Meet Ideas
 

Please use this thread to nominate ideas for meet venues!:}

Cheers,

Jake

Another possible meet?
 

Hi jake

Just spotted over on the 260 site MG show and spares day at Stoneleigh Sunday 20/02/2011 again plenty of notice sounds like a goodun Rob:D www.mg-show.co.uk advance bookig £8+£1 booking fee entrance from 08.30 on the gate £12 entry from 10.00 under £16 free

Another idea
 

I was thinking about this, and thought the National Motorcycle Museum would be a decent event, they have other car clubs there, so should not be a problem for an easily orgainised meet

http://www.nationalmotorcyclemuseum.co.uk/

Any thoughts....:)

WE COULD DO ALL OF UM:D I agree the motorbike musem is well worth a visit so would make a very good meet.

I agree with the motorcyle museum idea. As another suggestion about these meets, hows about a meet with a "T4" for members with probs need solving?

That's one of the features of the Wolverhampton 'nano-meets'. :D

Great venue however some of us would have a problem leaving were so old they would think we are part of the museum:D

count me in
 

a very good venue have been before count me in:getmecoat:

slightly off the subject, but a few weeks ago me and the mrs went to mc arthur glenn a retail park just off junc 28 m1, there was a mini club org having a meet on the frontage, not a mini man myself but as it was cars had a nosy, on the end of the line[ last car] was a bucket for donations to cancer, thought that was a good idea, not saying it has to be a cancer related , any charity would be nice, i did notice they had collected a good amount. only a suggestion

Once you have been to a few meets you get a bit bored with looking at our cars, so do the family's. :o

We need to seek out venues that are good for wives, children, and friends, if we don't, then long term the attendances at meets will drop right off.. :shrug:

Museums are OK but don't limit them to cars n motorbikes.. In my opinion, country parks with water, boats, cafés, play areas, rides etc are the ideal meeting places.. :bowdown:

I have also found that at large meetings, people break up into small groups and it becomes very difficult to find specific people you may want to meet and talk with... :shrug:
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Hi James,

I agree wholeheartedly, which is why I hope to create meets either in a family friendly location, or where something a little different happens - i.e. a parade lap at Bruntingthorpe.

Clumber park worked well that Zeb organised, as it was a family friendly event.

Would like to see a meet at the Heritage Museum @ Gaydon Warwickshire.....

The club had its national meet at Gaydon this year:getmecoat:

Does this happen every year?

Thinking about somewhere for a meet???

I enjoyed the convoy especially as we went through that town where all the police was watching us...

Can you imagine a long convoy of MG Rovers going down the promenade at Blackpool?

Should be enough there for the family and kids to do.

Oh and don't forget your bucket and spade.

Edd <Kiss-me-quick>:getmecoat:

I had the same idea some time ago and mentioned it on the NW region forum - the secretary and a mod weren't too impressed, both said it would be a logistical nightmare. I think it's a goer.

Jim

Well I like the idea because I grew up in Lytham St Annes and Blackpool was my old stamping ground when I was a teenager...

http://www.mredd.me.uk/images/meage20asmall.jpg

Can you imagine the above at The Tower Ballroom :shrug:

Man that was a long time ago. :cool:

Edd

Oh yes, I'd fancy that. Maybe stop over at the travelodge for an evening of shenanigans.

What about East Kirkby in Lincolnshire, where they house and run up the Lancaster bomber? They hold other events.

Although not Midlands - there's no reason why we couldnt have one in Blackpool (better than Skegvegas!) - would have to be unofficial - as the criterion for it to be official - don't IMHO make it worthwhile.

Something like that would be good to do as an overnighter I think. Meet Saturday, have a few (cough) drinks and then something on the Sunday.

East Kirkby would be another good one - there was the All Rover Meeting there this July.

Although not a massive issue, but technically it is upto Brian (Actros) to organise meets in Lincolnshire - but I am sure we can do something! ;)

We did that earlier this year a great day out and they started up the Lancaster now thats an awsome sound makes our v8s sound a bit pale by comparison,:D I would do that trip again.

