:21	#18
funkyjutel Detail Doctor Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Just round the corner from Willie Shakespeare, close to his mum's gaff and not far from the centre of england.... Posts: 646 Members Car: Yes it's a Skoda..Yes it's fast dear! Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Plently Replies Well my fellow Briskodans, great to get so many eager replies. So far interested parties are: Ncarring - Nick Quinten Fabia TDI Stopani J - John Mellowyellow Devonutopia KLB Stimps and me............ Thats 9 then so far John, you're right it is the 24th......DOH!!!!! I'm blind!! Let's see if we can get this up to double figures. Manny that's a really crap excuse . Anyone would think that you are serious about this Skoda thing!!!! Ha Ha, I will be paying them a visit soon too!!!!!!!! Anyone else up for it?????????????? I was thinking of meeting about 11.00am ish?? How's that sound?? Needless to say a warm Midland welcome awaits all!! __________________ Funky Fathering Is Where It's At

08-05-2003, 19:40	#20
Dmac1969vRS Briskodian Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,160 Members Car: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Judging by this quote 'Probably for Sunday May 24th, or another alternative Sunday?' Im assuming that its Sunday 25th May?

08-05-2003, 19:57	#21
FabiaTDi VT5 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 2,001 Members Car: Fabia vRS Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Probably wont be able to make it if its on the Saturday 24th Unless we can sort something out for after the ro ro day in Peterborough, although i'm not sure how late this will finish. Hopefully i can make the next one! Cheers, Matthew. __________________ Was: 2003 Allard Tuned Fabia vRS VT5 Turbo Conversion Now: 2008 Audi A3 Sportback TDI

08-05-2003, 21:21	#22
mannyo BRISKODA Staff Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Stevenage Herts. Posts: 11,478 Members Car: Octavia 2.0 TDi Elegance Thanks: 58 Thanked 362 Times in 333 Posts	Oh, go on then. Keep me a place open, assuming of course its sunday the 25th and not saturday. Duncan, Come along you know you want to there are plenty of hotels nearby for 1 night accomodation. __________________ Manny 2005 Octavia 2.0TDi Elegance combi my skoda website http://www.octaviars.co.uk Join the briskoda.net folding team click Here for more info

08-05-2003, 22:22	#23
stopan1j Briskodian Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,215 Members Car: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	FunkyJutel, Please, Please, Please can we do this on SUNDAY 25TH MAY 2003 as it seems most are hoping and can make this date. Will be excellent as Duncan can make the 25th who was one of the intial Vortex Skoda Forum posters that led to the start of Briskoda. John

09-05-2003, 08:20	#24
funkyjutel Detail Doctor Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Just round the corner from Willie Shakespeare, close to his mum's gaff and not far from the centre of england.... Posts: 646 Members Car: Yes it's a Skoda..Yes it's fast dear! Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It's the 25th, It's the 25th, It's the 25th I am blind, blind, blind!!!!!!! IT IS THE 25TH EVERYONE. THAT IS MY FINAL DECISION!!!! Right glad that's cleared up folks. Right can we have an up to date total please of whose comin........ :drive1: __________________ Funky Fathering Is Where It's At

09-05-2003, 15:26	#25
stopan1j Briskodian Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,215 Members Car: Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Great, I am on for the Finalised Midlands meet SUNDAY 25TH of MAY 2003 John

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