NW Meet: Hoghton 12th Sept (Cancelled) -> St.Annes

We met up at the Boars Head and made our way to the car show at Hoghton Tower.  

Unfortunately when we got there we were told the show had been cancelled due to the weather and a possible show would be organised  for Oct 3rd.

Not to be detered by the cancellation or the rain and especially because owners had come from as far as Liverpool and Skipton we
decided to make a day of it, and after introductions and a demo from Jetta on his power Steering we decided to head for the Beach  Cafe in St.Annes.

A brief stop at Preston docks to meet up with foxymk1 in his GTV  :?  and budge in a nice mk2 and we were off, and the weather started to pick up.

We passed Fairhaven Lake and spotted another car show. It was the Blackpool Vehicle Preservation Groups Show  http://www.bvpg.co.uk  
We continued on to the Beach Cafe for a brew and some photo's.

The weather had really picked up by now and after and hour headed for the car show and pulled up at the entrance. The organisers let us in and gave us a cracking pitch on the coastline. Before I'd even got the club banner out we were attracting a lot of interest  

Another mk1 owner at the show then joined us with his white cabby and of course superworm was there with his Riley Elf (nice to see you again Alan)  8)

All in all it turned out to be a great day after a shaky start.  A big thanks to all that attended! and thanks to mrs mellrig for the sausage rolls :wink:

Cheers
Tony

Here's some pics

show cancelled


Jetta giving a demo :wink:


power steering vs Standard column


on the docks at Preston


Beach Cafe


Great spot (foxymk1, PNERivage, andybury, Jetta, kgmk116v, Mellrig)


Joined by another Mk1


Foxys project


Mk2


Elfie

Many thanks to Tony for recovering what looked like a lost cause of a day out by taking us to the seaside again?. It was a most enjoyable day which Im sure was enjoyed by everybody who was there. My arms are aching today, oh how i could do with power steering?. John.

yes good day out even if i was in my mk2 at least the wether turned out ok  nice to meet u all thx billy

ah, budge.  that was it.  alright buddy, nice to meet this weekend.  look forward to seeing your mk1

WELL TONY
               what a good day,nice to put some faces to names,some good photos i see you got my best side my back,and one out of focus,have you thought about a job at paps? lol,but you managed to make my car look good,thanks to foxy for my trip back to the future and location of the toilets,many thanks
jetta

A BIG! THANKS TONY  you made a good day out of the initial let down of the Houghton Show.the whole meet and show just got better as the day progressed.It was great to meet more friendly Golf people and their cars cant wait for the next one.

we had a good day. nice to meet you all.

cheers all for the nice comments, not sure whats happening about hoghton tower , they are trying to arrange for oct 3rd.  

I will probably organise another club stand at the st annes show in the summer next year and aim to get the same pitch but with more cars

If you are going to the boatyard on thursday please let me know as I will be going alone and wanna make sure at least 1 other forum user are there  

here's the post
http://www.vwgolfmk1.org.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=90544&highlight=

cheers
Tony

ok, guys  just an update on the show.. unfortunately it aint gonna happen at hoghton tower until Sunday 26th June 2011,  I'll have a go at organising it again then  

Well done Tony you turn a disaster into a triumph thanks to all the guys who stood by you and made the meet a cracker and good to see a good club stand at the seaside
sorry i couldn't make it but i was away on mi jollies
nice one Tony glad you figured out how the banner went together..

I think the expression is that Tony "made a silk purse out of a sows ear" for the Hoghton Tower event.  It was great to see all you guys again at Fairhaven and I seemed to have spent more time with our Mk1 team than I did with Elfie (thanks for including the piccy Tony….I find that not everyone knows what an Elf is these days).  The white Cabby that joined y'all later is owned by another Tony and his good lady - Tony's business is "Speedy Windscreens" so if you need a new screen in the Blackpool/Preston area and beyond (or, indeed a new Cabby roof fitted) - he's your man (PM me if you need his phone number).

Cheers