Zouthern Meet

[Engin]

Hi all,

 

I have to admit, I got a little bit jealous of Midlandz! With some encouragement from Keith D and ShorPaul, I thought I’d test the waters for a southern Z meet.

 

I’ve never organised anything like this before (unless you count a birthday party for my wife), so please bear with me

 

Based on where people seem to be located, somewhere between Southampton and Taunton might be a good starting point. That said, it really depends on how far everyone is willing to travel, so I’m open to suggestions.

 

I’m expecting numbers to be fairly low, maybe around 10 cars at most, but who knows! If it turns out to be more, I may need to look into things like public liability insurance. For a smaller group around 5–10 cars, I imagine a simple meet-up in a café or pub car park should be fine?

 

I’m open to any ideas or feedback, so feel free to share your thoughts!

[GranTurismoEra]

No need to be jealous. Its taken years to build and I used to go up to Birmingham (100 miles) for their Wales and Peak District driveouts from London. Simply because I know people would turn up no matter the weather. Then you get local joiners depending on destination. Theyve also come down to Oxford at the barn halfway that was Cool. I sold my Z 3 years ago. Otherwise I would plus im away for a month in Asia. Im sure if you used Facebook as well can get a few more people. Good Luck. 

 

 

 

 

[Engin]

Good idea about Facebook, I’ll give that a try and see if it brings a few more people in when I have more details

 

I’ve done a bit of digging, and it looks like the Salisbury area might be a good middle ground for most of the people I know so far. There seem to be a few decent places around there.

 

I’m thinking it will probably be an evening meet, just because people are working during the day, so that might suit most people better. Probably just something simple like a pub or cafe meet to start with.

 

Still open to any ideas though, so feel free to suggest anything.

[HXD]

I'd be up for this, depending on day and time. I'm just north of Taunton.

[Keith D]

When you've got a plan I'll post it on the SW Zeds facebook group, there are a few in Wiltshire/Yeovil way on there

Edited Sunday at 16:54 by Keith D

[ShortPaul]

How about Kemble air field,just a suggestion?

[Engin]

I was thinking more like a meet where we can have something to eat and/or drink as well. I found two places in the middle of everyone

• Rainbow on the Lake
• The Bridge Inn

Both in a very good location, reasonable drive for everyone, have food and drinks and looks like enough parking for us. I will visit both of them in advance and see if they are happy with us gathering there. I also want to see how busy they are during evenings to decide if I need to book or just turn up.

 

Thinking Saturday evening, to make sure highest turnout, but we'll see