Lakes 2005 - THANK YOU

[BartS]

a big thank you first of all for the organisers Giles & Stu for once again a fantastics weekend, company, roads, food, dawn raid .....

The new format worked well, 20 or so cars, many familiar faces a few new ones...it's becoming a real family.

We just got home at 15:30, as we had to leave immediately on arrival at Slaley Hall with the first wing... Sorry we did not have the time to say our goodbyes to the secong wing headed by Giles.... blame Stu he drove too fast.

Great weekend, 800 miles plus, 23mpg and probably a new set of front discs and pads required.


Just spoke to Stu on the way home and told us he had left the best roads of the weekend for the bit that we had to miss out on ...we'll forgive you this time.


quick change now, swap the car and off to LHR, hopefully will have time to post some more in the BA lounge when I get there. Pictures will follow later, will need to go through those first and resize them for posting.

Hope all had a safe journey home and can't wait to read all the posts and pictures.

Best regards

Bart & Sarah
Z3 3.0

[stu]

Back a little while ago and we'd just like to thank everyone who made it for being such good sports and getting right into the spirit(s) of the weekend.

Top bunch of people all of you. Twas a great pleasure again.

Your humble servant

[spokey]

Thanks to Stu and Giles for all their great unorganising!

I really enjoyed the format -- and some awesome roads!

[tags]

Thanks to Giles and Stu. The whole weekend was great from start to finish.

The weather was sort-of on our side for most of the time and i thank the race Logic kit for saving my bacon a few times. Nic said she was scared and excited at the same time and she is now hooked (maybe i wont get "that look" next time i drive enthusiastically). The last leg of the run was said to have been the fastest run ever on a Lakes cruise (well it would be, we were all chasing Stu in his supercharger).

Nic and I made some great friends and met some interesting people, hope to see you all again soon.

Thank you all for a great weekend.



tags

[Guest]

Just got back an hour ago and all I can say is What a weekend!

Giles, Stu, you guys did an awesome job with the organizing. Brilliant!

Great Roads, Great People. Thanks to everyone for making it a Great weekend.

Simon & Lynda

[Alfie]

Well BLIMEY!

WHAT A WEEKEND!

Excellent company, great social, and man....those roads.....

Thanks to all that attended for making it such a special event, but a HUGE CHEER for Stu and Giles for all their hard work and for making those great roads AWESOME.

Good to finally shake hands with all those that I've only conversed with previously, and Bryn, hopefully we'll get to finish that Saturday-night-chat sometime.

Shame it was all over so soon.....

Thanks again.

We'll post some pics when we've had a chance to sort through them and if we've got any different from those already posted.

Cheers!
Alfie and Diane.

[GAZ]

What a great weekend thanks to Stu and Giles and for Jo for organising the meals in the evenings.
We had a really great time, finally got in at 8.40 due to heavy rain on the M1. 1023 miles for the weekend so not too bad a warm up for the when we go to Scotland next month.
Thanks to every one for making a brillant weekend.

Gary and Kay

PS Graham (Big Mr P) you really did miss a awesome weekend.

[Alfie]

Forgot to say....

Spokey....how could you miss the last blat of the weekend?

That was probably the most intense and rapid driving I've ever done.
Certainly over such a sustained period.

You would've loved it.

Not that I'm rubbing it in or anything.....

A.

[tetchmeister]

Just Got in, (Well 7:40 last night anyway!!) and Thanks to Everyone, (esp Giles and Stu) for what turned out to be a fantastic weekend...... (as expected)

Am V tired now, so the cushioned keyboard in the office is going to take a hit today..........

[stu]

thanks to Jo for organising the meals in the evenings.

Definitely a great save.

[Alfie]

....Jo for organising the meals in the evenings.

Sorry Jo, I wasn't aware of your input.

Thanks to you too!

A.

[garyw]

Our Thanks to all those who took part in the Lakes this Year, a big slapping thank you go to Stu and Giles for organising the great event, also a thank you to Bryn (and others) for leading his wing on Saturday (unexpectedly) and giving us an entertaining time with Tom Tom--well done.
It was as always great to see the face we only type to ..

Cheers to all

Garyw

[M11 POW]

Thanks to Stu Giles and Jo for organising such a great run. Sorry we could only do the Saturday. My only complaint was that Giles went so slow leading in his tin top, that we all got caught behind a caravan on a low loader for miles. thought we had joined the Gypos Heather said "at least we can enjoy the scenery"

[Bryn]

Well what can i say that hasn't already been said. It was a great weekend where Stu and Giles both put a lot of effort into finding just the right roads (if only i could!! ) and balancing that with a healthy amount of socializing!! Just Brilliant.

It was great to meet everyone and look forward to doing it all over again :-)

Bryn

ps. Alfie, always up for a pint and a slobber!!! :-)

[dario]

I just want to say a bigDITTO to all thats been said

thanks to everyone who made this a special weeked

Dario

[JAY]

Thankyou Stu/Sylv & Giles/Larri for a most memorable weekend.

The format worked very well, the hotel was good as usual, nice to meet familiar faces, and a pleasure to meet new ones.

Words can't describe the roads after lunch on the Sunday, but if you were there to see our faces at the end, (and brake dust on the wheels) you would get the picture.

Clocked up just over 900 miles for the weekend! Couldn't post last night as it was very tiering on the way home, very heavy rain on the M6/M5 and lane hoggers made it that much more frustrating , but got home safe in the end.

Pics to follow...............

[johnn]

Hi Just like to say a big thankyou to everyone for a most enjoyable weekend. Very well organised. We were made to feel very welcome and made new friends. Myself and Di fully enjoyed the whole weekend and look forward to attending future events.

[Russell]

Sunday afternoon was without doubt the best road run I've ever done

I'm very intrigued by these roads!!! Could someone post a map for the rest of us, please. If I'm up that way, it might be a nice route to take.

Russell

[Giles]

Thanks for the thank you's - not really deserved

I'm just glad everyone had a ball, because that was all that mattered.

Sunday afternoon was without doubt the best road run I've ever done

[stu]

Here's the route we did Sunday.

[Russell]

Thanks for posting that Stu.

Perhaps we should have a forum section where people can post great routes?

Russell

[Jon Miller]

I think its all been said already but I'd just like to add a HUGE thanks to all who helped organise the weekend especially Stu and Giles who found some of the best roads I've ever driven, I'm still burnt out from that last drive on Sunday afternoon .

I arrived home yesterday evening after an interesting ferry crossing, first time I've been on a crossing where the captain has advised the passengers to stay seated for the trip I doubt they sold much food

But it was all well worth it and I hope to see you all there next year.

Take care
Jon

When I sort out my photos I'll post them if I have anything different.[/b]

[Guest]

Having just paid the credit card bill for the hotel and all that high octane juice reminded me to tell you that the Lakes took its toll on the ///M after all.

A very notchy gearchange resulted in 1 new gearbox curtacy of BMW extended warranty Must have been like it for ages as the new one is soo much sweeter. Smoother than I ever remember.

More melted rear bumper to trim. Seem like that last run got the Eisenmanns a tad hotter than ever before, causing them to expand outwards into uncharted territory.

Geez that was a fun weekend.