Cat & Fiddle Run

[16v_paddy]

After visiting this awesome place this week - albeit as a passenger due to renault's incompetence :x - I'm itching to go back & thought it would be a nice idea to organise a meet there.

For those of you who don't know, it's an awesome stretch of road between Buxton & Macclesfield, with stunning scenery and plenty more epic roads around it 8)

At the middle point of the road is The Cat & Fiddle Inn, a nice pub with a car park where we can sit & have a chin wag in between having a blast on the legendary stretch of road or 1 of the others nearby :gears:

I'm thinking a weekend would be best and 1 that doesn't clash with Anglesey :wink: so I'm saying 1 day of the weekends 14th-15th or 21st-22nd August.

So who fancies it?

[richy]

i might be able to make it, really depends how work lands with my rota etc

[Coops]

total waste of time since they added the average speed traps. i mean its still a giggle but its ruined one of the best roads in the country thanks to the idiot 2 wheel brigade killing themselves left right and centre on it over the years :(

[steve d]

Loads and loads of great roads here in North wales, I agree the Cat and Fiddle has been ruined by the speed traps.

[Coops]

although still up for it as a meet, not had any this year from the WC crew apart from FCS, which doesnt count! :wink:

sundays best for me, either of them :D

1. Coops

[16v_paddy]

Me & my mate have discovered a way to avoid the speed traps on what I reckon is the best & most fun part of the road :wink:

[Coops]

well you can run the best bit, which is the cat and fiddle pub back down to macclesfield and just stop before the camera, looping back through the shortcuts to the pub, as that sides only covered my two camera, start and end so its not too bad and only miss out last few corners to the bottom that way

but its still shite they speed trapped it :evil:

[16v_paddy]

Yeah deffo ruined it with the yellow cash machines :evil: done it in my mates V6 with the speed limiter set to 55mph & it was depressing how crap it was, always right at the point where you can start to open the taps a bit :evil:
On the 3rd run at it, we done it from the macclesfield end, went down that little side road & found somewhere to turn around then gave it some hammer back towards the pub, that was also the 3rd time he cooked the brakes :lol:

I'm not 100% sure but I reckon you can give it some hammer all the way from macclesfield as long as you pull into the car park at the pub, depending where the scamera near the pub picks you up from

[vkosho]

Im keen. Dont mind what day either.

[16v_paddy]

Im keen. Dont mind what day either.

Well do me a favour & vote for the later date :wink: :P

[talkingfish]

keen also, however the 14th is not good for me...

[16v_paddy]

Well combining the votes on here with those from C16v the date will be Saturday 21st August so get your names down boys & girls 8)

[Swervin_Mervin]

The speed setting on the cameras has had to be raised because there's a short cut between them that's NSL.

But tbh, it's a road you can easily enjoy without breaking a 50mph average anyway. :wink:

[16v_paddy]

The speed setting on the cameras has had to be raised because there's a short cut between them that's NSL.

But tbh, it's a road you can easily enjoy without breaking a 50mph average anyway. :wink:

I think I'd agree with you there on the 1st stretch coming from the Macclesfield end to the pub, but coming from the Buxton end to the pub it's crap :evil: had the speed limiter set at 55 & was hitting it while following traffic

[2 live]

might come in the van if i have no kids.

used to be a monthly thing this run....had 1 or 2 scares on here myself...mainly ppl in front of me spinning....and northy bein a prick overtaking where he really shouldnt ;)

[Coops]

unlikely to be able to make that date now am afraid, got things to sort at my old house over that weekend

but i'll try :D

[richy]

will let you know soon if i can def make it or not

[16v_paddy]

So it's a week away, who's in?

Shall we say meet at the Cat & Fiddle pub around lunchtime?

Anyone coming from near me? I'll be heading up to Buxton through Cromford, anyone want to meet along the way?

[wilky19]

depending on what hours im working on the friday night im in

[talkingfish]

still up for this! :wink:

[talkingfish]

You going to be in the Williams Darren?

If it's dry, yes..... if it's wet then the 197.....

[Coops]

paddy lah, i may yet be up for this depending on what the missus wants to do, so i'll txt u sat morning and let you know, can chase you up from cromford then :wink:

[16v_paddy]

paddy lah, i may yet be up for this depending on what the missus wants to do, so i'll txt u sat morning and let you know, can chase you up from cromford then :wink:

I'll bring that RWS ticket with me then :wink:

[talkingfish]

weather forecast is not looking too good at the moment.... :(

[16v_paddy]

oh well, i'll just leave my barely legal R888's off then :P

[vkosho]

Im going paintballing then out for a mates birthday on friday but if i have money left and am sober enough il be there!

[16v_paddy]

According to the met office (just checked now) there's light rain in the morning then sunny intervals until late afternoon 8)

[talkingfish]

time?? 12.30 @ the cat & fiddle pub then?? grab a sarnie and some pics and then have some fun??

[talkingfish]

so who is now up for this - don't want to be billy no mates...?? :roll:

[Brealbags]

Iv been following the thread on c16v and I'm about to set off from mine now . I'm assuming it's still on. It wil be an hours journey

[wilky19]

im proper gutted i missed this, i would have come but my c*nt of a colleague didn't show up till 10.

was it good turn out?

[Brealbags]

Replied on C16V.

Only 3 of us there unfortunatley. Me, Darren and Shaun from C16v. Weather was good until we all arrived then it rained. We chatted and had a go in each others cars across the Cat & Fiddle. Loved driving Darrens split mint williams it was a real pleasure :D

[exploding_penguin]

was good to get the clio on the road, an good to see some other ppl with clio's!
your williams is mint mate, best i have ever seen, stunning!

[Coops]

darren brought it out in the rain!!! shock shock horror!!

[talkingfish]

Coops - the sun was shining until we got to the Cat & Fiddle, the the heavens opened... the forecast was no rain 'till later, hence why the car got an outing.... it wasn't too wet....

Brealbags & Shaun - good to meet you both! Brealbags - you car is lovely, felt very tight - bet you can't wait to get that megane lump in now eh! :wink:

[16v_paddy]

Sorry I couldn't make it guys, my exhaust died a violent & horrible death on fri afternoon & I've been out to get a replacement today :cry:

[Brealbags]

Thanks Darren much appreciated. Was a great honour to drive one of the best williams in the country too. Could do with sorting that clutch pedal though :wink:

Il let you loose with the valver again it should be all hybrid'd up for next time.
:D

[talkingfish]

I can tolerate the clutch pedal but after driving yours makes me understand what a properly sorted one should feel like..!!

The gearbox is going to be changed at some point in the next six months so I'll get the cable routing checked and put a new ratchet on then... :wink:

[16v_paddy]

In that case Darren, have a look here http://www.williamsclio.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=401246#401246 proper bargain tbh :wink:

[Brealbags]

^ yes get it bought darren.

It does feel like more to do with the pedal than something on the clutch.

[talkingfish]

too late it appears....