Colonials visiting Blighty. Seeking your advice.
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Re: Colonials visiting Blighty. Seeking your advice.
I'm 15 mins from Hanley.
Mark
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1980 Dolomite Sprint project using brand new shell
2009 Mazda MX5 2.0 Sport
2018 Infiniti Q30
Re: Colonials visiting Blighty. Seeking your advice.
Where will you go in Scotland? I'm in Troon on the west coast south of Glasgow.
Mike
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Sundowner
Re: Colonials visiting Blighty. Seeking your advice.
Gentlemen,
As I mentioned earlier, our flight out is just a few days away now.
Thanks for all the posts and personal messages with advice, all of which is very much appreciated and much of which I've taken on board. I appreciate the invitations too, but please don't think I'm rude for not accepting, its just that our schedule is really full with something planned for each day. The reason for this is.....
12 years ago we toured the UK and made the mistake of not having a plan nor did we book any accommodation. We just got in our rental car and went for it. We ended up not seeing half of what we would have liked to have seen, because we spent half of each day looking for a bed for the night. So, this time I made sure that we have a well planned route with activities and sights along the way and a bed at the end of each day.
HOWEVER..... Even before we get there, we've already planned a return trip. In 2021 to see the GB F1 GP at Silverstone. Its been promised to me that this trip will be all things motoring and I hope to organise some Dolly connections for then.
Again a great big "THANK YOU" all for your advice, suggestions and good wishes.
WooHooo....Look out UK, here we come.
Cheers,
Rob
As I mentioned earlier, our flight out is just a few days away now.
Thanks for all the posts and personal messages with advice, all of which is very much appreciated and much of which I've taken on board. I appreciate the invitations too, but please don't think I'm rude for not accepting, its just that our schedule is really full with something planned for each day. The reason for this is.....
12 years ago we toured the UK and made the mistake of not having a plan nor did we book any accommodation. We just got in our rental car and went for it. We ended up not seeing half of what we would have liked to have seen, because we spent half of each day looking for a bed for the night. So, this time I made sure that we have a well planned route with activities and sights along the way and a bed at the end of each day.
HOWEVER..... Even before we get there, we've already planned a return trip. In 2021 to see the GB F1 GP at Silverstone. Its been promised to me that this trip will be all things motoring and I hope to organise some Dolly connections for then.
Again a great big "THANK YOU" all for your advice, suggestions and good wishes.
WooHooo....Look out UK, here we come.
Cheers,
Rob
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Re: Colonials visiting Blighty. Seeking your advice.
Rob, where will you be this coming Wednesday (the 7th)? You could make the next West Yorkshire meeting if you're going to by anywhere nearby. Hope you enjoy your visit over here and watch out for the numpties who can't drive. I seem to cop for quite a few of them if my dashcam videos are anything to go by.
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West Yorkshire Area Organiser
Meetings take place on the first Wednesday of the month at 8.00pm at The Railway, 1 Birstall Lane, Drighlington, Bradford, BD11 1JJ
2003 Volvo XC90 D5 SE (PX53 OVZ - The daily driver)
2009 Mercedes-Benz W204 C200 CDI Sport (BJ58 NCV - The 2nd car)
1991 Toyota Celica GT (J481 ONB - a project car)
Former stable of SAY 414M (1974 Toledo), GRH 244D (1966 1300fwd), CDB 324L (1973 1500fwd), GGN 573J (1971 1500fwd), DCP 625S (1977 Dolomite 1300) & LCG 367N (1975 Dolomite Sprint), NYE 751L (1972 Dolomite 1850 auto) plus 5 Acclaims and that's just the Triumphs!
Check my blog at http://triumphtoledo.blogspot.com
My YouTube Channel with a bit of Dolomite content.
"There is only one way to avoid criticsm: Do nothing, say nothing and BE nothing." Aristotle
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Sundowner
Re: Colonials visiting Blighty. Seeking your advice.
We'll be in the air, somewhere between Sydney and Taipei about that time. This afternoon we put our dogs in their "resort" and then head off to Canberra (3 hour drive), where, after an overnight stop, we catch a coach for Sydney airport (another 3.5hours). Ahhhh...... the pleasure/reality of living in regional rural Australia.Toledo Man wrote: ↑Sun Aug 04, 2019 2:32 pm Rob, where will you be this coming Wednesday (the 7th)? You could make the next West Yorkshire meeting if you're going to by anywhere nearby. Hope you enjoy your visit over here and watch out for the numpties who can't drive. I seem to cop for quite a few of them if my dashcam videos are anything to go by.
Our flight path from Taipei to London takes us over Siberia, so we'll be keeping our fingers crossed that we don't meet any Buk missiles.
You can all breath a sigh of relief knowing that this will be my last message on the forum for about 2 months.
Again, I'd like to thank you all for your advice in helping to make this trip for us just that little bit better. Its much appreciated.
When we return, we start preparing for a week long (Inter) National tour/festival in Albury in the NSW/VIC border region. I expect our SPRINT will be the only one there.
http://ahmf.org.au/2020Tour/index.php
Thanks again & Cheers,
Rob
