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ACAPULCO AL
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30-08-2008
Well I reckon it's about time we had a meet don't you folks?

It's been a while since we've had an AONW 'family' day out so let's go for the Saturday on bank holiday weekend for this one and bring all the wives & kids etc along New venue this time as well - the Aviation Viewing Park at Manchester Airport where we can see all the planes coming and going at close range. Yeah I know, very nerdy but it's a good day out, honest

http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/m...nt/ViewingPark

Full info on the link but there's plenty to see there as well as a souvenir shop full of stuff for the kids. Entry is £4 for a car and driver, then £1 for each passenger. They also do guided tours on CONCORDE - check out the times etc

I reckon we go for an early afternoon start, maybe 2pm, ***NOTICE - NOW MEETING AT 4PM*** then we can all have an early tea at a really nice pub called the Romper just round the corner from the viewing park:

http://www.pub-explorer.com/lancs/pub/romperringway.htm

So who's up for it then?
RSVP'd Yes: 8
    		• ACAPULCO AL
    [12-08-2008 20:01]
    I'LL BE THERE, MAYBE WITH GROWLERS :D
    		• Gaz_GTV
    [12-08-2008 21:48]
    will be there later in the evening after work
    		• 73GTVJim
    [13-08-2008 00:12]
    Oh bl00dy hell not the viewing park (again for me)...Lisa will be straining at the leash to go. She has a thing about airports that bores the arse off me......we'll probably be coming and I'll be hating it....
    		• wscwunda
    [13-08-2008 16:31]
    sounds like a plan
    		• happy man
    [22-08-2008 20:38]
    Oh go on then
    		• milowokie
    [26-08-2008 18:04]
    Changed work today. Swapped Thurs off for Sat off. See you there.
    		• gavGT
    [29-08-2008 23:17]
    Working until 2pm, will go straight from work
    		• Mr Dunamis
    [30-08-2008 13:40]
    chocks away we'll be there
RSVP'd Maybe: 3
    		• kevski
    [16-08-2008 16:26]
    sounds good ....
  		• sashy552
    [17-08-2008 14:04]
    yep souds good
  		• mattb2507
    [17-08-2008 19:23]
    Only live round the corner so will try and make it as I am completley new to Alfa ownership and not long ago found this forum
RSVP'd No: 5
  		• kleighton
    [14-08-2008 09:03]
    I would have loved to come to this one, but I am at a third birthday party....my daughter's.
    		• Rikster74
    [18-08-2008 14:42]
    Got plans that day :-( Friends 30th
    		• roeburndale
    [26-08-2008 20:16]
    Have to give this one a miss but HAGT
    		• fee
    [28-08-2008 14:50]
    managed the shift swap but car is poorly :(
    		• efcsted
    [28-08-2008 22:40]
    canna do it. engine is bust!
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I'm gonna bring me new camera

It's got a 75 - 300mm zoom on it
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I'm gonna bring me new camera

It's got a 75 - 300mm zoom on it
Boasting about your telescopic capabilities again H?

Are you bringing the chopper too?
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I've got a biggun

No choppers Air traffic control won't let me
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no farting either - you'll confuse the wind sock

just remembered there's a nice little tunnel run about a quarter of a mile from the viewing park for those of a howling v6 persuasion. or a zinging 4-pot, or even a chugging tractor
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Oi you

What's on the menu for eats
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good fresh pub fayre, it's a chef & brewer (same as the blundell arms) - here's the sample menu

Chef & Brewer Main Menu
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You Know how to pick em mate

If the Blundel is any thing to go by the scoff will be top notch

Antipasti
I'm having some of that
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last time i ate at the romper was october last year and it was excellent
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there is plenty of time between now and next saturday but AL can u find me a postcode or something for this place so i can put it in the satnav? also what time will you all be having tea? im just wondering if il be there in time or if id be better getting a Burger King on my way over from sunny blackburn?
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WA15 8XJ

about half a minute off the m56 junction 6 - the romper pub and the viewing park are on the same road - dead easy to find mate. i reckon if we meet at the pub for a beer maybe at 4pm then we can go to the viewing park all together, then tea at the pub again at 6 ish?
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Cheers Mr. Pulco that sounds fine to me il get me foot down on the way over! probably struggle to get over for 6 but shouldnt be much later than that.

if i miss tea its not the end of the world, as long as i catch the drive afterwards
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good lad, might be a leisurely drive if i have my newborn in the back but we'll have a drive all the same
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nothing wrong with that im sure we all understand bud
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won't be going overly slow either though, my 4 year old is a proper petrolhead - she's always egging me on to crank the stereo up and bury the right foot, proper daddy's girl
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