National Nano Meet

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the date for this meet will now be weekend of 16/17 July

The idea of having a National Nano Meet has been kicking around for a while and the rest of the Midland nanomeeters AKA "The Usual Suspects" have been consulted and all agree it would be a good idea.

This thread is for ideas please. We all know that the Nano-Meet idea works but this would be the most challenging to produce and would afford the best possible chance of a national 'work on our cars' meet with the active blessing of the owners of the venue, which would be Four Ashes near Wolverhampton.

The basic idea is this:-

We know that some people travel a fair distance to get to the Nano-Meets as they stand but how would it be if we arranged a whole weekend? Maybe people from further afield might see it as a meet worth attending.

We could start with a meet and greet on the Friday afternoon / evening and a meal in the Four Ashes pub on the Saturday evening. The format of the remainder of the weekend is one of the things we would like ideas for please.

We could either have a two day session for working on the cars. That would be quite some event. Anybody who has attended a Nano-Meet in the past will agree, I hope, that even in a one day event, a tremendous amount of work gets done. With a two day event, anything that doesn't get finished on the Saturday could be safely left over until the Sunday

Alternatively, we could organize a day-trip for the Saturday, if anybody thought that would be a good idea, with the working day on Sunday as has been the case in the past.

OR, we could have a combination of both. This is where we need input from people who would like to attend please.

In common with previous Nano-Meets held at Four Ashes, camping and caravanning pitches would be free as would the use of the shower facilities, for Friday and Saturday nights.

If you are not keen on the great outdoors (even in the pub grounds ), there are several motels in the area and at least one very pleasant and reasonably priced B & B.

How it will work all depends upon what people want to do. As usual, families are encouraged to attend and are welcome.

A date for the weekend would also need to be decided upon, with the middle of Summer being the favourite idea at the moment, July or August perhaps. Again, we'd need people to express their preferences, and we would need to make sure it doesn’t clash with other meets which is a task in itself given how many are springing up.

If anybody out there doesn't know what goes on at a Nano-Meet, please do a search of the Club threads and and you'll soon get the idea, alternatively ask me or anybody who has been to a Nano-Meet

It should go without saying but the Nano-Meets are not affiliated to any particular forum or other group. All are welcome but it would probably assist if you had a Rover 75, MGZT, or at least a liking for the cars

In addition, each car owner remains, at all times, in charge of and takes responsibility for, his or her own car. You decide how many parts of your car you'd like to see ripped apart by an enthusiastic bunch of nutters

Well, that's the bare bones of it so...

Anybody interested?

Anybody got any ideas?

Ideally we'd like to get date and format firmed up as soon as we can so that people can start planning."
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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.