Future Europpomeet polls preliminary results (+ link to polls)

"duurtlang" (duurtlang) 07/27/2017 at 07:31 • Filed to: europpomeet

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Earlier I posted a few polls about preferred location and month for a future meet in Europe. Here are the preliminary results.

My idea was to close the polls in a few days and take the top 3-5 or so and create a second round from those results. I’ll discuss this in the whatsapp group with previous attendees in advance.

Find the polls here. They’re still open:

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About the last meet:

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Preliminary results:

Where?

Wales is in the lead, although the Nürburgring isn’t far behind. South-East France and the German Black Forest and to a lesser extent the Scottish Lake district and the Alps are still in the race as well.

As others mentioned: Isle of Man will be too cost prohibitive so imho it’s out of the race. I forgot to add Mallorca on time, so its lack of votes isn’t entirely fair. But, to be fair, although it’s a great destination it’ll mean flying in and thus steeper costs/rental cars for all.

Where should we NOT got?

No overly clear results here. Almost everything has 4-5 votes. I’m going to ignore this one, but will add a similar poll in the second round.

I did like the ‘other’ vote: it was a vote against Florida.

When?

Very clear results here. It’ll be 2018, not 2017. March-June 2018 to be more exact, looking at these results. The ‘other’ vote was for school holidays (Klaus?).

When not?

These results strongly support the previous poll.

All results graphs are screenshots from the website of poll provider polldaddy.

Last minute suggestions:

Add a poll for the number of days?

Combine the Nürburgring and the Black Forest?

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > duurtlang 07/24/2017 at 09:07

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I absolutely love the Lake District and considered offering it as an option, but since I’m not there, I didn’t feel it was right to comment. If you do that and all goes well for me this year, I’ll try to get over there for it.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > duurtlang 07/24/2017 at 09:15

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Not Florida? But there’s all of Europe in Florida, there’s Naples, Venice, St. Petersburg, Dundee, Plymouth, Windermere......

Ok I’ll stop being a wiseass now.

pip bip - choose Corrour > duurtlang 07/24/2017 at 09:17

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Sark?

8)

Flavien Vidal > duurtlang 07/24/2017 at 09:30

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Only thing I’ll need will be luck... Being in Europe at the same time as you do the trip. Cool thing being also that I’ll most likely be buying cars to ship to Japan while being there... So IF I make it to the meet, it will be with a cool car... Or else my slow ass Mini :)

Out, but with a W - has found the answer > duurtlang 07/24/2017 at 09:44

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I would suggest doing two events, much like this year: one meet of 1-3 days in a somewhat fixed and central location (Ring) or at an event (Le Mans, Goodwood, DTM, ...), and one trip of 3-5 days that can be somewhat further (Alps, Scotland, ...) and more of a holiday.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > duurtlang 07/24/2017 at 09:46

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Wales would be awesome, plenty of great roads and places to stay.

Ash78, voting early and often > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 07/24/2017 at 10:13

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I’d like to vote for Birmingham, Cardiff, or Leeds.

Alabama

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Ash78, voting early and often 07/24/2017 at 10:24

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You could also go to Calais, Berlin, Paris, Belfast, Dresden, Bath, or Belgrade.......Maine

Ash78, voting early and often > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 07/24/2017 at 10:31

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“We’ll call this place NEW ENGLAND.”

“Ohhhh, real original...what do ye call yer foot, NEW HAND?”

/groundskeeper willie

duurtlang > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 07/24/2017 at 11:37

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I visited all New England states in the US last year. It was really amazing recognizing all those European city names there. Those settlers weren’t keen on creativity.

duurtlang > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/24/2017 at 11:38

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Where is this Sark fascination of yours coming from?

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > duurtlang 07/24/2017 at 12:10

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The stateside take is they were very proud of their homeland so they named their towns for where they were from. Most of these towns were founded from a single shipload from a single area.

duurtlang > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 07/24/2017 at 12:16

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I figured that. What did irk me was that one of the state capitals I visited was actually spelled wrong. Montpelier (Vermont) should be spelled with 2 Ls. The original (and much larger) French city is actually included in my poll above.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > duurtlang 07/24/2017 at 12:21

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Want to go insane? Ask the locals how to pronounce the name of the town, In Maine Calais rhymes with Dallas, In Georgia Cairo is pronounced KAY-row and Berlin is pronounced in such a way I can’t even type it closest I can come up with BURR-lin

duurtlang > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 07/24/2017 at 12:39

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Oh I did. We had a tour through the historic official building that I forget the English name for, but which has the Senate and office of the governor and whatnot. So I was confronted with the pronunciation frequently.

pip bip - choose Corrour > duurtlang 07/24/2017 at 17:38

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Have you looked up Sark?

