September to November

The pub meeting commenced again in September starting at the Woodman, then the Wharf and finally at Hannrahans. Turn out at each meeting were fairly subdued but here are a few photos:

The Woodman:

The Wharf:

Hanrahans

Next pub meeting is at the Woodman on 4th February 2007

Sunday 5th March 2006 - Pub Meet at The Wharf

We met at a new venue, ‘The Wharf’ pub at Greenhithe, located just off J1 of the M25 and within view of the QE2 Dartford Bridge and just a few miles from our intended meeting place at Bluewater. We would guess that anyone traveling southbound over the Bridge looking down on the south bank of the Thames would see a lake and a large Hollywood type sign “CROSSWAYS”. Well that is where the pub is.

Our original plans were to meet up with those from IMOC but as time neared we realized they were not planning to meet that day. So, we decided to have a poll decision (very democratic) on our email network offering a choice of either one of our regular meeting places or this new venue that had been previously recommended to us. The result was a majority decision to try the new venue.

The Wharf pub is located within a recently constructed business estate with no residential housing nearby. We therefore predicted that its business would mainly cater towards working days rather than a Sunday. Well no actually, it was quite busy! However, it has a large car park that enabled us to park together. Outside, at the rear the pub faces a lake and there is split level terracing with seating and tables which would lovely to sit there on a warm summers day, but today was a cold winters day so we quickly went inside to escape the cold.

Inside, the pub has spacious open areas on various split-levels, modern, light and airy and despite being busy we had no problem finding a large table for us to sit at. With a pleasant atmosphere and some very tasty chips topped with cheese to consume we spent an enjoyable couple of hours talking MR2’s and other things in general.

Before departing, the general opinion of everyone was that the Wharf was a good place to meet with the cars so we’ll be planning another meet here again later in the year. Perhaps next time the wives and girlfriends will want to come where we can drop you off in Bluewater for a bit of retail therapy which we chat all things MR2!!

Many thanks to all those who braved the cold to come.

Next pub meeting is at Hanrahans in Maidstone on 2nd April at Noon. See you there!

Sunday 5th February 2006 - Pub Meet at "The Woodman" Ide Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent.

After a long cold winter the south east members met up for the first time in 2006 at the Woodman at the begining of February. It was still cold but at least the days are starting to get longer.

We were all looking forward to seeing Pete Masons white supercharger which has just had its engine mods recently completed. Pete explained that the car was currently producing 220bhp but still further mods were planned in the coming months to achieve his target of 300bhp. The car sounded as good as it looked!

It was good to see so many of you come and meet us. We were particularly pleased to see Ian Hobly from Beckenham and Nick Lawson from Orpington who we fist met at our last pub meet, so it was good to see them return again. Ian drives a very clean Mk1a in white over silver and Nick brought along his Mica blue T bar that he has been working on over the winter which now proudly wears 17” alloys and a twin oval exhaust. Nick is into V8’s and has vast experience building custom cars and vans some of which have won prizes so he is very knowledgable with cars. His business involves chrome coating, anything metal, plastics etc. in fact he is planning to coat the whole car in blue chrome to promote the product so it should look stunning when completed. Surprise of the day was when Andy Kent arrived. He had sold his Mk1 last year so we were not expecting to see him again but Andy said he missed it so much he just had to get another one and renew his membership.

Halfway House map - Southend Arterial Road, Brentwood, Essex. CM13 3LL

Hanrahans map - 78 London Rd, Maidstone, Kent. ME16 0DR

THE WOODMAN, IDE HILL, NEAR SEVENOAKS, KENT

Goathurst Common, Ide Hill, Sevenoaks Kent. TN14 6JA

http://www.thewoodman-idehill.co.uk/

A deceptively large pub in rural surroundings with restaurant, garden and a large car park to accommodate our cars at the rear and side.

LOCATION: B2024 OFF A25 (Near Sevenoaks)

DIRECTIONS: From the small roundabout at Riverhead, take A25 heading West towards Westerham. After approx half a mile turn left onto the B2024. The Woodman is approx 2 miles along this road on the left. From Junction 5 of the M25 take exit sign posted ‘A25 - Sevenoaks’. (You should then be on the A25 heading east). Carry on until you reach the first roundabout and turn back up the A25 and follow the instructions.

‘The Badgers Mount’ Badgers Mount (Opposite PolHill Garden Centre) (Brewers Fayre) Exit Junction 4 on M25. at first roundabout take first exit signposted A224 Sevenoaks, pass the Toyota garage on the right, Straight over at the next roundabout and the pub is on the right. (The pub is indicated as PH at bottom of attached map just above the ‘D’ in Halstead)

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