Lost our Kent run cherry.............
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Lost our Kent run cherry.............
This morning Laura and myself were awoken to the sound of sweet home alabama playing as my alarm went off, with a quick look at my phone to see the time if 4.30am I pressed snooze and rolled over......... oh no, not Laura she was straight up with a massive smile on her face and ready to roll for the infamous Kent run hosted by TLF. With lots of encouragement from Laura i got out of bed, threw on some clothes, grabbed my camera and off we went. Without coffee
After a short steady drive we were ov er the Dartford Bridge and through the tolls which were free as it was before 6am (on a sunday morning... whats that about?) in no time at all we were joining the M20 for a quick blast down to the start point at Maidstone services. When we arrived, there was not a 2 in sight but the world famous golden arches beckoned us for breakfast....... and a coffee for me
It wasn't long before others turned up, the coffee kicked in and the day was starting to look up . So the 2 was full of fuel and now so were we..... its time to roll and this is where my pictures will tell the rest of the story from the passenger's point of view.
Hope you enjoy
That was my first Kent run and I can say that Laura is stil buzzing from the mornings driving!
After a short steady drive we were ov er the Dartford Bridge and through the tolls which were free as it was before 6am (on a sunday morning... whats that about?) in no time at all we were joining the M20 for a quick blast down to the start point at Maidstone services. When we arrived, there was not a 2 in sight but the world famous golden arches beckoned us for breakfast....... and a coffee for me
It wasn't long before others turned up, the coffee kicked in and the day was starting to look up . So the 2 was full of fuel and now so were we..... its time to roll and this is where my pictures will tell the rest of the story from the passenger's point of view.
Hope you enjoy
That was my first Kent run and I can say that Laura is stil buzzing from the mornings driving!
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Re: Lost our Kent run cherry.............
Nice pics mate.
Great that you got some of the balloon. We definitely attracted the attention of those in the basket.
I reckon the low pressure area of our slipstream dragged the balloon down at least 20ft feet!
Love these two shots.
Great that you got some of the balloon. We definitely attracted the attention of those in the basket.
I reckon the low pressure area of our slipstream dragged the balloon down at least 20ft feet!
Love these two shots.
Delighted to see you both and glad you enjoyed your intro to the ethos of this event.oddshoes wrote:That was my first Kent run and I can say that Laura is stil buzzing from the mornings driving!
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Great pics Dave and well driven Laura.
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Thanks Andy!andyroo104 wrote:Great pics Dave and well driven Laura.
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Re: Lost our Kent run cherry.............
Great to see you all today.
Turn in, hold the throttle on, take the apex and use road width..... Beats the snooze button
Awesome pics and this one is stunning!!
Till the next one
Turn in, hold the throttle on, take the apex and use road width..... Beats the snooze button
Awesome pics and this one is stunning!!
Till the next one
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Re: Lost our Kent run cherry.............
sorry here you go again
hopefully not to bad as i had to zoom and focus manual while Laura was driving
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hopefully not to bad as i had to zoom and focus manual while Laura was driving
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put into first post now
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Re: Lost our Kent run cherry.............
Looks like a great selection of roads there Dave... great photo's
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Kent (and parts of East Sussex) has much to offer. The run is now in its fifth year and looking for previously unused roads is something of a challenge. The one with the balloon is one such. I didn't have time to recce it properly so I 'drove' it during the previous week using Google Maps street view. I'll be using it to suss out some more possibilities prior to the next one.chris wrote:Looks like a great selection of roads there Dave...
The patches of early morning mist at the beginning were great in the pics but made being the lead car quite tricky!chris wrote:great photo's
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Can't wait to get on one of these.
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Lost our Kent run cherry.............
+ 1_Al_ wrote:Can't wait to get on one of these.
Some great snaps... giving me 'Kent run envy'!