Hi Jake, how about Newark Air Museum or Newstead Abbey, now that would be a beautiful backdrop for all our cars and the Abbey is well worth a look round.
pete.:D.

Newark Air Museum is down on my list. Newstead Abbey sounds great for one perhaps nexy year!:}

motorbike museum on 19th Dec 2010 already have 20+ names you are welcome to join us :icon_razz:

I also like Mr Edds idea convoy down the front at Blackpool and I would be up for that one..:xmas-smiley-041:

i understand a mg lot drove along the sea front at blackpool , in the rain with their tops down :group:

I will keep my sun roof closed:icon_razz::xmas-smiley-041:

I'm really keen on this Idea of Blackpool - why don't we have a chat about it this Sunday at the meet? :icon_razz::icon_razz:

Sounds good to me, I'd get a chance to pop to Lytham St Annes where I grew up.


BTW Can I suggest another venue. How about The Prescott Hill climb. I went a couple of years ago and they have sections cordoned off for different manufacturers. They did have one section for MG Rovers But I can't remember how many were there.

I took these photos to give you a feel for it... Click Me

It truly is a fantastic day out for the family.

Edd

i haven't got one , but bev can go topless now ..... in her MGF :biggrinsanta:

Good idea jake look forward to that and Mr Edds idea sounds good, Next year is looking better n better for meets.:xmas-smiley-041: just think of the convoy up to Blackpool. Bit cold for topless but come on starbug keep it clean please:laugh:

if you do blackpool you can join up with the north west mob
we can have a convoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

who's going to be rubber duck then:xmas-smiley-041:

Yes, Prescott is a good day out, it's been a few years since I've been though. Just down the road for me too. :xmas-smiley-031:

I have just posted the following in the North West group as they are also looking into venues for meets.


I think if we could pull off a meet at Prescott and they joined in as well it could be a fantastic day out for all the family.

Edd

PS I have written to the Bugatti Car club for costings etc.

Hi Edd

Posted on the NW area in answer to your question - we don't have a regional secretary at the moment as Richard stood down after he sold his ZT.

Cheers
Jim

French Weekend at precott Hill we will be booking the Sunday 29th May with a convoy from J10 M6 Walsall you are welcome to join the convoy or join up on the way or meet at Prescott Hill. Any more info just ask. If you want to join us please add your name to

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...=prescott+hill


:D

Anymore thoughts on Blackpool meet Jake!!:}

Best of all worlds?
 

Hi James

At the risk of being selfish (as it's just down the road from me!!) this venue has a nice combination of an award winning Country Park (which I take my collie to at least 4 times each week):

http://www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/doc.asp?cat=598

plus at the same location a transport museum with bus collection and heritage railway (steam occasionally):

http://217.158.157.207/railways/GCRN/visiting.htm

I can make enquiries if you wish, I know they do club visits

Hi jake

another possible meet Mgs in the park

Cotswold Wildlife Park nr Burford.


Mg driver get in free but passenegers have to pay. Rates shown below .I assume the payment is also required from our 75 Brothers

I have been advised if 75 owners attend put a club flyer on the car dash and the driver should get the same offers as the ZT drivers from the club.

http://www.oxfordshiremgoc.co.uk/

Day Tickets Prices from 1st March 2010

Adults£11.50
Children (aged 3-16 inclusive)£8.00
Senior Citizens (65 and over) £8.00
Children under the age of three are admitted to the Park free of charge.

