24-05-2018, 03:56 PM
(This post was last modified: 24-05-2018, 04:04 PM by Colin Wilks.)
Having got the 65 going only last week I was fairly nervous about my commitment to do the PWA7C Yorkshire branch’s Pennine Run. The start was at Rowsley near Bakewell so being from Leeds we opted to stay over the night before. Holme Moss and Snake Pass were climbed in second with no boiling over so I took this as a good sign for the run proper.
Day one was 100 miles through beautiful Derbyshire hills into Yorkshire and a night stop at Ilkley. We ran out petrol in the last few miles, indicating a consumption of about 20mpg. Something wrong there so a committee was formed around the car and a blocked compensation jet diagnosed. This was given a professional blow through by the trip’s organiser Malcolm Parker.
Day two saw us heading north through the Yorkshire Dales and then into the Lake District with an idyllic run past Lake Ullswater, up Kirkstone Pass and down to Grange over Sands. Mpg today, 39. Thank you Malcolm!
Back home now after traversing the Trough of Bowland. 423 miles door to door which is more work than the car’s done in many a year.
Still running the sports cam, which is unforgiving if the revs drop, but everything has held together and I’m no longer a Pennine Run virgin. This trip has given me confidence in the car and my fellow Severners. I cannot recommend Malcolm's run highly enough.
Thanks due to Nick Turley, Stewart Walker, Immy Purins and Roy Dougill, without whose help and advice I wouldn't have got the car sorted.
Day one was 100 miles through beautiful Derbyshire hills into Yorkshire and a night stop at Ilkley. We ran out petrol in the last few miles, indicating a consumption of about 20mpg. Something wrong there so a committee was formed around the car and a blocked compensation jet diagnosed. This was given a professional blow through by the trip’s organiser Malcolm Parker.
Day two saw us heading north through the Yorkshire Dales and then into the Lake District with an idyllic run past Lake Ullswater, up Kirkstone Pass and down to Grange over Sands. Mpg today, 39. Thank you Malcolm!
Back home now after traversing the Trough of Bowland. 423 miles door to door which is more work than the car’s done in many a year.
Still running the sports cam, which is unforgiving if the revs drop, but everything has held together and I’m no longer a Pennine Run virgin. This trip has given me confidence in the car and my fellow Severners. I cannot recommend Malcolm's run highly enough.
Thanks due to Nick Turley, Stewart Walker, Immy Purins and Roy Dougill, without whose help and advice I wouldn't have got the car sorted.