Excellent run today, some really nice roads and great scenery. Thanks for organising it guys.

Learnt some important things today:
1) Sham's, Maxim's and Martin L S's go quicker than my ONE
2) I shouldn't try to keep up with Sham, Maxim and Martin L
3) Keeping the revs at 6k while trying to keep up with Sham, Maxim and Martin L is not a good thing to do for long periods.
4) My ONE is faster than Anands Cooper!:eek: :D :D
5) Cattle grids should not be taken at 60mph

Got a few good pics which I'll post tomorrow, got to go and watch 24 now....

Originally posted by Anand
Aiden have a look for yourself

do you recognise these 2 characters

Indeed I do...........what were they looking for ?

A hammer and nails perhaps??:D

Hi folks,

Home at last! :D

Knacked but happy :D

We had a good day :D and thanks everyone for joining us in the run :D Glad to see such a good turn out - meeting up with old friends and putting names to faces for new aquaintances :D

There were some hairy moments :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:, and I really thought Cheeky was going to be hit by that stupid red Golf in the last leg of the run :rolleyes:

I hope eveyone made it home OK :D

I shall write up the event and post a few pics on Apple's site later - too tired to do it tonight ;)

Looking forward to meeting you again soon! :D

DK and Mr DK :D

Originally posted by s_and_m
Maxim, Cheeky and DK, thanks for well organised day out.

A big thanks from Gary and me, too. Had a fantastic time! A great way to pop our MINI run cherry! :)

yidaho - did you get petrol in time?

Just about, despite going 10 miles in the wrong direction with not a drip of petrol in sight! Finally found Safeways, then managed to catch up with the other MINI2ers at the next stop, thankfully!

Hope your head is feeling a little better, Steve? :D Hope to see you and M at MK? ;)

S_and_M, this is the point at which you were getting a lot of wheelspin, I thought you were going to dissapear down the river.

Tim did you have a problem with your exhaust?? :eek: its was making a lot of loud noises :D esp. when you had your steering lock on and you kept going round and round and round and round....:rolleyes:

I want one :(

I was watching my nephew in his bike race when you all swooped down the hill heading towards wormhill. What a sight. In my wife's Alfa 147 otherwise would of binned watching the race tagged along. Thanks to the lad in the Artic Blue Cooper S, who took a wrong turn, and as he was turning round kindly gave me this website address. Is the next run in the Cotswolds? Can someone point me in the right direction here? Cheers

Aus Tim

i think you should have had this blokes car, he passed us at some stage but he was tooooo fast :D

even sounded beeefy ;)

Originally posted by mikeythemini
is this you?

I think that might just be me. I think I recognise the big lump in the passenger seat. :p

Originally posted by guybo
I was watching my nephew in his bike race when you all swooped down the hill heading towards wormhill. What a sight. In my wife's Alfa 147 otherwise would of binned watching the race tagged along. Thanks to the lad in the Artic Blue Cooper S, who took a wrong turn, and as he was turning round kindly gave me this website address. Is the next run in the Cotswolds? Can someone point me in the right direction here? Cheers


Hi and welcome to MINI2..........see this thread for Cotswolds Run information......

http://www.mini2.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29420

;)

Originally posted by M.2
S_and_M, this is the point at which you were getting a lot of wheelspin, I thought you were going to dissapear down the river.

Ooh, and that's us behind just about to take the dip! :D

Thanks to all involved in the organisation of today. It must have been a mamoth task, and all came off without a hitch. Good to put some names to some faces - nice friendly crowd. Doubled the mileage on my MINI - now up to 900 miles. :)

Thanks again for a great day. Hopefully see you soon.

1250... CoopRaNite lost her ;) on the Derbyshire run

This was one of my highlights of the day :)

Then it was my turn to lead Sugster ;) the only reason you were in front was because i was keeping the revs down :( but I had good view of you in my rear view mirror after lunch :D.

Nice One btw and Whalen shift looked good toooo, see you soon

Originally posted by Anand
Aiden have a look for yourself

do you recognise these 2 characters
Did Martin drop a penny?:p

anand,that pic of sham and martin l is so funny,they were tossing a coin to see who was paying entrance fee at massage parlour.........thinking about it did anyone see martin after 10.30 ????????????

Got through the front door at 9.15pm - The traffic on the M1 was appalling! :( But had a superb time! Can't wait for the MK run. I'll be tent shopping next week! ;) :D

A huge thanks to MAXIM and Cheekygrin for organising what was our first MINI run. Well done guys, loved every minute!

It was great to meet some of the names that I have become so familiar with over the last few weeks. Everyone was so welcoming! :)

Sarah & Gary

Thanks everyone great day out the "cut slicks" on the front made it interesting at times.
You now we wuz going so fast I apear to have slipped through the time dimension type thingy look what happened on the way home. Its the 1960s hurrah

Dont forget Castle Combe Bank Holiday Monday 26Th

Look Maaaa there's another one of those Mini's :D

Yep that cows right..:eek: i can see one right behind mee ;)

Originally posted by Anand
1250... CoopRaNite lost her ;) on the Derbyshire run

This was one of my highlights of the day :)

We lost ours on the M1 on the way up, too! Dang, shoulda got a photo! Congrats, Anand!

looks like you had a great time guys... shame I missed it :(

Don't forget the brecons run in Wales too, that's next month :)

Dom

Such a gr8 day that even the clouds had their work cut out to keep up with the MINI2 crew :D

My thanks also to Maxim and Cheeky grin. It was a brill day out and can't wait to do it again, albeit a full day rather than the half day i could only put in.

Cheers Yidaho

Now I have a permo :D

Originally posted by yidaho
A big thanks from Gary and me, too. Had a fantastic time! A great way to pop our MINI run cherry! :)
It was nice to meet you both:) I hope to catch you both again soon.:)

Sorry to hear you weren't well Steve, I was wondering where you were.. Thanks for running out the pub to try and get me, sorry for driving off.:(

Thanks for supplying the entertainment at the hotel. I may just have to make your next trip to the ring.:)

"Extra Extra.. read all about it.. GET YOUR Derbyshire run maps here...":D

oops 4got to attach

Originally posted by MAXIM
anand,that pic of sham and martin l is so funny,they were tossing a coin to see who was paying entrance fee at massage parlour.........thinking about it did anyone see martin after 10.30 ????????????


:D :D :D LOL!! That is a very good pic! Martin actually lost that bet and went off in a huff when he realised he had to pay the entrance fee. That's why he wasn't spotted after the curry. :p

Originally posted by MAXIM
anand,that pic of sham and martin l is so funny,they were tossing a coin to see who was paying entrance fee at massage parlour.........thinking about it did anyone see martin after 10.30 ????????????
Nope:D

Smile PLEASEEEEE......

The Lengths some people will go to to get a good View!

Caption Competition Possibly ?

"Dont worry son, The Green roofs are the strongest"