Hope you all had a great day look to have had good weather. There were probably more SM's to be seen in Pickering than on my trip north of the border. Saw only two both on M74 silver one heading south looked to have child sun blinds in the side windows. The other was dark blue north bound with roof box and bike on roof overtook this then slowed to let it pass just to get my daily fix.

Hi to all,

had a great day on the Yorkshire Moors today with 4 SMOC members meeting up for another 'Monster Adventure'

The days 'Adventures' from left to right (couples memberships names) Jock, 4wheel driver and wakev

Diesel drivers getting to grips with wakev's impressive TSI engine

Looks very straight forward for servicing and not hidden under a big sound proofing cover

first stop 'Hole of Horcum' for a brew at the roadside cafe

On the Moors overlooking Goathland in the valley below

Will publish some more tomorrow.

Thanks to all who attended today, been a very enjoyable trip out finished off in a chippy in Whitby

Regards as always,

TP

Hi to all,

had a great day on the Yorkshire Moors today with 4 SMOC members meeting up for another 'Monster Adventure'

The days 'Adventures' from left to right (couples memberships names) Jock, 4wheel driver and wakev

Diesel drivers getting to grips with wakev's impressive TSI engine

Looks very straight forward for servicing and not hidden under a big sound proofing cover

first stop 'Hole of Horcum' for a brew at the roadside cafe

On the Moors overlooking Goathland in the valley below

Will publish some more tomorrow.

Thanks to all who attended today, been a very enjoyable trip out finished off in a chippy in Whitby

Regards as always,

TP

Hi Tim just arrived home thanks for a great day with some really interesting roads. M1 M25 very boring in comparison only 5H 30Min from whitby to home cruse control very useful forgot that my right foot had to do something when i hit the A roads.

I have done 347 Miles today and a total of 720 Miles with my other stops around Leeds and ripon total cost for fuel £95 thanks again.

Regards kevin

Hi Tim just arrived home thanks for a great day with some really interesting roads. M1 M25 very boring in comparison only 5H 30Min from whitby to home cruse control very useful forgot that my right foot had to do something when i hit the A roads.

I have done 347 Miles today and a total of 720 Miles with my other stops around Leeds and ripon total cost for fuel £95 thanks again.

Regards kevin

Hi Kev,

pleased to hear you enjoyed the run round the moors and glad to see you got home OK, as you had quite a bit of additional driving to do.

Sounds like that impressive Monster of yours has done good on the fuel front too

Kind regards,

TP

My concluding photo's from Yesterday

Parked up in the Station car park at Goathland

Jocks shiny new TDI 110 2wd (different engine cover to the early 140 & 170 engines and the oil filler has moved to the nearside UK)

Just in time to see the train in from Grosmont

Stop off on the 'Roman Road'

Rosedale Abbey

Choir service on the village green; Rosedale Abbey

LNER A4 Pacific Class loco 'Sir Nigel Gresley' undergoing work in the maintenance sheds at Grosmont Station

Cleaning out- lot of soot and ash in there :S

After a great day out with fellow Monster owners finished off with a nice Fish & Chips, time for the drive home in the evening sunshine

For those interested the route taken was as follows;

Pickering - A169 to Hole of Horcum

Hole of Horcum A169 - To Goathland (via the 'Low Moor' road, just past Eller Beck Bridge)

Goathland - Beck Hole (via Beck Hole Road; turning for the car park and public loo's in Goathland)

Beck Hole - Goathland (Station) (continue along Beck Hole Road out of the village and climb up onto the moors turn right onto Cow Wath Bank back to Goathland)

Goathland - Wheeldale 'Roman Road' (Follow signs for Egton; turn right just past the church from the village centre. Travel along this road for three or 4 miles and look out for a very small crossroads signposted left 'Roman Road'. Take this turning left down and slightly back on yourself on a single track road that after a few hundred yards climbs to a gate. Open the gate and drive through but don't forget to stop and close it. Drive a short distance and turn left at a 'T' junction)

