Topic: Reading meet No 11 (at Ashridge near Berkhamsted) (Read 9852 times)

OmegaGav · « **on:** 31 May 2009, 15:39:21 »

Hi all after a great meet in Portsmouth I was thinking about a meet nearer my neck of the woods on sat june 27th or sat July 4th and Ashridge monument is a lovely place in the country with great woodlands, plenty of room to park which is not restricted by spaces we can just park on the grass and set up our own little area for a barbecue/ball games/sunbathing !/general chilling !/and of course bonnet lifting. There's also some nice walks and a bloody great monument to climb ! And I'm sure the kids would love exploring/getting lost !
Let me know you're thoughts an I will do a confirmed list if there plenty of interest

TheBoy · « **Reply #1 on:** 31 May 2009, 18:59:14 »

Ah, I know Ashridge well - when I used to fix phones, that was my stomping ground

mike213735 · « **Reply #2 on:** 31 May 2009, 20:16:06 »

Gav,

I can do 04th July as on 27th June, we are having our night in a campsite with no kids...

Mike

AndyVXR300 · « **Reply #3 on:** 31 May 2009, 21:26:38 »

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Ah, I know Ashridge well - when I used to fix phones, that was my stomping ground

Nice place to fix phones Jamie

TheBoy · « **Reply #4 on:** 31 May 2009, 21:32:39 »

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Hi all after a great meet in Portsmouth I was thinking about a meet nearer my neck of the woods on sat june 27th or sat July 4th and Ashridge monument is a lovely place in the country with great woodlands, plenty of room to park which is not restricted by spaces we can just park on the grass and set up our own little area for a barbecue/ball games/sunbathing !/general chilling !/and of course bonnet lifting. There's also some nice walks and a bloody great monument to climb ! And I'm sure the kids would love exploring/getting lost !
Let me know you're thoughts an I will do a confirmed list if there plenty of interest

You may limit yourself if its the 4/5 July due to a clash with the ever growing East Anglia weekend.

TheBoy · « **Reply #5 on:** 31 May 2009, 21:39:34 »

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Ah, I know Ashridge well - when I used to fix phones, that was my stomping ground

Nice place to fix phones Jamie

Not necessarily. Ever bugger up there doesn't have proper addresses - they drop the house number, dream up a house name, then not tell the land registry or post office. Nor do they put a sign up with said name/number.

So after finding them after driving around in ever decreasing circles for several hours, the conversation goes something like this:

Me: "Good afternoon, Madam, I'm from British Telecom, come to look at your phone"
Sub: "You're late, you were supposed to be here 3 hours ago!"
Me: "I'm sorry, I had trouble finding you, you do not appear to have a sign for your house name anywhere."
Sub: "Well, everyone knows this is Dunroaming. The postman manages to deliver the post."
Me, by this point starting to walk back to the van: "Better call the postman to fix your phone then. Oh, you can't, the phone is bust."

AndyVXR300 · « **Reply #6 on:** 31 May 2009, 21:58:49 »

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Ah, I know Ashridge well - when I used to fix phones, that was my stomping ground

Nice place to fix phones Jamie
Not necessarily. Ever bugger up there doesn't have proper addresses - they drop the house number, dream up a house name, then not tell the land registry or post office. Nor do they put a sign up with said name/number.

So after finding them after driving around in ever decreasing circles for several hours, the conversation goes something like this:

Me: "Good afternoon, Madam, I'm from British Telecom, come to look at your phone"
Sub: "You're late, you were supposed to be here 3 hours ago!"
Me: "I'm sorry, I had trouble finding you, you do not appear to have a sign for your house name anywhere."
Sub: "Well, everyone knows this is Dunroaming. The postman manages to deliver the post."
Me, by this point starting to walk back to the van: "Better call the postman to fix your phone then. Oh, you can't, the phone is bust."

