Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply

***ColinD*** · 19-07-2006, 21:20

Right it's a blinking long time since we've had one of these and fr those who don't know...racing it's not...tour it is.

Thats right folks a Welsh meet and about time I hear some crys from the wings.

The basic format of one of these meets is such that we all meet at a hotel the night before; although some heros do set of at silly o'clock and look like death at normal o'clock.

We have a bite to eat and a few rounds of ales to help settle into our budget accomodation.

We awake have breakfast and watch me run around like a headless chicken.

Quick drive to a meeting point; although this year it will be the same car park thus buying me an extra hour in bed.

From said hotel car park we depart in small groups for a tour thats a TOUR not a race as welsh plod have clever things like camera vans disgusied as ice cream vans and whumpa thumpa's in the sky with radios and everything...clever they are, expensive they can be. Most of the roads are nigh on impossible to go at nsl + anyway; which is not a challenge, more a promise.

Anyhow distracted as I was there for a moment, we set of on a skoda adventure; I'd say mini adventure, but risk being sued. Approx evert 40 mins we pull over to talk like men about our exploits avoiding bunnies and overtaking tractors; oh and take in some grand views.

Approx 200miles later we arrive at a pub; exhausted save for Jon who is part car and rumoured to be one of the next generation hybrid models, quite where the model comes in I have no idea, a hanky company are very interested in him I hear on the grapvine. Or is it genticlabsvine...heck I have no idea which is how most of you will feel if we get the route right.

So enough with the babbling, the reccy trips are alreay under way and it will be a good day, as long as the roads have not melted.

So sign up to this thread and I'll update it as I go, date is not yet set, but work on September to avoid the traffic so later Sep.

Meeting point will be in and around Owsetry for planing purposes.

This year I may do a twist ad have a camping night in the middle and thus ctaully have two meets in one, a kind of welsh multi meet.

Jason; your welcome, but the pub has stopped doing soup with rolls.

I repeat this is not a race day and I'll be deeply miffed if anybody thinks it's funny to do so; it's not and besides the sky has eyes...

Oh and it's nothing to do with briskoda if anybody asks

So Sign up now, budget for a hotel, some beer and a tank of fuel; unless you drive a fabia; in which case budget for extra beers for the 1.8t owners who will have to wait for you of course

Okay that last bit was a sick joke; sorry but hey unless we laugh we'll be upset by those who laugh at us...

For those who came on the last one; similar but different I hope.

Space are not limited; but if demand is suffiient I'll prepare a long way arond and short way around route; thus thise who set cruise at 60 and hang on for dear life can have fun with those who prefer 40 and using brakes for corners.

**robmawer** · 19-07-2006, 21:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by ColinD

exhausted save for Jon who is part car and rumoured to be one of the next generation hybrid models

Count me in.

Rob.

***ColinD*** · 19-07-2006, 21:30

Yeah I think it's his knees over anything else

Glider · 19-07-2006, 21:39

I'm in, where's Wales.
Had a great time there 2 weeks ago. so just let me know the dates anytime after the 10th would be even better, and yes i have a diesel Fabia, so know not to play with the big boys in their gas guzzlers

Tigger_1979 · 19-07-2006, 21:45

I did a Scotland Tour last Summer Welsh tour sounds kool Put me down as a Definately Maybe

drm_jones · 19-07-2006, 21:47

Sounds like it should be good fun. Count me in provisionally

**TaviaRS** · 19-07-2006, 22:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by ColinD

exhausted save for Jon who is part car and rumoured to be one of the next generation hybrid models,

unless you drive a fabia; in which case budget for extra beers for the 1.8t owners who will have to wait for you of course

thus thise who set cruise at 60 and hang on for dear life can have fun with those who prefer 40 and using brakes for corners.

OI!

I resemble those remarks!

At least this time I'm in a nice slow diesel

Last time, drove from Surrey to Oswestry, did the 200 mile route, drove back to Surrey via Bristol (to drop off a man who'd rather carelessly had one roll too many

). Twas a long day but jolly good fun.

Count me in, I'll lead the slow group again ain't got nowt to prove, just a nice drive in the countryside

This assumes I don't have a 7 year old in tow, cos if I do, I ain't coming

Dr Zoidberg · 19-07-2006, 22:47

When are you planning on doing this?

The first one was good fun so I may well be up for this.

***ColinD*** · 20-07-2006, 07:45

Latter half of September.

Ring trip in Aug, Oct to dodgy for weather; likewise with Nov thru Jan, last time I was cheking routes out with snow on them

vRS19TD · 20-07-2006, 07:45

Count me in, providing i can make it!!

TIMVRS · 20-07-2006, 11:00

Ahh, Now it has been a while young Colin,

Count me in

Looking forward to it allready ?

Tim

Emily-Elizabeth · 20-07-2006, 11:20

I'll be there!!!!

faboka vrs · 20-07-2006, 11:28

1) ColinD
2) Robmawer
3) Glider
4) Tigger
5) drm_jones
6) TaviaRS
7) Dr Zoidberg
8) vRS19TD
9) Tim VRS
10) Emily-Elizabeth
11) Faboka & Pinklady

Goochie · 20-07-2006, 11:35

Is this a SKoda only meeting

?