BMC rally nene park Sunday 7th August 2011
How about this one many of us have been before
http://www.bmcblrally.co.uk


BMC-BL annual show and spared day nene Park its a great day out, Camping if you want it,

Location and date of event
As before, it will be at Ferry Meadows, Nene Park (Nottcutts entrance), Oundle Road, Peterborough on Sunday 7th August. The day will run with the usual attraction of the ever fantastic autojumble, tombola, raffle, trophies etc....
Camping
Camping will be available for Saturday night ONLY on the rally field with no limit on numbers but ALL camping MUST be pre booked and included with the entry form. AND PLEASE NOTE, CAMPERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ONTO THE RALLY FIELD BEFORE 4PM.
Saturday Evening Hog Roast
The ever popular (and very welcome) hog roast will be available Saturday evening at a small charge as previous years. This price will include a can of soft drink and dessert.
Prices
Entry Fee
£3.50 (Pre booked)
Non pre booked arrivals will be charged extra (as well as the nene park entry fee too!)
Brass Plaque
£2.50
Closing date to guarantee a plaque is 1st July 2011. Although subject to availability some may remain to be purchased on the day.
Camping
£5.00 Per Vehicle/Pitch
Please send with vehicle entry form

.http://www.neneparktrust.org.uk/ferry-meadows

Shugbororugh Hall
 

Heads up another meet for some of you 14th Aug

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sounds nice but i have my sister down then and i don't think she is that interested also i think we may goto London for a visit with her , other wise i would of gone :getmecoat:

Carsington Water is down your neck of the woods, cracking place.

We've had a couple of joint Midlands/Yorkie meets there in the past.

any news on Bruntingthorpe Jake?

I wouldn't mind coming along to one of these, im in northants, so not too far from anywhere really!

Hi the BMC rally nene park is a great day and you dont have to have a 75/Zt

http://classic-carshow.com/events-sh...s_day?duid=217

Hi Rob,

Apologies for the lack of update. My contact at Bruntingthorpe as left so had to contact someone new, they can only do us something on a Friday afternoon now so wasn't sure what people would think.

Best,

Jake

Hi jake hope you are well pm sent

speak to you soon

http://www.bruntingthorpe.com/

Rob

Anyone got ideas for 2013 then?:

Black Country Museum,Carsington waters, GWR Winchcombe, Chasewater,Prescott Hill to name but a few.POL MGs in the Park BLMC Rally

Good evening Mr Sox

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/m..._0270Large.jpg

Prestcott is a must for me every year Rob, would be nice to go back to Carsington too and maybe some car factory tours/ meets would be different

What about Rockingham castle they have various events through out the year including a steam and transport weekend on the 1st and 2nd of June 2013, it is just on the outskirts of Corby off the A14. Would also make a great meet for one of the future nationals we have.

http://www.rockinghamcastle.com/index.php?ID=1

One near Rugby would be good........ I would like one near by for my first meet.

What about the Birmingham transport museum, near Wythall. See link below.


http://www.bammot.org.uk/

Also the Coventry motor museum.

Get your ideas posted and we can look at arranging some visits for next year:D

the ratae run will be ending up here next year . it is a very good place

Carsington is a popular venue, I also like the idea of the Black Country Museum where we could hold an informal meet. I can post the Black Country museum meet idea in the Midlands section and see what interest we get.

:DGo for it Andy a good day out. You can a get group discount if enough members attend.

Another good one would be Iron Bridge, I have never been there yet :D http://www.ironbridge.org.uk/

Great place to visit but we may have a problem parking. We have the same problem parking with the Severn Valley railway for a meet.

Parking in Ironbridge is a nightmare for 1 car never mind 10 :D

GWR will be open the full length of the track early in the new year.

http://www.gwsr.com/planning-your-vi...metable.aspx:D

I will have a look at a GWR meet, possibly January or February.

Hi Andy It's closed in Jan and reopens in feb see time table
http://www.gwsr.com/planning-your-vi...timetable.aspx

2013 Timetable
2013 is going to be an exciting year for the railway.

Our full length line will be open giving visitors an almost 25 mile round trip, making us one of the longest heritage railways in the country.
The brand new timetable enables visitors on nearly all dates to experience at least two forms of motive power, sometimes three.
On nearly every day we run, there will be at least two trains in operation thus cutting down on waiting times and creating more atmosphere.
The new timetable is especially designed to give a flavour of a working railway with lots to see and opportunities to change trains, making this a full day out for one ticket price.
Throughout the year we are having a number of special attractions old and new, including the return of our famous Cotswold steam gala and Heritage diesel gala. See link for more details.