We may laugh but that's how it really is

RobseyMV6 · « **Reply #7 on:** 31 May 2009, 22:00:36 »

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Hi all after a great meet in Portsmouth I was thinking about a meet nearer my neck of the woods on sat june 27th or sat July 4th and Ashridge monument is a lovely place in the country with great woodlands, plenty of room to park which is not restricted by spaces we can just park on the grass and set up our own little area for a barbecue/ball games/sunbathing !/general chilling !/and of course bonnet lifting. There's also some nice walks and a bloody great monument to climb ! And I'm sure the kids would love exploring/getting lost !
Let me know you're thoughts an I will do a confirmed list if there plenty of interest

Can't make the East Anglia weekend, 4th July
I'm with you Gav

Robseymv6

AndyVXR300 · « **Reply #8 on:** 31 May 2009, 22:28:14 »

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Hi all after a great meet in Portsmouth I was thinking about a meet nearer my neck of the woods on sat june 27th or sat July 4th and Ashridge monument is a lovely place in the country with great woodlands, plenty of room to park which is not restricted by spaces we can just park on the grass and set up our own little area for a barbecue/ball games/sunbathing !/general chilling !/and of course bonnet lifting. There's also some nice walks and a bloody great monument to climb ! And I'm sure the kids would love exploring/getting lost !
Let me know you're thoughts an I will do a confirmed list if there plenty of interest

Sorry mate i'm at Silverstone on the 4th for the Renault Day with Bev and the kids

mike213735 · « **Reply #9 on:** 31 May 2009, 22:45:19 »

Damn...

2 bad weekends then!

I can't make 27th June (as it's our first night in 2 years away from the kids) and Andy can't make 04th July.

Perhaps try a little earlier.....or later?

Mike

AndyVXR300 · « **Reply #10 on:** 31 May 2009, 22:50:12 »

Gav your only 10 mins from me so if you want i'll arrange something as i know Lucy & Jordan are joined at the hip

and it now appears Jack and Jake are the same

mike213735 · « **Reply #11 on:** 31 May 2009, 22:56:57 »

OK Gav,

You're in the chair mate...what's the date?

Mike

Andy - That's it mate, you jump in with both feet...Breaking 2 migs at once!!! Ease in gently

Don't do things by halves...

TheBoy · « **Reply #12 on:** 01 June 2009, 11:59:52 »

Week before is British GP, and there are bound to be saddos watching that rather than going to meets.

As a possibility, what about the week after EA meet, think thats the 11th July?

TheBoy · « **Reply #13 on:** 01 June 2009, 12:01:37 »

I should add, as I am uninterested in F1 any more, that I only know the date of the Britsh GP because I live so close to it, and have to be a bloody hermit from Wednesday until Monday

Roll on Donnington, let somewhere else tolerate it

OmegaGav · « **Reply #14 on:** 01 June 2009, 19:17:23 »

Hi all ! I think the best date would be the 11th July as I have allot of birthdays to deal with in June (My 40th on 13th My Daughters 10th on the 16th My Sons 13th on the 17th and my Misses (?) on the 5th July, Confused......I am

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So I hope all the usual suspects can make it and more OOF! members, perhaps The Boy will come and knock us all into shape !

I'll leave this open to discussion and start a confirmed list this weekend

If someone wants to do something sooner then I would be happy to make this No12

Right, job done, I'm holding my breath

mike213735 · « **Reply #15 on:** 01 June 2009, 23:02:23 »

OK, I'm up for the 11th although I was hoping to arrange meet 12 for the 25th as I am away for 2 weeks after that and wanted one before I went

Do you think it's ok to have 2 that close together?
Oh no, another discussion point

Mike

m1ct · « **Reply #16 on:** 01 June 2009, 23:09:59 »

Sat 11th July sounds good to me as i`m working the previous weekend

feeutfo · « **Reply #17 on:** 01 June 2009, 23:44:40 »

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Sat 11th July sounds good to me as i`m working the previous weekend

A definate maybe for me as usual

VX1 · « **Reply #18 on:** 02 June 2009, 09:16:40 »

I could make this one will have to check the rota to see if I'm working on that day.

Paul

P.s just checked and i am off that saturday so should be able to make it.

