ripped_fear Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 (edited) So me and Luke (attero) have been trying to plan this for a while, so I thought I would see if there is enough interest to make it a forum event. We tested these routes last year twice and was an epic trip and gained its name "Lads on tour in a tea room". A south UK roadtrip with around 700 miles of epic roads, all small roads with only one junction of a motorway used in the whole first two days of the trip. This hits three of the top 10 driving roads in the country with some nice twistys, towns and picture opportunity inbetween. The Trip would be as follows Day 1- Starting out in Winchester heading around the back roads towards Stonehenge, on to Cheddar gorge for lunch while hitting the first "driving road" of the trip. From there to Porlock hill and across Exmor on the second "driving road" with a great picture opportunity at the end, finally heading to Barnstaple for the evening stopping in a hotel with a GARAGE- (The Park Hotel). If we get enough numbers im hoping for exclusive use of this. The hotel is perfectly located for walking into town to a superb burger restaurant and a few drinking locations. Day 2- Leaving Barnstaple along the coast passing though a few towns along the way, Newquay and St ives to name a couple, before hitting the 3rd "driving road" approaching Lands end for a beer, snack and epic views. Leaving there through Penzance and stopping in Truro for the evening in one of the towns best hotels, The Alverton Hotel a stunning hotel which again makes for a good picture oportunity. Day 3- Decision on route is still to made but previously we left truro across Dartmoor for LOADS of picture opportunities and some nice senic roads, and on to a pub for lunch. From this we do the 303 back home but was hoping to tie in a vist to the Haynes motor museum which happens to be on route. Price will need to be clarified once we have an idea on numbers, but at a guess it will be a around £300 approx for a double in both hotels with breakfast, map files for satnavs, and a set of stickers for the Cars. So I need rough numbers before i approach these hotels on getting some discount so you all know the drill... We are currently thinking some when around August time to space it away from the Sclub party and DB. 1. ripped_fear 2. Attero Planning has begun guys, provisional dates are August 18-20th Saturday-Monday. Prices TBC Truro Hotel- Edited February 12, 2018 by ripped_fear (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdavies Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Put me down !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnPreece Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Im interested in this bud 1. ripped_fear 2. Attero 3. ShawnPreece - - - Updated - - - Put me down !! Sorry didn't see your post until after I had responded lol 1. ripped_fear 2. Attero 3. ShawnPreece 4. mattdavies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemanhead Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 I'd probably pop up and meet you all at the Haynes on the way back if I'm not working, sounds like a good little trip, I've done all the roads myself and the 'atlantic highway' down the north coast of Cornwall takes in some great tarmac and towns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Massey Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 End of August is JAE mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 Great guys Keep the interst flowing. End of August is JAE mate. Bugger, but unfortunalty there is something big on every month of the summer so it cant be avoided I guess. however no dates are set in stone yet, i was thinking mid august. Will ceck the JAE dates so hopfully we can avoid anything clashing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Massey Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 30th August - 2nd September mate. Summer is always a bad month to organise anything lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 30th August - 2nd September mate. Summer is always a bad month to organise anything lol Thats perfect in that case as it would probably be the weekend before or maybe one before that. As you say summer is a bit of a nightmare, but Im not expecting this to be massive anyway so shouldnt be to much issue hopefully. Also dates will be slightly dictated by pricing as its peak season for the hotels. Last year we did may at the weather was stunning but this year its not do-able unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attero Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Thats perfect in that case as it would probably be the weekend before or maybe one before that. As you say summer is a bit of a nightmare, but Im not expecting this to be massive anyway so shouldnt be to much issue hopefully. Also dates will be slightly dictated by pricing as its peak season for the hotels. Last year we did may at the weather was stunning but this year its not do-able unfortunately.The weather was spot on. I can't state enough how awesome this trip was last year. Was such good fun and loads of great company too along the way! Looking forward to it this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdale Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 With enough notice, I'd be game. Got pretty much the whole of August off :-D 1. ripped_fear 2. Attero 3. ShawnPreece 4. mattdavies 5. samdale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spunkmeyer Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Could be interested pending dates. Cheers for the effort guys. I arranged the DemonTweeks north Wales drive last yr but Ian-Ian tried to get me arrested so staying away from the evo triangle for a while [emoji23] may have to come south. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitbox Junkie Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Count me in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonR24 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Sounds good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supraleeturbo Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 1. ripped_fear 2. Attero 3. ShawnPreece 4. mattdavies 5. samdale 6.supraleeturbo 7.josesupra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr2kyle Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 1. ripped_fear 2. Attero 3. ShawnPreece 4. mattdavies 5. samdale 6.supraleeturbo 7.josesupra 8.mr2kyle Should be ready by then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day881 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 1. ripped_fear 2. Attero 3. ShawnPreece 4. mattdavies 5. samdale 6.supraleeturbo 7.josesupra 8.mr2kyle 9.day881 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTurtleshead Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 If I’ve got the spare dosh at the time I’ll come along Jake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam27 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 (edited) Sounds great mate, I would be up for this! 1. ripped_fear 2. Attero 3. ShawnPreece 4. mattdavies 5. samdale 6. supraleeturbo 7. josesupra 8. mr2kyle 9. day881 10.Cam27 Edited January 30, 2018 by Cam27 (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soopra Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 I'm a maybe. Hard to confirm without exact dates... Also I'm not a "lad"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Ian Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Count us in Jake date dependant .... Haynes is a good shout nice car museum Cheers -Ian- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkerstrider Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 I'd be interested dependant on dates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 Great to see so much interest! Keep it flowing, will leave this thread up a week or so and then looking around for pricing and clarification on dates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorruptSapphire Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Great to see so much interest! Keep it flowing, will leave this thread up a week or so and then looking around for pricing and clarification on dates. Really like the idea of this for people that are not able to go on DragonBall. This is something that would interest but need to check with the wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 keep the interest flowing guys before i start ringing around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spunkmeyer Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 1. ripped_fear 2. Attero 3. ShawnPreece 4. mattdavies 5. samdale 6. supraleeturbo 7. josesupra 8. mr2kyle 9. day881 10.Cam27 11. Spunkmeyer 12. Ian_Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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