That is a right spoiler Rob :getmecoat:

Sorry to be a spoil sport but Why don't you take a trip over and if the parking is ok and folk fancy the venue we can book a meet.

I have to say it is a super day out but stand by my comment on parking:shrug:

a few ideas posted

nano meets car fix its

Prescott Hill

Mgs in the park

Rover Sports Register June

Bruntingthorpe starbug

BMC/BL Rally Peterborough

Rover meet East Kirby airfield

Coventry Transport Museum

Don't forget Jimbo wants to go to Blackpool, innit... :D
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just a reminder that the Bruntingthorpe asda meet has gone up to £10 on the gate not as £5 as it has been before:(

an idea for the essex members! two tree island we could even set up a couple of bbqs between us all and its free !

With fuel costs. I think you would be better to post on south central or the London forum and you should get a better response. However you are welcome to join us at anytime but its a bit of a trek:D

quite a few meets now booked across the country but keep the ideas coming in. We can think about next year.:getmecoat:

to late for this year maybe?

but for next year http://www.festival-of-motoring.co.uk/

Carlalou, great idea. Entries are now closed for this year, But we can look into this for next year, I will gather more info and hopefully post it for more interest.

I like the look of that :} will be a good one for next year.

Sound good to me Carla. Count Carol and
I in that one.

one for the list next year I think local as well :D keep the ideas coming in new locations always worth a look. Local one give folks who don't travel far options as well and that's good news.

A little too big maybe?
 

ok then, this one is on a slightly bigger scale :D

http://www.threecounties.co.uk/three...es/options.php

this one really could be a great event for a lot of us.

maybe a few other regions would like to be part of it?

i am aware that it is a 3 day event, hence people may travel given its not just for one day :shrug:

anyhow, i have contacted them and i have a name to speak to on monday.

i know that i said small steps at The Oak, but in for a penny out for a pound and all that :getmecoat:

so firstly.... do you think that i am aiming a little to high for this one?

and secondly.....i could still have the conversation on Monday?

if the 2nd one, any questions that you would like me to ask?

i hope that i havnt got you all running to the hills with this one :D:D

i really do appreciate your honesty with this one, i wont be offended :bowdown: promise :)

I like that one to carla, that is 2 very good ones so far keep keep them rolling in :)

Sound a good one but not for me: if you are going to book it ask re public liability insurance will you be able to park together or will it be parking with all visitors.cost of entry advance booking or pay on the door discount for numbers and post in the main meets asking folks to put their names down to see how many interested as not everyone reads this post.


Rob

festival of motoring
 

a defo for me if you book it i went to this years show and it was ok. definately lacked 75/zt influence! had loads of competitions and stuff as well keep us entertained all weekend! :D:bowdown:

I have sent for the info so we can look at dates.:D

Cool :cool: :}

thoughts for next year Pol Longbridge. Rover meet east Kirkby. BLMC Ralley Peterborough. Newark air museum,Rockingham Castle,Birmingham Transport Museum. Festival of Mororing, Gaydon .Nano meets, Prescott Hill x 2 wow Mgs in the Park.That's plenty to start with we can start planning in the new year:drool4::drool4:

Rockinham Castle meet
 

Hi There

I am a newbie had the 75 about a year. I have been trying to find other members Northants based. And there are those of us interested in a meet up. This venue would certainly attract a few. So I will keep following this thread to see if a date comes up.

ATB :cool:

I can spell Rockingham but my notepad can't

You could also try south central meets as well.

We went to the Cov festival last year but used the public parking. It was a good cheap day out. There were some very iinteresting vehicles on display. Not many Rovers or MG's however.

HI , Just reading through some of the Idea`s for visits. Andy (andy8688) & Rob (wooleysox) what about a return visit to Coughton Hall,near Studley, we had a great day out.