Risky Duckfeet · « **Reply #19 on:** 02 June 2009, 21:42:26 »

At the risk of sounding like a muppet, what sort of thing happens at these meets. I'd like to come along and Ashridge is not a bad journey from me but not sure what to expect.
Very proud of my car though and want to get other peoples opinions of it (even with the damage that Old Mother Hubbard did at the weekend)
Cheers all

m1ct · « **Reply #20 on:** 02 June 2009, 21:59:56 »

Hi, well, we usually do minor repairs (depending on location), general chat, advice on common faults,
good food, great company and a good laugh.
It`s actually a nice day out

Come along and see for yourself!
Everybody`s welcome (even more so with irmscher kit

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Risky Duckfeet · « **Reply #21 on:** 02 June 2009, 22:48:44 »

Sounds pretty good. Do I have to bring anything (other than the bodykit)? [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

m1ct · « **Reply #22 on:** 02 June 2009, 23:15:22 »

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Sounds pretty good. Do I have to bring anything (other than the bodykit)? [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

This meet is a bbq one so perhaps bring along some nosh
If you need any small bits for your mig (to replace), PM RobseyMV6 as he was breaking a prefacelift mv6 earlier

i`m pretty sure there will be some minor repairs carried out this time anyway

unlucky alf · « **Reply #23 on:** 03 June 2009, 15:41:04 »

id love to try & make it myself as i was a cabbie in berko for 2 years or so, spent many an evening by the monument with ermmm entertaining female clients

, the management college [if its still called that] would be a great place to take photos of the migs as well,,,very classy like

m1ct · « **Reply #24 on:** 03 June 2009, 18:01:24 »

That would be great if you can make it! as we didn`t have enough time to chat to everyone at York meet

TheBoy · « **Reply #25 on:** 03 June 2009, 19:54:24 »

so, is this on for the 11th July then?

If so, I'll do my utmost to keep that day free...

mike213735 · « **Reply #26 on:** 03 June 2009, 20:02:54 »

TB,

OmegaGav is going to put up a "confirmed list" over the weekend but, yes, as far as I can see, it will be 11th July. It'll be nice to see you there

Mike

Shane mvsex · « **Reply #27 on:** 03 June 2009, 23:00:54 »

grr sory guys i doubt i can make this one... having this week off means i wont be able to get out of work on the saturday.. lol for a start i couldnt make it to mikes today... cars fine tho fingers crossed... sorry mike will hopefully catch you this sunday matey

Gaffers · « **Reply #28 on:** 05 June 2009, 07:19:43 »

I'm up for this too, I'll endevour to keep the date free

AndyVXR300 · « **Reply #29 on:** 05 June 2009, 19:27:45 »

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Hi all after a great meet in Portsmouth I was thinking about a meet nearer my neck of the woods on sat june 27th or sat July 4th and Ashridge monument is a lovely place in the country with great woodlands, plenty of room to park which is not restricted by spaces we can just park on the grass and set up our own little area for a barbecue/ball games/sunbathing !/general chilling !/and of course bonnet lifting. There's also some nice walks and a bloody great monument to climb ! And I'm sure the kids would love exploring/getting lost !
Let me know you're thoughts an I will do a confirmed list if there plenty of interest

PM Sent Mate

Shane mvsex · « **Reply #30 on:** 05 June 2009, 22:14:24 »

I'm booking this one off work so I will be joining you on this date......

Batty · « **Reply #31 on:** 05 June 2009, 22:30:47 »

will try and clear this weekend as I'd like to make this meet

AndyVXR300 · « **Reply #32 on:** 06 June 2009, 21:15:07 »

i'm swopping my Saturday so i can come to this one

Cant Wait...... and only 1/2 hour from Home

Edit.....Ok Gav you convinced me to come mate

jimmas · « **Reply #33 on:** 07 June 2009, 21:39:40 »

yep guys I am up for this one

AndyVXR300 · « **Reply #34 on:** 07 June 2009, 21:52:41 »

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yep guys I am up for this one

Omegagav is arranging this one and as far as i know from speaking to him yesterday he was going to do a confirmed list today sometime

OmegaGav · « **Reply #35 on:** 08 June 2009, 11:28:29 »

Had a busy weekend so i will do a confirmed/details list during this week

AndyVXR300 · « **Reply #36 on:** 08 June 2009, 22:01:15 »

Busy weekend

, wait till next weekend mate, see you Saturday

OmegaGav · « **Reply #37 on:** 09 June 2009, 21:02:28 »

Confirmed list up

Here http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1244576063

LordShiplane · « **Reply #38 on:** 09 June 2009, 22:08:32 »

damm amm n treble damm..

