Lotus In The Peak 2016 - an invitation

[Phil S1]

Hi to everyone on The Lotus Forums, my name's Phil and I am part of the team behind 'Lotus in the Peak' (LitP), an annual event organised by MLOC and held in the grounds of Chatsworth House, set within Derbyshire's glorious Peak District.
We would love for you to be able to join us at this year's event in July. Full details below:-
We hope you will all be able to make it 

Saturday and Sunday 16th & 17th July 2016

** Now available to book in the MLOC online store **

The Midlands Lotus Owners Club (MLOC) would like to welcome Lotus owners everywhere to our annual summer event in Derbyshire, over the weekend of Saturday 16th and Sunday 17^th July.
The format of the event remains very much as before, commencing with a Saturday evening meet at a great Derbyshire pub in a beautiful location. The main event on Sunday begins early with an organised (and MSA approved) run through some of the very best roads, passing through some of the most spectacular countryside in the Derbyshire peaks and dales. Demand for last year’s run was such that this year there will be two runs to choose from, one starting from Matlock Bath as before, the other starting from Ashbourne. Both runs will converge at an excellent café for pre-ordered breakfast cobs before a 150-plus car procession in to the magnificent Chatsworth Park where we gather in a dedicated area in front of Chatsworth House itself. At Chatsworth we have a pre-ordered summer buffet, there will be a very well supported raffle and our now famous Car of the Day vote. For those that have not been before the YouTube promo video below will give you a flavour of the event:-

We try hard to make it a good day out for all the family rather than simply cars in a field and there are a host of other attractions at Chatsworth including a fantastic adventure playground for the kids, the House, ornamental gardens and maze. 

Please note that in order to book this event you will first need to be an MLOC member but this is free and can be done in a minute or two via this link:-

http://www.midlandslotus.co.uk/content/index.php/membership.html

Attendees are able to take part in the whole event or pick and choose which parts to get involved in, but breakfast, the summer buffet and the organised run must all be ordered in advance in the MLOC online shop via this link:-

http://www.midlandslotus.co.uk/forum/store/featured-grid/

We had quite a few visitors from different parts of the UK last year which was fantastic and even a couple from France in their Lotus Europa, which added to the fun enormously. We also had the support of our local Lotus dealers who brought along some very interesting cars for us to view. This year we hope to be visited by some intrepid members of the Lotus Car Club of Sweden, who are celebrating their club’s 40^th anniversary with a 13 day tour of the UK! As well as being very beautiful, the Derbyshire Peak District has the attraction of being central, so we hope to tempt some cars down from Scotland and across from Wales as well as up from the south. It will make for a fabulous weekend break we promise you.
The event is now in its fifth consecutive year, with numbers increasing year on year. Year one saw 56 cars, last year the number was around 180. This year we hope to see in excess of 200 cars, weather permitting and would like to see as many examples represented as possible. Previously we have had a very good turnout of some of the earlier models like Excels, Eclats, Elans and Esprits and a Sunbeam but disappointingly no Cortinas or Carltons so we would welcome seeing those this year too.

More info can be found on the LitP Homepage:-

http://www.midlandslotus.co.uk/content/index.php/litp.html

It really is a great fun event. We hope to see you there so put the date in your diary now!

Dean, Simon, Phil and the MLOC team.

[Bibs]

[Phil S1]

Hi Bibs, from another Elise S1 and Impreza owner...no longer a WRX I'm afraid, just a RX...I also originated from Kent...many many years ago!

Thanks for the thumbs up, hope you're able to make it this year

[CaptainSlow]

As part of our 40th anniversary tour a number of swedish pagans will join this event 

[Phil S1]

Hi Captain Slow, it's great to hear the Lotus Car Club of Sweden will be joining us...that's an epic road trip you have planned, don't you sleep at all during the Summer months ;-)

[CaptainSlow]

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10 minutes ago, Phil S1 said:

Hi Captain Slow, it's great to hear the Lotus Car Club of Sweden will be joining us...that's an epic road trip you have planned, don't you sleep at all during the Summer months ;-)

 

No, but we hibernate from October to April :-)

[deanb]

Yes Bibs it's about time you came along and saw what you've been missing these last four years ☺  

I will even buy you a pint at the Warm Up!

 

Fantastic news that we have the Swedish Lotus Mafia along too ???????????

[deanb]

Yes Bibs it's about time you came along and saw what you've been missing these last four years ☺  

I will even buy you a pint at the Warm Up!

 

Fantastic news that we have the Swedish Lotus Mafia along too ???????????