Hi Pete Coughton Hall was a meet arrange by a Rover Group. I'm note sure we would get enough member to go. (Expensive) :getmecoat:

Shocking when it was the home of Rover :shrug::(

We had around 15-16 cars when we had a meet at the Coventry Transport Museum earlier this year. It did clash with the Rover meet at East Kirkby a very poplar venue each year.

The problem is if you have your family with you they soon get hackled off looking at just cars over and over again. That's why meets like MGs in the park, Coughton Hall ,and the like are so good. Gaydon is a great site for a meet but again its just cars:getmecoat:

track day??
 

I know this might be mainly for the zt boys but what about a track day meet????? those of us who like to have a little thrash about would be fun to get a load us together and take a circuit over??????
thoughts??????????????????:new_year:

Get some details and post it up cost, locate,dates,see how many takers you get. We did a meet at Bruntingthorpe Airfield two or three years ago and this included a blast down the main runway. I'm sure you would get quite a few takers sound them out.


Rob

Just found this if anyone wants to visit or book a meet


www.classicshowsuk.co.uk


Rob

Fancy That
 

let me know when would like a run out there:bowdown:

worm drowning
 

With the pleasant weather approaching would anyone be interested in a days carp match fishing at Decoy Lakes near Peterborough...

I used to fish there a bit and 200Lbs+ is possible in a 6 hour match...

Normally 6 quid to fish +4.00 into a kitty for 1-2-3...

Mid July ish would aim for a Saturday...

pm me if interested

the oak
 

what happened to the meets at the oak.
was a nice place for a meet.
and the parking was a good size.

It was cancelled for some reason. I like the oak to.

I like the oak too, to be honest she didn't have to cancel it. She could of passed on it on to someone else to look after for the day.

Adie we meet up at the first one.
think its a good place even my other half liked it.
mind you I liked the one in the car park at that country park place . forgot the name of it now.

We could still meet somewhere

coombe abbey was the place. got there in the end :duh:

longbridge
 

having to drive through longbridge a few times over the last 3 weeks.
seen a big car park on what I think is whats left of the old plant .
may be a good meeting place one day.

visits can be arranged parking is usually in the sales car park not the main one, Pride of Longbridge will be along again next year well worth a visit.

That is very good news about the POL for 2015 Rob

Hi Windrush hope you are both well POL almost with us now :drool4:

:smilie_re:see you at Longbridge

hi Rob yes thanks we are both fine and looking forward to the POL,and as you say see you there

Tramway Museum at Crich would be good, just 5 miles away from me.

Has the club considered attending the fantastic Donington Historic Festival. I went this year and it was great!

see http://www.doningtonhistoric.com/

Registered Car Clubs get discounted tickets and infield parking and the chance to do a parade lap on the track at "half time"

also theres The Pageant of Power http://www.cpop.co.uk

We visited the tram museum 3 years ago :}

Hi Windrush

Hope you are both well I will look into it and see what we can do.:bowdown:

Chateau Impney
 

Hi All
We are traveling up from Devon for the Coffee and Chrome show at The Chateau on Sunday 7th January, we were wondering if any one on here was also showing at the event 😀

Check your date, website states 6th January 2019.

2019 mg meet
 

How about Stafford Castle, Stafford common, shougbrough, Weston Hall

Starting to look hopefully at some more meets next year fingers crossed.Maybe

Midlands nano meets
Pride of Longbridge
MGs in the park :icon_lol:

Let’s hope for a happy Christmas for everyone. :smiley:

i hope we can soon return to being able to enjoy our cars and be able to meet once more . i certainly plan to go to mgs in the park but plan to take a MG ZS so i can get it photo taken to go with my photos of my 75 ,MGF and my ex MG3 . i also plan to take it to MG Live if possible .. in resent times ive done two runs in my 75 with the rover sports reg very subject to the current issues , ive done two events at gaydon in the last few months with the last event leading to getting Rid the MG3 and getting the ZS .. it has been to long since i last did a nano meet and i do hope to go to POL .. i've tried to keep our cars to have a longbridge connection