Southern Scoff & Spin 2006 - 30 Jul

[Nige]

Maybe it's my failing eyesight but I don't see the Southern Spin and Scoff thread here on our sparkly new forum so I thought I'd revive the thread.

Date: Sat 30 Jul
Place: Meet at J1 of M27 (Cadnam) come off motorway and meet in convenient area nearby, speific details to follow.
Time: Meet by 1500 (ok, 3pm)
Plan: Drive through the New Forest to Lepe Country Park overlooking the Solent and IoW, provisional route is Cadnam, Ashurst, Lyndhurst, Beaulieu, Hill Top, Exbury and then Lepe. Plan to be at Lepe by about 1600. On arrival eat, drink (as required) and chill.
Catering: Bring your own picnic.

Attendees from list on Back up Forum:

Chris.t
rjbean
stevieshag
Muley aka Jim B
Keir
Me

I think that about covers it I'll have a look on the backup forum to see if I've missed anything.

[chris.t]

thanks for getting it going again Nige. I think Keir was on that list IIRC

cheers

[Nige]

Chris,

you are quite right, he was. I've edited the list to include him.

[Kier]

Chris,

you are quite right, he was. I've edited the list to include him.

Cheers guys i was indeed on the list and I now even own an Elan I purchased over the weekend so happy days!

[Nige]

Kier,

Good news, welcome to the club, see you at the end of the month.

[rjbean]

I'll be there, but unless i can replace my speedo cable in time i may be lagging a bit behind because engine light comes on after a while and can't go above 3500 revs when that happens

[chris.t]

I'll be there, but unless i can replace my speedo cable in time i may be lagging a bit behind because engine light comes on after a while and can't go above 3500 revs when that happens

40mph speed llimit in New forest Rob so you should be alright

[chris.t]

I'll be there, but unless i can replace my speedo cable in time i may be lagging a bit behind because engine light comes on after a while and can't go above 3500 revs when that happens

40mph speed llimit in New forest Rob so you should be alright

[rjbean]

need to change my front pads now too! Guess what i'm gonna be doing at weekend

[stevieshag]

well if i can get my downpipe back on after sorting out water leak from by pass pipe hose i will be in the elan, if not i will be in the good old honda.

[rjbean]

sorry you've been having trouble with your 'pass water pipe'. hope the old chap is fully functioning for the picnic

[chris.t]

sorry to hear of your troubles Stevie - you look too young for those sort of problems

[Nige]

It's the tea, well known diuretic.

[chris.t]

Nige - any thoughts on a meet up point?? my autoroute doesn't seem to throw up anything.

[chris.t]

just looked at little chefs - there's one just a bit further down from j1 on M27on the A31 at Stoney Cross, any thoughts??

[Nige]

Chris, I don't recommend going further south than J1 of the M27 as the A31 traffic is very, very bad this time of year particularly at a weekend. I finish my present job this week and after a few days away I was going to recce the area just off J1 on Thu or Fri next week and post my findings. I need to check but I seem to recall that when you come off at J1 the road takes you back under the motorway and there are some large grass verges that should be suitable to park up on, if not it will be into Cadnam and the first pub car park I can find.

[chris.t]

ok nige thanks for that. the little chef though is about 2 miles from j1 and should be easy to find. Anyway do the reccie and see if there is something more appropriate

cheers

[rjbean]

has anyone else seen the weather forecast for sat

[muley]

Rob,

Yes, I've looked at a few - BBC says cloudy, whereas some of the others mention rain. I plan to bring a gazebo / large fly sheet anyway. Damn it all, we're British!

Cheers

Jim

[rjbean]

i like your style, jim. I'll bring my brolly to keep the bbq dry. afraid it's my old aston one as i haven't seen a lotus brolly that i like yet.