Volvo United Meet - 21st May???

Originally Posted by seany

I'll be going via the A52 from Derby I think ... not yet studied quickest route from Manchester....
Thinking of doing Stockport/Buxton/Derby ... then on from there.
Then I could go Woodhead Pass/Snake Pass over the tops to M1 then cut across ... undecided

M6 J15 > A500 > A50 drag strip (stopping at uttoxeter for a pee and and a coffee

[TheJoyOfSix]

It does depend where in Mancs you are, but I would go Stockport, Macclesfield, Leek, Ashbourne, down the A515 to Sudbury then along the A50. Not neccesarily the quickest route but Mac to Sudbury is fun.

[seany]

Looking at auto route I will go either .....

Woodhead Pass to M1 @ Sheffield then south to M1 Jct 24a and westr along a50

OR

dave-t's suggested route, M6 jct 16, then est A500/A50

I fancy the woodhead, nice bit of road to try out the handling oif the car.

I live east Mcr (Tameside to be exact, at the foothills of the pennines)
and I usually travel the Woodhead or Snake Passes to get to the East Midlands. I'll see how I feel on the day .... been a good few years since I did the Buxton route!

[Chris_C]

Definately not going to be able to make this one, too much work on for the next few weekends, but I'll be at the BKV. Hope this one is as good as the last.

Originally Posted by seany

Looking at auto route I will go either .....

Woodhead Pass to M1 @ Sheffield then south to M1 Jct 24a and westr along a50

OR

dave-t's suggested route, M6 jct 16, then est A500/A50

I fancy the woodhead, nice bit of road to try out the handling oif the car.

I live east Mcr (Tameside to be exact, at the foothills of the pennines)
and I usually travel the Woodhead or Snake Passes to get to the East Midlands. I'll see how I feel on the day .... been a good few years since I did the Buxton route!

The scenic route is good and will test the handling rather than the speed. If you do the M6 route then stay on until J15 then join the A500. From Crewe I do A500 M6 J16 to J15 A500 A50. That way you miss out a big chunk of Stoke and save about 15 minutes in the process.

The A50 is a great road if you want to test the acceleration and top speed (of 70mph ish of course)

[MissDMeanor]

Originally Posted by Grizlyadams

Try

http://volvo480.dragons.org.uk/forum/index.php

Better the invite coming from the loverly julie rather than any of us lot lol.
Griz

I've never been on this site in my life before - I tried to register and apparently my e-mail address has been banned

My reputation obviously precedes me

[seany]

somebody somewhere doesn't like you

[740Estate]

I shall try and get to the boat stop. Worked it out at 110 miles away, so 'do-able'

Wont be able to confirm 'til that morning basically!

If im there, I'll be in the E-Reg Silver 740 Estate with the Silver sunstrip...



Anyone else headed up from East Anglia way?

[Pedro Fandango]

1 MissDMeanor
2 Pedro
3 Grizzlyadams
4 V6Man
5 Mike Brace (not confirmed)
6 dave-t
7 Les, slight limp
8 LankyTim
9 foggyjames
10 MickR
11 morsing
12 SteveP (not confirmed)
12.9 IC
14. 1stRaven
15. gpc
16. seany
17. 740estate (not confirmed)

[Brewster]

I will try and get down as well, as long as you have room for another D5, certainly looking forward to seeing your car Pedro!