Spokey’s BOHBOGOF* Cruise Saturday 20 May 2006

* Bunch Of Hunts Buy One Get One Free

Something different this time! There will be a (hopefully!) traffic-free, early AM cruise followed by a great breakfast followed by a gentle cruise with loads of B-roads and plenty of posing / cruising opportunities as we head through the Amish Fenlands, where cars are rare and open cars are whispered of as the spawn of Satan.



Although you CAN buy one and get one free, you also have the option of just making the early cruise or just doing the "normal" cruise.

PLEASE CAN YOU MAKE IT CLEAR IN YOUR PM'S WHICH ONE(S) YOU ARE DOING!

Starting time and place

There are two starting points for the cruise (obviously, or perhaps not!) They will be confirmed closer to the time, but it's likely to be the usual "Golden Arches" being the start for the early cruise -- 7:30 departure!!

The second part of the cruise will start from Stamford, with a 10:00 departure!!

Getting to the start(s)

This will be confirmed later.

Menu:

Starters:
Soup of the day £2.95
Deep Fried Mushroom (with salad and dip) £2.95
Deep Fried Potato Skins (with cheese & bacon sauce) £2.95
Prawn Cocktail £2.95

Main courses:
8oz Rump Steak £6.50
8oz Sirloin Steak £7.50
Gammon Steak (with fried egg or pineapple ring) £6.25
Deep Fried Breaded Scampi £6.25
Deep Fried Battered Cod £5.25
Garlic Chicken Kiev £5.25
1/2 Roast Chicken £5.75
Steak & Ale Pudding £4.95
Home Made Lasagne £5.15
Home Made Vegetarian Lasagne £5.15
Vegetarian Brie & Broccoli Pithivier (in a puff pastry parcel) £5.15
Home Made Four Cheese and Tomato Penne Pasta £4.75
Omelette (Plain, Cheese, Ham, Tomato, Mushroom or Tuna) £4.75

All the above served with chips and a choice of salad or vegetables

Home Made Chicken Curry (with plain rice or chips) £5.15
Home Made Chilli Con Carne (with plain rice or chips) £5.15

Side Orders:
Garlic Bread £1.75
Chips £1.25
Salad £1.75
Onion Rings £1.75
Chips 'n' Cheese £1.50

Bar Snacks:
1/4lb Beef Burger in a bun (with chips and salad garnish) £3.25
1/4lb Cheese Burger in a bun (with chips and salad garnish) £3.50
Sausage (x2), Fried Egg, Chips & Baked Beans £3.95

Children's Meals (all £1.95):
Breaded Turkey Dinosaurs (x2) / Aeroplanes (x3)
Chicken Nuggets / Dippers (x6)
Fish Fingers (x2)
Sausage (x2)
All served with a choice of chips or smiley faces and baked beans or peas

Snacks:
Fresh Sandwiches (with salad garnish and crisps) from £2.00
Toasted Sandwiches (with salad garnish and crisps) from £2.00
[size=9]Choice of fillings: cheese, ham, tomato, onion, ham, beef & tuna

Desserts:
Treacle Sponge Pudding £2.25
Apple Pie £2.25
Peach Melba £2.00
Selection of Gateaux (Chocolate Fudge Cake, Black Forest, Tiramisu) £2.75
Chocolate Cheesecake, Baileys Chocolate Orange £2.75
Banoffee Pie £2.50
All served with ice cream, cream or custard

Pot of Tea (English or Earl Grey) 80p
Pot of Coffee 95p

Ending time and place

The cruise will end at the BP on the A1 very near to Peterborough. It's a bit elastic, depending on how much mooching around goes on, but 5:30-ish seems doable.

Road safety

There are one or two bits of driving on this cruise.   Please exercise caution when going over blind rises, there are several places where you come over a blind rise only to find a sharp turn on the other side!


Also, los federales have been out en masse lately.  (Oink, oink!)

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)
- early / normal / both

Confirmed participants so far are:

Spokey - Z1 or 323i Baur (both)
Bloke - Z4 (both)
Tetchmeister - Z4 (both)
Rich - 328 (cruise)
steve p - don't know yet (both)

Unconfirmed participants so far are:

pop_sausage - Z4 (late / both?)
Giles - M3 CSL or M5 (early)

Please read: Spokey's Guide to Cruise Etiquette



Edited by spokey

i dont know if my car could keep up with you all on the hills and bends

dont want to embaress myself first time out

The first post has been updated with a menu.

I have been to the pub and tested the food. Frankly, I was a bit nervous as the pub is a little scruffy, but the food was marvellous and the people in the pub were really friendly too!

Pickle and I both had potato skins to start, and we both licked our plates clean!  I had the Chicken Curry and rice and Pickle had the Chilli Con Carne with chips. Both were lovely, really tasty and generous portions. We couldn't face dessert, although I'm hoping to give their banoffee pie a workout when we go for real!

Do be warned, it's a country pub and they still smoke in the pubs out there (and how!) Dinner is in a separate room, though.

Please get your food orders in to me by Friday, 12 May.