Kent / London meet

[JDM-Fiend]

Hi all,

 

Are there any plans for a meet in the coming future in either Kent or London?

 

I'd be happy to host one somewhere, but I've never arranged one.

 

Gauging interest and ideas/suggestions welcome.

[ciao_chao]

London would work for me, Kent would be a bit far. I’ve hosted one a many number of years ago with the Citroën C6 club, but we were a small group, I don’t think there were more than 1000 cars ever imported total!

Effectively we just held a casual meet-up at a nice local pub on a quiet evening with a large car park, that’s usually easy enough to put together. While that kind of event is dead easy to pull together, I feel like it would be bad form if a large group just rocked up without notice, I would say we never really had more than 10 C6s on any given event.

A small event like this would be a nice way to dip a toe back into the car meet world after covid. 

[Duggie B]

Kent gets my vote 

[JDM-Fiend]

43 minutes ago, ciao_chao said:

London would work for me, Kent would be a bit far. I’ve hosted one a many number of years ago with the Citroën C6 club, but we were a small group, I don’t think there were more than 1000 cars ever imported total!

Effectively we just held a casual meet-up at a nice local pub on a quiet evening with a large car park, that’s usually easy enough to put together. While that kind of event is dead easy to pull together, I feel like it would be bad form if a large group just rocked up without notice, I would say we never really had more than 10 C6s on any given event.

A small event like this would be a nice way to dip a toe back into the car meet world after covid. 

Whereabouts are you coming from? 

 

Kent is generally better for me as I live here and I wouldn't have to travel into potential traffic and built up areas if I don't have to. Also, plenty of good places to meet, such as Bluewater with ample parking and food/drink. Essex might also be a potential middle ground, depending on all involved.

 

Thanks for giving me your experience, I always assumed it was straight forward but didn't want to say until I heard from someone in the know.

 

It would be sensible to limit it to 10 cars maximum, due to the current times.

 

Poll added.

[ciao_chao]

So I’m actually in Bucks, work in London. I could do Essex easily too, and I would expect you’ll find more appropriate venues there and Kent. I think it would be hard to find a London venue that wouldn’t want/need/appreciate advanced notice, even for a small scale event. Maybe something like Waltham or Epping forest, but people might think we were up to something else…

[Duggie B]

27 minutes ago, JDM-Fiend said:

Whereabouts are you coming from? 

 

Kent is generally better for me as I live here and I wouldn't have to travel into potential traffic and built up areas if I don't have to. Also, plenty of good places to meet, such as Bluewater 

Bluey is a good shout ....then again I would say that I'm in Sittingbourne 😉

[JDM-Fiend]

10 minutes ago, Duggie B said:

Bluey is a good shout ....then again I would say that I'm in Sittingbourne 😉

Might just be me and you in Kent at this rate 😂 

[Duggie B]

9 minutes ago, JDM-Fiend said:

Might just be me and you in Kent at this rate 😂 

Lol ....give it a bit more time for the ones already in bed to see the posting ....maybe put the hog roast on hold for now though 😁

[BigBoomer]

Hi Chan,

Yes I'm on here but I only look at the LS400/430/600 sections as not interested in other Lexi. 

Cheers,

George

[JDM-Fiend]

27 minutes ago, BigBoomer said:

Hi Chan,

Yes I'm on here but I only look at the LS400/430/600 sections as not interested in other Lexi. 

Cheers,

George

Fair enough George, as long as you've voted and can come to the meet I'm happy! 

[JDM-Fiend]

So, just over a week on and no more replies. I wanted to get a meet in ideally in the next 4-6 weeks as the calendar is filling up fast. There have also been mutterings of the 'C' word (Get your mind out of the gutter, some of you 😆)

The majority vote of the appears to be Kent, which I personally prefer.

I'm thinking of Bluewater as a venue, although I'm open to other suggestions.

Any other suggestions?