Yorkshire Dales MINI Run - Sunday 13th July 2008 - Notes now added

[NeuroBeaker]

Quote: Originally Posted by ScottyBoy (original)

Last week on the Great North MINI Run, an elderly women came out house yelling a us, we were all doing 30mph, 5 minutes down the road we were stopped by the police in Kirkby Stephen.

Quote: Originally Posted by NickyJ (original)

Kirby Stephen is where we're stopping for lunch

Can you remember the street that elderly woman's house was on? Perhaps we could pull the run up outside, roll down the windows, and ask her for directions to any local gold deposits she may know of...

"This is the Self Preservation Society..."

[Scrogg]

Have you got postcodes for the start and finish points Nicky?

[Matt_and_Cat]

Quote: Originally Posted by M.O.S (original)

Just a quick thought - are there going to be any checkmates / park lanes and sidewalks? Then we'd have a full set if I can make it!

All being well, at least one Sidewalk should be there!

[M.O.S]

Lets track down an owner of a park lane and have the full set! Could even put them in order! One Seven, (least power), Cooper Park Lane (middle) and the Cooper S Checkmate (most power - should avoid the 'elastic band' effect! Then a sidewalk One/Cooper/Cooper S at either the end or the beginning - its a convertible! End may be better due to the new factor, although having said that, it may be the victim of the elastic band effect.

If anyone has / knows someone with a Park Lane, we need you/them to complete the set. How good would that look!

[Matt_and_Cat]

Quote: Originally Posted by M.O.S (original)

Lets track down an owner of a park lane and have the full set! Could even put them in order! One Seven, (least power), Cooper Park Lane (middle) and the Cooper S Checkmate (most power - should avoid the 'elastic band' effect! Then a sidewalk One/Cooper/Cooper S at either the end or the beginning - its a convertible! End may be better due to the new factor, although having said that, it may be the victim of the elastic band effect.

If anyone has / knows someone with a Park Lane, we need you/them to complete the set. How good would that look!

Sounds like a plan! I can only provide a Cooper S Sidewalk! Have to go now... it needs to get me from High Wycome to home now. Could be a pleasant evening's drive in the sun... except it's mostly up the M6 so will be horrific

[M.O.S]

Quote: Originally Posted by Matt_and_Cat (original)

Sounds like a plan! I can only provide a Cooper S Sidewalk! Have to go now... it needs to get me from High Wycome to home now. Could be a pleasant evening's drive in the sun... except it's mostly up the M6 so will be horrific

Cooper S sidewalk is perfect. Couldn't have asked for better. Means that it could go at the back (most power, newest special edition, soft top etc) and also you won't suffer the elastic band effect.

In case you don't know what that is, its where one car sets off, then the next has to set off slightly faster... As you have a cooper s, this won't be a problem, however, if it was a one, I would suggest that the organiser puts it at the front of the special edition group - saves you worrying about the effect.

Still, hopefully the organiser will close of an area of the car park so we can get in position! It would look great going through the villages with a row of special edition minis! Even better if we could track down that park lane!

Anyone with a park lane?

If the organiser can let me know what he/she thinks to my suggestions I would appreciate it! We'd have to get a good area to park (ensuring our little special edition order stays the same!) during the lunch stop!

[NeuroBeaker]

Quote: Originally Posted by Matt_and_Cat (original)

Sounds like a plan! I can only provide a Cooper S Sidewalk! Have to go now... it needs to get me from High Wycome to home now. Could be a pleasant evening's drive in the sun... except it's mostly up the M6 so will be horrific

Oh no - the M6! It took me over an hour and a half to get between junctions 16 to 18 last time I was on it. And it's not like there was even anything (e.g. breakdown, crash, roadworks, cheerleaders dancing at the side of the road) that should have held up the traffic - veeerrrryyyy dull.

[AidenL]

We have missed all the runs this year for various reasons

Will try our best to make it to this one to catch up with everyone

[NickyJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by alisoncummings (original)

hope to join you there, ali C.

Added Ali C

Quote: Originally Posted by NeuroBeaker (original)

Can you remember the street that elderly woman's house was on? Perhaps we could pull the run up outside, roll down the windows, and ask her for directions to any local gold deposits she may know of...

"This is the Self Preservation Society..."

Not a good idea

Quote: Originally Posted by Scrogg (original)

Have you got postcodes for the start and finish points Nicky?

Let's see if the link still works from last year

http://www.multimap.com/maps/#t=l&map=54.03803,-1.56745|17|32&hloc=GB|n54.03873,%20w1.56732

The car park is the triangle shaped bit of land right in the middle

Yes it does, the car park doesn't have a postcode, but Main Street, Ripley is HG3 3AX

Brymor Ice Cream our finish point is HG4 4PG

Quote: Originally Posted by M.O.S (original)

Still, hopefully the organiser will close of an area of the car park so we can get in position! It would look great going through the villages with a row of special edition minis! Even better if we could track down that park lane!

Anyone with a park lane?

I'm sure we can keep you all together

No, I don't know anyone with a Park Lane, well apart from Laura with her rare Park Lane S but she's not coming as far as I know

[NickyJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by AidenL (original)

We have missed all the runs this year for various reasons

Will try our best to make it to this one to catch up with everyone

I hope you do Aiden

[vickietots]

Only fair that I do a sleep update!! 31 sleeps!!!

[NickyJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by vickietots (original)

Only fair that I do a sleep update!! 31 sleeps!!!

Thanks sleeps-until-run-updater

[AidenL]

Quote: Originally Posted by NickyJ (original)

I hope you do Aiden

Will do our best

[Scrogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by AidenL (original)

Will try our best to make it to this one to catch up with everyone

I hope you can make it Aiden, then I can cross another name off my list of people I really should've met by now

Quote: Originally Posted by NickyJ (original)

Let's see if the link still works from last year

http://www.multimap.com/maps/#t=l&map=54.03803,-1.56745|17|32&hloc=GB|n54.03873,%20w1.56732

The car park is the triangle shaped bit of land right in the middle

Yes it does, the car park doesn't have a postcode, but Main Street, Ripley is HG3 3AX

Brymor Ice Cream our finish point is HG4 4PG

Thank you

Now at least I can plan the logistics even if if I can't plan somewhere to stay!

[KillerByte]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scrogg (original)

Now at least I can plan the logistics even if if I can't plan somewhere to stay!

Excellent! One less thing for me to worry about.