MX 5 CLUB NSW DOUBLE EVENT SATURDAY – 2 MAY 2009

MJS · Postby **MJS** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:10 pm

MX 5 CLUB NSW DOUBLE EVENT SATURDAY – 2 MAY 2009

EVENT #1 – FAST BREAKIE & SPIN from 7.30 am

Meet: McDonalds corner of New Line & Old Northern Roads, Dural.

Time: 7.00 am for 7.15 am briefing, leaving at 7.30 am sharp. Late starters meet up with the run for breakfast at Spencer.

Distance: 200 kilometres with an optional and shorter 140 kilometre run with a finish to coincide with the scheduled start of Coffee & Lies at the Pie in the Sky at 10.30 am.

Details : Your choice of two routes with a brisk early drive for MX5 drivers who enjoy to run ‘A’ &’ B’ roads before the punters get out of bed and into their cars to clog up some great, quite (not always smooth) and twisty roads north of Wiseman’s Ferry.

Starting from Dural the route takes you first over and then along the north bank of the Hawkesbury River across to the Spencer Village Store for a fast breakfast before a quick run up alongside Mangrove Creek to Mangrove Mountain and Peats Ridge.

At Mangrove Mountain choose either a quick drive back via Peat’s Ridge and F3 back to the Pie (about 45 minutes) or a longer more technical run up to and then down the Yarramalong Valley to meet the F3 for your drive back to the Pie via Peat’s Ridge (around 1.5 hours).

The route will reluctantly avoid the recently designated 60 mph Old Princes Highway between Calga and Mooney Mooney that includes some fondly remembered twisty sections with their now ever present weekend Highway Patrol double act pursuing unwary motor cyclists and MX5ers. The route takes in the hill climb up the old highway to the Pie in the Sky from Brooklyn for a later arrival for Coffee & Lies.

Duration: ETA to the Pie in the Sky for the shorter run (140 klm) is by 10.30 am with a later arrival time for those choosing to drive back through the Yarramalong Valley (200 klm) at around 11.30 am.

Further Information (Run Sheet, Route Map, Breakfast Menu etc.,) see Forum postings from 1 April 2009.

NB for possible cancellation due to an adverse weather forecast check the Forum on the evening before the run after 8.00pm. It is neither safe nor fun to drive over the proposed routes on wet roads. Breakfast at the Spencer Village Store in the rain is not a preferred Saturday morning activity

RSVP: Not required, just turn up. No pre-registration, just turn up

Organiser: MJS

EVENT #2 – COFFEE & LIES from 10.30 am

Meet : Pie In the Sky, Old Pacific Highway, Cowan.

Time: Starting from 10.30 am. No pre-registration, just turn up

If an early breakfast run on a Saturday morning, after a hard week or heavy Friday night, is not your thing then take a little time out with a mid morning and leisurely 20 kilometre drive north from Hornsby on the Old Pacific Highway to the Pie in the Sky Café at Cowan overlooking the F3 and the Hawkesbury River.

Relax and enjoy the company of other members of your club and guests to exchange MX5 stories and techno stuff about our favourite marque over a coffee or non-alcoholic beverage of your choice. Don’t forget to try one or more of the café’s well known savoury or fruit pies.

Duration: The MX5 Club nominates the start time of 10.30 am. You decide when it finishes.

Further Information See Forum posting for MX5 Club Coffee & Lies.

RSVP: Not required, just turn up.

Organiser: Hurricane

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:19 pm

hell yeah. my first Mx club run. count me in!

gobsmax · Postby **gobsmax** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:38 am

sounds like a good day out!!

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:25 pm

Back that up on Sunday with the supersprint at Wakefield, then the club track day on Monday and it's more than just a weekend of '5s.

Locutus · Postby **Locutus** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:56 am

a saturday run!!!

i hardly ever get up that early on a saturday morning.... but i'm in

Midori · Postby **Midori** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:44 pm

UPDATED LINKS - MX5 FAST BREAKIE & SPIN CLUB RUN – 2 MAY 2009

The Fast Breakie & Spin Run is organised with a view of providing an early quick and safe drive on quite challenging roads over a reasonable distance with a stop for breakfast followed by a later refreshment stop for tea or coffee enabling all participants to be home around the middle of the day.

Attached are links to the Route Map that shows the long and short run options with a Run Sheet for your perusal, hard copies will be provided before the start of the Breakfast Run.

To facilitate a fast breakfast an arrangement has been made with the Spencer Village Store to phone ahead a breakfast order from Wisemans Ferry for those opting for the longer run through the Yarramolong Valley. This arrangement will allow a short stop for a hand held meal and beverage of your choice (see link on this posting). All participants will be issued an order form to be collected before crossing the Hawkesbury River.

If a short drive and more relaxed breakfast is your thing before joining the club at Coffee & Lies then the good news is that the Spencer Village Store serves a sit down breakfast that can be ordered when your arrive at Spencer which proclaims itself the “Centre of the Universe”.

To view Route Map, Run Sheet and Fast Breakfast Order form see:-

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=fdf2 ... 49b5870170

or

http://www.spankosoulos.com/

Guran · Postby **Guran** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:12 pm

I'd love to join this drive but will be down in Tumut for that weekend. I've done this drive lots of times and actually will be doing it again on 19th April - a memorial drive in honour of a friend who died recently. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who might be sitting on the fence.

Ando · Postby **Ando** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:47 pm

I'm in. Hopefully I'll remember to set the alarm and snap on the tonneau!

CoffeeBoss · Postby **CoffeeBoss** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:17 am

Keen for this, hope i can make it. I have discovered many great cars along these roads over the years, the MX5 being one of them. And Pie In The Sky is always worth a visit (i recommend the Lamb, Honey & Rosemary...mmmmmmm.....)