Heartbeat Run , thanks from the organisers

[Brushy]

Caroline and I would like to thank everyone involved in todays run. When we started the thread in January this was going to be a quiet run organised by Rob Boyes and us two, WRONG

The level of interest from Mini2ers exceeded our expectations and along came the offers of help from Tim (aus-tim powers), Carl and Jane (Stormcrow) and Nick & Hayley. The organisation team then was formed and with help from Malton Mini (Jonnytenjobs), Caroline and I felt a lot more relaxed that we were not alone in organising what was to turn out to be a large run.

Everyone has played their part, got on with things and worked hard to make the day run as smoothly as possible and we thank them all for that.

Unfortunatly on the day there were two incidents, one when someone pulled out on Dinka Donka's almost new S and damaged the passenger door (not a Mini ) and Laura had a small accident which I believe resulted in some suspension damage . Sorry to you two that your day was not what you had hoped for

Thanks also to Taz2822 and New Mini sport for the gifts which I am sure will make the day more special for all of us

Moreover thank you to all those who came and enjoyed our first run

Cheers

Mart + Caroline

[Hat]

& a huge thank you back to all the organisers for managing to shepherd 100 minis across the north yorkshire moors in such a well organised fashion. How you all kept your cool & kept on smiling i don't know.

& well done on finding such a superb route. Wondefull scenery & some great roads. It felt like we were a liberating army driving through the villages with all the locals waving.

So well done guys - take a bow, you deserve it.

[KLF]

Hello people,

WOW how fun was that !!
Never chucked my car into so many corners in one day! Cool,
Never stopped grinning and beeping (and swerving!)all day SUPER DAY! and great weather too!

Congrats to all the organisers Martin + Caroline, Tim (aus-tim powers), Carl and Jane (Stormcrow) and Nick & Hayley, Johnnytenjobs, etc... have i left anyone out?


Cheers

Chris

[aus-tim powers]

Hi Peoples,
I would like to give my personal thanks to everybody that turned up on our SUPER run!
I hope you all enjoyed it as much as i did ,You are all super people and it was a pleasure meet you & share this great event with EVERYONE.
Thankyou also to Martin & Caroline,i was v.glad to work with you and play my small part.

Thankyou to Rob Boyes :-) for all your hard work and without your suggestion to martin at pennines run 1 of possibly organising a run our run may have not even been!!

Thankyou to Carl& Jane(stormcrow) for all there hard work and providing the excellent HB website and for free. (possibly worth in the region of £800!?)

Thankyou to Nick&Hayley and JonnyTenJobs for all your help and support helping me to lead group 2 ! i could'nt have done it without you .

Highlight of my day - Swarming out of burniston car park like a 1000 bees or even crawling ants from the crevises! tooting our deafing horns and then looping around scarby and seeing everybodys astonished faces,especially showing up the'rice boys'(what was the white bmw with blue neons and yellow nova vanman all about! )

Others highlights - 12 HOURS OF FUN & TOO MANY TO MENTION!

Downers of the day -1. Leading my group up the wrong turnoff before lastingham and then having to get them to turnaround! 2. Laura's unfortunate accident and DinkaDonkas slight DINK!

I'll post my pics soon guys,you all deserve a medal!

Tim (Aus-tim)

[Monsta Mo Mini]

Just like to say thanks to all the organisers for a great day out. I'm afraid we had to head back early so didn't make it to Scarbourgh but you try telling a three year old that it isn't teatime yet!

Look forward to seeing you all again soon

cheers

Calum

[taz2822]

thanxs to all concerned Martin, Caroline and company. Great day out. Nice too see everyone out there including the sheep. I had to pull out before lunch as my little boy got travel sick {literally!!} in the back. So we headed into Scarbro as the "scouts" in search of some disinfectant and some baby wipes. Is anyone still out there on the moors? I have this image of a solitary mini cooper that has lost his family endlessly going through Houghton Le Hole like the Flying Dutchman.
Must do it again . Cheers everyone

[Linda M]

Hi Folks
Well we're 'just' in the door. We shot off after the parade at Scarborough and drove up to Hexham where we spent the night.

Just wanted to say a huge, HUGE, THANK YOU to ALL the organisers it was a fantastic day and you all did a tremendous job !!!!!!

We had a great time meeting everyone and made some very nice new MINI friends

Willie and Linda M

[stormcrow]

A HUGE thank you to everyone who came out to play.
Superb turnout and the atmosphere was great. Everyone stayed patient and kept smiling (well 99% of the time) even when we had a few issues to deal with. We really do thank you and hope that its something you will reflect back on fondly.

The day was not without incident.

Laura I am sure I speak for all when I say 'we hope you are ok, that your MINI is being cared for, and it will not put you off attending other meets'. We hope to see you soon.

Likewise, Dinka, with what would have made most shed tears, put on a brave face and continued with the run and in goof spirit. Good on ya mate.

It was great to see Martins beaming face when we all got to Burniston. Like a huge weight lifted off his shoulders. The biggest thank you goes to you Martin & Caroline for making it possible in the first place and I am honoured to have been able to play my small part.

Cheers all, hope to see familiar faces soon.

[Brushy]

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Originally posted by stormcrow


Likewise, Dinka, with what would have made most shed tears, put on a brave face and continued with the run and in goof spirit. Good on ya mate.

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REVENGE ATTACK

Do you get tonic with goof spirit Miaow

[aus-tim powers]

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Originally posted by Martin Plaskitt
REVENGE ATTACK

Do you get tonic with goof spirit Miaow

You been waiting for that spelling mistake ant ya

[Matt J]

I would just like to add my thanks to Martin and the rest of the team that organised such a fantastic event.

We loved the route the scenery and best of all meeting such a great bunch of people.

Thanks again and hope to see you all soon.

Matt and Charlotte

[Willie M]

Just to record my personal thanks and praise to all the organisers for a truly fantastic day out Beautiful scenery, some terrific roads and more MINIs per square mile than I'm likely to see again in a long while.

It was great to meet up with you all on the Saturday night too, Linda and I really enjoyed that.

Hopefully meet up with some, or all of you, again soon. Goes without saying but, if you're ever up in our neck of the woods be sure to give us a shout. It'd be great to see you

Here's to Heartbeat Run 2004

[stormcrow]

What can I say Mart, you got me

[Razor]

Fantastic day out - well organised, the route was superb.

Highlight of the the day - going down those 33% gradients.

Lowlight of the day 1 - seeing the aftermath of Laura's unfortunate incident.

Lowlight of the day 2 - the traffic on the way back from Scarborough to Leeds - it was murder.

Will be posting photos under the appropriate thread very soon.

It was nice to put faces to names.

Cheers guys.

Tony & Nikki Ruddock :

[Razor]

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Originally posted by Willie M
Here's to Heartbeat Run 2004

Here, Here.