Roman Road - Cropton (Look out for the Cropton Turning on the right after travelling a mile or two through a area of open woodland)

Cropton - Rosedale Abbey (drive part way through Cropton village and look out for the turning to Rosedale to your right)

Rosedale Abbey - Egton Bridge & Egton (entering Rosedale stay right and follow signs for Egton and parking)

Egton - Grosmont (after entering Egton look out for a small side road on the right sign posted to Grosmont)

Grosmont - Whitby

Regards,

TP

My concluding photo's from Yesterday

Morning to everyone who was on the North Yorks Run yesterday. Glennis and I really enjoyed it. Very scenic route , lots to see and great to swap stories. TP, our leader did us proud. Looked on the site this morning to see if there was any feedback , expecting a line or two and was amazed at how quickly and extensively the foto's and comments have been posted! We will upload ours ASAP but my computer skills are limited so it will take a day or two.

Fortunately my map reading is better so we will organise a similar event round Teesdale and Weardale or even the Lake District some time in the autumn. By then there will be more SM's on the road so a bigger crowd might be possible.... We could even coin it ," The SM CONVOY "

Cheers

Parked up in the Station car park at Goathland

Jocks shiny new TDI 110 2wd (different engine cover to the early 140 & 170 engines and the oil filler has moved to the nearside UK)

Just in time to see the train in from Grosmont

Stop off on the 'Roman Road'

Rosedale Abbey

Choir service on the village green; Rosedale Abbey

LNER A4 Pacific Class loco 'Sir Nigel Gresley' undergoing work in the maintenance sheds at Grosmont Station

Cleaning out- lot of soot and ash in there :S

After a great day out with fellow Monster owners finished off with a nice Fish & Chips, time for the drive home in the evening sunshine

For those interested the route taken was as follows;

Pickering - A169 to Hole of Horcum

Hole of Horcum A169 - To Goathland (via the 'Low Moor' road, just past Eller Beck Bridge)

Goathland - Beck Hole (via Beck Hole Road; turning for the car park and public loo's in Goathland)

Beck Hole - Goathland (Station) (continue along Beck Hole Road out of the village and climb up onto the moors turn right onto Cow Wath Bank back to Goathland)

Goathland - Wheeldale 'Roman Road' (Follow signs for Egton; turn right just past the church from the village centre. Travel along this road for three or 4 miles and look out for a very small crossroads signposted left 'Roman Road'. Take this turning left down and slightly back on yourself on a single track road that after a few hundred yards climbs to a gate. Open the gate and drive through but don't forget to stop and close it. Drive a short distance and turn left at a 'T' junction)

Roman Road - Cropton (Look out for the Cropton Turning on the right after travelling a mile or two through a area of open woodland)

Cropton - Rosedale Abbey (drive part way through Cropton village and look out for the turning to Rosedale to your right)

Rosedale Abbey - Egton Bridge & Egton (entering Rosedale stay right and follow signs for Egton and parking)

Egton - Grosmont (after entering Egton look out for a small side road on the right sign posted to Grosmont)

Grosmont - Whitby

Regards,

TP

firstly i apologise for our non show, tim was aware of the reason'...feeling rather down at the mo'( funeral friday) :'( ...but would love to go on a future SM trip'..the lakes sounds good...anywhere really ..good photos anyways and glad u all had a safe day

firstly i apologise for our non show, tim was aware of the reason'...feeling rather down at the mo'( funeral friday) ...but would love to go on a future SM trip'..the lakes sounds good...anywhere really ..good photos anyways and glad u all had a safe day

Sorry to hear that but I have to agree about future trips. Should be getting our SM in November (fingers crossed!) so would love an excuse to stretch its legs.

Thanks for sharing the photo's looks like you all had a great day.

My concluding photo's from Yesterday

Here are mine (belatedly)! Apologies for delay.

PS promise to organise a run from the north East still stands. Details later.

4 wheel Driver

Some cracking pics there guys, makes me wish I had a yeti!