RAOC Tour of North Wales 15th/16th August

[stephendell]

RAOC Tour of North Wales 15th & 16th August 2009 - FULL ROUTE

Organised by the Club's North West Coordinators this is becoming a very popular event. It takes in some great driving roads including parts of the EVO test triangle and a private closed road hillclimb into the mountains.

Combine that with a few tourist attractions for some sightseeing and fantastic award winning pubs for meals and it makes for a very enjoyable weekend.

We now have the full Itinerary for Saturday 15th August & Sunday 16th August

SATURDAY 15th AUGUST

START: All to meet at the Plough in St Asaph at 10am.
The Roe, St. Asaph. Clwyd. LL17 0LU

After coffee and a natter, we leave for Denbigh and up onto the moors heading for Cerrigydrudion.

Then onto Bala and take the road towards Trawsfynedd turning off halfway along onto the moors heading for Ffestiniog and then onto Portmeirion for lunch at Caffi Glas.

http://www.portmeirion-village.com/

After lunch we head for Blaenau Ffestiniog, up and over the Crimea Pass and onto Betws Y Coed. From here Capel Curig, Pen y Gwryd, past Snowdon and down the llanberis Pass.

Here we'll stop for a break and then onto a private road at Deiniolen ....

When we finish playing, we're heading down to Caernarfon around the castle and then onto get a drink and a meal at the Ship Inn on Anglesey. The Ship Inn is an Olde Worlde Inn set in a stunning location right on the shore of Red Wharf Bay near Benllech on the northeast coast of Anglesey, North Wales.

http://www.shipinnredwharfbay.co.uk/

END: After dinner its back to Caenarfon for a stop over in the Travelodge near the castle.

http://www.travelodge.co.uk/search_and_ ... tel_id=392

SUNDAY 16th AUGUST

START: Sunday's tour to start in Caernarfon on the A4085 heading for Beddgelert. Weather permitting stop for fantastic locally made ice-cream and a paddle in the river to cool the accelerator foot!!

From here we head on the A498 and A4086 to Capel Curig. Then the A5 heading towards Betws y Coed but we turn left immediately past the Ugly House and head up a single track road up to Nant BH and through the Gwydir forest down to Llanrwst. There we join the B5106 and head down to Tyn y Groes and stop for Sunday lunch in the Groes Inn.

END: The Groes Inn is the oldest licensed house in Wales (1573). This year the Groes was proud to be named The Good Pub Guide British Inn of the Year and Wales Dining Pub of the Year. They also have an AA rosette for food.

http://www.groesinn.com/home.html

Even if you can't do the full tour feel free to join us at any of the venues on route.

[phildini]

CONFIRMED

Martin VS
Andrew Jones + 1 (Hotel booked)
John Folly
Stephen Dell + 1 (Hotel booked)
John C + 1 (Hotel Booked)
Andy001 + 1 (Hotel Booked)
Raymondot

MAYBE

Tony Smith
Steve K (Baldrick)
Tom

CANCELLED

Phildini NO HINGES TO HOLD THE BONNET IN PLACE.
Juzz

CONFIRMED

Martin VS
Andrew Jones + 1 (Hotel booked)
John Folly
Stephen Dell + 1 (Hotel booked)
John C + 1 (Hotel Booked)
Andy001 + 1 (Hotel Booked)
Raymondot

MAYBE

Tony Smith
Steve K (Baldrick)
Tom

CANCELLED

Phildini NO HINGES TO HOLD THE BONNET IN PLACE.
Juzz

You never heard of Tank Tape

si21 excuses excuses

Great to meet you all - I'm definitely heading towards Alpine ownership now! All the cars were great but a special mention for the yellow Atmo with that exhaust noise! Hope the rain cleared up - see you all soon
Tom and Daniel

Glad I drove out to meet up with you today. Good to meet one or two new faces and blow the cobwebs off my car. Particularly enjoyed the blast home in mini-convoy with BIG 'not so Captain slow' MVS !

Well that was a really enjoyable weekend despite not doing the Tour in the Alpine. Good to meet a few more new people (well done to the long distance guys) and the whole weekend was fantastically organised by Andrew so a big thank you.

The first pic is nice but did you forget to take the lens cap off the second one?

Awesome pics.
It sounds like you had a great time ... I am rather jealous

Aahhhh, that's what the problem must of been!
There is no way the weather could ever be that bad in Wales in the middle of Summer.

The first pic is nice but did you forget to take the lens cap off the second one?

would also like to add my thanx to andrew for organising this run and for the route

some truely awesome roads and the views (when not shrouded in fog) were spectacualar

thanx also to all that went is was nice to meet some new faces and to catch up with some old friends too.

and a special thanx to my gta. over 800 miles in 2 days and the only little fault was the wiper blade falling off as we went over the fog covered mountians

Alpines in the mist !



Drivers and navigators with their heads in the clouds !









Final stop on Sunday, anything the Lamborghini boys can do ....





Thank you all for coming, it was great to meet you all, some new some old, Martin and I did our best to make it enjoyable and a bit different.

We can't call Martin "Mr Slow" anymore, I noticed the way he shot past me ....

Andrew.

Brilliant picture Andrew, the children all eating their ice-creams. Very funny!

A great big thank you to all concerned in the organisation and execution of the Walles 2009 Tour. Great scenery and splendid venues enhanced by having it over 2 days.



Poor waitress just about to pur scalding water over Martin![]

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[BIG_MVS]

Thanks for that Ray I do declare I have more Chins than a Chinese Address book Diet me thinks!

Yes really enjoyed giving my GTA it's first real thrashing really since I got it. A BIG THANKS to Andrew for organising everything and booking all the venues, cheers mate! Also to JohnC for making the effort at great expense to join us, get that carb setup correctly for gawds sake! (just kidding)

Ray - Don't do it, sell one of those MG's!

Alpine people