Event
Report
2022 Tees Valley MGOC BBQ Run 12th June
Report by Richard Culmer
Photo's courtesy of
Sheila Mason
Seven cars from YDCCC joined nine from Tees Valley
on their annual run to Gennel House Farm near Flaxton, a few miles
North-East of York. We met at Roots Farm Shop near East Rounton for a
coffee etc and general socialising before setting off on the run at
11am.
The 50-mile route first took us across country to Helmsley via
Potto, Carlton in Cleveland, Carlton Bank and Chop Gate. I love that
road to chop Gate! From Helmsley we weaved our way on a circuitous but
scenic route to Flaxton via Harome, Ness, Slingsby, Castle Howard,
Granthorpe and Sheriff Hutton.
Two gazebos had been erected at the farm and they were very
welcome as there was a strong blustery wind coming from the Northwest,
keeping the temperature down. On occasions it felt as if the gazebos
were about to take off. The weather was mainly overcast with heavy cloud
but did brighten up a little as the afternoon wore on and most
importantly there was no rain. The weather did not dampen spirits
though; everyone had an enjoyable time, aided by two sessions from the
Tees Valley ukulele duo plus bass player. Much foot tapping and singing
along was observed!
The food was excellent, the BBQed sausages and burgers
complemented with oven cooked chicken portions and an amazing array of
salads. Fortunately, there were no desserts to follow; that would just
have been sheer gluttony!
A hot topic of conversation was - did the speed camera get you?
To elaborate - after turning right at the T junction in Chop Gate there
was a mobile speed camera (on a tripod) set up about 200 yards along the
road, on the right-hand side but pointing back towards the T junction.
From the junction to the camera was downhill and a 30mph limit. Couldn't
work out if the camera was aimed at vehicles heading towards Helmsley
(i.e., us) or those going up through the village towards Clay Bank,
hopefully the latter! At the time of writing this report no brown
envelope has dropped through my letterbox, but it's early days!
The cabaret finished around 4pm and we then wended our separate
ways home after a thoroughly enjoyable run and social get-together. A
big thank you to Tees Valley for inviting us.
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