DRIVE IT DAY 2008

[alan duncan]

Drive it day 2008 is to be Sunday 20th April, with a Drive from all over Scotland to Portpatrick.
Jim Whyman of FBHVC has given us the ok to do the Drive it day ,with the FBHVC name, and will be on there Website.
As it looks like there will be over 60 cars this time,i asked Debs Wade of TEC & East Ayrshire Classics to Phone Wigtownshire.Council, to book the car park.

Archie Craig ( Events & Projects Officer ) has said we can use the Lighthouse car park at the South End,with space for about 100 Cars,Plus there is an overspill Car Park.
To get there,im told to go right through the town and turn left.
More Details when I get them.

Archie has Informed the 4 big Hotels,of this Event,plus the local Police .
Debs & Harvey,will be down this weekend, to see the lay o the land, It is pos i will go down as well, so I can post up anything else.

All Clubs meet at the Heathfield retail park Ayr KA8 9BS, at 1100AM
UPDATE


CLUBS GOING TO PORTPATRICK,SO FAR

Ayrshire Classics
East ayrshire,Vintage & Classics
Capri club Scotland
TEC, Scotland & 2 or 3 Over the Sea from Ireland
Wigtownshire Yesteryear Transport & Machinery Club
Hamilton Classics
Mustang Club ?
Ayr Classic Motorcycle Club, will be heading to Portpatrick
Note Yesteryear & TEC Ireland, will be making there own way to Portpatrick.

All Classic Vehicles Welcome.

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Stirling & Dist Classic Car Club along with the Morris Minor club will be doing a run.
Willie Bennie has arranged a run for Drive It Day.
Meet up at the Falkirk Wheel with the Morris Minor Club at 1100,have a chat for one to one & a half hours .
then its off to South Queensferry,then on to The Royal Yacht Brittania or Holyrood House

[Clockwork Orange]

;)OK checked the Maps
Newhouse to Portpatrick = 108 miles

Easy trot in the park (Glen Nevis run was 100miles each way!)
Map shows the basic straight route from Newhouse (usual CCS meeting point).
Ayr Heathfield en-route as main meeting point.

[Deleted]

Last year i got in toutch with the FBHVC, to find my local run. The answer i got was just use your car for the day, or have it parked outside the house. Being that i use my car's all year, i thought it beast to put it in the garage or do some work on her. But insted i found a run :-).

Paul

[Deleted]

Well done Alan for organising the Drive-it day once again. Ayrshire Classics are looking forward to joining you on the day.

[Debs]

The TEC will be there we are also going to be joined by a couple of our Irish boys for the day.

See you all there

Debs

[Debs]

Harvey and myself will be doing the run this Friday night to check things out. Checking out different routes for the run.

We can also stop off at Girvan there is a big enough car park there to regroup and get some pictures.

Debs

[harvey]

Drove the route to Portpatrick,and will post actual route detail tomorrow (Sat 12 ).Looks like the overflow car park would be most suitable for all cars to assemble which can hold aprox 70 cars.
A few pics of the area

A77 looking towards Ballantrae


Top area of overflow car park, could do with the local council giving it a sweep!

Main car park problem here is it would be a mix of classics and public. Also risk of people dinging doors and so on.

[Clockwork Orange]

;D smashing pics Harvey - if Debs has done the necessary, the car park is booked for convoy cars only ... hope this is the case.
So far Capri Club Scotland have got 6 Capris + 1 Fiesta & 1 Mustang raring to go

hope its a good day - see you at the meet at Heathfield.

Mr Dunc - details please of the meeting place & I'll post a map.

[Debs]

There are 2 car parks in Portpatrick one I think would be to hard to close off but the other shouldn't be a problem.
I have been on to the council they told me that they wouldn't be sealing off the car park, they didn't feel the need to as it was on a Sunday in the middle of April, plus this is not a council run event.

Having been down on Friday night both car parks were empty but this was at 6.30pm, All round the harbour still had alot of cars parked round it. I will be getting back onto the chap I have been talking to on Monday so we will see what he comes up with next.

Debs

[Clockwork Orange]

as of Monday 14-04
.... CCS have now 14 cars ready for this drive, that includes 2 Mustangs and 2 Fiestas..
Hope the weather is nice ;D

[alan duncan]

Directions for Heathfield Retail Park ( Departing Retail park at 1100 )
Heading to Ayr from Glasgow, you will come to a Large Roundabout with Lights all round ( Whitletts Roundabout ),Take the 4th Exit, 1st being Mauchline,2nd being Ayr South , 3rd being Ayr North, Then its the 4th one ,think its marked Preswick.
you are now on Heathfield Road,next Roundabout ,Turn right at Pizza Hut, you will see Homebase ( Has Toilets ) this a very large carpark, wee will meet at the back where its empty at the Large Propeller ( Some sort of Monument for an old Airfield I think )
I will have my Mobile with me on the Day case anybody gets lost 07803146057

[alan duncan]

I think the day went well,between Ayr & Portpatrick we had 65 cars, it will take me some time to get all the cars , and a bit about them on the gallery.
I would like to thank everyone who turned up,we were well Noticed today, and thats what Drive It Day is all about.

[Debs]

We all had a great day the weather was kind to us all a wee bit chilly but it was nice.
Great turn out

Debs

[Debs]

Have a look at the film that was taken by Charles and Linda on the day.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1p75dFMw84

Enjoy

Debs

[Clockwork Orange]

I wrote a report up for our CCS mag, then noticed that the FBHVC wanted pics and reports sent to them too ... So I did !!
Guess what - Published - Result !!
go to --> www.fbhvc.co.uk/events/photosodid-08.htm
scan right down to our CCS 'bit' and follow the blurb...

to all involved in the day - well done - it was a cracking turn-out

[alan duncan]

Brian Wothersthingy has sent a link to his photos,which are very pro www.saltiremedia.co.uk/CCR_April_08/Index.htm