General Gainsborough!!!!!! Sunday!!!!! Hooray!!!!

[FuzzyPanda]

panda4x4sisley... Shame you can't join me and Gaz, hopefully you can make the next meet wherever that may be.

Gaz I'll see you on the first available pull-in point on the A50 (after turning right at the roundabout) in the morning, I'm gonna aim to get there for 9, if you can text me when you're heading through Stoke that'll give me some idea of when to expect you.

Or if you want we can meet at my house but this'll cost us a bit of time... Up to you. If you want to meet a bit earlier/later let me know.

I also spent the day tarting up my car as well as changing the thermostat and renewing the coolant. Also put my new headlamps in and to anyone using standard bulbs I strongly recommend you get these, light is a good 30% improvement especially on the let hand side of the road. Main beam is great, and is also needed less.

Car has had one hell of a clean, too, tried out some fancy new polish with those little polymer cystals in or whatever they are and it's come up nicely though it's quite tedious to apply...

See you guys tomorrow!

 

[gaz.d]

Gaz I'll see you on the first available pull-in point on the A50 (after turning right at the roundabout) in the morning, I'm gonna aim to get there for 9, if you can text me when you're heading through Stoke that'll give me some idea of when to expect you.

Or if you want we can meet at my house but this'll cost us a bit of time... Up to you. If you want to meet a bit earlier/later let me know.

I will be ther for 9ish. I am not exactly sure where I am going but how hard can it be to find you

 

[panda valdisere]

Have a great day tommorow ,Good luck with the long drive Alan!!!
Damien.

 

[Alan.D]

I'm off for a shower, taking the dogs for a walk then on my way. The dogs are comming as well

 

[urchin]

alen if you get this berore you go dont forget to ring me when you are an hour away from a46 / a52 and i have a parcel shelf will bring it if i can find it.

 

[FuzzyPanda]

I think me and Gaz are gonna go straight there but we may take the M1 and see if we pass you. I'll give you a ring tomorrow Alan.

 

[FuzzyPanda]

Off I go!

 

[allen fletcher]

Off I go!

me to

 

[Tony M]

i thought it went quite well... more pics to follow from others... Jim must still be on his way to the Ferry.

 

[urchin]

brilliant day!!!!! should make it an anual event

 

[JimMagill]

Oi! My husband is not a ferry! He's a fairy....
Anyway, me and sylvia made it to cambridge safe and sound. She's resting in the car park and i'm go the pub!
Jim

 

[Charlotte]

Hello Everyone!

Hope you all made it home safely. Thanks for the warm Panda welcome!!!!

Look forward to seeing you all again at future events.... Will be posting up pics too.

 

[gaz.d]

Thanks everyone

Never seen so many pandas in one place

 

[Alan.D]

Got in at about 8.30 and I'm Knackered but it was an excellent day, and those that missed it, missed out.

Thanks to all those that waited for me to turn up I would have never have found it otherwise

And thanks to Vin for the excellent devious route down a closed road and into the path of oncomming traffic certainly a day to remember

In sencerity a huge thanks to Graham, Gina & Vin for taking care of the essentials so we could enjoy the day.

I'll try and get some pics up and my day diary before I collapse in a heap

BTW Jim you said you were going to Oxford and I should have said but you would have been welcome here.

 

[Vin]

Oi! My husband is not a ferry! He's a fairy....
Anyway, me and sylvia made it to cambridge safe and sound. She's resting in the car park and i'm go the pub!
Jim

Cambridge?? I thought you were on your way to Oxford....Or did you mix up the posh uni towns????

I reckon the next Panda meet could be at Gainsborough magistrates court where I will probably be up before the beak for leading a convoy of Pandas through a closed road and against the flow of the temporary traffic lights , that woman in the Mondeo leading the oncoming traffic made some sort of gesture at me (it may have been hello, who knows....) but I think she realised she wasn't going to fight the Panda Power :nono:

I didn't do it on purpose though honest, it was just a case of f@ck it, we all can't turn round here.....

It was a great day and it was good to catch up with friends and meet new ones

If necessary though, I do want you all to come and support the Panda 1 (My Defence: I swear the lights were green....just ask Urchin)

 

[Alan.D]

What lights ? All I saw was a huge red ROAD CLOSED sign

 

[Tony M]

it was a 2 way road wasn't it?

we weren't driving the wrong way through roadworks were we?... ah well.. iit turned out alright anyway.

Apart from Graham getting lost as soon entered his Panda , fair do's though I don't think i could have found that farm from the map we were handed ... more my ability than the quality of the map.

 

[Vin]

What lights ? All I saw was a huge red ROAD CLOSED sign

Really? I wish somebody had pointed that out to me at the time

 

[panda valdisere]

Ah wow jealous, im gona be there at the next one guys!!And Allen can see your tow hooks cool!!
Damien.

 

[Alan.D]

I would have hadn't I been the very last one through although i have to add getting round that bend with the Italia on tow was sheer driving excellence . That woman in the black mondeo sh*t herself when she saw me comming through and that wee gap

Although I have to add that i neer caused a pile up by taking the wrong entrance to the A1 and then saying f**k it, it was close but I put it down to being tired