In an attempt to get more people out of their lives and into their cars, I will be running a general "any BMW welcome" cruise starting at 10:00 (prompt!) from the Golden Arches at Brampton Hut services where the A1 and the A14 intersect. This will, of necessity, be a somewhat more gentle cruise than usual, as most of the attendees will be new to the fine art of following someone down a road.
The route will be very close to the original Bunch of Hunts route, complete with the Bridge of Chavs and the stop at Holmes Fen. The cruise will again finish at the Chav Car Park (for those who were there last time) at about 17:00 Autoroute time after approximately 150 miles.
If the cruise finishes too early, there will be a second phase, but since the sun will still be going down pretty early...I doubt it!
Due to the large number of
federales I have seen around lately, we won't be indulging in any straight-line lunacy, however, I hope that the route I've chosen will be sufficiently challenging to keep us all amused.
Menu:
This is the final menu
1 Course: £6.95
2 Course: £8.95
3 Course: £9.95
Starters:
Soup of the day with crusty roll
Pineapple and prawn salad with Marie Rose sauce
Coronation chicken with mixed leaves
Fan of melon with fruit garni and forest berries
Main courses:
Roast beef, lamb or loin of pork
Roast crown of turkey
Darne of salmon with white wine and cucumber sauce
Stuffed half-roast pepper with a tomato sauce
Options on main course (surcharge applies):
10 oz gammon -- add £2.00
8 oz rump -- add 2.00
8 oz sirloin -- add £3.00
Desserts:
Selection of sweets available
Please note that one of the comfort breaks will take place at the Flag Fen Bronze Age Museum. In order to use their facilities, they would greatly appreciate a small donation. They also have a shop where you can buy cold drinks and so on.
The run should involve about 5 hours of driving and 2 hours of breaks at various places, leading to a finish time of about 17:00. However, since we will always be close to either the A1 or the A14, there should be no problems with peeling off slightly earlier if you need to!
Some philosophical points:
1. This is my back yard, I do not intend to
**** in it if I can help it
( nor on the forum! )!
Plus, I've seen too many cops out of late.
2. I like corners, this run is not about straight line speed. I like to maintain a speed and a flowing drive.
3. Having said that: my car is 15 years old, and it copes just fine with the corners at the speeds I'll be doing. (Broad hint for slow drivers!
)
4. Do not expect high quality scenery; this is the Fens...
5. Some of the roads are very poor -- please think twice about bringing a heavily slammed car!
How to join in
Please PM me if you are interested in attending with details of
- your message board username (e.g. Zmurf)
- name of driver and passenger (e.g. Tim and Irene Cullis)
- model, colour and reg number (e.g. M roadster 3.2, Laguna Seca Blue, A4 TRC)
- mobile phone number (e.g. 07999 999999)
I will then add you to the list below of confirmed participants. I need to confirm lunch numbers in advance (veggie options available), so please don't just turn up on the day, or cancel without reasonable warning.
Confirmed participants so far are:
Spokey - Z1 or 635
dario - Z4
Giles - M3 CSL
CTB - Z3
kazvet - Z3
roaders - 120d
sjl - Z4
Alfie - Z3
Unconfirmed participants so far are:
RobBruce - Z3
BartS - Z3
Edited by spokey
Feb 20: General BMW Cruise
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e28silver528i wrote:
Never mind, there'll be more ... if there's a demand! 
But I will get to reap the benefits when I get hold of a set of 18" M-Parallels in a couple of months!!
