FF UK Tour
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FF UK Tour
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haha I said this all along, me and dobby are owed money.
i dont think this is a dead thread just yet.
josh, will catch up with you on msn and see what we can do to revive it
then we can post on here a lot more info. sound good?
josh, will catch up with you on msn and see what we can do to revive it
then we can post on here a lot more info. sound good?
yeah
(my sister has the pc with msn on at the moment).
can plan it over the weekend
(my sister has the pc with msn on at the moment
).can plan it over the weekend
to get more takers you could open it up to other fiat forums?
its open to all
Hang on a minute, if nobody else is going, I'm going on my own. You wouldn't believe the lengths I'll go to to win a tenner. Mind you I'll need someone else there to help me operate the oxygen tent and mash up my weetabix at breakfast time. Then there's always the possibility that I'll wander into the ladies at Little Thief restaurants or motorway services. Oh and I'll need someone to post bail when (if) I get arrested.
So, not to put too fine a point on it, I'm going on my own if it kills me; and it probably will. So, I hope none of you will feel too guilty. Oh, come on. One of you've got to feel a little bit guilty. Please.
So, not to put too fine a point on it, I'm going on my own if it kills me; and it probably will. So, I hope none of you will feel too guilty. Oh, come on. One of you've got to feel a little bit guilty. Please.
if i went on this i would want wales and scotland both on the tour. not seen much of either!
It 'll be impossible to please everyone, but I think the original idea was for a tour of the U.K., so therefore, I don't see how you can miss out Scotland and Wales. But, don't forget the U.K. also includes Northern Ireland. You can obviously go too far in this and it might be an idea to still try and get in England, Wales and Scotland. Whatever you decide to miss out will get up someone's nose. You can't please all the people, all the time etc. What you could do, I suppose, is to include North and Mid Wales, the Midlands, the North East, Scotland and the North West. That would obiously hack off those in the South East and maybe the South West.
Alternatively, you could include a series of loops where people could join and leave at will. For example, Liverpool-Mid Wales-Shropshire-Herfordshire-Oxfordshire-Wiltshire-Bucks.-Beds.-Northants.-Leics. etc. all the way to Scotland and then back down to the North West. The point being that if the whole route is too long for the Mancs and Scousers, for instance, they could miss out the South East section and skip straight to Leicestershire and meet up with the S-E mob. This could go on for everybody, whereby you could miss out sections, but still meet up with the main body of the tour when and where it suited them. If the 2 guys who are worried about passing their tests in time, if push came to shove, they could possibly get a lift from somebody else and share costs. Just a thought. Also, why not think about going in June when colleges break up as the weather is usually as good as August but sites could be more freely available and cheaper. Any thoughts? Anybody still awake?
Alternatively, you could include a series of loops where people could join and leave at will. For example, Liverpool-Mid Wales-Shropshire-Herfordshire-Oxfordshire-Wiltshire-Bucks.-Beds.-Northants.-Leics. etc. all the way to Scotland and then back down to the North West. The point being that if the whole route is too long for the Mancs and Scousers, for instance, they could miss out the South East section and skip straight to Leicestershire and meet up with the S-E mob. This could go on for everybody, whereby you could miss out sections, but still meet up with the main body of the tour when and where it suited them. If the 2 guys who are worried about passing their tests in time, if push came to shove, they could possibly get a lift from somebody else and share costs. Just a thought. Also, why not think about going in June when colleges break up as the weather is usually as good as August but sites could be more freely available and cheaper. Any thoughts? Anybody still awake?
hmm, good idea.
i would need to plan it around a few things though as i have to have certain periods on at work now etc.
also got a few holidays, and there are the other events etc
if we could even tie it in with stanford hall or something - when is that this year. such as if we have somewhere near stanford hall for the last one and then go there
i would need to plan it around a few things though as i have to have certain periods on at work now etc
.also got a few holidays, and there are the other events etc
if we could even tie it in with stanford hall or something - when is that this year. such as if we have somewhere near stanford hall for the last one and then go there
Lake district is a must if you want good driving roads
How about if everyone puts up when they are available. Then we can have an idea when to plan for. June and August seems a long way off, but for those who have to book holidays it's closer than you think. I know this would be quite a long trip for those in the far corners of the country, but for the rest of us, leaving out Scotland above Glasgow, Wales below, er, er, er, the middle and England below Worcester/Northampton/Cambridge would make it more manageable for most. Comments please.
thats where we would need a scotish advisor
i would be in it for the long haul. why not make the most and see all the uk eh.
i think june is a bit early to get organised imo.
events next year:
http://www.santapod.co.uk/e_italia.php sat 12th august
http://www.auto-italia.co.uk/auto_italia_events.shtml sunday sept 14th
events next year:
http://www.santapod.co.uk/e_italia.php sat 12th august
http://www.auto-italia.co.uk/auto_italia_events.shtml sunday sept 14th
Local knowledge will be pretty important without a doubt. Not only for driving roads, but also for camp sites and things to do and places to see when we get there. In an ideal world, we would do the Snake Pass and Cat & Fiddle among others in England, the Horseshoe Pass in Wales, not to mention countless brilliant roads I've never even seen in Scotland. I believe Glen Coe is worth seeing. The point I was trying to make about staying south of Glasgow was the distances involved. For instance, from Manchester (roughly) to Shrewsbury-69 miles, to Aberystwyth-77 miles, to Birmingham-114, to Leicester-39, to Sheffield-62, to Leeds-33, to Newcastle-92, to Edinburgh-110, to Fort William-144, to Glasgow-101, to Carlisle-96, to Manchester-120 all adds up to 1057 miles and that is just a rough calculation from a gazetteer in the back of a road atlas. What do you mean, "what's one of those?" Now I know it's not exactly GPS-accurate, but that gives an idea of the mileage involved, and that's via the shortest routes. Interesting driving roads are usually twisty and even longer. Not to mention the fact that in that imaginary route I've missed out all of southern England. There are lots of ways this could be done, so let's have some suggestions and dates. Maybe we could start with dates.