:(this is the perfect place for a meet and I would have loved to have made an appearance, been to Ashridge many times but this weekend clashes with a huge Scouting event (The Gilwell24) I am a Explorer Scout Leader for my sins

Be with you in spirit though.. hope the weather is kind to us..

What a shame, oh well theres always next time

bob.dent · « **Reply #39 on:** 10 June 2009, 10:24:11 »

Would have liked to come along to this meet as only around 40mins drive. Will be at the East Anglia meet the week before and in Devon on the weekend of this meet. Hopefully there will be another one in Herts sometime.

AndyVXR300 · « **Reply #40 on:** 10 June 2009, 19:54:42 »

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Confirmed list up Here http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1244576063

I'm waiting as i love the element of suprise

Make a change to have a meet local for us

AndyVXR300 · « **Reply #41 on:** 11 June 2009, 18:06:15 »

Gav, i'm also in the process of talking to Bob Dent to see if we can arrange some kind of meet for people from Hert's,Bed's and Buck's....

There are now quite a few members from these area's and Bob has also commented on having a different person select a location for each meet, as we know from a previous experience when you have one person arranging it the locations seem to be within a short distance of their ccomfort zone and we dont want this,we want the meets to be arranged as a group, so everyone can be involved...

If anyone is interested in attending a regular Herts,Beds and Bucks meet PM either myself or Bob Dent and we will put something together shortly.

Andy

AndyVXR300 · « **Reply #42 on:** 15 June 2009, 19:34:26 »

Gav, will be over Tuesday with Bev & the kids for Lucy's Birthday.........

Risky Duckfeet · « **Reply #43 on:** 17 June 2009, 07:08:41 »

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damm amm n treble damm.. :(this is the perfect place for a meet and I would have loved to have made an appearance, been to Ashridge many times but this weekend clashes with a huge Scouting event (The Gilwell24) I am a Explorer Scout Leader for my sins

Be with you in spirit though.. hope the weather is kind to us..

What a shame, oh well theres always next time

How odd, I'm also an Explorer Scout Leader. I've got a camp this weekend but there are plenty of other leaders going to make up the numbers so I should be able to ge away for the day.

See you all there.

AndyVXR300 · « **Reply #44 on:** 17 June 2009, 18:13:26 »

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damm amm n treble damm.. :(this is the perfect place for a meet and I would have loved to have made an appearance, been to Ashridge many times but this weekend clashes with a huge Scouting event (The Gilwell24) I am a Explorer Scout Leader for my sins

Be with you in spirit though.. hope the weather is kind to us..

What a shame, oh well theres always next time
How odd, I'm also an Explorer Scout Leader. I've got a camp this weekend but there are plenty of other leaders going to make up the numbers so I should be able to ge away for the day. See you all there.

Please add your names to the confirmed list

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1244576063

AndyVXR300 · « **Reply #45 on:** 19 June 2009, 20:09:35 »

Gav

Sorry mate i have them alloys here still with new tyres on.....will bring them over the next time we meet up...

Thanks for the BBQ it was excellent mate and a great evening all round

Andy

sneakypenguin · « **Reply #46 on:** 25 June 2009, 14:34:07 »

I'm going to coming, spoke to work very nicely lol. posted in the confirmed thread

AndyVXR300 · « **Reply #47 on:** 07 July 2009, 21:37:30 »

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I'm going to coming, spoke to work very nicely lol. posted in the confirmed thread

Looking forward to this one

unlucky alf · « **Reply #48 on:** 07 July 2009, 22:19:44 »

well it looks like im gonna be there, im travelling down on the friday as long as it aint pissing down, but ive got to rough it on a mates 2 seater sofa for the night so aint happy about that

, so you wont be able to miss me on saturday morning, i`ll be the one doubled over like a tramp looking for pennies in the Mcd`s car park

TheBoy · « **Reply #49 on:** 07 July 2009, 22:30:44 »

I ain't got a hope in getting to the ShiteDonalds, where are we meeting on the hill on the offchance that I actually can get down there?

unlucky alf · « **Reply #50 on:** 07 July 2009, 22:38:46 »

i believe its by the monument TB, ive never been there in daylight though & the last time was about 25years ago at night,,,oh happy days those taxi days

AndyVXR300 · « **Reply #51 on:** 08 July 2009, 17:29:12 »

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I ain't got a hope in getting to the ShiteDonalds, where are we meeting on the hill on the offchance that I actually can get down there?

