Storm Bert has been blowing for the last few days bringing rain, gales and warm temperatures, just in time for my first Tribal Gruppe run.
The run started at a (new to me) cafe and it was an utter blast, literally as well. While the strong winds continued, the rain stopped and my roof stayed down almost all day. The roads were covered with leaves and bits of tree but they were mostly dry and, best of all, the weather warnings kept everyone else off the road; I had the clearest run I've had possibly ever.
The start cafe did a great egg and bacon roll and coffee:
There were about 15 cars, half 911s and the rest Boxsters and Caymans. The pace was pretty decent, helped by the lack of traffic and we kept in convoy to the first stop at another (new to me) cafe and another coffee. Two coffee's in 40 minutes is a bit much for me but I really enjoyed meeting some new people who were all much richer than me but also more my driving type - I covered 150 miles in total today which was great fun.
On the way back to Caffeine and Machine, near Petersfield, we stopped in at Goodwood. I didn't realise you could just drive in and it was weird to park up in the paddocks that I'm used to walking round at the FOS or the Revival:
Last stop was C&M, which had a few other cars but not many. I skipped the coffee but had a good natter with a couple of new guys who I got on really well with.
My drive back was just as good, using a route I've used several times before from that area and it was even better today than normal, with so little traffic around.
Overall, a great day, much better than I expected and I'll try do some more with the group - I much prefer the variety and longer distance they travel.
I also bought some gummi phlege, a rubber treatment for the trim around the roof, doors etc and applied that today. I'm not sure if it's needed but some of my trim does look a bit past best and with the really cold weather approaching, I thought it might help.
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