DDK Welsh Tour 2008

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:17 pm

Found a great cafe in Barmouth.
Didn't seem very effective though...

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:19 pm

The beach at Barmouth was nice though.
Hard work all this driving...

VG65 · Post by **VG65** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:21 pm

and more...

the girls....

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:21 pm

Lots of signs but seemingly no cameras. Anyone think different?

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:24 pm

You were supposed to build a raft with them....

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:26 pm

amallagh · Post by **amallagh** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:06 am

Our first DDk event and I'm hooked.
Great cars and an even greater bunch of people.
Thanks a million to Gary and Rich for organising everything.
You did a great job on the route details and you must have sold your soul to the devil to get such great weather !

Fantastic pictures as well Paul. Putting a cover on my 914 overnight suddenly feels quite nerdy when you see it in a picture. 'Stealth Cloak' 914 will be back at an event near you !
Andrew

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:01 am

amallagh wrote:Fantastic pictures Paul.

It was quite infuriating for the photographer in me. We were driving fast and I kept seeing these wonderful scenes but couldn't shoot them.
The driving was great but at that pace it keeps you pretty occupied.

I missed loads of superb photos because there wasn't time to write them to a memory card.
But... I did capture them in my memory and those recollections live with you forever.

And you don't get those by staying at home.....

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:08 am

tell me about it ....

I was speaking with J.P. earlier, sounds like a cracking weekend, but that was always going to be the case.

I think this is the first big DDK event I've missed, and I was certainly thinking of ewe all racing around having fun.

Glad it went well

.

mycar · Post by **mycar** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:16 am

Gary, Rich, thankyou. you obviously spent a great deal of time (and petrol money) sorting out the weekend routes, the hotel was a fine choice and to top it all, the weather..... how`d you do that then?

Here`s the James brothers (damn those pesky power cables)

And here`s some dodgy video

All the other photos we took are similar to some of Pauls, but rubbish, so I won`t bother you with them. He does take a smahing photo though, does Paul, doesn`t he, but best not to mention it, for fear he might have trouble buying hats

This was our first National DDK event, we had an excellent time, both driving and meeting the faces behind the names.

Thanks again to all involved, no doubt this bad attack of clutch calf will clear up in the week

Cheers, Mike and Hayley.

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:19 am

Barry wrote:thinking of ewe

Yes, you missed a good one Barry. Think of that next time.

We had to present you an award posthumosly.

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:35 am

Well hopefully everyone got home safe (or will be home soon).
The cars all proved quite reliable. Bob had some troubles with his alternator but resolutely drove on with the warning light on. Simply engage 'limp home mode' and put your foot down.

Sad he had to leave a little early but he need to ensure he got home before dark because he didn't have enough amps for any nocturnal action.
Aside from that, the worst calamity was someone (who shall remain un-named) unable to get into a locked glovebox. Barry, where were you?

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:59 pm

Ferry Man wrote:We had to present you an award posthumosly.

Posthumous: what as in a Spike Milligan 'I told you I was ill' style?

johnM · Post by **johnM** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:17 pm

Looks like you all had an awfull time

Glad I had to spend the weekend working really, well working is stretching the truth, more like turning up

Hope I can make the next one, great pictures as always keep them coming.

Kind Regards

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:32 pm

The Hotel that we all stayed in . The chainBridge

from the road

the road bridges

view from the road bridge

and view of Hotel from the railway station

best that we didn't notice the subsidence of the foundations untill afterwards