Galloway & Ice Cream Run 4th June

[Track Ali]

The plan is to meet at Abington Services off the M74 at 10am for a 10:30am departure.

From there we'll head down through the countryside to our lunch stop at Cream O'Galloway.

After lunch we'll head up through the Galloway National Park (which has some single track roads and lovely scenery) before looping round through Cumnock and the Leadhills back to our end point at Abington Services.

Total run distance is around 185 miles.

Here's a little screen grab from Google Maps of the run outline:

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RUN NOTES (http://newminiscotland.co.uk/run_notes/2017/icecreamrun2017.pdf)

MINI Runners:

1. Myself, Laura & Dad (3 cars)
2. Andrew
3. Brian & Christina
4. William & Megan
5. Lhunter87900
6. Blueboy
9. CallumRobson & Ben the friend
10. Sad_Panda
11. Ali_w
12. Elfman
13. Bryce
14. Inevpart (provisional)
15. NRM1979

[DigitalLemming]

Great I'll be there.

Also made it sticky


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[cuddles]

Mmmmmmm ice cream yes please �������� can you put Brian and my self down please xxx

[MINI William]

Sounds fantastic Ali. Thanks for organising. We will be there.

[c9aan]

would have loved to have come along but will be in Cyprus getting married

[stoney]

Cracking route Ali i know thise roads well i will be in france at the time of the run tho 😣

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[Lhunter87900]

I would love to attend if thats possible???


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[Blueboy]

Add me please

[badwolf340]

would have loved to have come along but will be in Cyprus getting married
Enjoy your day and mind some pics :thumbs up:

[jonnie]

If I'm day off then I'd like to come along, quite local to me.


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[Lhunter87900]

If I'm day off then I'd like to come along, quite local to me.


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I'm in dumfries, where are you?


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[callumrobson]

Hi can me and my friend Ben be added? I've told him to join forum. Thanks!

[Sad_Panda]

Not done much driving in the west. Count me in please!

Oli

[Ali-w]

Could i join this run if i have that day off that is, never been on one of these runs yet

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[ELFMAN]

Ali, well done for setting this one up, add me to the list please. Need to get my NMS participation rate out of Negative Equity! That's if I can find my way back out of Yorkshire after the HBT...

[Bryce]

Stick me down for this one please Ali.


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[inevpart]

If I can get it off work, can I come along too?

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[Lhunter87900]

Everyone looking forward to this now????


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[ELFMAN]

Yes, I am. Not made many runs for the past while due to various things, but the Heartbeat Tour has reminded me of what I've been missing.


If I can get it off work, can I come along too?
Hope you can make it Ashley! :thumbs up:

[MINI William]

Really looking forward to it.

[NRM1979]

Very tempted by this, but.....

.....with two littler ones to tag along we'll reserve commitment until we can see what the weather is doing.

Niall

[Crombers]

Working that weekend, but still trying hard not to. Will advise asap should lady luck come my way :thumbs up:

[jonnie]

Can't make this now, sorry it's late notice, only just found out myself


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[ELFMAN]

I'll just be playing 'follow the leaders' as usual! Hard to read notes and look at the road when you're 'going solo'. Spare set would be handy though in case I get separated! Looking forward to a nice run and seeing William's new motor in the metal.

[ELFMAN]

Ali, not happy. I might be doubtful for the run now... Been having a few brake issues recently due to a slightly warped front disc an some corrosion on all the discs, passed MOT in April with an advisory though. The HBT3 Tour seemed to help this as I think it literally wore the rough edges off, but I do need new discs and pads. However out last night and there was a much more pronounced rotational noise from the rear offside wheel (it usually lessens and practically disappears during a run, but not this time - it also seems more pronounced on sweeping left-handers when there's more load on the right side). Car's going to get checked tomorrow as I want to make sure I don't have a bearing issue. I'll keep you posted...

[ELFMAN]

Ali, I should be ok for tomorrow. Confirmed noise caused by corrosion on rear disc rather than anything more serious. Booked in next Thursday to get all discs and pads done (also have a slight warp on one of the fronts I can feel through the wheel) along with a timely service schedule brake fluid change. So I won't be doing any 'Special Stage' antics - not that I ever do these days!

See you at Abington or if there's a wee convoy going from this neck of the woods...

[NRM1979]

Ali,

We're in! See you all at Abington.

Niall

[EcosseGP]

Sorry I can't be there tomorrow but I hope the weather stays dry for it and have a blast (we'll not literally) ...


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[Ali-w]

Dont think i'll be making it unfortunately 😂 whos idea was it to modify an old r53https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170603/a85521a030c81accc1f3b0c0b57a4526.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170603/fe1fc7ecadbe8ba8f507ce972a99291e.jpg

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[MINI William]

See everyone soon

[Crombers]

Enjoy your day folks :thumbs up:

[Craig]

Have fun today people [emoji2]


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[ELFMAN]

Excellent day out! Many thanks Ali and Laura for organising today's fun. Got a "Thumbs Up" from your Dad who was arriving with Laura as we were leaving Abington to go home. Great roads and some lovely scenery, particularly the sandy bays on the coast road with the blue sky and the sun shimmering on the water - I nearly stopped for a paddle! The ice cream was fab too.

Very near misses for me today - 3 lambs and a magpie... or were those some of the ice cream flavours? Luckily for the wandering wildlife my brakes still worked and actually feel better now after being battered back into shape, but they're still getting replaced next week! Hope you all got home safe and sound, good to see old (and new) faces again, stay safe everybody.

[badwolf340]

Great day out and lots of new faces who seemed to enjoy them selfs ,big thanks tonAli and Laura for today and glad to see your dad when we left with a big thumbs up ,really nice pace today and fab roads

[NRM1979]

Can only reiterate the thanks. We had a great day, kids already asking about the next one!!

Hope the other convertible can be mended and the pilot is fine?

Niall

[CiderFex]

I'm glad to hear that you all had a great time.
[emoji4]
I was sooo close to making yet another secret appearance but I've just too many chores at home to do to warrant another day out wi mi Scottish Family.

Oh well, maybe next time.....
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[MINI William]

A great day thanks to Ali and Laura for organising. It was great to see so many new faces on todays run and I hope you felt welcome, everyone looked to be enjoying themselves. Also I hope I got round everyone to introduce myself and have a quick chat. Some pictures from the new camera, still getting to grips with it.
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[NRM1979]

Convoy!
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[M600-RKJ]

Weather looks like it was excellent. Pitty I didnt make it

[ELFMAN]

kids already asking about the next one!!

Top Marks to our youngest members on the run! Can't be too many kids who would've lasted the pace let alone be replaying the famous scene from 'Oliver' - "Can I have some more please?". Well Done them!