Milkbar meet

[jimerilo]

Spoke to a few of the regular attendee's at the Croft trackday on friday and they were asking if there were any more meets organised so i thought i would put up a post to see if anyone was up for another soon?

Who's up for one in November?

James.

[dazleeds]

yeh why not i'll bring the japcrap along

[E30BeemerLad]

yeah i should be good for a meet

[essfourteen]

Love to, but not the same week as Oulton Park (26th Nov)
Nick

[daimlerman]

This could be a birthday treat for me..

[gazm3]

Couldn't make the last one, but yes indeed

[big_jof]

Where is this???

[DaveD]

http://www.squires-cafe.co.uk/

I will be up for it,,in the Fiat though

[martauto]

Couldn't make the last one, but yes indeed

Same here but could it be in daylight?

Mart.

[E30BeemerLad]

no chance of daylight Mart as the clocks go back this weekend.

Only way we'd have daylight would be a saturday or sunday daytime meet and it's likely to be too full of bikes for them to want us there

[jimerilo]

So how does the 14th nov sound?

James.

[DaveD]

best date for me

[daimlerman]

Friday 14 Nov. from 7pm? See you there.

[Andyboy]

I'll not be there again - it's just too far to go plus the food and beer are f*cking awful.

[essfourteen]

I'll not be there again - it's just too far to go plus the food and beer are f*cking awful.

What you want is a nice little snug with a log fire, homemade food, well kept real ale and a jovial landlord - somewhere where you can leave the cars outside in the cold and come indoors and enjoy the warm company of like-minded companions...

[Andyboy]

Hmmm.


Not unlike the Barnes Wallis Inn* then, on the outskirts of Howden, where, by pure chance, the BMW Car Club is holding it's monthly meet this evening.

* Reliable rumour has it that it serves some very fine ales such as Timothy Taylors 'Landlord' as well as a gut busting Steak pie.

Would this be the type of establishment you are pertaining to Nikkolaas?

[daimlerman]

Advantage of Squires Cafe is location,big car park and we are made welcome. Snags are the factory beer and transport cafe standard nosh.Due to being a night worker,Friday/Saturday evenings are all that is available to me so tonight's do at Howden is regretably out. If other regular attendees at Squires feel the same as Andyboy and myself about the place I am up for trying a different venue,anyone in the area with any suggestions?

[essfourteen]

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Would this be the type of establishment you are pertaining to Nikkolaas?

aye, 'tis the very same.

The New Inn (squires) does have it's place for all the very reasons that weddingcarman mentions. In fact it's a great place on a summers evening. It used to be where we had the Westfield meet and was a good pub back in the day.
Nowadays it merely serves it's purpose - but I'm afraid I can't think of an alternative.. so, as long as James carries on arranging the meet there I will be happy to attend.

[E30BeemerLad]

This is what Squires looks like on a summer evening at a ricer meet, also the opposite field gets used as an overflow car park and also gets full. If you end up parked where I am in the soarer at the top there's no way you get out until late.





Is the location of Squires a problem for folk? If the general location is OK then I can scout for other venues for future meets.

[gazm3]

those photos are

That would be great if we could arrange something as cool

[buster]

For me the location is about as far as i want to travel.It takes just over an hour to get there from here.
I think the place is ok too.I dont go there for a nice meal or "Real ale" , i go to see the zoners and cars,the booze and dodgy food is a bonus.Well sort of

[daimlerman]

For me the location is about as far as i want to travel.It takes just over an hour to get there from here.
I think the place is ok too.I dont go there for a nice meal or "Real ale" , i go to see the zoners and cars,the booze and dodgy food is a bonus.Well sort of

Can understand your point of view,I travel an hour or so as well,from the opposite direction!! Sure,the piccies of the ricer meet are great,we struggle to fill that top car park!! Perhaps,Lee, you could have a look around and see if there is another possible venue? Please,I am not knocking the OP for organizing the meet,just thinking aloud that better beer and better grub would give a better meet.

