theelanman

we have booked and still have the facility to add to our numbers if people are interested..... the current list of cars in our 'convoy' includes elans....erm thats it but everything from a 64 S1 to a 91 SE (m100)....S3, S4, SS and +2 let me know and I'll see what our organiser can do cheers G

dont forget the travel lodge if you just want something very cheap and basic.... think it was

I have that edition...... it should have been my car featured but the HG went the week before..... I did however end up in it as the 'club hero of the month' a leg end in my own lunch hour

the way weve done it is total cost divided by number of attendees...... so its

sorry I missed you all..... my gear shift cable came adrift (again) as I thought my cable tie would have held at least longer than a day..... anyway I fixed it again (bigger and better cable ties) this morning and came out but alas itd taken me to long to rectify and Id missed you...........doh!!!! anyway at least I didnt break down anywhere else......but have now ordered new cables and clutch (seem to have burnt the current one trying to get home stuck in second on saturday...needed an aa truck in the end)...I can still drive it.....if only delicately at the mo until the bits arrive....... I def gonna make the next one though...glad you guys had a good day...... appart from the cheese did you get anything else??.... bakewell puddings?......ashbourne ginger bread?...... cheers gareth

it carried on snowing last night too..... couldnt get the car out this morning so had to dig out the walking boots and waterproofs and set off for the train.... I believ its gonna rain today so that might get rid of quite a bit of it if not all....we'll wait and see

I hope the weather is better than today.... it 3"+ of snow at the moment and its not stopped all day

backmarker anychance of a copy of the route???..... I think I'll aim for an RV nearer to ashbourne or hartington if I may...... cheers gareth

I live round the corner from the cheese shop so would be able to tag along :-))) thats if you dont mind having an LECer taging along cheers G ps dont forget the ginger bread shop in ashbourne...... pps whilst your at it get over to bakewell for an original pudding....they are truly glorious

we are booking in the next couple of weeks..... its coming in at

I'll be passing them services at frankley and meeting up with SyV down at Nick Whales

have you got name and address for the curry house??? then I can work out how long it'll take me to get there.... and just incase I miss you all cheers G

will I be ok adding my name later this week...?..... sorry to be a pain but my wifes mates weddin is causing chaos.... its gonna take me a couple of hours to get there from where I am and Im not sure what time Im gonna get to do a runner...... where are you drinking......and where are you currying??.... If its close then I could walk if not a taxi...... sorry G

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its about what we paid last time if you wanna go on the pit wall you'll need a better ticket....... there was also the option of a couple of laps last time......this started at about 50E but when they realised it was quite popular they ammended the price to about 180E IIRC

looks like i'll be coming down on my own..... so saturday is looking like this at the mo wedding 1:30 reception 2:30 away by 4:30 leave home by 5 2 hour drive with you 7pm curry/beer 8pm 'til .......bed time anyone else coming down the a515/a50 ashbourne/derby area

we did 5 days last year (2006) ferry, camping, tickets etc all in came to about

we (well the mantle under which we go to this event as weve all got new and classic lotus.....the cheshire lotus owners group CLOG) are going so far on our list are elan s2 s3 s4 and s4 sprint, +2, m100, elite, eclat, excel.......so as our 'pres' did most of the photos for this event last year and we went with classic and sportscar mag (poss free hospitality and access to the decent bogs) :laughing: would you guys like to join us for a bit of camping???? we're booked in at maison blanche IIRC.......... it'd be good to get all us lotus guys together in one pitch rather than on the bugatti circuit as we never meet.....just dump your car and off to watch the racing....where as if we were all together we could enjoy a BBQ and beers as a group just a thought cheers G ps our celebs who should be there and are CLOGies should also be there.....namely derek bell and nick mason...theyre usually good for a giggle......nick for stories of wrecking hotels and dekker for his stories of drivig the track...erm several times

am hangin fire in the mean time...kimbers its this one IIRC http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/h...apsearchresults

have just been here for a course......as used by the Bentley Drivers Club really nice place..... here are a few more from their chain http://www.paramount-hotels.co.uk/hotels/n...ey-hall-hotel-/ http://www.paramount-hotels.co.uk/hotels/c...nt-walton-hall/ http://www.paramount-hotels.co.uk/hotels/c...ham-park-hotel/ http://www.paramount-hotels.co.uk/hotels/c...ey-manor-hotel/ http://www.paramount-hotels.co.uk/hotels/s...-carlton-hotel/ ive tried picking all the ones with the big sweeping staircase for the black tie n ball gown pics

how about a list 1) Kimbers...........sat night curry beer hotel.........sun 2) Matt ?????? 3) James ??????? 4) Paul ??????? 5) Alan ?????? 6) Pete ??????? 7) Mark ??????? 8) Gareth (theelanman).......sat night curry beer hotel (90% poss)....sun def add yer name and when????........

was thinking the same and about to post a topic of the very same name..... I'm up for it......saturday night curry n beer and then the partsfair on the sunday

Ive been watching this take shape and I think its a great idea......well....depending on location and cost its gotta be a black tie do....turns you into a better class of drunk I think dapinky might have forgotten that this price will include a room for the night....although I have heard that dp is a bit of an outdoors type with tents n camp fires......so how about a campin option???? just a though on location I would have thought itd be midlands jsut coz its in the middle and if you went to somwhere near donnington then you have the airport, the track, the museum etc........ when we did the gold cup at oulton they gave me a load of info on hiring their facilities.......the only problem being no accomodation....... now if we could find somewhere like that where we could get accomodation too also which month?????

sounds like a definate plan for saturday night