Jamie, Pm OmegaGav and will let you know where to meet us all......

Andy

TheBoy · « **Reply #52 on:** 09 July 2009, 18:14:41 »

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i believe its by the monument TB, ive never been there in daylight though & the last time was about 25years ago at night,,,oh happy days those taxi days

Yup, know it - between the old Deer Leap swiming pool and Northchurch, right on the ridge

OmegaGav · « **Reply #53 on:** 10 July 2009, 17:19:19 »

shame about deer leap swimming pool closing, i did many a spectacular belly flop there trying to impress the girls

TheBoy · « **Reply #54 on:** 10 July 2009, 19:23:12 »

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shame about deer leap swimming pool closing, i did many a spectacular belly flop there trying to impress the girls

Yeah, I always used to go there as a kid. It was always a special treat, always had a plate of chips from the 'resturant' there, and we always made a day of it. When we were too cold to swim (heated, my arse!!) we played in the gardens there.

I did once mess up a dive from the highboard there, boy that smarted, and I couldn't breath for what felt like ages

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TheBoy · « **Reply #55 on:** 10 July 2009, 19:25:31 »

Looking likely I should be able to make it all being well.

I'll bring Tech2 along - prices will be £5 off those stated http://theboy.omegaowners.com/tech2/prices.shtml with the exception all code reads will be freebies at the meet.

TheBoy · « **Reply #56 on:** 10 July 2009, 19:57:06 »

Additionally, anyone want anything thats in stock from the shop, I can bring it along.

AndyVXR300 · « **Reply #57 on:** 10 July 2009, 20:09:09 »

Gav

Going to meet you at Mcdee's in the morning mate

Andy

OmegaGav · « **Reply #58 on:** 10 July 2009, 20:14:55 »

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Looking likely I should be able to make it all being well.

I'll bring Tech2 along - prices will be £5 off those stated http://theboy.omegaowners.com/tech2/prices.shtml with the exception all code reads will be freebies at the meet.

Thanks TB giving it a kick and shake to see what's wrong doesn't really cut the mustard these days

OmegaGav · « **Reply #59 on:** 10 July 2009, 20:21:07 »

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shame about deer leap swimming pool closing, i did many a spectacular belly flop there trying to impress the girls
Yeah, I always used to go there as a kid. It was always a special treat, always had a plate of chips from the 'resturant' there, and we always made a day of it. When we were too cold to swim (heated, my arse!!) we played in the gardens there.

I did once mess up a dive from the highboard there, boy that smarted, and I couldn't breath for what felt like ages .

Did you notice an unusually high amount of angry wasps around the goulash cannon("restaurant") and gardens??

OmegaGav · « **Reply #60 on:** 10 July 2009, 20:25:33 »

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Gav

Going to meet you at Mcdee's in the morning mate

Andy

Great ! I'll be the one waving a hash brown at everyone in the middle of the car park

TheBoy · « **Reply #61 on:** 10 July 2009, 21:21:39 »

So we meeting in the actual carpark at the monument? What is Plan B if that carpark is full?

OmegaGav · « **Reply #62 on:** 10 July 2009, 22:02:08 »

when you drive up monument drive there is free parking on the grass on your right hand side, we shall be commandeering some of it for OOF!
Make sure you bring some wind breakers, to help stake our territory 8-) 8-)

AndyVXR300 · « **Reply #63 on:** 10 July 2009, 22:10:56 »

Im staking mine with a 25ft x 25ft CHELSEA FLAG

OmegaGav · « **Reply #64 on:** 10 July 2009, 22:31:01 »

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Im staking mine with a 25ft x 25ft CHELSEA FLAG

Excellent ! Andys bringing a picnic blanket we should all be able to fit on

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