I may have been distracted by Mr. Nissan's attempts to sell me parts with funny squiggly writing on them by September

EDIT: Are there any tunnels on the route?

devonutopia · 20-07-2006, 13:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by ColinD

Jason; your welcome, but the pub has stopped doing soup with rolls.

I don't know whether to

or

Depending on times etc I'll always be interested, but would rather go a more leisurely pace this time, and don't blame me if I slow down to 15mph through the horseshoe pass..... I may even stop there for a bit, just not on my roof.

Hmmm latter half of Sept, eh? Gonna be on a 2 week course in Bristol which is either gonna be good or bad, from the 18th Sept... straight after I get back from Czech.....

Shall have to see.

**TaviaRS** · 20-07-2006, 13:14

You could follow my SDI Jason, should be easier to follow than a 1.4 16V

Goochie · 20-07-2006, 13:21

I just read the thread title again and seen I'm not allowed to apply

devonutopia · 20-07-2006, 13:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goochie

I just read the thread title again and seen I'm not allowed to apply

Apparently you just need to be long and hard, which is no problem by me.

Oh hang on, is that referring to the tour. I thought it was long and hard people on a fly tour (what I usually end up doing) not the other way around.

Shifty · 20-07-2006, 13:32

1) ColinD
2) Robmawer
3) Glider
4) Tigger
5) drm_jones
6) TaviaRS
7) Dr Zoidberg
8) vRS19TD
9) Tim VRS
10) Emily-Elizabeth
11) Faboka & Pinklady
12) Shifty

Providing it doesnt clash with the Czech trip

Can't wait

Fluffmeister · 20-07-2006, 16:42

1) ColinD
2) Robmawer
3) Glider
4) Tigger
5) drm_jones
6) TaviaRS
7) Dr Zoidberg
8) vRS19TD
9) Tim VRS
10) Emily-Elizabeth
11) Faboka & Pinklady
12) Shifty
13) Fluffmeister

Up for this, only minor niggle is that I am organising another bike trip to the Harz in September so hopefully I can sort my admin out to avoid a clash.

Goochie · 20-07-2006, 16:44

1) ColinD
2) Robmawer
3) Glider
4) Tigger
5) drm_jones
6) TaviaRS
7) Dr Zoidberg
8) vRS19TD
9) Tim VRS
10) Emily-Elizabeth
11) Faboka & Pinklady
12) Shifty
13) Fluffmeister
14) Phil - leading the hair dresser squadron (providing I can make the date, when chosen)

***ColinD*** · 20-07-2006, 21:17

Mood I'm in tonight I'll do lots of them

That way I won't have to drive for work again; yay!!!!

devonutopia · 20-07-2006, 21:29

Is it going to be starting in the Oswestry area again? Or try somewhere a little different?

vRS19TD · 24-07-2006, 13:24

1) ColinD
2) Robmawer
3) Glider
4) Tigger
5) drm_jones
6) TaviaRS
7) Dr Zoidberg
8) vRS19TD - Maybe
9) Tim VRS
10) Emily-Elizabeth
11) Faboka & Pinklady
12) Shifty
13) Fluffmeister
14) Phil - leading the hair dresser squadron (providing I can make the date, when chosen)

19-07-2006, 21:20	#1
*ColinD* Site owner Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Hill & Mountains of North Wales Posts: 10,312 Members Car: Roomster Scout Images: 3 Thanks: 29 Thanked 174 Times in 80 Posts	Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply Right it's a blinking long time since we've had one of these and fr those who don't know...racing it's not...tour it is. Thats right folks a Welsh meet and about time I hear some crys from the wings. The basic format of one of these meets is such that we all meet at a hotel the night before; although some heros do set of at silly o'clock and look like death at normal o'clock. We have a bite to eat and a few rounds of ales to help settle into our budget accomodation. We awake have breakfast and watch me run around like a headless chicken. Quick drive to a meeting point; although this year it will be the same car park thus buying me an extra hour in bed. From said hotel car park we depart in small groups for a tour thats a TOUR not a race as welsh plod have clever things like camera vans disgusied as ice cream vans and whumpa thumpa's in the sky with radios and everything...clever they are, expensive they can be. Most of the roads are nigh on impossible to go at nsl + anyway; which is not a challenge, more a promise. Anyhow distracted as I was there for a moment, we set of on a skoda adventure; I'd say mini adventure, but risk being sued. Approx evert 40 mins we pull over to talk like men about our exploits avoiding bunnies and overtaking tractors; oh and take in some grand views. Approx 200miles later we arrive at a pub; exhausted save for Jon who is part car and rumoured to be one of the next generation hybrid models, quite where the model comes in I have no idea, a hanky company are very interested in him I hear on the grapvine. Or is it genticlabsvine...heck I have no idea which is how most of you will feel if we get the route right. So enough with the babbling, the reccy trips are alreay under way and it will be a good day, as long as the roads have not melted. So sign up to this thread and I'll update it as I go, date is not yet set, but work on September to avoid the traffic so later Sep. Meeting point will be in and around Owsetry for planing purposes. This year I may do a twist ad have a camping night in the middle and thus ctaully have two meets in one, a kind of welsh multi meet. Jason; your welcome, but the pub has stopped doing soup with rolls. I repeat this is not a race day and I'll be deeply miffed if anybody thinks it's funny to do so; it's not and besides the sky has eyes... Oh and it's nothing to do with briskoda if anybody asks So Sign up now, budget for a hotel, some beer and a tank of fuel; unless you drive a fabia; in which case budget for extra beers for the 1.8t owners who will have to wait for you of course Okay that last bit was a sick joke; sorry but hey unless we laugh we'll be upset by those who laugh at us... For those who came on the last one; similar but different I hope. Space are not limited; but if demand is suffiient I'll prepare a long way arond and short way around route; thus thise who set cruise at 60 and hang on for dear life can have fun with those who prefer 40 and using brakes for corners. __________________ ColinD 1.9 Scout Roomster - Standard www.BRISKODA.net :: Site Owner E-Mail : webmaster at briskoda dot net Got a comment to make about the site? Please feel free to use the feedback form here, we welcome your views. Last edited by ColinD; 19-07-2006 at 21:23.