By the way there are a few photos of previous years on the (new!) Lotus in the Peak facebook page  ☺

[silverfrost]

Looks fab and a nice day out with some stunning views, on the you tube video in one of the posts above whats going on in the video at  1.46 i think its an old elan but did they drive up without a windscreen and paint, looks like a proper rolling restoration been used that day lol , fair play to them if it was, that is dedication to make the event.

[Phil S1]

That's one of the organisers car, it is still being restored, not sure it will be completed in time for this year's LitP. And no, funny as it would've been, they didn't drive it there, it had to be trailered ;-)

[deanb]

Yes the Elan is Simon's.  Sadly I  doubt it will be finished for this year's LitP so I suppose he will have to decide which of his two exiges to bring instead!  (I'm not jealous honest!)

[deanb]

So far we have 53 cars booked on the runs.  Looking good with Esprits, Elans (early and M100s),  Europas (SE),  an Excel,  some Eclats,  a 340R,  two or three exige roadsters, an Evora or two as well as plenty of Elises and Exiges.

Get over to mloc and get booked on!  You know you want to! 

 

 

[CaptainSlow]

On 14 mars 2016 at 20:27, CaptainSlow said:

As part of our 40th anniversary tour a number of swedish pagans will join this event 

Ferry booked, 8 cars (with 14 people) coming along. 5 cars stays for the second part of the tour and will join Lotus in the Peaks. Looking forward to meet you all!

[deanb]

Very excited about this Captain Slow!  You will love the Peak District I'm sure, it is one of the most beautiful parts of England.  It looks even better full of Lotuses!

[deanb]

Stickered-up...

 

[deanb]

73 cars booked on the runs already!

Please don't forget if you want to take part in the runs and the procession in to Chatsworth this must be booked in advance via the mloc online store  (midlandslotus.co.uk).  

What are you waiting for?!?

:-)

:-)

Dean

[RichEuropaS]

It's a great day... two photos from last year

Edited April 24, 2016 by RichEuropaS

[deanb]

Nice photos Rich.  I love the second one showing the procession in to Chatsworth.  I think that car at the front might be mine  ?

What did it look like from a spectators perspective as the procession came in?  Was it good?

[RichEuropaS]

It's a great day...

Part of the fun of owning a Lotus is the driving experience ...  So first it was great being part of the run, people giving us a wave and taking photos of us on route.

THEN all of us coming together and driving into Chatsworth...   the cars all looking great, every colour and most of the models. It was a truly WOW moment.

Another part of the fun of owning a Lotus is talking to other owners... 

And finally I won on the raffle... Day out with a Lotus Race team

 

[deanb]

Four years I have been trying to win that bloody raffle and nothing,  rien,  nada!

We only have about 20 prizes every time!

 

Thank you for that lovely post Rich,  I am really pleased you enjoyed the day.  It is the driving part that makes this event different to other events - the runs on great roads and the procession in to Chatsworth is unique I think.  The other aspect we work hard on is making it a good social event, where people talk to each other and make new friends.  It is great to hear you appreciated both.  

 

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[deanb]

82 cars booked on the runs so far!

It's shaping up nicely.  If you would like to join in the fun please go to the online store at midlandslotus.co.uk - it's only a tenner!  ?

 

Dean

[deanb]

We at MLOC are very happy to announce that Central Lotus will be sponsoring this year's LitP event! 

Andy and Kevin at Central Lotus are huge Lotus enthusiasts and will be bringing along an Evora 400, an Exige 350 and an Elise Cup.  Look out for them on the runs.

[deanb]

85  attendees booked and paid now   :-)

[deanb]

More LitP news:

Central Lotus will be taking part in the early morning runs with an Evora 400 and an Exige S.  I wonder who the lucky person will be that gets to follow the 400 around Derbyshire's finest roads?  That noise....that rear end....

The South West Wales Lotus Club are bringing 8 cars and making a weekend of it.  They have their hotel booked and will be attending the Saturday night Warm Up too - that's the way to do it!  Welcome aboard chaps! 

Paul Shipley of PJS Classic and Race Cars (Burton on Trent) has kindly agreed to provide the trophies for the Car of The Day competition and will also be bringing his full - house  Elan 26R along.   If we are lucky we may even see it on one of the runs - look for the man with earplugs!

Numbers booked and paid for the event stand at 104 (94 on the runs and attending Chatsworth,  10 Chatsworth only).

If you fancy it head over to midlandslotus.co.uk to book - the earlier the better to ease the burden on the organisers (me, principally!) please  :-)

 

Thank you

 

Dean

[deanb]

103 now on the run!   

 

It's building........