Poll: OCUK Civilised South-Eastern Spring/Summer lunch (date confirmed 21st July)

[Marvin]

Same format as usual, meet on a Saturday for some lunch, chat about cars and some driving roads. The meet will be centred around the Sevenoaks area for easy motorway access and should take in some of the lovely roads in the Kent/Sussex/Surrey borders.

The meet is to take place on Saturday 21st July. First meeting point is The Moat, Wrotham between ~10:30 and 11:00. From there, we're heading to The Woodman just west of Sevenoaks via the following route (should take 1 hour 44 minutes at 8pm on a Sunday according to Google, so 2 hours sounds reasonable):


Click here for the maps route including way-points that should transfer to phones

We'll then have lunch at The Woodman, after which the usual passenger rides and cups of tea, leaving a flexible leaving time.

Please confirm attendance soonish so I can get a table booked.

Confirmed
Marvin - Lotus Elise S1
badgeruk - BMW Z4M
grudas - Lexus IS or Mazda MX-5
Cleisthenes - Mazda MX-5 / Porsche 996 Turbo
Layte - VW Golf R
acme - BMW E30 / Toyota Corolla
Keithton + Cindy - Lotus Exige S2
Rainagul - Toyota Supra
linktoinsanity - Ford Focus
Voxination - BMW 130i
L0rdMike - Impreza WRX STI / Toyota MR2
dacads - BMW 130i

Maybe
Conscript - Toyota GT86

Epic Fail

 

[Marvin]

Ah yes, 23rd I meant. Whoops! Amended first post.

And thanks Maccy .

 

[Marvin]

Didn't realise I could change the poll to be honest!

 

[Marvin]

@mrk
@akaFonzie
@Conscript
@L0rdMike
@Kiethton

 

[Marvin]

Ok, going to settle on the 21st of July, with structure 2. Will confirm a meeting place and target pub shortly

 

[Marvin]

Updated first post with the meeting place (The Moat, London Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, TN15 7RR) and destination (The Woodman, Bessels Green Road, Ide Hill, Goathurst Common, Sevenoaks, TN14 6BU). See also the map which should have way points saved that will transfer to phones.

 

[Marvin]

Hello! I am notoriously unreliable when it comes to these meets, often unable to commit until the last moment. So I would say just pick any date and structure, and I will do my best to attend - I don't want to vote for a specific date and then not be able to make it. Same goes for the structure, I'm mainly in it for the drive, so either way works for me

I have! Check the OP.

 

[Marvin]

I live just round the corner from The Woodman, not got a flashy car though.

As the others have said - that's no barrier to entry! Just let me know if you're coming basically .

 

[Marvin]

Good luck with that!

 

[Marvin]

Brave soul? Not the description I'd choose (or you in fact according to my email notification of your reply!)

 

[Marvin]

Wait so the date got changed to the 28th according to the poll results?

Result there then - can't make the 28th

It's definitely the 21st.

 

[Marvin]

Sure - there's no limit (within reason!). What're you bringing?

 

[Marvin]

Added .

 

[Marvin]

Yep - that's about the size of it. See you there!

 

[Marvin]

Righto, table booked for 1pm, 14 of us if I can count correctly.

 

[Marvin]

Glad I wasn't miscounting!

 

[Marvin]

Just a reminder (or heads up for those who haven't been before), when we meet at The Moat we'll head to the rear car park as below:

 

[Marvin]

I hadn't planned on stopping anywhere en route (despite all the pubs!), just used convenient checkpoints. So yeah, I think you'd have to get lucky! Or alternatively, wait at the Wych Cross junction - we should be going through at 12ish - so you can attach on then.

 

[Marvin]

Suffice to say that I don't think we will be having lunch at the Woodman next time. I'm not sure that the Woodman's new management is a patch on the last one, it used to be much better.