First set of images - Somewhat out of sequence but taken on the extended first stage and then at the stop at Carsington.
Some more to come taken before the start a little later hopefully.
Mega thanks to
@Mac Romans and
@Twin Turbo for the detailed organisation and planning. All went swimmingly despite the expected and un-expected closed roads. Thanks too for
@Bozzy for his lead on the slow (leisure drive) group and for the in-flight planning and the decision to split the group to make it more manageable so further thanks to
@Mint for stepping up from mid-field anchor to lead.
Hopefully we'll welcome a new member who joined us for a few miles while we were negotiating the un-expected closed road.
Congratulations to
@GazHyde for providing well targeted advice to another prospective member (diagnosing a loose battery connection as the cause of starting problems) - the Zed Shed on tour!
Despite the weather which started out cold but bright and sunny but which turned colder and damp, it was a great day.
Big surprise to see
@BMBabe and
@Mnbrennan turn up unexpectedly right at the end.
Well done to the prize winners in the mini concourse event (sorry one of the pics is blurred - can't get them all right), but it turned out bad for
@Grumpy - not only did he not win, he and Jue ended up pulling out after a broken cooling fan was spotted. Sounds like it was fortunate that Dave entered. Could have been a major problem had it not been spotted. Hopefully major repairs averted. At least you got a prize for entering!