North Wales Cruise 21st August

Malcolm E Zed · Post by **Malcolm E Zed** » Sat 21 Aug, 2010 20:08

Just got back after a fabulous day. Driving on fabulous roads in a fabulous car seeing fabulous scenery, best of all we met some fabulous people.

If I could be picky there were too many silver cars!!!!

Many Thanks to Taffzee for organising it all and giving us a quick history lesson at the end.

Photos to follow.

Malcolm E Zed · Post by **Malcolm E Zed** » Sat 21 Aug, 2010 20:28

swamper · Post by **swamper** » Sat 21 Aug, 2010 20:54

a great day out .........evo triangle

good to see a few new faces trying a cruise out with us ..........good food good company and some belting roads....................

the viaduct....................not so good

cheers jim

pics to follow........but not of that guys arse he was showing Morris...

Malcolm E Zed · Post by **Malcolm E Zed** » Sat 21 Aug, 2010 20:56

Mega brake fade on the triangle. I wished for an M or an Aston on that bit of road.

You wimp the aquaduct was amazing and you got a free pint out of it

swamper · Post by **swamper** » Sat 21 Aug, 2010 21:05

it was shaking..............

stupid viaduct..............

Malcolm E Zed · Post by **Malcolm E Zed** » Sat 21 Aug, 2010 21:06

I think you will find it was your was your bottle that was shaking

swamper · Post by **swamper** » Sat 21 Aug, 2010 21:07

its more of a style thing with me....................i dont look good at heights

Malcolm E Zed · Post by **Malcolm E Zed** » Sat 21 Aug, 2010 21:11

It is not the height or the fall. It is the landing.

swamper · Post by **swamper** » Sat 21 Aug, 2010 21:15

then i had Morris wanting to talk to me half way across.......the mans insane...

i needed rescuing........not a good talking to.....

Malcolm E Zed · Post by **Malcolm E Zed** » Sat 21 Aug, 2010 21:18

The mountain rescue were stuck in Llanberis. Morris was as good as it got.

Getting away from him would have helped you get over the bridge faster.

Jamezee · Post by **Jamezee** » Sat 21 Aug, 2010 21:18

Thanks to TaffZee for organising a great day out and everyone for coming. Photos to come.

Being rear silver sweeper has left me covered in all the usual rubbish thrown up from the road but I did get a rather large dose of brake dust/ disintegrating brake pads on the evo

Malcolm E Zed · Post by **Malcolm E Zed** » Sat 21 Aug, 2010 21:20

Jamezee after the Evo

Jamezee · Post by **Jamezee** » Sat 21 Aug, 2010 21:24

Malcolm E Zed wrote:

Jamezee after the Evo

I have breathed in more brake pad then there is left on your cars

swamper · Post by **swamper** » Sat 21 Aug, 2010 21:26

@ malcolm

jontymo · Post by **jontymo** » Sat 21 Aug, 2010 23:45

Top day out guys, you can tell i'm a newbie left a couple on piccys on the check your diary area!!!

Give me a min

jontymo · Post by **jontymo** » Sat 21 Aug, 2010 23:54

Thats better.

Brilliant day, cannot wait until the next time we can all meet up, will post more tomorrow when i'm in a better state!!!!!! Jim cheers for a great lead, Jamezee brilliant sweeping.
Maurice hope the brakes get sorted!!!, Wayne, Malcolm and all the girls thanks for the warm welcome.

Great day guys and gals

The Wags!!!!

Jon and Tracey

Malcolm E Zed · Post by **Malcolm E Zed** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 10:10

maurice the martian · Post by **maurice the martian** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 11:58

Thanks to Jim for great day out,and as said before great company great roads and bloody good fun.Sorry for Jamezee for all the brake dust i was was spewing out,and the smell from my rear must have been awful.
And of course Swamper,i did feel kinda sorry for him on the aquaduct

its amazing what he`ll do for a free pint.So now my next project is to work out how to to get a cold air feed to the brakes,
or maybe a fire extinguisher.

Whats all the fuss about.

