Getting a meet up organised.

[Peter Hardy]

Hi Benjamin

Unfortunately not. My car is in hibernation ATM but will be back on the road by the start of April. I'm up for a meet up anytime from then onwards.

[benjamin]

Hi Benjamin

Unfortunately not. My car is in hibernation ATM but will be back on the road by the start of April. I'm up for a meet up anytime from then onwards.

Ah, gotcha! Ok, so… mid-to-late-April (there’s a four-day-bank-holiday in April, though the Sunday at least (9th) is nay good for me.

Would be good to start gathering names and numbers - so come out of the woodwork, y’all lurkers haha. Tell us if you’re local to Yorkshire and let’s start finding out who’s still active here! Hahaha.

[Peter Hardy]

Sounds good to me . Hopefully there will be a few of us to sort something out.

[JRD93]

I moved recently to Elsecar, should be close enough.

My cars currently floating on 4 jack stands so doing anything soon won't be possible, taking all the parts to be powdercoated tomorrow and should be back on it's wheels mid March.

[Peter Hardy]

We're talking about April sometime so that will work. Woohoo , potentially 3 of us at least so far.....

Anybody want to pick a date? I'm retired so have the luxury of flexibility .

[benjamin]

Ok so… how about April 10?

It’s the day after my birthday, but it’s also the day after Easter, so it’s a Bank Holiday Monday.

Either that or April 16, which is the Sunday after.

With regards location, a great place local to me is The Motorist. However it’s very local to me so not that far for me to drive but am willing to make that sacrifice if it works. It’s a regular car meet place, with a garage, shop and restaurant now. They actually have a JDM meet there on May 27, but I expect that will busy AF so potentially best avoided

Beyond that I’d say we plot all our locations on a map and work out the most interesting location / routes.

Or maybe you already have a place haha. Sorry, excited.

[Peter Hardy]

Sunday April 16th may be a bit quieter for a meet rather than the Bank Hol Monday?

The Motorist looks to be 70 odd miles from me or around a 150 mile round trip. I'm prepared to do that but agree that somewhere that's fairly central to all may well work better. The downside is we need to know who's gonna go and their date availability too.

I will send a PM to previous contributors to this thread and ask them to give their thoughts / availability in this thread.

Cheers, Peter.

[martin42006]

Hi Guys, the 16th would be better for me i think.
I should either be on a dive trip or roadtrip on the easter weekend so wouldnt be back down in time.

The motorist is a good shout, but depending on whos up for joining then a more centeral meet might be welcomed.
Thirsk has been mentioned before although thats possibly a bit or a drive for Wilki sr.
How about more inland like Aysgarth or Hawes, would hit some good roads getting there as an added bonus.

[Peter Hardy]

Hi Egil

I think the 16th would be better too. I really don't mind where we meet, as long as it's not much more than the 150 mile round trip to The Motorist.

[JRD93]

It would have to be the 16th for me. Just checked Aysgarth and it's 1 hour 40 mins one way for me, on the wrong side of Leeds to me. I have been to the motorist for one of their coffee and cars about a month ago in the MR2.

[benjamin]

Hi all

I’m honestly happy with wherever - I think it’s a good idea to get everyone plotted on a map and then figure out something that’s reasonable for everyone, for sure. The Motorist is lovely but 150miles is a lot for a meet up! And on the opposite end of the scale, it’s just a bit too close to me. Looking forward to displaying there at the JDMFest meet-up, though.

[Peter Hardy]

I don't mind a 150 mile round trip for a meet up as I understand that we live all over the place. I suggested Thirsk early in the thread but the issue there is probably gonna be parking. Somewhere like The Motorist should solve that problem.

Does anyone have any other suggestions? Egil suggested Aysgarth or Hawes which are good shouts with decent roads to enjoy.

[TonyleFrog]

The motorist is a good shout, but depending on whos up for joining then a more centeral meet might be welcomed.
Thirsk has been mentioned before although thats possibly a bit or a drive for Wilki sr.
How about more inland like Aysgarth or Hawes, would hit some good roads getting there as an added bonus.

You'll be hungry/thirsty after all that driving. If I were up that way, I'd say Leyburn.
The perfect location for MR2s. - https://goo.gl/maps/m8EhuoMt6GPGeXUJ6

[Peter Hardy]

Right, I think we need to be making some decisions otherwise it's gonna be winter again . The consensus seems to be that Sunday 16th April suits everyone best so let's stick with that.

Location - There's a few possibilities that have been suggested. Can you pick your selections in preferred order? Suggestions are:

Thirsk
The Motorist
Aysgarth
Hawes
Leyburn

Would you all be happy to go with the majority decision?

Cheers all .