19-07-2006, 21:30	#3
*ColinD* Site owner Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Hill & Mountains of North Wales Posts: 10,312 Members Car: Roomster Scout Images: 3 Thanks: 29 Thanked 174 Times in 80 Posts	Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply Yeah I think it's his knees over anything else __________________ ColinD 1.9 Scout Roomster - Standard www.BRISKODA.net :: Site Owner E-Mail : webmaster at briskoda dot net Got a comment to make about the site? Please feel free to use the feedback form here, we welcome your views.

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Glider Briskodian Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Central Scotland Posts: 2,432 Members Car: Thanks: 5 Thanked 50 Times in 31 Posts	Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply I'm in, where's Wales. Had a great time there 2 weeks ago. so just let me know the dates anytime after the 10th would be even better, and yes i have a diesel Fabia, so know not to play with the big boys in their gas guzzlers

19-07-2006, 21:45	#5
Tigger_1979 Briskodian Join Date: May 2004 Location: Yate, Bristol, South West Posts: 1,846 Members Car: Standard Yellow Fabia vRS Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply I did a Scotland Tour last Summer Welsh tour sounds kool Put me down as a Definately Maybe __________________ WSM Sat 1st November 2008

19-07-2006, 21:47	#6
drm_jones Worthless loser Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nowhere of interest to anybody Posts: 1,034 Members Car: Unimportant Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply Sounds like it should be good fun. Count me in provisionally __________________ David 2002 Black Magic Octavia V/RS

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Dr Zoidberg Briskodian Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: On the back of an AA truck with a failed turbo Posts: 10,756 Members Car: Octavia II 2.0 TDi Elegance Thanks: 30 Thanked 195 Times in 146 Posts	Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply When are you planning on doing this? The first one was good fun so I may well be up for this. __________________ Alex "I laugh in the face of danger, then I hide until it goes away" www.drzoidberg.co.uk

20-07-2006, 07:45	#9
*ColinD* Site owner Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Hill & Mountains of North Wales Posts: 10,312 Members Car: Roomster Scout Images: 3 Thanks: 29 Thanked 174 Times in 80 Posts	Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply Latter half of September. Ring trip in Aug, Oct to dodgy for weather; likewise with Nov thru Jan, last time I was cheking routes out with snow on them __________________ ColinD 1.9 Scout Roomster - Standard www.BRISKODA.net :: Site Owner E-Mail : webmaster at briskoda dot net Got a comment to make about the site? Please feel free to use the feedback form here, we welcome your views.

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Goochie Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Up a tree. Posts: 12,363 Members Car: Thanks: 7 Thanked 27 Times in 25 Posts	Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply Is this a SKoda only meeting ? I may have been distracted by Mr. Nissan's attempts to sell me parts with funny squiggly writing on them by September EDIT: Are there any tunnels on the route?

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Goochie Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Up a tree. Posts: 12,363 Members Car: Thanks: 7 Thanked 27 Times in 25 Posts	Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply I just read the thread title again and seen I'm not allowed to apply

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20-07-2006, 16:44	#21
Goochie Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Up a tree. Posts: 12,363 Members Car: Thanks: 7 Thanked 27 Times in 25 Posts	Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply 1) ColinD 2) Robmawer 3) Glider 4) Tigger 5) drm_jones 6) TaviaRS 7) Dr Zoidberg 8) vRS19TD 9) Tim VRS 10) Emily-Elizabeth 11) Faboka & Pinklady 12) Shifty 13) Fluffmeister 14) Phil - leading the hair dresser squadron (providing I can make the date, when chosen)

20-07-2006, 21:17	#22
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20-07-2006, 21:29	#23
devonutopia Mongreller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Exeter / Devon Posts: 30,100 Members Car: Skoda Fabia Mongrel Images: 5 Thanks: 75 Thanked 352 Times in 295 Posts	Re: Wales tour : long and hard...fly boys need not apply Is it going to be starting in the Oswestry area again? Or try somewhere a little different? __________________ 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!