TaffZee · Post by **TaffZee** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 13:54

A Few Phots of the day.

On the Horeshoe Pass

Llanberis Pass:

Bala Lake

I think maurice is in Love

If I had Known you could have borrowed my wellies

Thanks to everyone for making it a fantastic day..

TaffZee · Post by **TaffZee** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 14:07

Jamezee wrote:Thanks to TaffZee for organising a great day out and everyone for coming. Photos to come.

Being rear silver sweeper has left me covered in all the usual rubbish thrown up from the road but I did get a rather large dose of brake dust/ disintegrating brake pads on the evo

Jamezee a big thank you for taking up the sweeper position.

TaffZee · Post by **TaffZee** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 14:08

No problems with my Brakes, but didnt use them to much

maurice the martian · Post by **maurice the martian** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 14:19

Yes its true,you found me out

Malcolm E Zed · Post by **Malcolm E Zed** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 14:23

TaffZee wrote:No problems with my Brakes, but didnt use them to much

But you have worn your accelerator pedal out

maurice the martian · Post by **maurice the martian** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 14:30

Looking at the state of his wellies ,there worn out as well.

Ragtop · Post by **Ragtop** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 14:38

Looks like you guys had a good day out.

Really enjoying the pictures thanks for sharing them.

TaffZee · Post by **TaffZee** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 15:18

maurice the martian wrote:Looking at the state of his wellies ,there worn out as well.

Top of the horseshoe pass is my favourite Saturday night out:

swamper · Post by **swamper** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 17:49

TaffZee wrote:
maurice the martian wrote:Looking at the state of his wellies ,there worn out as well.
Top of the horseshoe pass is my favourite Saturday night out:

real men put the front legs in there wellies

wave like you just dont care..

Jonttt · Post by **Jonttt** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 17:56

Looks like it was a great run, sorry I missed it

I've got the route in my TomTom so will hopefully give it a run before winter sets in

TitanTim · Post by **TitanTim** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 18:58

Nice piccies

looked a great day out and good to see so many silver Zeds

Tim.

Malcolm E Zed · Post by **Malcolm E Zed** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 19:15

yocky z3 2.0 · Post by **yocky z3 2.0** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 19:32

Nice looking roll bar wayne, could not make today glad you all enjoyed it will see you at santa pod cheers tony.

snoops · Post by **snoops** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 19:49

Great piccies, looks like you had a fantastic day.

Thanks for sharing...

swamper · Post by **swamper** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 20:12

yocky z3 2.0 wrote:Nice looking roll bar wayne, .

it was a bugger to fit

see you at sant pod pal..

rgf · Post by **rgf** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 20:22

maurice the martian wrote:and the smell from my rear must have been awful.

...and his brakes as well!

Looks great - wish I had been there. Thanks for sharing the photos.

Springer · Post by **Springer** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 22:29

Hi Jim Thanks for reminding me, enjoyed the cruise and meeting the rest of the crew for the first time, it was a great drive.Pity there was so much traffic holding us up in the mountains.
After I left you at Maentwrog it was sunshine and very little traffic over the Crimea Pass and on to Conwy, you went the wrong way

!!! do I see wet ground at Bala?.
Hope to see you all again before too long

Jamezee · Post by **Jamezee** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 23:17

Swamper, this is the view you missed

Jamezee · Post by **Jamezee** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 23:26

Back down to earth at Bala

Jamezee · Post by **Jamezee** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 23:28

I have only just noticed that Malcolm E Zed had a tree in his boot

I should pay more attention

Jamezee · Post by **Jamezee** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 23:33

Another at Bala

Jamezee · Post by **Jamezee** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 23:36

Notice the tree has been taken from Malcolm E Zeds car boot by swamper and placed in his own boot

Jamezee · Post by **Jamezee** » Sun 22 Aug, 2010 23:44

Maurice the martian carefully placing previously collected sheep droppings to help cool his brakes after the evo

Jamezee · Post by **Jamezee** » Mon 23 Aug, 2010 00:04

'Sorry for Jamezee for all the brake dust i was was spewing out,and the smell from my rear must have been awful.'