(I’m shitstirring)

Robert Belvin > duurtlang 07/27/2017 at 07:42

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Any past/future plans for a U.S. meetup?

duurtlang > Robert Belvin 07/27/2017 at 07:45

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That’s a bit cost restrictive from the perspective of a European. I believe there have been some meets in the US too, although (correct me if I’m wrong) no long weekend ones like what we’ve had in Belgium/Germany and in the Alps this year.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > duurtlang 07/27/2017 at 07:46

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Why stop at June? Might as well start the date poll in April and extend it out to August/September. I would have voted for late June/early July as a number one pick.

duurtlang > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 07/27/2017 at 08:01

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Because I had expected there to be some interest for autumn/winter, which turned out to be a miscalculation. We’ve had 2 meets this year, late March and late June (like you suggested). I expected people would’ve been interested in a third, but alas, spring 2018 it is. As mentioned by someone else here we could split it up into two meets for 2018 (like we did in 2017); a relatively short meet (weekend?) at a central place (like the Nürburgring) and a longer ‘holiday’ kind of trip at another time. Like a weekend in spring and a week (?) in June/July. But that’s just me brainstorming here.

Nothing is set in stone yet.

Svend > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 07/27/2017 at 09:12

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I live in Cumbria and am just a few miles out of The Lake District.

It is beautiful but not somewhere you want to be during the summer or peak time. The roads get heavily congested with tourists abandoning their cars where ever they see fit on already narrow country roads.

We do have some great roads and countryside though.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/27/2017 at 09:22

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NO!

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 07/27/2017 at 09:24

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Was there this week, can confirm

pip bip - choose Corrour > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 07/27/2017 at 09:24

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i was wondering how long before someone picked up on it.

like i said, i’m shit stirring.

8)

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/27/2017 at 09:25

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Looks nice though

pip bip - choose Corrour > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 07/27/2017 at 09:29

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true, the pics i’ve seen of it makes me want to visit.

Chinny Raccoon > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/27/2017 at 09:36

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I picked up on it the first time ‘round and just assumed you were taking the piss...

pip bip - choose Corrour > Chinny Raccoon 07/27/2017 at 09:37

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you guessed correctly

Out, but with a W - has found the answer > Svend 07/27/2017 at 10:08

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Given the UK’s reputation of year-round rain, I’m guessing we could just as well visit the region in March/April/October instead of during summer?

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Svend 07/27/2017 at 10:10

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Thanks! Added to my “Someday tour of England  the UK” list
[edit] fixed it

Svend > Out, but with a W - has found the answer 07/27/2017 at 10:18

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The U.K. Does get a lot of rain but we also get some really good weather (even in Cumbria) from late March/early April till late August. The south of England gets better weather than the north does though.

Out, but with a W - has found the answer > Svend 07/27/2017 at 10:22

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We might just get lucky then. The Ringmeet weekend was the only one with really good weather that month, so maybe we’re #blessed.

And if your last picture is representative, it’ll be stunning no matter the conditions.

Svend > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 07/27/2017 at 10:44

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A good route for you would be through the Yorkshire Dales, head towards Sedbergh, cross over the M6 motorway into south Cumbria, then up through Kendal (stop off and the Kendal Mint Cake factory for some insanely sweet and minty treats), over to Buttermere, back through to Ambelside area to catch some British, American and Dutch air force low flying manoeuvres through the valleys mid way through the Mach Loop. Then out via Bothel head out to Carlisle for some history on Roman Britain, then either head out east along the Roman road to Newcastle, or hit the M6 motorway north onto the M74 into Scotland.

To be honest there is quite a bit you’d want to see or experience, the route may not be best planned but see where it takes you.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Svend 07/27/2017 at 10:48

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Kind of how I spent my trip to Norway, This all seems really cool. I would head to Scotland after that, direction Skye.
My Doggo wouldn’t like the low flying manœuvres though

Svend > Out, but with a W - has found the answer 07/27/2017 at 11:00

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That last picture is the area of Wrynose Pass and Hardknott Pass, very narrow roads with some of the steepest ascents and descents in the U.K. There’s lots of history to take in going back to Roman times and before to more recent history, some great food, views that change every few minutes, weather that changes every few minutes, standing on a peak and looking down onto military aircraft doing the Mach Loop or simply looking down onto the clouds.

Langdale Pikes

Dove Crag

Svend > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 07/27/2017 at 11:06

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You’d have to stop off in Carlisle for an evening so I could buy you a pint or few.

The low flying isn’t all that loud compared to when they fly overhead, flying below you seems quieter. Also seeing Hercules and Chinooks skirting the water on Ullswater is unmissable.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Svend 07/27/2017 at 11:14

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I take notes

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Svend 07/27/2017 at 16:47

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I visited slightly off-peak in early May and it wasn’t too bad. That last road was pretty cool.

It seems like a parking ticket paradise for the police.

Svend > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 07/27/2017 at 16:55

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Ye’, living here it becomes just another hill or another road. It’s only when people get excited about it that I stand back and look closer at it again and think, ‘ye’, that’s on my doorstep, I’m pretty lucky to live somewhere so beautiful’.

Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 07/31/2017 at 12:41

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You could also go to Athens

Georgia