Ok, thanks

Starter : Home made pate & toast

Main : Med cooked Welsh sirloin steak & chips

Cardiff sounds good, should be some good photo opportunities.

Quite like the idea of the 5000 year old tree too.

Cardiff seems packed on a Sat Toby.

But I am up for anything so not really bothered.

Was thinking of just driving through past the main sites, from the link road, past the Bay, then up past the stadium and castle. Not sure if we will have time to stop off or not. Was thinking of stopping in the Bay to show people the Senedd etc.

Mini tour of Cardiff sounds good to me. I presume you have organised a police escort for us a la Turin? I don't expect to be stopping for red lights

Ha ! I do have some contacts, but I don't thing it would stretch to an escort.

What is your ETA tomorrow? (Fri)

Proposed new Cardiff route, to the Lunch stop in the Brecon Beacons.

Route

@Turin: will you also have a mystery guest appearing on a rooftop?
Have fun guys.

Aha. So you are flying in to take the photos ??

If only I would have received an invitation.
One of the attendees is my NBF you know?
Big lad, football shirt, kind nature. Ring any bell?

Hi Toby
Are we still meeting at 10.30am at J33 M4 services?
I'll be bringing one of my lads.
Did you get my pm re the meals?

Thanks
Mark

Yes all same details. Itinerary is a bit tight but should be ok.

Got all your info

See you tomorrow

Had a fantastic night out Toby and Anna.
Thank you very much for organising this.
Looking forward to the Coupé Drive in a few hours time.

Hope the weather cheers up as it's a little grey this morning.
Wish I could join you, work comes first so have a good day everyone

Hi Toby,

In case there is room for one extra guest at the table . . .

Starter
Pan fried black pudding topped with buttered leeks and bramley apple sauce

Main
Slow cooked shank of lamb in rosemary and mint gravy

Main dish served with chips please

Side Dish
Real Ale

Hi Toby.

Great to meet you and everyone else. Sorry I had to disappear a bit early.

Thanks for arranging this.

Really enjoyed.

As Bruce has already said, massive thanks to Toby and Anne for your efforts in organising a Coupe great day out.
Dan and I really enjoyed ourselves.
Additional thanks to Alan and John for bringing along the great magnetic Anglo-Welsh Rallye strips - they're ace!
Really good to meet up with everyone and share in your enthusiasm.
We had a cracking drive back up the A40 from Brecon, getting home via Monmouth and the Forest of Dean.

Loved the GTV Cup, Bruce - a really nice car. I'm certainly envious you have the garage space for a Coupe and a GTV.
Thanks finally, to our young Dutch friend Pete, for his unstinting support (vehicle)!

Cheers
Mark & Dan

Hi Toby and Anna, Mark and Dan, Luke, Graham, Bruce, Antony, John, Alan and Rolo, neighbour Neil and family: thank you all for hanging out with me.
Toby and Anna: thank you for organising the event.
It's been a privilege meeting all of you.
Hwyl fawr!

Thanks for coming and being the surprise guest Pieter !

Thanks to all who came along. The weather was kind and the roads were great.

It was also nice to extend the experience of the epic Turin event on the roads of Wales.

Just read a 5 day old PM from Pieter, informing me he was off to Wales (from Netherlands) and catching up with my Aussie mate Boosted7.

Glad you all had a great day and the food sounded great!!! How much vino rosso was consumed?

A big thank you to Toby & Anna for organising a great day out, I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

It was lovely to meet some fellow coupe enthusiasts, all of your cars put mine to shame!

And a big thankyou to Alan & John, my car still proudly wears its Anglo-Welsh livery, that was a really nice touch.

Hope to see you all again at sometime for another fun day out.

Luke

Have to say, would love to do that again when I get my coupe back!!

Boys

Do you fancy letting me know your emails, so I can send you photots? Would be good to have a few of yours too.

Just PM me with details.

Loved the weekend it was great. Was a bit tired afterwards though !

Cheers

Toby

Wow, what a fantastic weekend!

Big thank-you to Toby and Anna for putting on such a great event.

Also, it's not every day you open your front door to be greeted by Dutch paparazzi - thanks Pieter!!

Great cars, great company. Looking forward to the next one!

@Possum - Not so much vino rosso this weekend, but made up for it with a plentiful supply of REAL ale. I've been living in the UK for too long I actually don't mind a warm beer these days

A bit of nostalgia for me and the same lay-by stop we used this weekend. It was 2005, and my old portofino blue coupe is 4th in from the right.

Lay-by

Wonder how many of those are still on the road?
Hopefully all!

Boosted7, when you return "Downunder", we will have to get you back into drinking 'icy cold beer' or a nice chilled vino bianco like we did on your last visit.

Pictures taken by the driver of the back-up vehicle.

Some great action shots Pieter.
Thanks for posting.
Mark & Dan

Anyone going for a drive out in the Brecon area tomorrow?

I'm thinking about going for a spin and could meet up if anyone's out and about...Making progress

Dave

Maybe.... what time?