Maurice, the stench from your rear could be smelt at this distance

TaffZee · Post by **TaffZee** » Mon 23 Aug, 2010 04:17

Jamezee wrote:'Sorry for Jamezee for all the brake dust i was was spewing out,and the smell from my rear must have been awful.'

Maurice, the stench from your rear could be smelt at this distance

Springer · Post by **Springer** » Mon 23 Aug, 2010 09:27

Maurice had a lot of rear end trouble on this run, even the locals around Caernarfon were showing him theirs!!!

maurice the martian · Post by **maurice the martian** » Mon 23 Aug, 2010 12:55

Hi Springer.
Nice to meet you,and your nice shiney Zed.perhaps you can do the full cruise next time,you missed out on some briilliant roads.
Not so sure if the welsh like me though.(apart from Jim),first they tried to run me off the road then they show me arse,unless im getting it wrong again and this was some sort of welsh greeting.perhaps you had the same greeting when you moved to wales.
Anyway at least the sheep are friendly

Maurice.

c_w · Post by **c_w** » Mon 23 Aug, 2010 13:19

Maurice you just want to uprate your brake pads, if you're running standard ones they're not up to what sounds like long downhill heavy braking. EBC Red or Yellows would solve the issue!

I got up late, saw the weather out of the window and headed over but as I had no route map saved and just the odd place name in my head I aimed for the general area lol. As I came back through Betsycoed there was a dark green roadster behind me on it's own with a female driver with male passenger (was this part of the group??), But then I needed to get back!!

Malcolm E Zed · Post by **Malcolm E Zed** » Mon 23 Aug, 2010 14:57

c_w wrote:Maurice you just want to uprate your brake pads, if you're running standard ones they're not up to what sounds like long downhill heavy braking. EBC Red or Yellows would solve the issue!

I got up late, saw the weather out of the window and headed over but as I had no route map saved and just the odd place name in my head I aimed for the general area lol. As I came back through Betsycoed there was a dark green roadster behind me on it's own with a female driver with male passenger (was this part of the group??), But then I needed to get back!!

They met up with us for a bit from Betws through to Canaerfon.

swamper · Post by **swamper** » Mon 23 Aug, 2010 16:18

c_w wrote:Maurice you just want to uprate your brake pads, if you're running standard ones they're not up to what sounds like long downhill heavy braking. EBC Red or Yellows would solve the issue!

I got up late, saw the weather out of the window and headed over but as I had no route map saved and just the odd place name in my head I aimed for the general area lol. As I came back through Betsycoed there was a dark green roadster behind me on it's own with a female driver with male passenger (was this part of the group??), But then I needed to get back!!

yep that was one pf us....fion (if thats how you spell it

) joined us about lunch time with her friend

swamper · Post by **swamper** » Mon 23 Aug, 2010 16:21

Jamezee wrote:Swamper, this is the view you missed

thats just not funny

fwj01 · Post by **fwj01** » Sun 05 Sep, 2010 19:37

swamper wrote:
c_w wrote:Maurice you just want to uprate your brake pads, if you're running standard ones they're not up to what sounds like long downhill heavy braking. EBC Red or Yellows would solve the issue!

I got up late, saw the weather out of the window and headed over but as I had no route map saved and just the odd place name in my head I aimed for the general area lol. As I came back through Betsycoed there was a dark green roadster behind me on it's own with a female driver with male passenger (was this part of the group??), But then I needed to get back!!
yep that was one pf us....fion (if thats how you spell it ) joined us about lunch time with her friend

Nearly

Ffion...
Sorry for the reaaaally late reply, but it was a fab day, great to meet you all!
Having some troubles with the Z at the mo

First the battery died, I hadn't driven it in 4 days, tried to charge it up etc. Was completely dead. Now my breaks are seized on! (left for work one day and it was literally smoking after about half a mile) Need to get on to my warranty company tommorrow to get it back on the road ASAP!! So frustrating. It's been stuck on the drive for over a week

zroadster.net

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