Proposed Northumbrian Meet
 

Please be aware this is not an official 75 & ZT Owners Club meet and as such is not covered by the clubs public liability insurance.
Also the owners club take no responsibility for the meet in any way.

This is just a tickler to see if anyone's interested in a Northumbrian meet with a difference.
My plan is to hold it at the QE2 Country Park at Woodhorn nr. Ashington.

What we've got is a Country Park with a huge FREE carpark a Premier Inn & Brewer's Fayre pub/restaurant on site & also Woodhorn Colliery Museum is just a short walk through the trees & is also a FREE facility.
http://www.experiencewoodhorn.com/im...ogo_square.gif http://www.premierinn.com/content/pi...llImageRef.jpg

Now I was thinking to make it as intersting as possible this could be the sequence of events:

Saturday:
If people can make it for around lunch time then we could have a scenic road run ending up in Alnwick where we could have a ride on Dreadnought Coaches' vintage open topper on the Alnwick Sightseeing Tour, then Sat eveneing a meal at the nearby Widdrington Inn for some proper good value pub grub & then back to the Woodhorn Grange for drinks & socialising or if preffered just have the meal at the Grange followed by the social evening
http://www.dreadnoughtcoaches.co.uk/...tmpl=component

Sunday:
Make it as lazy as you like & meet up in the big carpark next to the lake for the tyre kicking & underbonnet stuff. The Museum as said above is just a short walk through the trees & people can just come & go as they please, then when you're bored with that you can all head off home or stay in the Premier for the night again & head off at your liesure on the Monday morning.

I'm thinking of sometime in May/June so could people let me know their thoughts please

i would be very interested colin..:}

Thanks JDC I forgot to add that bit:o

A little more info on the Dreadnought bus tour the normal charges are
Adults £5
Children £2
Concessions & under 5s Free

Though as we will be a "party" & also cos the gaffer is my drinking buddy I'll possibly be able to wangle a deal on price aswell in any case if you bring yer bus pass & you'll get on for nowt

Check out Dreadnought's website at
http://www.dreadnoughtcoaches.co.uk/main/

Depending on the date Col, will try to get up for this one. :D

Russ

Would be very interested put me down for it

Me, Me, Me ....... Maybe ;) :D

You'd better be there:D

I'm always a 'maybe' simply because I don't trust my car. I had a squirt of coolant out of the header tank at the beginning of the week but it might just have been that I didn't put the cap on properly when I checked it the day before. Nothing untoward since but you never know.

So many people put to much coolant in their cars without realising.
Put a torch behind the filler/reservoir tank and you can see the maximum line,
a lot, lot lower than most fill to. ;)

Is all this talk of coolant leaks/levels really relevant to my thread?
Mmm? Mmm? well is it????:D:D:D:getmecoat:

Meanwhile back on Toipic.............:D

Keeps you in the public eye ...... and you need all the help you can get! :p:

Very good carry on with the good work:D

how many rooms has the premier inn got?

just in case there is a mad rush..

You'd have thought the least he could do is put us all up at Diesel Towers, wouldn't you? ;)

That's a good question Paul it doesn't say on the premier inn website, I'll try the pub website

are you stopping at diesel towers?what has he got upstairs..

Not a lot! :D:D:D

Most of Diesel Towers is uninhabitable at the moment we've got the entire roof off the west wing though I suppose I could arrange for sleeping bags in the orangery for those who want to rough it:D

Oy! behave yersels you two

Nothing on the Premier Inn website or the Brewer's Fayre site about room numbers unless I'm missing it somehow:shrug:

when you get the date fixed i will book a room,didn't want to miss out.

No worries Paul, any preference on dates?

Any weekend would be good mate apart from end of April as im away that weekend down south.

Is easter too soon to do it?

I'd be up for it, depends on date. But don't forget, Cars in the park on Sun 9 May. Also Col, I've posted a thread for the Fathers day rally at Harewood House in Jun

Stuart

So am I :D
Yeah too soon plus it's Kirkby Stephen weekend then so I'll be over there;)

Think I'll do cars in the park but probably not Harewood but I'll try not to clash;)

Depending on dates etc, etc, I would be interested in this one.

I need to see what dates I'm available before I set anything in stone but I'm swaying more towards June at the minute

don't make it the 12th june,england kick off there world cup campaign...against the usa

That's all the more reason to if you ask me:D

Indeed. :D

just seen this Col, i,ll have a dabble.Any date suits me.makes a change from long distance touring!

Good man:D

Right then after insulting the calendar at work the 2 weekends I can guarantee being able to go for (up to now anyway) are either the 15th & 16th of May or the 12th & 13th of June (honest I didn't do it to clash with your football Pab)
Any preferences anybody?

Just seen this:) I would presume that Fred is refering to the amount of furniture on the first floor.......;):D

I think it comes with vacant possession ;) :D

Oh, so there wasn´t any furiture involved. More like a(mental) vacuum:shrug:

I knew you'd get there in the end. :D

Docs a bit slow, all the ether:o As long as you didn´t break any of his furniture:D

Either of them weekends are good for me mate look forward to it

I can't commit to either at present:( I'll know nearer the time

Hi Col,

Will try and get to this one,cant say for defo at minute,will let you know,sounds very good,many thanks.

Best Regards.

John.

Same as downstairs then :D

Poor June, has anybody warned her :shrug:

it's a trivial quiz...june must be his bird :getmecoat:

Don´t you mind them son, tell June to stay away from this bunch, they´ll only corrupt her;):D

If he's swaying more towards June hows May going to feel about it?......

He may or May not be, we don´t really know:D

Quite likely just a summer romance. :)

Can't make the June date - sailing, but would hope to get along if its in May :}

put my as a maybe would be great to meet you al.

Will be there sat,sun or both.Nice and close for a first meet,besides you may be short of a silver 75.;)

Doubt it, common as muck! :D

That was quick Fred:getmecoat:

A rare opportunity to get in before stocktake and I wasn't going to miss it. :D

Right then 15th & 16th of May it is, I'll start a proper meet thread later on when I've got more time.

In about 10 minutes then? :getmecoat:

'Ooooo, you´re going to end up bound and gagged in the boot of a Astra;):D

As I keep pointing out, he'll never catch me with that tractor he drives. :D

Didn´t know he´d bought another Volvo. Maybe we could have a Volvo meet instead:shrug:

the dates suit me :D

Nooooo, he's got one of those ZT (Zlow Tractor) things. ;) :getmecoat:

That's good for me see you all there will be nice to meet you all

hi put me down i'll be there one of the days depends on work

Is it not a bit far for you Barry?:D:D:D

maybe can i have a map on how to get there:D

Col,

Seeing as you got out of taking me to Scotland what time are you picking me up for this one? :D

Depends what time your train gets into Morpeth:D

Whatever happened to Any Ware Anywhere!? :shrug: :D

I may need to ammend that as I haven't got a hazardous waste licence:D

Colin you have a PM

Not me:shrug:

will try again

You're all talk then. ;) That'll disappoint the grannies on Hadrian's wall. :D

you got it yet colin

Nope:shrug:

have tried again

Gorrit at last:D

You usually do, eventually. :D