[DaveD]

Its about an hour for us folk from the peoples republic (now liberated) too

The meets we have there are mainly fill ins in the summer, do we want to keep it that way or make it a bigger event and publicise it more and fix dates rather than someone just posting " shall we..."

[essfourteen]

Please,I am not knocking the OP for organizing the meet,just thinking aloud that better beer and better grub would give a better meet.

Yes, I think you are right.
On a cold dark night there needs to be something more attractive than a nice big car park.

We had a cracking meeting at Howden last night in the Barnes Wallis - 35 guests including 6 new faces, which is a fantastic turnout for a monthly local area gathereing especially on an extremely cold frosty evening.
The pub is not the easiest to find on the map and the car park is more like a postage stamp - but the atmosphere inside the pub is what draws folk.
You can't beat a good pub for club nights.

[DaveD]

trouble is it's a Tuesday ..and impossible for me

[essfourteen]

trouble is it's a Tuesday ..and impossible for me

You can't suit everyone Dave - can you make Chesterfield on Monday?

[essfourteen]

If we were to retire from Squires for the winter and you still want to meet in the same sort of area.. there are no end of good places around the A1-M62 intersection.. (thats my parish and I know it well).. let me know if you want some suggestions - or you choose your own, I'm happy to go with the flow - whatever you do, don't give up on the meet.
Nick

[daimlerman]

If we were to retire from Squires for the winter and you still want to meet in the same sort of area.. there are no end of good places around the A1-M62 intersection.. (thats my parish and I know it well).. let me know if you want some suggestions - or you choose your own, I'm happy to go with the flow - whatever you do, don't give up on the meet.
Nick

Please do this,lets go ahead with this meet at Squires,we can talk about it there,but if we have some suggestions that will help. Buster,how do you feel about the area mentioned?

[Andyboy]

but the atmosphere inside the pub is what draws folk.

No, it's your aftershave. 'Raging Bull' by Dior, I believe.

I may well go to Squires in the Summer. On a nice sunny evening it's probably okay, but the actual pub is a shithole - it literally stinks of stale beer, 400 year old p*ss/beer/fag stained carpets, ruined seats plus tables that wobble. Driving that far to sit is that rancid, fetid hole and drink garbage like John Smiths or Boddingtons is not an option on cold dark nights.

Sod Squires - come to our Howden night instead.

[buster]

If we were to retire from Squires for the winter and you still want to meet in the same sort of area.. there are no end of good places around the A1-M62 intersection.. (thats my parish and I know it well).. let me know if you want some suggestions - or you choose your own, I'm happy to go with the flow - whatever you do, don't give up on the meet.
Nick

Please do this,lets go ahead with this meet at Squires,we can talk about it there,but if we have some suggestions that will help. Buster,how do you feel about the area mentioned?

Yeah that general area is fine by me.

[jimerilo]

I agree that the place has gone down hill and you see it especially in the winter months when the magority of the time is spent in the pub, its a shame as it could be made so good.

Im happy to go to a different venue if anyone else knows of somewhere.

James.

[essfourteen]

the actual pub is a shithole - it literally stinks of stale beer, 400 year old p*ss/beer/fag stained carpets, ruined seats plus tables that wobble. Driving that far to sit is that rancid, fetid hole and drink garbage like John Smiths or Boddingtons is not an option on cold dark nights.

You don't like it then?

[essfourteen]

Yeah that general area is fine by me.

Right, that's it then - the bright lights of 'Ponte' Carlo and 'Cas' Vegas it is.

Suggestion No1

The Spread Eagle at Darrington. WF8 3AP
a good old fashioned pub with a large car park - 4 guest ales and proper food.
Situated 500yds from the A1 slip road just south of the M62 interchange

[E30BeemerLad]

bump for this meet, not too long away

[he30]

What's the plan then gents???